07-22-2005, 02:29 PM
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#10261 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by Fencergrl What is your ancestry/ nationality? | Swedish and swedish. (I'm a very swedish person!  )
What's canadian about perogies? 
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07-22-2005, 02:38 PM
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#10262 | | Senior Member
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| Nothing, really, as pierogies are traditionally Polish (or, at least, Eastern European).
Hmmmm.....could there be a correlation between pierogies and excellent sabre fencing?
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07-22-2005, 02:41 PM
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#10263 | | Epee fencing addict
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Originally Posted by Goofy Hmmmm.....could there be a correlation between pierogies and excellent sabre fencing? | Hmmmmm..... Yes, there could be.
How many sabreurs does it take to screw in a light bulb?
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07-22-2005, 02:42 PM
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#10264 | | Senior Member
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| None- sabreurists aren't afraid of the dark!
Was that the answer you expected?
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07-22-2005, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen Swedish and swedish. (I'm a very swedish person! )
What's canadian about perogies? | Unlike your country, Canada and the US are made up of immigrants. If I'm in Canada and someone asks me my nationality I say Ukrainian. It's assumed that I am Canadian they're really asking about my ancestry, specifically my looks. As I get my looks from my mother, I say Ukrainian rather than English /Scottish (from my father's side).
If I am out of the country, then I answer Canadian, as that is what they're really asking.
ThatReallyHurt and I share similar ancestry. I *think* his great grandmother and my grandmother arrived around the same time in Central Canada… Hey… they may have even known each other! It was a pretty close-knit community.
There is a great Ukrainian restaurant in TRH’s city that is one of my favourites although I don’t get there much as it’s a 3 day drive…. So it’s come up a few times.
Make sense now?
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07-22-2005, 03:21 PM
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#10266 | | Senior Member
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| Perfect sense.
What is the most fantastic thing about living in Canada?
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07-22-2005, 03:46 PM
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| Gosh... there is so much I like about Canada. I like how friendly people are, the wide-open spaces, relatively low crime rate. There are not too many places where you can't walk alone any time, day or night. Most people I know outside of the cities don't lock their doors (how do your friends come over and crash when you're not home otherwise?).
Where I live in Western Canada... the moderate climate, the ethnic diversity, the breath-taking views, and the variety of activities.
What about where you live?
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07-22-2005, 04:07 PM
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#10268 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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| Slightly off the thread...
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Originally Posted by Fencergrl Unlike your country, Canada and the US are made up of immigrants. | You may be surprised to hear that Sweden has had quite a few differents 'waves' of immigrants throughout the years.
Dutch, Vallons, Germans, British and in more modern times (after WWII) Finns, Estonians, Poles etc.
In the 60's there was a lack of labour force hence a lot of Italians, Greeks, Yugoslavians, Turks and more Finns came to Sweden.
Since the early 90's we've had a lot of immigrants from Iran, Irak, Somalia and a few other trouble spots in the world.
Given, we don't have as much immigrants as the US and Canada, since we're such a small country but I'd say that we have quite a few different nationalities represented in Sweden. I feel almost unique being of 'solid' swedish ancestry! 
Ok, let's carry on with the question game...  
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07-22-2005, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Zilverzmurfen You may be surprised to hear that Sweden has had quite a few differents 'waves' of immigrants throughout the years. | I didn't know that... thanks!
Yes... carry on!
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07-22-2005, 04:24 PM
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#10270 | | Épéeist Hive Queen
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Originally Posted by Fencergrl What about where you live? | I like where I live a lot. I have lived by the sea my entire life and I think it's fantastic. I would surely miss the sea if I moved anywhere far from it.
I also like the surrounding nature, or perhaps I should say landscape. I live in a city however, and I like that too (at least at this point in my life) as the variety of activities is big.
If you were 23 years old and was going away on a fecning competition, and was going to stay in a hotel -- would you bring a pillow..?
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07-22-2005, 04:46 PM
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| Probably not... for a number of reasons.
Would you?
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07-22-2005, 05:07 PM
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#10272 | | Senior Member
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| Depending on the hotel, yes. The less expensive places tend to have pillows that are too thin.
How often do you stay in the host hotel for a fencing event?
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07-22-2005, 05:34 PM
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| since most of the time when I travel to an event, i'm refereeing, pretty close to 100% of the time... unless i've got family or friends in the city, or I'm making my own arrangements or something.
Where do you like to stay?
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07-22-2005, 05:54 PM
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#10274 | | Senior Member
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| Normally in a 'suites' hotel (Extended Stay, Studio Plus, etc). The costs of the host hotels are too dear.
Does Go?Fencing? think she can sneak around the Forum without us knowing she's here? Shouldn't she be at camp?
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07-22-2005, 05:58 PM
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#10275 | | Senior Member
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| Well, its Friday, so its possible the camp is over.
What, are you stalking her or something?
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07-22-2005, 06:03 PM
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#10276 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by oso97 Well, its Friday, so its possible the camp is over.
What, are you stalking her or something? | Absolutely NOT. I merely took a look at who was online, saw her screen name, and thought it would be humorous to post a message directed to her.
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07-22-2005, 06:28 PM
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#10277 | | Question Game Queen
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| Behold! It is I, G?F?!
Yes, for us one-weekers, like Melihop and me, camp ended after lunch today.
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07-22-2005, 06:32 PM
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#10278 | | Boom!
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| Indeed we did, and we're glad you're back!
How was your time?
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07-22-2005, 06:51 PM
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#10279 | | Question Game Queen
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| Quite good until yesterday, when I got more injuries than I've ever gotten in one day. Interesting stories, though.
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07-22-2005, 08:02 PM
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