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DeltaGuy

12-08-2003, 02:54 PM

I can't vote, I am from Panama which is in Central America and above the Ecuador so it's basically North America...
Central America is part of North America...
From Greenland to Panama is North America...
Then Columbia to Chile and Argentinia is South America...
As for the Eastern and Western Europe, I think he's refering to old political boundries used in the Cold War. Western Europe would be the former Democratic part of Europe, and Eastern Europe would be the USSR's former communist section. Using that method, then Scandinavia is Western...

Hanzo

12-09-2003, 03:24 AM

Central America is part of North America...
From Greenland to Panama is North America...
Then Columbia to Chile and Argentinia is South America...
As for the Eastern and Western Europe, I think he's refering to old political boundries used in the Cold War. Western Europe would be the former Democratic part of Europe, and Eastern Europe would be the USSR's former communist section. Using that method, then Scandinavia is Western...
Thanks for the lesson !:)

maresias

12-09-2003, 07:33 PM

from Turkey..Asia..Europe..Middle East..Eastern West..baah,World.

maresias

12-09-2003, 07:39 PM

from Turkey..Asia..Europe..Middle East..Eastern West..baah,World.

Young Twig

12-09-2003, 09:43 PM

Upstate NY. (North America)

niqo

12-09-2003, 09:59 PM

I can't vote, I am from Panama which is in Central America and above the Ecuador so it's basically North America...
Everything to the south of USA is supposed South America, although it ain't right.

Young Twig

12-09-2003, 10:18 PM

Everything to the south of USA is supposed South America, although it ain't right.
Mexico is definately North America. And, according to Delta Guy, Central America is considered N. America as well.

Zayoos

12-10-2003, 12:11 AM

I'm from Kraków, Poland (Central Europe that is), so my vote is "Eastern Europe"........ just like DeltaGuy write.

Todd The Kiwi

12-10-2003, 12:16 AM

I'm from Kraków, Poland (Central Europe that is), so my vote is "Eastern Europe"........ just like DeltaGuy write.

hi man heard of a band called vader? i reckon they kick arse. not exactly "on topic" but you get that eh. :)

Zayoos

12-10-2003, 01:09 AM

hi man heard of a band called vader? i reckon they kick arse. not exactly "on topic" but you get that eh. :)
Well, well, well :D
Sure I heard :) http://www.vader.pl/ (if You not see this web page yet, ther's a few mp3's You can download), but this is not my kind of music ;) I prefere something more lighten.

Cabinessence

12-10-2003, 07:53 AM

Western Europe was the closest... I'm from Sweden.
Same here. Up North, in the freezing cold.

-swt-

12-10-2003, 09:09 AM

I'm from Kraków, Poland (Central Europe that is), so my vote is "Eastern Europe"........ just like DeltaGuy write.

sry, but Poland is of course NOT Central Europe...
k... time for some geography-Lessons :
(in alphabetical order)

England and Ireland... they are just... yeah... on there island :p

Central Europe : Austria, Lichtenstein, Switzerland

Eastern Europe : Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Moldau, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, White Russia, Yugoslavia

North Europe : Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden

South Europe : Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, San Marino, Vatican

Western Europe : Andorra, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain

silent greets

Zayoos

12-10-2003, 01:25 PM

sry, but Poland is of course NOT Central Europe...
k... time for some geography-Lessons :
(in alphabetical order)

England and Ireland... they are just... yeah... on there island :p

Central Europe : Austria, Lichtenstein, Switzerland

Eastern Europe : Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Moldau, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, White Russia, Yugoslavia

North Europe : Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden

South Europe : Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, San Marino, Vatican

Western Europe : Andorra, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain

silent greets
I'm not saying that You don't have right, but have a look on time zone. Poland have GMT +1:00 hour and this is Central Europe Time, the Eastern Europe Time is GMT +2:00 hour. Even in Windows Regional Settings polish language is in Central Europe Languages :D In my Geography Book I read that Poland belong to Central Europe. I find some websites confirming that, also I find few, saying that the Poland is in Eastern Europe. We can argue about this, but it will be silly :)
Regards
sorry for my bad grammar

-swt-

12-10-2003, 01:41 PM

well...
between "Central Europe Time Zone" and "geographical Location" is a difference ;)
and we do want the geographical Location

the capitals of Italy(Rome)[South Europe],
the Netherlands(Amsterdam)[West-Europe]
and the Capital of Algeria(Algier)[North-Africa] are in the same TimeZone...
but not the same Location... so Algeria is not in Central-Europe :p

have a look here ---> WorldTimeZone.com (http://www.worldtimezone.com/index12.html)

silent greets :)

Zayoos

12-10-2003, 02:39 PM

well...
between "Central Europe Time Zone" and "geographical Location" is a difference
So be it :) Eastern Europe...
but hey, I'm still in Europe anyway :D and from may I will be in EU.
Beware EU !! Shitty Poland is comming ;) (God, I hate my government, they f****d up so many things in this beautiful country) :(

Rex_Mundi_Incarnit

12-11-2003, 07:13 PM

The Netherlands, yahoo! (That's that little country in western Europe and no it's not called Holland! That's just a province in The Netherlands)

-swt-

12-11-2003, 07:26 PM

lol :D

ah... i forgot sth...
IN AUSTRIA ARE NO KANGAROOS !!! :o :p

-swt-

01-05-2004, 04:09 PM

many new members in here...

*push* :cool:

chicubs

01-05-2004, 08:41 PM

lol :D

ah... i forgot sth...
IN AUSTRIA ARE NO KANGAROOS !!! :o :p

funny story: One time in Austria I farmer called some animal sanctuary/rsacp and told them that a deer was going crazy in his yard and was hopping around. The animal guys come over and see that its a Kangaroo that escaped from the zoo, so....kangaroos could be in austria.

-swt-

01-05-2004, 09:09 PM

sry... but in austrian Zoo's are no Kangaroos ;)

Austria has only one big Zoo, that one is in Vienna(near my flat ;))
and is called "Tiergarten Schönbrunn"(AnimalPark/Zoo Schönbrunn -> http://www.zoovienna.at/)
of course, there are Elephants, Giraffs, Ox', Wolves, Pinguins,
Icebears, Pandas (since March 2003 i think) and some other of coures, but no Kangaroos :o

silent greets :cool:

chicubs

01-05-2004, 09:45 PM

i dont know when the story is from so it still could be true.

-swt-

01-06-2004, 01:03 AM

well... okay...
just checked the story, and its true...
but that was in 1998(29.October - 3.November) in Salzburg, a Province of Austria.
the Kangaroo escaped from the Zoo and was hopping around.
Through the City Salzburg(Capital of the Province Salzburg. well... yeah... its the same name ;). Austrian's are creative :D), near a Highway and some other Locations.
Ah... by the way : the name of the Kangaroo was "Skippy"

and i think its still in the zoo... but its no big kangaroo... its a bennet-kangaroo...
it is about the size of a medium dog.

well... so i have to revise my Statement, that there are no Kangaroos in Austria...

there is ONE ! Kangaroo in Austria :D

Todd The Kiwi

01-06-2004, 12:21 PM

we have some wallabies (small kangaroo's) living in the wild over here in an unfenced sanctuary island , they can actually kick arse if provoked , even the little ones pack a wallop , also there is a restaurant in nz that has kangaroo on the menu :eek: i however don't eat big jumpy punching things , slow walking mooing things are o.k though :D um excuse the steve irwin quote i'm a bit dissapointed at his recent actions really, he should know better ! :( very "jacko" i thought . . .

hedge

01-06-2004, 12:50 PM

also there is a restaurant in nz that has kangaroo on the menu: i however don't eat big jumpy punching things , slow walking mooing things are o.k though :D
you should try kangaroo... its actually really nice, especially as a steak or in a barbecued patty... YUMMM!!!
(and try some emu too, its probably even nicer :):))

-swt-

01-06-2004, 01:40 PM

hm... well... here in Vienna is one australian Pub/Restaurant,
where you can eat Kangaroo, Crocodile and some other "exotic" animals...
maybe i'll try it... sometime... :rolleyes:

"Wiener Schnitze"l is the best, btw. :D

Todd The Kiwi

01-06-2004, 01:56 PM

you should try kangaroo... its actually really nice, especially as a steak or in a barbecued patty... YUMMM!!!
(and try some emu too, its probably even nicer :):))

i almost tried it but the price put me off it was almost $50 for one meal , give a comparrison of what emu tastes like man , maybe a gamey sort of chicken or fowl (excuse the pun) have you tried croc ?

Todd The Kiwi

01-06-2004, 02:00 PM

"Wiener Schnitze"l is the best, btw. :D[/QUOTE]

don't they make schnitzel out of really skinny cows ? :D :D

-swt-

01-06-2004, 02:54 PM

aerm... the REAL ! "(Wiener) Schnitzel" is a thin Schnitzel from CALF ! not from cows :o

and well... "we"(ppl in Austria/Europe) are eating Schnitzel from Pigs, Cows and Calfs :cool:

silent greets

Rex_Mundi_Incarnit

01-06-2004, 06:09 PM

Schnitzel is good, i totally agree :D

btw, have any of you guys ever tried snails, ugh very icky french stuff

chicubs

01-06-2004, 09:09 PM

On the plane I saw an episode of "Austrialia's funnies home videos" and this kid was pinned to a wall and the kangaroo was given him a whoppin.

Todd The Kiwi

01-07-2004, 01:31 AM

and well... "we"(ppl in Austria/Europe) are eating Schnitzel from Pigs, Cows and Calfs :cool:

silent greets[/QUOTE]

that was a joke man :D and yes we too make it out of all sorts of slow footed creatures, mmmmm elephant schnitzel :eek: p.s i'm sure you could greet us out loud :) or is that austrian humor ?

MadRocketeer

01-09-2004, 04:15 AM

Todd The Kiwi

01-09-2004, 05:22 AM

Hello, I'm kinda new. Where am I? New Zealand, where else?

edit: Hey? Where's New Zealand on the poll? Maybe you should've put like "Oceania" or something, cos we Kiwis are not particularly fond of being associated with those West Islanders...
hi man go to your control panel and enable your private message thing dude , exchange msn details . the pm thing is cool you can swap info among CHOSEN people no one else can see it , cool if, say, you discover another fellow countyman and whant to chat "kiwi style" :D i'm in auckland by the way :D also i'd disable the email thing but that's just me

MadRocketeer

01-11-2004, 01:56 AM

Whoa, I've always though the Sky tower to be ugly, but I never thought it would be THAT ugly!!!

Anyway, hi mate, good to see a fellow kiwi around. I live in Christchurch BTW.

PMs on. I don't have MSN (i'm on Yahoo). I've quit on Microsoft ever since my inbox was flooded with 287 spams after being away for two weeks 5 years ago...

rorythedog

01-16-2004, 03:14 AM

sry, but Poland is of course NOT Central Europe...
k... time for some geography-Lessons :
(in alphabetical order)

England and Ireland... they are just... yeah... on there island :p

Central Europe : Austria, Lichtenstein, Switzerland

Eastern Europe : Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Moldau, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, White Russia, Yugoslavia

North Europe : Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden

South Europe : Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, San Marino, Vatican

Western Europe : Andorra, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain

silent greets
I'm in Scotland. I'm on that wee island you seem to think only contains England & Ireland. Wales is also on the same island but I'm sorry to say that Ireland is a seperate island altogether. You should be careful. We know what happened the last time an Austrian got lost in Continental Europe. :rolleyes:

Todd The Kiwi

01-16-2004, 03:21 AM

I'm in Scotland. I'm on that wee island you seem to think only contains England & Ireland. Wales is also on the same island but I'm sorry to say that Ireland is a seperate island altogether. You should be careful. We know what happened the last time an Austrian got lost in Continental Europe. :rolleyes:

g'day man , rab c nesbitt is one funny geezer !
don't forget the isle of mann , i have relatives over there b.t.w
and yeah ha ha r.e 'getting lost' :D

-swt-

01-17-2004, 03:44 AM

I'm in Scotland. I'm on that wee island you seem to think only contains England & Ireland. Wales is also on the same island but I'm sorry to say that Ireland is a seperate island altogether. You should be careful.

oh... well... i'm realy sorry...
i'm a great fan of Scotland. of its history, the landscape, the lifestyle... almost everything... except the weather ^_^ too rainy for my taste ^_-
and "now" i forgot about it :eek:
btw. : "BraveHeart" is absolutely my favourite Film

and of course, Ireland has a seperate island ^_^

We know what happened the last time an Austrian got lost in Continental Europe. :rolleyes:
:confused: *confused*

p.S: "The Lord tells me He can get me out of this mess but He's pretty sure you're fucked ... Gnahahah "© by the (mad) Irish King :D

rorythedog

01-17-2004, 10:23 AM

oh... well... i'm realy sorry...
i'm a great fan of Scotland. of its history, the landscape, the lifestyle... almost everything... except the weather ^_^ too rainy for my taste ^_-
and "now" i forgot about it :eek:
btw. : "BraveHeart" is absolutely my favourite Film

and of course, Ireland has a seperate island ^_^

:confused: *confused*

p.S: "The Lord tells me He can get me out of this mess but He's pretty sure you're fucked ... Gnahahah "© by the (mad) Irish King :D
Don't worry about it, man. We Scots get a bit sensitive about these things. Talking about weather, my wife were in Austria in 1990 and as far as I remember it pissed down for the entire time. We went to Vienna, Salzburg & Halstatt. Halstatt is a beautiful place. If I ever win the lottery I might get a place there. Heaven.

Roj

01-18-2004, 03:48 PM

The two days Ive been posting to this board Ive seen a hell of a lot of diversity. So here's a nonsensical poll. Just want to see where everyone is from.
Personally Im from Fairbanks AK USA
Jamaican by way of Canada. :)

Hanzo

01-18-2004, 05:40 PM

It seems I'm the only Panamanian 19-year old dude that uses QCD. Or at least that posts on this forum. :)

Todd The Kiwi

01-18-2004, 05:51 PM

It seems I'm the only Panamanian 19-year old dude that uses QCD. Or at least that posts on this forum. :)

nothing wrong with being "the only one " man , at the rate this site/forum is going you'll have some more soon :D
do you guys actually refer to yourselves as "Panamanians" or is this your term for them/yourself ?

Hanzo

01-18-2004, 06:08 PM

nothing wrong with being "the only one " man , at the rate this site/forum is going you'll have some more soon :D
do you guys actually refer to yourselves as "Panamanians" or is this your term for them/yourself ?
People from Panama in english are referred to as Panamanians. But the word in spanish is "Panameño" but likely you'll not be able to spell it properly, unless you speak fluid spanish. :p

Rex_Mundi_Incarnit

01-18-2004, 10:42 PM

It seems I'm the only Panamanian 19-year old dude that uses QCD. Or at least that posts on this forum. :)

Youre right, same for me. Dont mind though, i like the international community, besides i've been to an international school myself ;)

Assmongrel

01-19-2004, 10:41 PM

Hey all, just here to put in the government mandated canadian content (stupid canadian government). But hey, the canadian government has one thing going for it: its not the american government! ;)

Anyway, I noticed an ongoing theme on this thread seemed to be regionalized food, and seeing as theres not really truly canadian cuisine (with the possible exception of poutine... a delightful french canadian invention of french fries covered with cheese curd and gravy.... mmmmm fat-a-licious) I'm going to suggest prairie oysters.... not exactly a widely appreciated food, or widely known, but about the only food thats distinctly prairies. That being said, living in cowtown, we're awash in beef, some of the best beef in the world! Yay canada!!!

p.s.: if anyone is unsure as to the meaning of prairie oyster.... consider yourself lucky.

Roj

01-19-2004, 11:01 PM

Assmongrel

01-20-2004, 01:38 AM

you got me, pardner..... what can I say, I was born and raised in calgary, home of the world famous calgary stampede and exhibition..... not to mention, well.... wait, yeah, thats all we're known for, for good reason, but hey, at least we have one thing thats world famous. ;)

tupperduck

01-20-2004, 03:25 AM

Hmm... I wonder if Canadian Prairie Oysters are the same thing as American Rocky Mountain Oysters?

If so, then let me just say... bleh.

Assmongrel

01-20-2004, 03:31 AM

Indeed, they are the same.... I'm not saying that they're good, I'm just saying their regionalized to the rocky mountain areas. Hell, one restaurant in town here has what they call a "Testicle Festival". 'nuff said.

MadRocketeer

01-20-2004, 04:22 AM

Calgary... ...home of the Cowboy and the Prairie Oysters... Yes, rural people in New Zealand eat all sorts of stuff like that too, except more of the "baaaa" kind than the "moooo". Yuck, you crazy rural people eat wierd things. :eek:

And you crazy Americans, I can't believe one of the most popular tourist destination in Southland New Zealand for American visitors is a stupid road sign - the one that says "Gore" one way and "Clinton" another. :confused:

The world is full of crazy people.

Matt

01-20-2004, 04:36 AM

oh... well... i'm realy sorry...
i'm a great fan of Scotland. of its history, the landscape, the lifestyle... almost everything... except the weather ^_^ too rainy for my taste ^_-
and "now" i forgot about it :eek:
btw. : "BraveHeart" is absolutely my favourite Film

I was sad to find out that a lot of that movie was fiction. I went on a tour of the highlands a few months back and stopped in Stirling along the way. Saw this funny statue and learned quite a bit about William. Most of that movie was 'dramatic effect'. (I still loved it)

Scotland was an AWESOME place though, I stayed in Edinburgh for about a week and a half.. just fantastic. Its kind of funny because I met a guy named Rory there... great guy.

I also learned a lot about the english (from a scots perpective)... it wasn't pretty :)

Roj

01-20-2004, 06:07 AM

Calgary... ...home of the Cowboy and the Prairie Oysters...I lived there for 15 years after I came to Canada and my parents still live there. I visit them as often as I can which almost amounts to every year (I'll be back in town again in August for Dad's 83rd).

I love that city - big time.

You can take the boy out of the West but you can never take the West out of the boy... :D

rorythedog

01-20-2004, 08:16 AM

I was sad to find out that a lot of that movie was fiction. I went on a tour of the highlands a few months back and stopped in Stirling along the way. Saw this funny statue and learned quite a bit about William. Most of that movie was 'dramatic effect'. (I still loved it)

Scotland was an AWESOME place though, I stayed in Edinburgh for about a week and a half.. just fantastic. Its kind of funny because I met a guy named Rory there... great guy.

I also learned a lot about the english (from a scots perpective)... it wasn't pretty :)
Hi Matt, you're right about Braveheart - Pants! And the statue in Stirling you mention is modelled on Mel Gibson, an Aussie - Oh the shame. Nevermind, nothing to do with me, I was born in Cornwall...Ontario!

hedge

01-20-2004, 11:46 AM

Hi Matt, you're right about Braveheart - Pants! And the statue in Stirling you mention is modelled on Mel Gibson, an Aussie - Oh the shame. Nevermind, nothing to do with me, I was born in Cornwall...Ontario!
Yeah we aussies are a good looking bunch!!! :D :D

Assmongrel

01-20-2004, 08:15 PM

Hey, hey, hey, I never said anything about cowboys.... and believe you me, calgary is far from rural.... in fact, due to the way the city is zoned, its the largest (area-wise) city in north america (mexico not being included in that statement, seeing as mexico city dwarfs us), the population is about a million, and we're the high-tech capital of canada (I know, not much, but beating both Toronto and Vancouver is quite the feat).

That being said, there are still cowboys, and people seem to revel in the "redneck" ideal around here.... not sure why....

Matt

01-20-2004, 09:39 PM

Calgary is the high tech captial of Canada?

Assmongrel

01-21-2004, 12:31 AM

Per capita, it has the most computers, most connected to the internet, most broadband, etc. not to mention the many high tech firms that call calgary home... sure, toronto has more, but thats because toronto has a bigger population.... I suppose the case could be made either way, but I'd say my point is still valid