Memorial Day

Memorial Day - 2007

Published on May 27, 2007 By lordkosc In Everything Else

Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May (observed this year on 2007-05-28). It was formerly known as Decoration Day. This holiday commemorates U.S. men and women who have died in military service to their country. It began first to honor Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War. After World War I, it expanded to include those who died in any war or military action. One of the longest standing traditions is the running of the Indianapolis 500, which has been held in conjunction with Memorial Day since 1911. (wikipedia.com)

Anyone doing anything special? At home we have the family over and cook on the grill and play horseshoes , beanbags and badminton in the yard.

Sadly Ironclad Staff has off... They should be forced to work on holidays...

Comments (Page 2)

Thrawn2787

on May 29, 2007

Haha, does he say that?

Yeah, he said that once. I think he's...well, let me out it this way: I'm glad his second term is almost up.

I looked up "george bush denmarkians" on goolge to find the actual quote, and when I hit the image button I got a picture of one of the "Bloom County" books (the penguin's name is Opus).
http://images.google.com/images?um=1&tab=wi&hl=en&q=george+bush+denmarkians

What does kr stand for? I was trying to use google to convert it to US dollars...but it didn't work.

Multianna

on May 29, 2007

kr = kroner or danish kroner

Thrawn2787

on May 29, 2007

So 200kr is 36 US dollars.

Multianna

on May 29, 2007

yep

thats for a box of beer. Which have 24 beers in it.
Or 18 US dollars if you buy it in a supermarket.
But about half the money you get back, when you return the box and the empty bottles.

Thrawn2787

on May 29, 2007

But about half the money you get back, when you return the box and the empty bottles.

? Do they recycle that stuff....America is not that big on recycling, espically where I am (nobody does it. My family recycles plasitc bottles and pizza boxes, thats about it). And as far a beer is conserned, there is a brewry (Spelling, thats right, I can't spell in my native language) a little ways away, like 5 or 10 minutes (its a Budwiser one).

Multianna

on May 29, 2007

A normal beer is 33 centiliter thats 0,33liter.
1 liter = 0.264172051 US gallons
1kr = 0,18 US dollars

We get lots of money for returning used bottles like:

0,33L 1,5kr
0,50L 2,0kr
1,50L 3,0kr
2,00L 3,0kr

A year ago they used to be alot higher, like for 1,5L bottle, you got 5kr

So as you can see, it can give alot of money back, if you store them away for some time.

Even young kids, are going out, collection beer bottles, after some big partys, where ppl dont care about them, as they are drunk

Schod

on May 30, 2007

everyone in my town recycles. its not like you get payed government allocades for doing it (5 cents a can/bottle/glass) but those who dont do their own usually hand it off to someone else.

We get lots of money for returning used bottles like:

0,33L 1,5kr
0,50L 2,0kr
1,50L 3,0kr
2,00L 3,0kr

not exactly a linear relation...
lets see
27 c v 5 c
36 c v 8 c
52 c v 25 c
52 c v 33 c
I still prefer the american prices, as they're much lower...
btw; hunt down those 6 ouncers! they bring you a nicer return rate.

Thrawn2787

on Jun 06, 2007

Today was D-Day....

lordkosc

on Jun 06, 2007

yep.....

Schod

on Jun 07, 2007

whats with the frowns?

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