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ruaok
(made in canada, eh!)
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ruaok
do those actually exist in .se?
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navap wonders the same thing about Sweedish Berries
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lauri
nope, we don't have them in sweden :)
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ruaok
figured as much. :)
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lauri
well, we have similar candy of course, but not exactly those
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ruaok
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lauri
now haribo we have
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navap
Ya they look like them
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ruaok
navap: those are german then.
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navap
Hm, well they're sold as Sweedish Berries over here :)
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ruaok gets started doing the finances 11 minutes after the previous month is over
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lauri
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lauri
most sold car in the world :)
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ruaok
navap: remind me ,where is here?
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lauri
but they're more like peeps
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navap
Canada
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ruaok
ah. marketing is weird
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navap
Maybe someone though "German Berries" wouldn't go over too well over here? I dunno
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lauri
fascinating... malaco (who make the fish) are a swedish company
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lauri
they just made up that product for the us market though
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srotta
I was trying to show ruaok the ultimate chocolate, but Fazer site is failing me. :|
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srotta
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lauri
nom nom, moomin toothpaste
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srotta
lauri: Those salmiak Serdish fish are at least sold in the ferries between Finland and Sweden.
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srotta
Serdish? :P
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lauri
oh yeah, I find we do have 'pastellfisk' but only in the pick'n'mix boxes
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lauri
they're not famous here or anything (and I don't think my grocery store even has them)
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srotta
Yeah, the local candy store probably has them here as well.
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srotta
Haven't seen fruit flawored, though.
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lauri
other than cars, i guess läkerol is uber-swedish
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lauri
whenever i am going to see anyone i get told to fill my bag up with those
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ruaok
lauri: tell your us friends they can buy them at World Market.
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lauri
it's usually the germans who want 'em
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lauri
i have one friend who goes to switzerland just to buy the darn things :)
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ruaok
what? I've seen them in german stores too.
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lauri
so have i, but apparently not where he lives
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lauri
i like the blue fruits one
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ruaok
lets see... tomorrow I am exporting: organic black beans, cliff bars, vitamin c, flavored coffee and jeans.
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lauri
heh, a side business you could turn that into
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lauri
'care packages, courtesy ruaok'
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ruaok
and a 32oz bottle of Tapatio hot sauce.
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lauri
that reminds me, i need a kiwi to buy me marmite
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ruaok
I'm always schlepping shit from point a to point b.
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ruaok keeps away from that
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ruaok
I can probably find marmite in london.
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ruaok
should I ship some over?
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lauri
it's not the right kind :(
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ruaok
ah.
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ruaok is not versed in the nuances of {marm|vegg)ite
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lauri
vegemite is australian, and yucky
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alastairp
lauri: hahah
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ruaok
lol
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alastairp
marmite > vegimite
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lauri
marmite in the UK is more like vegemite, but still edible
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alastairp
by far
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ruaok
marmite is a brand, right?
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alastairp
lauri: how much do you want?
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alastairp
ruaok: yeah
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lauri
lol, i just remembered the NZ expats store in London can ship me some
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ruaok
do you consider australia to be NZ west?
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lauri
and milo, and bluebird chips :)
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alastairp
ruaok: of course
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alastairp
lauri: are you ex-nz?
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lauri
i am :)
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ruaok
lol. my favorite postcard when I visited.
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alastairp
where from?
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lauri
Whangarei
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alastairp
sweet
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lauri
you?
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alastairp
currently in Wlg, but originally Morrinsville (30 mins out of Hamilton)
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lauri
ruaok: when you're in london, you can visit the kiwi store, and buy some real marmite to try
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lauri
it's under the opera house, near picadilly circus
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lauri
oh, i know morrinsville :)
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ruaok
oh, I'll be there.
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alastairp
lauri: :)
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alastairp
awesome
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ruaok
but I doubt that I need some for myself.
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ruaok
alastairp: will you sort lauri on marmite so I don't have to? :)
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lauri
lol, it's ok, they take credit cards and ship all over europe
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lauri
don't know why i didn't think of it before
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alastairp
ruaok: no, because then you could never learn to love it for yourself
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alastairp
:)
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lauri
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lauri
it's way better than the british stuff
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ruaok
alastairp: heh. I dont think its possible to learn to love marmite after say... 10 years of age.
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lauri
omg, they have l&p
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alastairp
lauri: !
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alastairp
ruaok: yeah, probably
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alastairp
although, tbh, I haven't actually had any in years
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ruaok
lol
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lauri
the problem foreigners always make, is putting too much on
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lauri
my husband tried it the first time, and slathered it on like peanut butter
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ruaok
1 ng is enough!!
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alastairp
ah, can't stand that
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lauri
and then took a bite before i could stop him
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ruaok
lol
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alastairp
lauri: and hated it?
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RifRaf
is it bad to add your own custom tags to files? like i want an artist country tag but can't see anything else it fits into really
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lauri
threatened to trhow it out of the house :)
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alastairp
bread + small bit of marmite + slice of cheese
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alastairp
that's all I had all through primary/intermediate/high school :)
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lauri
hot toaste + melty buttery + itty bit of marmite
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alastairp
mmmmm
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alastairp
that too
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lauri
wow, i can't spell, i should go to work or something
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lauri
rifraf: you can do anything you like to your own files
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lauri
RifRaf: but there's some systems about adding custom tags you might want to look into, and your media player may not know what to do with them
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alastairp
lauri: they only have 390ml bottles of l&p
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lauri
yeah, but i thought exporting that stuff at all was treason
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alastairp
quite possibly
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lauri
i'm so buying myself some for christmas
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alastairp
in fact, you left
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alastairp
now I know where you live
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alastairp
i've contacted the sekrit police, they're coming to bring you home
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lauri
i will pelt them with ahlgrens bilar until they give up and go away
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RifRaf
lauri, yeah trying to find that right names, like for subgenre am using Content Group which i working out is called grouping in picard
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lauri
also, it's winter here, they'll be frozen as soon as they get off the plane
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lauri
RifRaf: there is a map of picard's tags vs multiple tag types, somewhere in teh wiki
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alastairp
lauri: yeah, stubbies + singlet probably wouldn't work too wekk
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srotta
lauri: What is marmite?
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alastairp
srotta: yeast sandwitch spread
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srotta
Mmm.
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srotta
:P
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ruaok
lol
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lauri
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srotta
I've never fancied peanut butter, maybe I should try that one.
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alastairp
it's max <3
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lauri
depending where you're from, and which urban legend you believe
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lauri
it's fermented meat and/or the leftover yeast from beermaking
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alastairp
huh, didn't know that
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lauri
however it's really made, it's a yeast extract, it's black, and thick like tar, smells like.... something really yucky, and tastes awesome
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srotta
:D
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RifRaf
lauri thanks for link, lookin now
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srotta
Well, can't really laugh, we eat some pretty weird stuff as well.
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lauri
indeed, who the hell thought up salmiakki
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lauri
and how many people did they kill before perfecting it?
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srotta
I don't know, but it's a great thing they did.
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lauri
alastairp: salmiakki is some unholy mix of licorice and ammonium chloride
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alastairp
yum
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srotta
In school we used to make ammoniumchloride.
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alastairp
so, it smells like ammonia?
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srotta
A class mate of mine stole it from the chemistry storage.
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lauri
it doesn't really
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srotta
And happily ate it with a spoon.
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lauri
it's actually quite edible, tastes salty
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lauri
dear god srotta, that's insane
