Iceland seminar.

[Delwin D Fandrich]

My Dear Kristinn & Richard,

You are both, of course, quite mistaken.

By the time any of your folks arrived, the North American continent was
already discovered and populated by a number of various peoples who had been
calling it home for some millennia.

Del

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: October 09, 2000 5:56 AM
Subject: Re: Iceland seminar.


>
>
> Kristinn Leifsson wrote:
>
> > Do you copy, Roger? tsk tsk. :)
> >
> > The name, my friend, is the reason for our success.  "What´s in a name"?
> > thou wondereth.  Well a long time ago, even before the patch of land
that
> > the U.S. of A occupies was discovered (by us I should add),
>
> Actually, you are in error there. Iceland was inhabited by Norsk Vikings
at
> the time and it was THEY who discovered America,, for all the good it did
> them... grin. At some point they dropped out, as did the Icelandic
Norsk...
> forgotten for a time in the dust of history.. Isolated from the rest of
the
> world the remainder of the people on Iceland slowly developed there own
> society, indeed Icelandic reads and probably sounds like old Nordic. And
as we
> all know the Nordics who discovered America simply disapeared leaving only
> hints of their stay there.
>
> > the name
> > Iceland was given to the country to get the brunt of the leeches in the
> > world to stay away.  People who needed comfort without work.  However,
the
> > name Greenland was given to that country because they definitely needed
> > more people over there.
>
> Grin... and more Green period..
>
> > Yet Greenland is ice.  So you can send us all here
> > a postcard from Greenland during our seminar in Reykjavík. :)
> >
> > Well what can I say, just come over.
>
> That is in any case sound advice. You should all visit our Nordic
countries at
> some time.
>
> >
> > Actually I´ve received positive feedback on this matter.  Would you
people
> > please tell me if you think there is any basis for this.
> > Would you take a trip?
>
> Interest is certainly their.. but I think realization is somewhat off in
the
> future. I am on board tho on the first boat.
>
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Kristinn Leifsson,
> > Reykjavík, Iceland
> > 6°C at 9.am (dry)
> >
> >
>
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway
> 13¤ at 15:00 (very wet)
>
>