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The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by Symbiote »

alistairSH wrote: post #162
Dutchie wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Swedes are using cheese slicers too? I always thought the Dutch were the only people in the world to use cheese slicers.

Huh. I've had a cheese slicer at home forever (Scottish-American). It mostly gets used at dinner parties, when we buy nicer cheeses; inexpensive cheese is almost all pre-sliced in the US. Same holds true for my parents.

Most cheese sold in Britain is not sliced, but most people use an ordinary knife for slicing it.

I'd guess grated cheese outsells sliced cheese.

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by BryantD »

yincrash wrote: post #38
cm3 wrote: post #37

Did people sign up for this or was it involuntarily and anyone, including those who don't want to be bothered, will get calls?

People sign up. There is also a http://twitter.com/sweden that is also run by citizens who sign up (it rotates every week).

Ireland also does that: https://twitter.com/ireland

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Post by bearbin »

tricolon wrote: post #70
Dutchie wrote: post #67

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The Swedes are using cheese slicers too? I always thought the Dutch were the only people in the world to use cheese slicers.

Finn here. How else are you supposed to slice cheese?

Potato peeler? https://www.cookipedia.co.uk/wiki/images/thumb/5/5c/Peeler.j...

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Post by Moru »

kuschku wrote: post #119
nxcho wrote: post #74

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Knife i guess or buy factory sliced. Most cheeses in america is a bit to soft to slice with a cheese slicer anyway.

Well, for that there’s a special danish type of cheese slicer that works better with soft cheese.

We use this one for soft cheese:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=danish+cheese+slicer+wire&t=ffab&i...

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Post by SyneRyder »

interfixus wrote: post #54
hk__2 wrote: post #51

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Do you have some numbers on that?

Yes, and so do you. Sweden actually does have a statistics bureau. And they do make statistics. They just wrap them up real discreet. Native swedes are becoming a minority in Malmø, the third largest city in Sweden, and apparently home turf for one of the Brussels bombers.

Not at all. Malmö is one of my favorite cities in the world... I've visited there every year for the last 3 years, and it's still very Swedish. Granted, I haven't been since the Syrian refugee situation began, so it may have changed somewhat this year.

Worth pointing out there is something of a rivalry between Copenhagen (Denmark) & Malmö (Sweden), which are just 14km apart via bridge. The difference between the cultures is explored in an excellent crime drama called Brön/Brøn (The Bridge)... imagine a Swedish female Sheldon Cooper solving murders with her Danish counterpart. Worth watching if you can ever find it.

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Post by GBond »

Interesting but not surprising website. I visited Stockholm for the first time recently and I was impressed with the usage of tech to increase everyday efficiencies. Things like: app for the rail station tickets/yellow cabs/buses, electric/hybrid vehicles commonplace, free wifi in abundance...

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by JensRantil »

ntlve wrote: post #96
jkot wrote: post #93

Skype has something similar back in 2005. You could ring random person and have a chat. I dont understand obsession about Sweden. It is expensive country in decline with high crime. There are better places in Europe.

Any sources on that?

See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11474253.

Re: The Swedish Number – Talk with a Random Swede

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Post by johansch »

exabrial wrote: post #16

Anyone try this yet? I've always wondered what Swedes think about IKEA in America...

From this Swede's point of view, IKEA is primarily a global distributor of fresh Lingonberry jam. (I hear they also sell furniture.)

(Seriously, I don't get why lingonberries don't get a wider, eh, distribution. It's brilliant in so many things. My favorite is just tossing lingonberry jam into cream-based sauces.)

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