EPT2. Dress Hot Bid as a Hob Bit (see what I did there)
3. Make them walk to the mysterious mill
4. But instead of a Balrog its a wild sleeping Waxangel is blocking their path
5. ???
6. Profit
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Chexx
Korea (South)11232 Posts
2. Dress Hot Bid as a Hob Bit (see what I did there) 3. Make them walk to the mysterious mill 4. But instead of a Balrog its a wild sleeping Waxangel is blocking their path 5. ??? 6. Profit | ||
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Mothra
United States1448 Posts
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Dyme
Germany523 Posts
there's less creativity and innovation and "American dream" success stories. I don't have any facts to back me up, but I am fairly certain Holland has a higher social mobility than the US. So, probably more American dream success stories. The story loses some of its charm though when you have healthcare and social security stuff to fall back on. Also, Dutch bread, really? The only Dutch bread I know is Krentenbolletjes. | ||
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Tiwo
Netherlands306 Posts
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Nisyax
Netherlands756 Posts
On the point on things not being open Sundays: place where I live (village with 8000 ppl) supermarket is open on Sundays, pretty much every food place (Chinese, snackbars etc) as well. | ||
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bartus88
Netherlands491 Posts
On November 06 2013 00:05 LaNague wrote: Is it only in germany that university towns are packed with rich(in China) chinese kids? At my university (Groningen) there are a lot of Chinese students as well, I don't know if they're rich though, because they never ever socialize with non-Chinese people. Also they always cycle on kids bikes because adult bikes are to large for them and it is hilarious to see. Concerning stores being closed on Sunday: in the past few years this has begun to change and I don't think it will take a long time before most stores are open on Sunday. | ||
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ZAiNs
United Kingdom6525 Posts
I will be attending Blizzcon, MLG Columbus, and DreamHack this next month. MLG instead of RedBull. Hot_Bid traitor confirmed. | ||
Keniji
Netherlands2569 Posts
On November 06 2013 03:28 bartus88 wrote: At my university (Groningen) there are a lot of Chinese students as well, I don't know if they're rich though, because they never ever socialize with non-Chinese people. Also they always cycle on kids bikes because adult bikes are to large for them and it is hilarious to see. Concerning stores being closed on Sunday: in the past few years this has begun to change and I don't think it will take a long time before most stores are open on Sunday. Dutch universities are all packed with germans, no place for chinese people. hue. While there are still quite a few chinese students, study fee's for non-EU students are much more expensive in the netherlands than in germany (german universities don't ask for an increase study fee for non-eu students afaik) . So the amount of chinese students in germany is indeed higher than in the netherlands. I am not sold on dutch bread, but they certainly excel in pastry (is that the right word? waffles and stuff) | ||
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Garfailed
Netherlands409 Posts
anyways, welcome! I hope when there's another barcraft in Utrecht you will attend | ||
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RvB
Netherlands6269 Posts
On November 05 2013 21:04 corumjhaelen wrote: About food, you're probably in the worst country in Europe when it comes to that (I'm preparing to be flamed but let's be honest two second here...). And american bread more or less sucks yeah. Nice blog anyway, don't go out too much, you might catch that throat disease they call a language over there  You're right our food is the worst... I guess nobody really cares enough about the taste of food over here. | ||
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Khenra
Netherlands885 Posts
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Pholon
Netherlands6142 Posts
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mizU
United States12125 Posts
and play dota with you and kip | ||
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Jetaap
France4814 Posts
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Lucumo
6850 Posts
On November 06 2013 01:32 KadaverBB wrote: You really should try german bread, or maybe you should not, because if you do, you will never want to go back. We fucking own bread. Definitely can't argue against that. | ||
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Nouar
France3270 Posts
I beg to differ. Well, French Boulangeries do. And our sandwiches in fresh baguettes would convert anyone over ;-> Btw what's the wurst concept... 5cm bread for a 25cm sausage?! Gonna live in brunssum for a few years startîg next year, we shall see what life is like... :-) | ||
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zul
Germany5427 Posts
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Noobity
United States871 Posts
On November 05 2013 23:53 micronesia wrote: Wow, a lot of hate on American bread, apparently. I guess the difference between countries known for their bread like Holland and the USA is that you can just get Dutch bread anywhere and it's really good, whereas in the USA you need to know where to get the good bread. You can get very good bread in the USA, too.... but the average loaf isn't anything special. Hot_Bid thank you for sharing your experiences so far in your new home. What I don't understand is that everyone's saying "American Bread" as if we don't have citizens of every background making amazing bread if you look hard enough in America. Seriously, get out of the grocery stores, find the tiny local bakeries and bask in the wonder that is diversity. But no really, if you're in America and you can't find good food, it's your own fault. | ||
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
Oh snap. | ||
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Mostha
Netherlands63 Posts
please write more about your time in the netherlands, it's really fun seeing your 'outsider' view of our country. | ||
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