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Sylvain wrote:
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He referred to both Iceland and Greenland and then you felt compelled
to inform me that Iceland is not Greenland, something that I knew
already, as I live right here in Iceland.
No, I do not know what you are missing.

please don't get all worked up over this: this newsgroup is
populated by a majority of americans (or folks like me having
moved there); the fact that some folks even *know* that your
island exist -- even if they might confuse it with some other
parts and get a few facts wrong like location, population,
history, etc -- is already something you'd be really happy
about, a good base for further discussion (I suspect pilots
have heard about Iceland as a convenient place to refuel on
the way across the Atlantic on the northern route :-) -- don't
get me started on the subject, I don't remember how many times
I have had to explain that I don't come from Swaziland (and how
many times my snail mail transits through this probably
really fine but completely out of the way country) :-)

Thank you, and I did not get at all worked up over this, the ignorance
of some people just never fails to amaze me.

And the inability to follow a thread (who posted what) amazes me, especailly
when people become so condescending after they do screw up attributions.

I also find it interesting, when someone questions another posters claim, or
asks for clarification, some become hostile or pompous.