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You'll be happy to know they have no minimum wage in Iceland either.
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They are unionized to the hilt, however. The oddest thing being that non-union workers in an industry get union wages. Which, of course, is why things tend to be more than a tad pricy. A cheap country it ain't.
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Britney. or maybe it was Paris.

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Old 11-28-2007, 01:03 PM
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They are unionized to the hilt, however. The oddest thing being that non-union workers in an industry get union wages. Which, of course, is why things tend to be more than a tad pricy. A cheap country it ain't.
That is true...the law does require that wages within a company be the same for union or non-union. Though many companies practice it here without the law. Everything has to be shipped to Iceland and it's in the middle of nowhere. I think that has a lot to do with the prices too. Food, clothes, etc are ridiculous. But hotels are relatively inexpensive. Though with a falling dollar that has certainly changed.
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Sweedish chicks and their big knockers have a better chance of turing me than those pale skinny-aѕs chicks in Iceland. You'd think with all that cold weather they's have a few layers of blubber on them.
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BRASILIA (Nov. 27) - Iceland has overtaken Norway as the world's most desirable country to live in, according to an annual U.N. table published on Tuesday that again puts AIDS-afflicted sub-Saharan African states at the bottom.

Rich free-market countries dominate the top places, with Iceland, Norway, Australia, Canada and Ireland the first five but the United States slipping to 12th place from eighth last year in the U.N. Human Development Index.

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Hmm.. this climate change thing as it's advantages.
Cording to the U.N!!!!!
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Iceland is also one of the parasite euro states defended by the US military. Although it is a member of NATO, it has no military force. You can have a lot of social spending when you leave the defense to Uncle Sucker.
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I thought all the U.S. troops were out of Iceland.
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the US wants to be there so I wouldn't call them parasites. It's a landing stop between here and Europe so the US considers it a strategic location. It's mutually beneficial.

I didn't see women in Iceland that were too skinny. In fact I didn't find them pale either, they kind of reminded me of Swedish women in that they have these natural tans to go with that white blonde hair. To me, Iceland and Sweden...six of one, half dozen of the other.
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I keep hearing about that game, I wish I would have given that a try when I had more time a couple of years ago.
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