tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post5492708940417956238..comments2024-03-27T17:03:57.341-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Runaway Bridge – sponsored by Extra GumOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-14881116870961598562011-07-18T12:27:51.441-04:002011-07-18T12:27:51.441-04:00Every time I read you I make a note to check on fl...Every time I read you I make a note to check on flights and prices. You're the best possible advertisement for the country: civilized, civil, amused, intelligent. Are there any more at home like you?Timothy Hallinanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551263887774445511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-52157733764671900102011-07-18T09:14:09.502-04:002011-07-18T09:14:09.502-04:00It took only one week in the end to get a new temp...It took only one week in the end to get a new temporarary bridge up and running. That's not a bad record at all. But then again, all bridges I've seen in Iceland were of the 'temporary' kind. makes sense really, functional and not too expensive and in the face of disaster likely to just swim away instead of becoming a serious obstacle.<br /><br />And for a tourist, getting stuck in some or other exotic location is always a joy. For us it meant the opprotunity to go on a sudden unplanned excursion, and the excitement of whether or not 'it's going to blow'. Which it didn't. We were blissfully unaware that press at home had already reported that Iceland was about to explode, or melt, or burn to pieces. None of that frantic newscoverage in Kirkjubaejarklauster! Haha!Vlammetjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594354119369152776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-1487218092007121342011-07-15T17:46:18.871-04:002011-07-15T17:46:18.871-04:00You're so funny. Even in the face of disaster...You're so funny. Even in the face of disaster. But beyond the humor, Icelandic news coverage beats Greek hands (and paving stones) down.<br /><br />--JeffJeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-56922173525349654012011-07-13T20:10:22.419-04:002011-07-13T20:10:22.419-04:00First, I must say that it is embarrassing to hear ...First, I must say that it is embarrassing to hear people in the "man on the street" interviews in Iceland speaking English better than would be heard if an American was stopped in Chicago by someone with a microphone.<br /><br />My husband doesn't read road signs. I think he would love to travel on a highway that goes in a circle. Our highways are labeled with odd and even numbers, indicating north/south and east/west. I think that is a "suggestion" rather than a rule.<br /><br />It takes weeks to get a bridge up and running??!! Here, it would take years. Politicians would have to get in on it, contractors would submit bids, a bid would be accepted, the media would find out the winning bidder was the uncle of the brother-in-law of one of the politicians, there would be hearings, and then the process would start all over. I have seen on-ramps to highways that have been closed for ten years.<br /><br />As to the tourists, having a bridge sail away is an interesting story to go along with the pictures. The tourists are relaxed about the situation because they are tourists. They know that they won't be getting a phone call telling them to come and fix the mess.Bethhttp://www.murderbytype.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com