Back in my work days I was talking with some engineers from Ericsson and Nokia. One of the Ericsson engineers asked me "how can you tell when a Finn is an extrovert?" I didn't know, so he continued "when he is talking to you, the extrovert Finn will be staring at your shoes instead of his own."
if i ever find the ******ed scumbag poopstains that keep sticking 'phobia' on the end of a word and convincing the hard of thinking that it means a hatred of whatever it was rather than a fear of it, i certainly will not be kind.
Ha ha. I've worked with them for a couple of decades and visited there many times. That is for sure the stereotype, with many actually just like that. But on the other hand, many are nearer extroverts and right characters. Generally really nice people. Unlike us and most other nations, they are comfortable with periods of silence, which can be a very good thing.
Kosovo has agreed to rent 300 prison cells to Denmark to ease overcrowding in the Scandinavian country's jails. Denmark will pay an annual fee of €15m (£12.8m) for an initial period of five years, and will also help fund green energy in the country. The rented cells are meant to house convicted criminals from non-EU countries due to be deported from Denmark after their sentences. Danish laws would apply to any prisoners in the rented cells. Kosovo has between 700 and 800 unused prison spaces. The two governments signed a "political declaration" of intent on Monday which will run for an initial period of five years, a joint statement said.
It's described as the biggest divorce case in British legal history - a settlement of more than £500m involving the billionaire ruler of Dubai and his estranged wife. The UK's High Court on Tuesday awarded a lump sum settlement of £251.5m to Princess Haya Bint Al-Hussain - the 47-year-old daughter of Jordan's former King Hussein. She is the youngest of six wives of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al-Maktoum - the multi-billionaire ruler of Dubai, prime minister of the UAE and influential horse-racing owner. The judgment provides Princess Haya with sums to cover the cost of running two multi-million pound properties - one next to London's Kensington Palace, as well as her main residence in Egham, Surrey. There is also provision for a substantial "security budget" as well as holidays, salaries and accommodation for both a nurse and a nanny, armoured vehicles for the family, and the cost of maintaining various ponies and pets. It has also awarded secured payments of £5.6m-a-year to each of her two children, a 14-year-old daughter and a nine-year old son. These are to be secured with a £290m guarantee. 'In fear of her life' This long-running court custody battle has thrown a spotlight on the normally closed world of Middle Eastern royal families. Princess Haya fled from Dubai to Britain with her children in 2019, saying she was in fear of her life, after discovering Sheikh Mohammed had previously abducted two of his other daughters - Sheikha Latifa and Sheikha Shamsa - and rendered them back to Dubai against their will. Sheikh Mohammed, 72, who is also a giant figure in the horse-racing world, has denied the abductions - despite a 2020 High Court judgement saying they were, in all probability, true. He published a poem called "You lived, You Died", widely assumed to threaten the princess after discovering she was having an affair with her British ex-Army bodyguard. Princess Haya continued to receive threats after moving to Britain, with messages saying "we can reach you anywhere" and she has since spent vast sums on security for fear her children would be abducted and flown back to Dubai.
i'm not and i'm not, but good try! i don't fear phobias! i wish i could overcome one or two (eg heights) though but.
