Xmas markets

Peter1010 · Post by **Peter1010** » 16 Dec 2012, 08:47

Some humour but with a real point about society...

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/soci ... 2121453390

Post by **adam2** » 18 Dec 2012, 11:27

I must admit to visiting the Christmas market on the south bank !
I actually enjoy mulled wine and seek this out in pubs at this time of year.
Dont remember buying anything else apart from the mulled wine. It would have felt more like Christmas with some snow.

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 18 Dec 2012, 17:57

It's really just a way of admitting that people don't like soul-less big shops and prefer to do their buying in small-scale and more sociable surroundings.

I actually bought something useful at an Xmas market the other day: 2 pairs of Finnish pure-wool gloves for £14.

JavaScriptDonkey · Post by **JavaScriptDonkey** » 18 Dec 2012, 19:08

Finland has sheep now?

Catweazle · Post by **Catweazle** » 18 Dec 2012, 21:10

I enjoy the local "food fairs", they sell some lovely cheeses, gourmet pasties, cider etc. etc. but I really object to paying the £5 to enter the places.

I wonder if they have found that they sell more food if they charge people to get in, like " I've paid £5 I might as well buy something or it's wasted...".

It would be better if you paid £5 to get in and got a £5 voucher for the stalls.

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 18 Dec 2012, 21:11

Of course there are sheep in Finland.

The Finnish Landrace sheep date back to the early iron age in Finland and is adapted to the cold climate of Finland. The breed has traditionally supplied domestic needs for wool and fur and meat was used as a by-product. At present, lamb meat is the main product. The impact of imported breeds is small with some influence from Texel and Oxford Down. The lambs are of multiple colours, white (65 %), grey (5 %), black (20 %) and brown (19 %). A small proportion of the males are horned (1 %), otherwise both sexes are polled with short tails. The sheep grow single coated wool with mean fibre diameter of 24 - 25 micron and mean fibre length of 8 cm. The mean greasy fleece weight is around 1.2 kg (8 months age). The wool is used for clothes and souvenirs, and pelts are used for fur clothes and wool-skin floor rugs. Adult live weight is 105 kg for males and 72 kg for females. The breed is known for high fecundity with a mean litter size of 2.6 lambs at birth. Mean carcass weight of lambs is 18 kg when slaughtered at the age of 5 months. A large proportion of the carcasses fall into grade O in the EUROP classification system. The number of purebred ewes is around 25,000 and total population size is 77,000 (year 2000)

http://www.rala.is/beta/01%20Finn%20sheep.htm

RenewableCandy · Post by **RenewableCandy** » 19 Dec 2012, 16:35

Yes where else d'you think all the people in those atmospheric murder mysteries get the wool for their natty sweaters

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