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[Ariana]

Yes, it's small-scale research, with minimal demographic coverage.
Still, doesn't hurt to know.

 

[Forostar]

Ah right, thanks. I had that stuck in my head all morning, and I kind of like the atmosphere from that pseudo-live album.

Hahaha, Yax and I just had another episode from our eternal discussion on this. Sorry, Yax, this makes me laugh.

 

[Ariana]

Today we celebrate St Nicolas day. According to traditions, we eat fish today.

 

[Moon Child]

Why fish?

 

[Ariana]

Because in Orthodox Christianity, St Nicolas is the patron of fishermen. Eating fish is like offering a sacrifice in hope that he will protect men at sea and grant them good fortune.

 

[Moon Child]

That's interesting. Though I don't know if I'd like that so much....I hate fish. I'd be the person breaking tradition.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

Ah, page 1961. This is a notable year in Norwegian football: It was the last year when the top flight season ended in the spring, and the last year when the league consisted of a Western and an Eastern conference. Until 1961, the league champion would be decided by a single final match between the winners of each conference.

Coincidentally (or maybe not), 1961 was also the year of Fredrikstad FK's 9th and hitherto last league title. 1960-61 was also the season they made their only notable international achievement, by eliminating Ajax from the first round of the European Cup.

The transition from autumn-spring to spring-autumn league football was done by playing an extended season starting in the autumn of 1961 and finishing in the autumn of 1962 (the so-called Marathon Series). Since then, the Norwegian football season has started in the spring (typically April) and finished late October (early November)

 

[Ariana]

I'm not very much into traditions but this one is not negotiable. Like Easter eggs and Christmas trees.
I don't mind, I love fish anyway.

 

[Moon Child]

Oh well I can deal with Easter eggs and Christmas trees.

 

[Ariana]

the league consisted of a Western and an Eastern conference

Wait a second... Norway - a long and narrow country, whose football league consisted of Western and Eastern conferences? Ah...that's functional.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

Wait a second... Norway - a long and narrow country, whose football league consisted of Western and Eastern conferences? Ah...that's functional.

That is correct. This is because the northern part of Norway (the three northernmost counties) didn't participate in league football until 1972, and because the southern part is naturally divided by a north-south mountain range. That means the eastern conference consisted of the teams from the lowlands east of the mountains, and the western conference teams from the cities/towns along the west coast.

 

[Ariana]

Oh I see. Thanks.

 

[mckindog]

Damn, I learn more about the world here than I ever did in high school social studies class

 

[Perun]

1961 was also the year in which the Berlin Wall was built.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

... and the year where John F. Kennedy took office.

 

[Ariana]

It was also the year when my favourite book was published - Catch 22.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

Now off to an after-work get-together with drinking of gløgg, a Scandinavian variant of mulled wine

 

[Vap]

Yuck, I hate it.

 

[Night Prowler]

Bought a new phone. After using it for few minutes:

 

[Moon Child]

That picture just made my day!