The Volvo 144 & the DPRK

"davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com" (davesaddiction) 12/04/2017 at 13:59 • Filed to: None

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Can the Swedes help prevent WWIII?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/04/2017 at 14:02

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https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/12/04/547390622/how-1-000-volvos-ended-up-in-north-korea-and-made-a-diplomatic-difference

For Sweden > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/04/2017 at 14:11

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Probably not, unless they abandon the House of Kim and embrace the House of Bernadotte

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > For Sweden 12/04/2017 at 14:19

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But look at all these lions & crowns!

What’s with the two tails...?

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/04/2017 at 14:29

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could be worse

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 12/04/2017 at 15:11

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Hahaha!

rillweid - Now with more TRD and less TDI > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/04/2017 at 16:14

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I read a story like this somewhere, and IIRC most of the Swedish national debt is from the accumulated interest of DPRK not paying for the Volvo’s.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > rillweid - Now with more TRD and less TDI 12/04/2017 at 16:25

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Uh... how is something they’re owed count toward their national debt? Either way, this number’s a whole lot bigger than what they lost back then to North Korea, even with inflation (and wouldn’t those be individual company losses, not the government’s?) -  https://www.nationaldebtclocks.org/debtclock/sweden  

Interesting how these old diplomatic relationships affect who has access so many years later, though.

Just need to send Rodman in to swap basketballs for nuclear warheads...

rillweid - Now with more TRD and less TDI > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/04/2017 at 16:44

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http://www.newsweek.com/north-korea-debt-sweden-volvo-cars-691493

Found the article to go with that assertion. You are correct about my national debt statement. It was poorly worded. Meant to say the reverse.

The Volvo’s are worth some much now due to interest.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > rillweid - Now with more TRD and less TDI 12/04/2017 at 16:59

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I think the odds of them getting any of that money back are somewhere between zero and NULL.

gmctavish needs more space > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 12/04/2017 at 18:35

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Wrong bumpers, but right colour

ranwhenparked > For Sweden 12/04/2017 at 19:15

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They could certainly do worse. And already are, actually.