Before the industrial revolution reached Iceland the best way to get rich was with farming. Man versus natureYet life was not always easy for these good farmers. In the days of yore the most important wage, the one all good men and women clamoured for, was the satisfaction of a job well done. Getting the vistarband back togetherLeading up to the 20th century the vistarband system slowly frayed and finally snapped, yet it lives on in our hearts. Unfortunately a full-blown reintroduction of the vistarband isn’t feasible in today’s unimaginative political climate, although it is not totally without its allies.