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joncallihan Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 1025 Age : 86 Location : Lafayette, Colorado, USA Points : 6931 Registration date : 2009-02-16
| Subject: A good guy to know Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:54 am | |
| MikeO.
Do you know this person? Might be a good person to know.
http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/belgium-you-got-to-love-lawyers.htm
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MikeO Site Admin
Number of posts : 3837 Age : 75 Location : Seaham, Co Durham, UK Points : 9705 Registration date : 2009-06-29
| Subject: Re: A good guy to know Mon Mar 07, 2011 1:35 pm | |
| Hello Jon. Thanks for that. I haven't come across him before but will keep an eye out. The political system here is extraordinary - we haven't had a government for around 250 days - a record according to the Flemish-English newspaper. The country's really divided into four groups; Flanders (Dutch-speakers), Wallonia (French-speakers), the German-speaking region and Brussels! The Brussels lot seem to want independence, the French lot want to join with France, the Flemmings will help them load the removal-vans and the German lot keep themselves to themselves - there aren't many of them. Someone suggested the only way they'll ever form a government is if they all get off their soap-boxes and speak English to one another. |
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joncallihan Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 1025 Age : 86 Location : Lafayette, Colorado, USA Points : 6931 Registration date : 2009-02-16
| Subject: Re: A good guy to know Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:29 pm | |
| My late Father-in-law once told me (in German) that "There will never be world peace until there is only one language and only one God" Never have truer words been spoken by anyone. |
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Sweendog Maxi-Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 154 Location : South New Jersey Points : 5779 Registration date : 2009-07-12
| Subject: Re: A good guy to know Mon Mar 07, 2011 10:18 pm | |
| The Belgians may be having political tensions, but they still brew some damn good beer. |
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BlackFly Maxi-Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 151 Age : 46 Location : Germany Points : 5292 Registration date : 2010-11-20
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MikeO Site Admin
Number of posts : 3837 Age : 75 Location : Seaham, Co Durham, UK Points : 9705 Registration date : 2009-06-29
| Subject: Re: A good guy to know Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:37 pm | |
| The country seems to be functioning quite adequately at the moment and yes, the beer is very good - just won six medals for it at some international beer-brewing competition......and we get money back on the empties! |
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Dale Scooter Rider
Number of posts : 55 Age : 78 Location : Bloomfield, NM Points : 5220 Registration date : 2010-10-07
| Subject: Re: A good guy to know Thu Mar 10, 2011 9:49 pm | |
| Reffering to the original post and the article about the lawyer. I was gratified to read the acknowledgement that it is all about the money. Most citations have nothing to do with the public safety and welfare. It's about the money. When the government says it's not about the money............. it's about the money. |
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joncallihan Silver Wing Guru
Number of posts : 1025 Age : 86 Location : Lafayette, Colorado, USA Points : 6931 Registration date : 2009-02-16
| Subject: Re: A good guy to know Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:20 am | |
| - BlackFly wrote:
- A little bit offtopic but funny and the last point is on-topic
A bit of internet humor, thanks. |
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