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Gary

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Jul 30, 2020, 6:46:51 AM7/30/20
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Watched this on TV late last night. Amusing as always.
You might have liked this one.

https://www.redbull.com/us-en/episodes/valkenburg-holland-red-bull-soapbox-race-s03-e01

Bruce

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Jul 30, 2020, 7:21:21 AM7/30/20
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Host 1: The steepest hill in the Netherlands.
Host 2: Only hill.

LOL

S Viemeister

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Jul 30, 2020, 9:07:30 AM7/30/20
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I've seen a number of little hills in the Nederlands - they used to be
islands, and are now surrounded by polderland.

Bruce

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Jul 30, 2020, 1:08:32 PM7/30/20
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I didn't see any hills the few times I was in that area.

Leo

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Jul 31, 2020, 2:35:14 AM7/31/20
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On 2020 Jul 30, , S Viemeister wrote
(in article <hofv0d...@mid.individual.net>):

> I've seen a number of little hills in the Nederlands - they used to be
> islands, and are now surrounded by polderland.

Little hills in Frisia caused deep concern in Great Britain before WWI.


Bruce

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Jul 31, 2020, 3:27:51 AM7/31/20
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On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 23:35:56 -0700, Leo <leobla...@sbcglobal.net>
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Were they German bellies?

Leo

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Jul 31, 2020, 4:55:58 AM7/31/20
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On 2020 Jul 31, , Bruce wrote
(in article<9vh7ifhq56if9ipmv...@4ax.com>):

> On Thu, 30 Jul 2020 23:35:56 -0700, Leo<leobla...@sbcglobal.net>
> > Little hills in Frisia caused deep concern in Great Britain before WWI.
>
> Were they German bellies?

They were an invasion point in a novel and greatly influenced strategic
British thinking before WWI. Of course, the Germans were the bad guys! I
haven’t read the novel. Churchill made me aware of the title in his six
part biography of WWII. I did read those books more than once.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Riddle_of_the_Sands>


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