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Once understood, pretty durn cool (to my ear). unfortunately, the wild Walloon is extincted. The splitting of the atom, brought the Belgian government to ideas:
Flemish gave its 'gh' spelling to English to make up for the Normans wrecking English spellings. Bedankt.unfortunately, the wild Walloon is extincted. The splitting of the atom, brought the Belgian government to ideas:
"If it's possible to split something as small as an atom, we could try to split our small country (somewhere on the border between France and The Netherlands)."
So they made two civilized reserves, one for the Walloons (French speaking natives) and one for the Flandrians (the Flemisch speaking natives (something like dutch but more generous).). To add some surrealism they threw in a community for the natives who felt like they were nor Walloon nor Flandrian and called it the Brussels district ( where they're still fighting over whitch language they will speak) When WWII ended some German speaking neo-natives where added and they got their own community.... But the real Belgians don't care about all this political B***S*** and as long we can drink our beers, mumble the national anthem ( we're proud about not knowing the words) and eat our fries together, you can't hear us complain....
Did I mention that complaining is our national sport?
So that's Belgium in a Nut-shell (pun intended) for the ones who're not familiar with our country.
Being a German living now since 25 years in Brussels hoofstedelijke geweest, which has 1 million inhabitants and 19 different communes and majors, I couldn't have summarised any better.unfortunately, the wild Walloon is extincted. The splitting of the atom, brought the Belgian government to ideas:
"If it's possible to split something as small as an atom, we could try to split our small country (somewhere on the border between France and The Netherlands)."
So they made two civilized reserves, one for the Walloons (French speaking natives) and one for the Flandrians (the Flemisch speaking natives (something like dutch but more generous).). To add some surrealism (Belgian invention) they threw in a community for the natives who felt like they were nor Walloon nor Flandrian and called it the Brussels district ( where they're still fighting over whitch language they will speak) When WWII ended some German speaking neo-natives where added and they got their own community.... But the real Belgians don't care about all this political B***S*** and as long we can drink our beers, mumble the national anthem ( we're proud about not knowing the words) and eat our fries together, you can't hear us complain....
Did I mention that complaining is our national sport?
So that's Belgium in a Nut-shell (pun intended) for the ones who're not familiar with our country.
And they can run a country over 2 years with a caretaker government. Which country could do this?
No, peut-être ! The national sport is how to surround laws and taxes. A fundamentally through and through anarchistic society
I feel home!A good example is: the Law says every traffic sign in Belgium involving stationing your car has to be hung on a orange pole. In Brussels they use yellow anodized poles ... When you get a ticket for a parking violation you just have to mention that the sign is not legally hung and the ticket disappears
.... It's not surrounding the law... It's using the law in your own benefits 
unfortunately, the wild Walloon is extincted. The splitting of the atom, brought the Belgian government to ideas:
"If it's possible to split something as small as an atom, we could try to split our small country (somewhere on the border between France and The Netherlands)."
So they made two civilized reserves, one for the Walloons (French speaking natives) and one for the Flandrians (the Flemisch speaking natives (something like dutch but more generous).). To add some surrealism (Belgian invention) they threw in a community for the natives who felt like they were nor Walloon nor Flandrian and called it the Brussels district ( where they're still fighting over whitch language they will speak) When WWII ended some German speaking neo-natives where added and they got their own community.... But the real Belgians don't care about all this political B***S*** and as long we can drink our beers, mumble the national anthem ( we're proud about not knowing the words) and eat our fries together, you can't hear us complain....
Did I mention that complaining is our national sport?
So that's Belgium in a Nut-shell (pun intended) for the ones who're not familiar with our country.
I only got to spend 5 days and 4 nights there, mostly working. Hardly got to taste it, but what I tasted was great.unfortunately, the wild Walloon is extincted. The splitting of the atom, brought the Belgian government to ideas:
"If it's possible to split something as small as an atom, we could try to split our small country (somewhere on the border between France and The Netherlands)."
So they made two civilized reserves, one for the Walloons (French speaking natives) and one for the Flandrians (the Flemisch speaking natives (something like dutch but more generous).). To add some surrealism (Belgian invention) they threw in a community for the natives who felt like they were nor Walloon nor Flandrian and called it the Brussels district ( where they're still fighting over whitch language they will speak) When WWII ended some German speaking neo-natives where added and they got their own community.... But the real Belgians don't care about all this political B***S*** and as long we can drink our beers, mumble the national anthem ( we're proud about not knowing the words) and eat our fries together, you can't hear us complain....
Did I mention that complaining is our national sport?
So that's Belgium in a Nut-shell (pun intended) for the ones who're not familiar with our country.
Gearwise, I'm currently being tempted by one of the Nordstrand Acinonyx basses. I need it about as much as a certain plaid friend needs a Kasino. But...surf green.
Gearwise, I'm currently being tempted by one of the Nordstrand Acinonyx basses. I need it about as much as a certain plaid friend needs a Kasino. But...surf green.
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Merry Christmas to all y’all!
unfortunately, the wild Walloon is extincted. The splitting of the atom, brought the Belgian government to ideas:
"If it's possible to split something as small as an atom, we could try to split our small country (somewhere on the border between France and The Netherlands)."
So they made two civilized reserves, one for the Walloons (French speaking natives) and one for the Flandrians (the Flemisch speaking natives (something like dutch but more generous).). To add some surrealism (Belgian invention) they threw in a community for the natives who felt like they were nor Walloon nor Flandrian and called it the Brussels district ( where they're still fighting over whitch language they will speak) When WWII ended some German speaking neo-natives where added and they got their own community.... But the real Belgians don't care about all this political B***S*** and as long we can drink our beers, mumble the national anthem ( we're proud about not knowing the words) and eat our fries together, you can't hear us complain....
Did I mention that complaining is our national sport?
So that's Belgium in a Nut-shell (pun intended) for the ones who're not familiar with our country.
I signed up to be notified when they were available for preorder but ended up not ordering. If Ed Freidland had done his demo/review before the preorders that might have gone differently. Very tempting. Of course Ed Friedland could make about any bass sound good, but he seems to genuinely like it.Gearwise, I'm currently being tempted by one of the Nordstrand Acinonyx basses. I need it about as much as a certain plaid friend needs a Kasino. But...surf green.
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Gearwise, I'm currently being tempted by one of the Nordstrand Acinonyx basses. I need it about as much as a certain plaid friend needs a Kasino. But...surf green.
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or should I say Ghraagh Ghedaan 
