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Posted: 1/2/2011 3:53:10 PM EST
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Originally Posted By hrt4me:
Originally Posted By toemag:
Originally Posted By hrt4me:
Are the wild pigs in Germany really radioactive (from eating mushrooms poisoned by the Chernobyl nuclear meltdown)? Discuss. This is a good one, as me and a few hunting buddies are convinced that the average person has more radiation in them than the radiation levels set by them scientists. Tony Sola Dosis Facit Venenum We are all terminally ill and have been since we drew our first breath at birth  .
Having said that, on a privately owned hunt (not state forest), if you take a wild boar you can sell it on without having had it tested.... Even though the test is free and you are financially compensated if the test results prove that the levels of radiation present in the animal are to high. Down to the greed of mankind. Tony |
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Posted: 1/4/2011 6:35:32 PM EST
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Does the radiation only affect wild pigs, or are any other wild animals affected to the same extent?
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Posted: 1/4/2011 11:17:57 PM EST
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Originally Posted By hrt4me:
Does the radiation only affect wild pigs, or are any other wild animals affected to the same extent? To be honest I'm NO expert.. I'd hazard a guess and say yes, I'll qualify that guesstimation with the following, as the wild pigs are the only hunt-able game that harvests its food by ploughing up the ground and any offal (Alles fresser) etc etc. I know, what about Badgers??? Tony |
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Posted: 1/5/2011 12:17:39 PM EST
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I'm sure this dioxin scandal is worse than any radioactive wild pigs.
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Posted: 1/5/2011 1:04:23 PM EST
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Just people being people, trying to save money and screw the consequences
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As per usuall the people responsible will have covered their arses and some poor sap will end up carrying the can  .
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Posted: 1/5/2011 6:41:35 PM EST
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Next random topic: what is your favorite way to prepare Pfifferlinge?
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Posted: 1/6/2011 12:41:07 AM EST
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Originally Posted By hrt4me:
Next random topic: what is your favorite way to prepare Pfifferlinge? I don't, as I don't like them
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Posted: 3/5/2011 9:42:22 AM EST
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 Hello European friends. I guess I kinda belong in this hometown forum. (Unless you ask Sarkozy  )
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Posted: 3/5/2011 12:31:49 PM EST
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Originally Posted By 36_gauge:
Hello European friends. I guess I kinda belong in this hometown forum. (Unless you ask Sarkozy )Welcome, yes you belong here  .
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Posted: 3/6/2011 11:25:50 PM EST
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Helau, Kölle Alaaf und gute Stimmung zum Rosenmontag! De Zoch kütt.
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Posted: 4/13/2011 5:25:37 PM EST
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Hey people, I'm sort of forming a thought for a thread, on postal shootings, the whys? the what happened? what was the reaction of the public/ press/ government, changes in laws, resulting in collective punishments ie. banning all firearms or the UK model. Was it down to the shooter just being born bad, or did their social environment hurt or harm them in such a way that they decided to hate them, and pay them back with such hate.
I always ask myself why they never put their first bullet between their own eyes, prior to leaving the house? It maybe a way to collect information that may be of use in the future. Please feel free to quote this and add a yes or no, it's your call. Tony |
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Posted: 4/13/2011 6:23:30 PM EST
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Originally Posted By toemag:
Hey people, I'm sort of forming a thought for a thread, on postal shootings, the whys? the what happened? what was the reaction of the public/ press/ government, changes in laws, resulting in collective punishments ie. banning all firearms or the UK model. Was it down to the shooter just being born bad, or did their social environment hurt or harm them in such a way that they decided to hate them, and pay them back with such hate. I always ask myself why they never put their first bullet between their own eyes, prior to leaving the house? It maybe a way to collect information that may be of use in the future. Please feel free to quote this and add a yes or no, it's your call. Tony I was thinking of such a thing myself, creating something like a Wiki. With our recent Dutch shooting were hopefuly be 'lucky' (and I realy dont mean lucky in any sort of way) that the guy was commited into mental institution and that something went wrong with the communication after that. I also know that there will be a next time and that we have to educate our fellow shooters and public not to blame a single group of guns they happen not to enjoy (we have had them here already "no place in shooting sports for EBR's" etc) There seems to be some scientific evidence of a link with certain anti psycotic drugs, a professor I have been in contact with describes it like this (in very short version): Very depressed people in the past who wanted to end it all/do something terrible were mostly so completly disfunctional that they were unable to acually get up and do it, with the advent of (modern) medication a small percentage of these people have enough energy/drive to do something while the drugs have no effect on curbing their violent impulses (the medicines do not effect all people in predictible ways). I have to ad that I know nothing about medicine so my description maybe complely off. Another factor might be the trend to treat mental patients in the community rather that the traditional mental institutions. |
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Posted: 4/13/2011 8:45:26 PM EST
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Originally Posted By toemag:
Hey people, I'm sort of forming a thought for a thread, on postal shootings, the whys? the what happened? what was the reaction of the public/ press/ government, changes in laws, resulting in collective punishments ie. banning all firearms or the UK model. Was it down to the shooter just being born bad, or did their social environment hurt or harm them in such a way that they decided to hate them, and pay them back with such hate? the nature vs. nurture debate will always continue |
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Posted: 7/22/2011 9:47:50 AM EST
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so Mike or Tony (or any other members in Bavaria or Austria)... have you ever explored any Erdställe? some of those seem they would be fascinating to crawl into and explore, as I always enjoyed spelunking as a kid growing up in the state with the most caves...
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Posted: 7/22/2011 10:45:48 AM EST
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Originally Posted By hrt4me:
so Mike or Tony (or any other members in Bavaria or Austria)... have you ever explored any Erdställe? some of those seem they would be fascinating to crawl into and explore, as I always enjoyed spelunking as a kid growing up in the state with the most caves... I went potholing as a young soldier in the UK, it was great fun, sliding around underground in bat shit getting wet through, and seeing the world from another perspective . BUT they were organised expeditions where we had a guide and all the correct equipment, ropes etc, and people knew we were down there and when we were due out. Today off my own bat, doing something on my own would be above the normal risk level that I'm prepared to take.
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Posted: 7/28/2011 3:36:01 PM EST
[#16]
Originally Posted By toemag:
Originally Posted By hrt4me:
so Mike or Tony (or any other members in Bavaria or Austria)... have you ever explored any Erdställe? some of those seem they would be fascinating to crawl into and explore, as I always enjoyed spelunking as a kid growing up in the state with the most caves... I went potholing as a young soldier in the UK, it was great fun, sliding around underground in bat shit getting wet through, and seeing the world from another perspective . BUT they were organised expeditions where we had a guide and all the correct equipment, ropes etc, and people knew we were down there and when we were due out. Today off my own bat, doing something on my own would be above the normal risk level that I'm prepared to take.
Tony any chance some of those underground tunnel networks were related to weapons caches (possibly similar to Heinz Lembke's "massive connected arsenal of 33 underground arms caches", purportedly related to Operation Gladio)? as a boy, I remember my Greek cousin telling me of huge caches of left-over WWII weapons bunkered in the mountains of Greece... |
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Posted: 7/28/2011 5:02:09 PM EST
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Originally Posted By hrt4me:
Originally Posted By toemag:
Originally Posted By hrt4me:
so Mike or Tony (or any other members in Bavaria or Austria)... have you ever explored any Erdställe? some of those seem they would be fascinating to crawl into and explore, as I always enjoyed spelunking as a kid growing up in the state with the most caves... I went potholing as a young soldier in the UK, it was great fun, sliding around underground in bat shit getting wet through, and seeing the world from another perspective . BUT they were organised expeditions where we had a guide and all the correct equipment, ropes etc, and people knew we were down there and when we were due out. Today off my own bat, doing something on my own would be above the normal risk level that I'm prepared to take.
Tony any chance some of those underground tunnel networks were related to weapons caches (possibly similar to Heinz Lembke's "massive connected arsenal of 33 underground arms caches", purportedly related to Operation Gladio)? as a boy, I remember my Greek cousin telling me of huge caches of left-over WWII weapons bunkered in the mountains of Greece... I'd sort of knew there was a method to your madness .
The base in Lowersaxony where I served as a soldier had loads of catacombs underneath it as it was a Waffen SS and Fallschirmjäger Kaserne back in and prior to WW2. There were all sorts of rumours in the different Squadron bars as to what was still down there, but it had all been sealed off before we got there  .
I remember the Stadtwerke Hildesheim flushing the drains and all this K98 ammo was being forced out of the grids  . that was in the mid 80's.
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Posted: 7/28/2011 8:27:40 PM EST
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Originally Posted By toemag:
I remember the Stadtwerke Hildesheim flushing the drains and all this K98 ammo was being forced out of the grids . that was in the mid 80's.You may (or may not) be surprised, Tony, at all the things still lying in the Hürtgenwald left over from WWII; one does not have to dig at all to still find field batteries and cables and communication lines, artillery shells, en bloc M1 Garand clips with .30-06 cartridges still intact, ink bottles, boots, gas masks, and many other articles, all in various states of condition from very corroded to surprisingly unscathed. And knowing how the fighting progressed and the lines shifted back and forth ((and the difference between how the U.S. Army and the Wehrmacht soldiers dug their respective foxholes), one can still to this day see where the trenches and foxholes and other emplacements were dug, as they have only now slowly filled in over the decades. |
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Posted: 7/29/2011 12:51:22 AM EST
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Originally Posted By hrt4me:
Originally Posted By toemag:
I remember the Stadtwerke Hildesheim flushing the drains and all this K98 ammo was being forced out of the grids . that was in the mid 80's.You may (or may not) be surprised, Tony, at all the things still lying in the Hürtgenwald left over from WWII; one does not have to dig at all to still find field batteries and cables and communication lines, artillery shells, en bloc M1 Garand clips with .30-06 cartridges still intact, ink bottles, boots, gas masks, and many other articles, all in various states of condition from very corroded to surprisingly unscathed. And knowing how the fighting progressed and the lines shifted back and forth ((and the difference between how the U.S. Army and the Wehrmacht soldiers dug their respective foxholes), one can still to this day see where the trenches and foxholes and other emplacements were dug, as they have only now slowly filled in over the decades. On the edge of the Hofoldinger forest where I hunt, there was an airfield with a couple of AAC battery positions and there are people with metal detectors running around there on a regular basis . Not to long ago there was runours of some bank robbers who had robbed a bank and supposedly buried their haul somewhere on the German Austrian border and that caused a lot of people to get out there and search for that
What bothers me the most is that these only looking for WW2 artefacts people will find a Celt Burial site or village and as its not what they where looking for they do more damage to it and move on .
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Posted: 7/29/2011 3:21:10 AM EST
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There are many grave robbers around that dig for the old celtic settlements in this area....
My house is on the old Messerschmitt premises, we have a forest adjacent and once in a while people find WW2 stuff there. There used to be several bunkers also, but I think they all were filled up with soil and concrete after the war. I think there is still alot of stuff in the mountain lakes, like Walchensee. A friend of mine, diver on the FD here in Munich, found a .30M1 carbine in a lake close to Salzburg. He found way more than that, but left it underwater since he is not an EOD guy. The rifle is mine now...
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Posted: 7/29/2011 9:08:53 AM EST
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Originally Posted By mike-munich:
I think there is still alot of stuff in the mountain lakes, like Walchensee. A friend of mine, diver on the FD here in Munich, found a .30M1 carbine in a lake close to Salzburg. He found way more than that, but left it underwater since he is not an EOD guy. The rifle is mine now...
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Posted: 7/29/2011 3:17:15 PM EST
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Originally Posted By hrt4me:
Originally Posted By mike-munich:
I think there is still alot of stuff in the mountain lakes, like Walchensee. A friend of mine, diver on the FD here in Munich, found a .30M1 carbine in a lake close to Salzburg. He found way more than that, but left it underwater since he is not an EOD guy. The rifle is mine now...
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/5497/30m16.png nice! Clean socks and the carpets cool to .
Only kidding, nice rifle, even had it in my hands while I was visiting you .
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Posted: 7/29/2011 6:12:13 PM EST
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I used to explore the old WWII fortifications with my grandfather when I was very young, grew up quite close to the sea and the coast was very wel fortified.
No guns to be found as they have all been cleared out but I did find a belt of spent 7.62 while out exploring with my grandfather, in retrospect of course the find is a bit suspicious as one might ask how and why the Germans assembeled a belt of spent 7.62 NATO casings  and my grandfather must have been some Indiana Jones type to know exactly where to dig. Anyway it was really exiting to a young kid.
The bunker complexes near me weare featured in a comedy skit for a Dutch TV show, my old house as about a 15min walk from there Its a satire of a religious show where a guy would talk in a new age an patronising way to kids This skit is funny to us Dutch hope nobody takes offence. Location on Google Earth : 52°07'29.21" N 4°18'00.48" O The comedy group also do a good English sport and Australian Sport and The German Office (it make no sense, a bit like the killer joke) |
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Posted: 7/29/2011 9:02:40 PM EST
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Originally Posted By iggy1337:
Location on Google Earth : 52°07'29.21" N 4°18'00.48" O so Boomerang Beach on Strandweg in Scheveningen (near The Hague)? |
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Posted: 7/30/2011 7:07:11 AM EST
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Yes the the beach part is called Scheveningen and is part of the city of the Hague (Den Haag in Dutch). The bunker complex is just slightly to the north of the Boomerang Beach/Whoosah resteraunt, look for at the beginning of the dunes (some bunkers are moddeled in 3d)
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Posted: 7/30/2011 9:14:46 AM EST
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Loved the Australian sport clip
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Posted: 7/31/2011 9:29:23 AM EST
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Yeah, feel free to post any Dutch jokes
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Posted: 7/31/2011 9:53:53 AM EST
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Originally Posted By iggy1337:
Yeah, feel free to post any Dutch jokes I don't know any .
Most of the Dutch people I meet on the Autobahn are towing caravans, with all of their belongings in them, and their underpowered cars don't like the little hills, so they end up creeping up them at about 45kmph which is a serious business as I can't over take them as its normally in a no overtaking zone for truck's . A very serious matter indeed.
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Posted: 7/31/2011 1:09:47 PM EST
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Well I hate that as well so no insult there.
When ever I drive in Germany there always seems to be a Dutch that pulls out and makes me slam on the brakes. I used to drive quite a bit in Germany and had some pretty quick cars (Porsche 993 Maserati 300GT), the pats just over the Dutch border seem pretty quiet but the rest of Germany seem to be filled with slow moving Polish van's so you can't really drive fast for long periods. Now I am a family man is Scandanavian station cars  but thats life.
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Posted: 7/31/2011 2:26:49 PM EST
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Nice cars, me, hmm. I always had to be realistic when it came to cars, otherwise I'd have been long since dead and gone
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Married with kids as a status really sobers you up .
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Posted: 8/1/2011 1:49:02 AM EST
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Here's one: if you fail the drivers test three times they issue a yellow dutch license plate to you.
I do understand where it comes from. Germany is the only country in Europe without a speed limit. Everybody else has 120-130kph limits, so they are not used to the speeds driven here. The pull in the fast lane doing 120kph, I come flying from behind doing 240+ kph. Gotta reduce my speed by 50% in a split second to avoid to crash into them. Sometimes a real PITA.... Family car? My Mustang has the quick-fix mounts for a baby seat....
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Posted: 8/2/2011 8:27:26 AM EST
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We have a very strict driving exam, it is so strics because its basicly a scam that earns the institution that makes the exam quite a bit of money if you have to retake the test. I can remeber a little scandel from a couple of years back that they had a policy that X% of student drivers had to fail.
I think you posted of pics of the Mustang some time back and I really like the current model series. I also am old enough to remeber the Mustang that was built during the 1980's (a friend got one when he first got his licence) and to be honest that was not love at first sight/drive considering its European competitors.
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Posted: 8/2/2011 8:48:33 AM EST
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Sorta like Germanys exam. My GF had to try twice too, the examiner let her fail the test for nothing.
I have a $16/10 minute TX. DL, but also took the German test since they would not acknowledge my Stateside license after 90 days... 
You are right, I have the 2005 Mustang GT. 
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Posted: 10/10/2011 10:15:03 PM EST
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Last Wednesday evening a dear friend of mine took his own life. I first met him in 1985 when he joined our regiment, he was a fun and intelligent person, whose presence was always welcomed and he made a difference. The last time I spent any time with him was 5 weeks ago at our mini regimental reunion in Hildesheim where we had a lot of one on one time and some good conversations about the past, present and the future. ATM. I'm at a loss as to his reasons, and am having trouble coming to terms with his decision, what I find even harder to take is he didn't come to any of us, those who considered him to be a life friend for help.
RIP Friend, god speed, you maybe gone but your memory will remain with those of us that knew you forever. Tony. Please don't reply to this post, as it is just a part of my way of dealing with it. |
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Posted: 10/19/2011 5:47:57 AM EST
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Originally Posted By mike-munich:
Sorta like Germanys exam. My GF had to try twice too, the examiner let her fail the test for nothing.
I have a $16/10 minute TX. DL, but also took the German test since they would not acknowledge my Stateside license after 90 days...
You are right, I have the 2005 Mustang GT. http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/7632/1003566medium.jpg Nice car ! Did you bring it from the us or bought it there ? |
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Posted: 10/19/2011 6:44:44 AM EST
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Originally Posted By Shung:
Nice car ! Did you bring it from the us or bought it there ? Thanks! Ordered it in NY in 2004 and had it shipped to Germany. Arrived in 02/2005, one of the first '05 Mustangs over here. 
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Posted: 10/28/2011 5:31:53 AM EST
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This morning I woke up to the news that a Police Officer had been shot and killed in Augsburg and that his colleague had been hit as well
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My condolences to his friends and family, may he rest in peace, and may his colleague make a speedy and complete recovery from her wound's The worst thing is, that the shooters are still on the run .
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Posted: 10/28/2011 1:05:46 PM EST
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Here's a link to "the Local" an on-line English language news site, for the above story.
http://www.thelocal.de/national/20111028-38509.html Tony |
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Posted: 11/5/2011 6:26:23 AM EST
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Hello everybody, New member here, just wanted to say hello and make a first post
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Posted: 11/5/2011 6:58:31 AM EST
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Hi and welcome.
There have been some questions about Belgium gun laws etc. here but nobody really knew the awnsers. Good to have you on board ! |
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Posted: 11/5/2011 7:36:24 AM EST
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Always happy to anwser some questions, My grandfather and father have been the president of the local shooting range/club here for over 20years so even if i don't know i have sources to go to :)
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Posted: 11/5/2011 10:01:07 AM EST
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A big welcome from me here to
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Posted: 11/5/2011 11:01:38 AM EST
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Thank you sir
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Posted: 12/25/2011 3:39:01 AM EST
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Merry Christmas to you all
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Posted: 12/25/2011 5:36:17 AM EST
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Vrolijk Kerstfeest from the Netherlands
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Posted: 3/10/2012 7:43:43 PM EST
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Hey all ! Not really new here, but I never knew/looked there was a European forum . I'm Dutch , but live in South Carolina. Of course I have the means so the speak haha to be on the website and even a CWP . Things what is unthinkable in most of Europe unfortunately . This thread hasn't had much posts for awhile , so we need some new subjects ?
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Posted: 3/11/2012 4:58:19 AM EST
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Originally Posted By Drum4:
Hey all ! Not really new here, but I never knew/looked there was a European forum . I'm Dutch , but live in South Carolina. Of course I have the means so the speak haha to be on the website and even a CWP . Things what is unthinkable in most of Europe unfortunately . This thread hasn't had much posts for awhile , so we need some new subjects ? Nice meeting you all . Welcome aboard .
Mines a cyber Glenfiddich please :-) Tony |
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Posted: 3/12/2012 1:25:03 PM EST
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Originally Posted By Drum4:
Hey all ! Not really new here, but I never knew/looked there was a European forum . I'm Dutch , but live in South Carolina. Of course I have the means so the speak haha to be on the website and even a CWP . Things what is unthinkable in most of Europe unfortunately . This thread hasn't had much posts for awhile , so we need some new subjects ? Nice meeting you all . Hartelijk welkom!
I'll have a cyber Genever please.
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Posted: 4/17/2012 4:11:57 PM EST
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Hey guys
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Posted: 4/18/2012 6:37:10 AM EST
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The Turkish invasion is complete.
Your president is today making his victory tour around the Netherlands
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