Away/Back thread

[sg1008]

Making myself scarce....going into writing mode.

BUT I STILL LOVE YOU.

 

  This is you in writing mode.  ----->      What are you writing?

I will definitely share it with you when I am finished.

[Jack]

I was away, yesterday. Now I am back. 

Welcome back.

[odeon]

I was away, yesterday. Now I am back. 

Welcome back. You were missed.

['andersom']

Thank you, thank you.

[iceman1985]

I'm back! Anyone miss me?

[sg1008]

I'm back! Anyone miss me?

Hello iceman....I do not believe we have met....therefore I didn't miss you.

But, nice to meet you, and glad that you are a regular.

[Gopher Gary]

I'm back! Anyone miss me?

I missed you. 

[sg1008]

Maybe I have met iceman....

Hmm....


well, I hope you are a regular in any case.

['andersom']

I am back again, after being away for a short holiday.

[Semicolon]

I am back again, after being away for a short holiday.

['andersom']

I am back again, after being away for a short holiday.

Thank you.

[sg1008]

I am back again, after being away for a short holiday.

Thank you.

YAY!!! I am very GLAD that you are BACK! I was wondering where you went...I forgot you were on holiday...how are you? How was your vacation? How is everything beautiful bovine of the netherlands?

BTW- random interjection- I always thought the "NETHERLANDS" was a strange name, because in my mind it means the "UNDERWORLD"...and I wonder why a country would want to name itself after HADES. 

['andersom']

I am back again, after being away for a short holiday.

Thank you.

YAY!!! I am very GLAD that you are BACK! I was wondering where you went...I forgot you were on holiday...how are you? How was your vacation? How is everything beautiful bovine of the netherlands?

BTW- random interjection- I always thought the "NETHERLANDS" was a strange name, because in my mind it means the "UNDERWORLD"...and I wonder why a country would want to name itself after HADES. 

I think I forgot to tell I was leaving.
Holiday was awesome. Went to the Eifel in Germany. There are sleeping volcanoes there, and crater lakes, and bigger lakes that stem from below surface eruptive powers. The overall landscape is sloping, but little and bigger streams make that there is mountain experience there too. There is lots of history to be found there.
The campsite was awesome, simple, clean and quiet, with people there who came there for just that, so, good neighbours too.
So, I had a great time, with brother and my two ladies. We had to return a bit earlier than planned, because of a nasty bug. But it was grand, despite of that.

The Netherlands translated means something like low countries/counties. It once was a republic (with monarch, but republic, none the less) consisting of seven provinces. Most of them lying in the deltas of the main rivers in the Netherlands, partly below sea-level. Hence the name. By now it consists of 12 provinces, and most of my country still lies below the sea. And still, my country is a republic, with a monarch. We're a bit weird here.

[sg1008]

I think I forgot to tell I was leaving.

Okay, good. I was worried my memory was on the fritz again.

Holiday was awesome. Went to the Eifel in Germany. There are sleeping volcanoes there, and crater lakes, and bigger lakes that stem from below surface eruptive powers. The overall landscape is sloping, but little and bigger streams make that there is mountain experience there too. There is lots of history to be found there.
The campsite was awesome, simple, clean and quiet, with people there who came there for just that, so, good neighbours too.
So, I had a great time, with brother and my two ladies. We had to return a bit earlier than planned, because of a nasty bug. But it was grand, despite of that.

Looking at pictures of Eifel...looks like a great place to hike..very beautiful. Seems like the sort of place Parts would live too . Theres a trail, Eifelsteig, and a castle, Burg Ramstein. Did you see either?

The Netherlands translated means something like low countries/counties. It once was a republic (with monarch, but republic, none the less) consisting of seven provinces. Most of them lying in the deltas of the main rivers in the Netherlands, partly below sea-level. Hence the name. By now it consists of 12 provinces, and most of my country still lies below the sea. And still, my country is a republic, with a monarch. We're a bit weird here.

Interesting. That makes sense...when I looked up saxon dialects in germany the southern ones were upper/high saxons (mountains), and the north were the lower saxons (deltas). It struck me as peculiar only because in the us we tend to refer to the south as low or down, probably because the mississippi flows that way, and the north as upper. But actually if we were to go by region, the highlands would strip up and down the rockies and appalachians, and the river deltas would be in the north (great lakes) AND south, and the north east. Blegh...colonisation appears to have jacked up our sense of geography. 

I would imagine flooding is a seasonal problem in Netherlands... as a river delta, how is the quality of the river water?

['andersom']

This site tells a lot about water-management in the past and future in the Netherlands. It is quite interesting. We're aiming for more controlled flooding, if flooding can't be prevented. Two kilometers from me there now is an area that is designated to flood, in case all other water-distractions won't work. The Dutch are designing more and more places for overfluid water to go to, because more and more water is expected to come in from the rivers. The biggest danger does not seem to be the sea anymore.
We all pay a fair amount on taxes for water management. It is part of our culture since the middle ages.

The quality of the river water is way better than it was 30 years ago, when rivers were used as sewage way more. But, our two main rivers, de Maas /Meuse en de Rijn/Rhein still go through huge industrial areas, before entering the Netherlands.