Serious flooding as sunshine gives way to downpour
Jun 30th 2005, 12:04 pm
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Serious flooding as sunshine gives way to downpour
30 June 2005
AMSTERDAM — The June heatwave was a distant memory on Wednesday night
as downpours caused serious flooding in parts of the south of the
Netherlands.
The town of Gorinchem in Zuid-Holland province has been particularly
hard hit. A police spokesperson told news agency ANP on Thursday
morning that some houses had been flooded by between 30 and 40
centimetres of water.
Many streets in the town of 34,000 people are impassable and parked
cars have been surrounded by water.
All the emergency services are working together to cope with the
problems, which are mainly focused in the centre of the town.
The police had received about 100 reports of flooding by 3.20am on
Thursday "and that was at a time most of the people in the town were
still sleeping", the spokesperson said.
Seven fire engines went to work in the early hours of the morning to
pump out flooded streets, houses and basements. The water was
knee-deep in some areas.
The municipality is setting up a special phone number for members of
the public who are seeking assistance. No one had yet been forced to
abandon their home in the town, the spokesman said.
Earlier on Wednesday night there were many reports of flooding in
parts of Noord-Brabant and Limburg provinces.
Residents of a nursing home in Woudrichem in Noord-Brabant had to be
temporarily evacuated due to the flooding.
Weather service KNMI indicated that the storms which were active in a
line from Nijmegen to IJmuiden around midnight were now dissipating as
they moved north in the direction of Den Helder.
But Nijmegen could experience some unsettled weather and rain into
Thursday morning, the KNMI said.
--
Martin
AMSTERDAM — The June heatwave was a distant memory on Wednesday night
as downpours caused serious flooding in parts of the south of the
Netherlands.
The town of Gorinchem in Zuid-Holland province has been particularly
hard hit. A police spokesperson told news agency ANP on Thursday
morning that some houses had been flooded by between 30 and 40
centimetres of water.
Many streets in the town of 34,000 people are impassable and parked
cars have been surrounded by water.
All the emergency services are working together to cope with the
problems, which are mainly focused in the centre of the town.
The police had received about 100 reports of flooding by 3.20am on
Thursday "and that was at a time most of the people in the town were
still sleeping", the spokesperson said.
Seven fire engines went to work in the early hours of the morning to
pump out flooded streets, houses and basements. The water was
knee-deep in some areas.
The municipality is setting up a special phone number for members of
the public who are seeking assistance. No one had yet been forced to
abandon their home in the town, the spokesman said.
Earlier on Wednesday night there were many reports of flooding in
parts of Noord-Brabant and Limburg provinces.
Residents of a nursing home in Woudrichem in Noord-Brabant had to be
temporarily evacuated due to the flooding.
Weather service KNMI indicated that the storms which were active in a
line from Nijmegen to IJmuiden around midnight were now dissipating as
they moved north in the direction of Den Helder.
But Nijmegen could experience some unsettled weather and rain into
Thursday morning, the KNMI said.
--
Martin
Jun 30th 2005, 3:02 pm
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Re: Serious flooding as sunshine gives way to downpour
On 30/06/05 14:04, in article [email protected],
"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> AMSTERDAM ‹ The June heatwave was a distant memory on Wednesday night
> as downpours caused serious flooding in parts of the south of the
> Netherlands.
I thought most of Holland was below sea level. But you have
this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> AMSTERDAM ‹ The June heatwave was a distant memory on Wednesday night
> as downpours caused serious flooding in parts of the south of the
> Netherlands.
I thought most of Holland was below sea level. But you have
this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
Jun 30th 2005, 3:06 pm
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Re: Serious flooding as sunshine gives way to downpour
On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:02:27 +0200, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On 30/06/05 14:04, in article [email protected],
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> AMSTERDAM ‹ The June heatwave was a distant memory on Wednesday night
>> as downpours caused serious flooding in parts of the south of the
>> Netherlands.
>I thought most of Holland was below sea level. But you have
>this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
Pervert!
--
Martin
wrote:
>On 30/06/05 14:04, in article [email protected],
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> AMSTERDAM ‹ The June heatwave was a distant memory on Wednesday night
>> as downpours caused serious flooding in parts of the south of the
>> Netherlands.
>I thought most of Holland was below sea level. But you have
>this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
Pervert!
--
Martin
Jun 30th 2005, 3:07 pm
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Re: Serious flooding as sunshine gives way to downpour
Earl Evleth wrote:
> On 30/06/05 14:04, in article [email protected],
> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > AMSTERDAM ‹ The June heatwave was a distant memory on Wednesday night
> > as downpours caused serious flooding in parts of the south of the
> > Netherlands.
> I thought most of Holland was below sea level. But you have
> this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
in Amsterdam its pronounced dyke
> On 30/06/05 14:04, in article [email protected],
> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > AMSTERDAM ‹ The June heatwave was a distant memory on Wednesday night
> > as downpours caused serious flooding in parts of the south of the
> > Netherlands.
> I thought most of Holland was below sea level. But you have
> this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
in Amsterdam its pronounced dyke
Jun 30th 2005, 3:08 pm
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Re: Serious flooding as sunshine gives way to downpour
On 30 Jun 2005 08:07:06 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>Earl Evleth wrote:
>> On 30/06/05 14:04, in article [email protected],
>> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > AMSTERDAM ‹ The June heatwave was a distant memory on Wednesday night
>> > as downpours caused serious flooding in parts of the south of the
>> > Netherlands.
>> I thought most of Holland was below sea level. But you have
>> this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
>in Amsterdam its pronounced dyke
and spelt dijk.
--
Martin
>Earl Evleth wrote:
>> On 30/06/05 14:04, in article [email protected],
>> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > AMSTERDAM ‹ The June heatwave was a distant memory on Wednesday night
>> > as downpours caused serious flooding in parts of the south of the
>> > Netherlands.
>> I thought most of Holland was below sea level. But you have
>> this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
>in Amsterdam its pronounced dyke
and spelt dijk.
--
Martin
Jun 30th 2005, 3:25 pm
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Re: Serious flooding as sunshine gives way to downpour
"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On 30 Jun 2005 08:07:06 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> >
> >
> >Earl Evleth wrote:
> >> On 30/06/05 14:04, in article
[email protected],
> >> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > AMSTERDAM < The June heatwave was a distant memory on Wednesday night
> >> > as downpours caused serious flooding in parts of the south of the
> >> > Netherlands.
> >>
> >>
> >> I thought most of Holland was below sea level. But you have
> >> this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
> >
> >in Amsterdam its pronounced dyke
> and spelt dijk.
So he keeps his DIjK in the Dyke ?
I don't think she'd appreciate that
news:[email protected]...
> On 30 Jun 2005 08:07:06 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> >
> >
> >Earl Evleth wrote:
> >> On 30/06/05 14:04, in article
[email protected],
> >> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > AMSTERDAM < The June heatwave was a distant memory on Wednesday night
> >> > as downpours caused serious flooding in parts of the south of the
> >> > Netherlands.
> >>
> >>
> >> I thought most of Holland was below sea level. But you have
> >> this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
> >
> >in Amsterdam its pronounced dyke
> and spelt dijk.
So he keeps his DIjK in the Dyke ?
I don't think she'd appreciate that
Jun 30th 2005, 3:37 pm
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Re: Serious flooding as sunshine gives way to downpour
On 30/06/05 17:06, in article [email protected],
"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I thought most of Holland was below sea level. But you have
>> this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
>
> Pervert!
In the mind of the beholder.
http://www.thehollandring.com/hans-brinker-story.shtml
The Hero of Haarlem
Many years ago, there lived in Haarlem, one of the principal cities of
Holland, a sunny-haired boy of gentle disposition. His father was a sluicer
, that is, a man whose business it was to open and close the sluices, or
large oaken gates, that are placed at regular distances across the
entrances of the canals, to regulate the amount of water that shall flow
into them.
[...]
The sluicer raises the gates more or less according to the quantity of
water required, and closes them carefully at night, in order to avoid all
possible danger of an oversupply running into the canal, or the water would
soon overflow it and inundate the surrounding country. As a great portion
of Holland is lower than the level of the sea, the waters are kept from
flooding the land only by means of strong dikes, or barriers, and by means
of these sluices, which are often strained to the utmost by the pressure of
the rising tides. Even the little children in Holland know that constant
watchfulness is required to keep the rivers and ocean from flooding the
country, and that a moment's neglect of the sluicer's duty may bring ruin
and death to all.
[...]
One lovely autumn afternoon, when the boy was about eight years old, he
obtained his parents' consent to carry some cakes to a blind man who lived
out in the country, on the other side of the dike. The little fellow
started on his errand with a light heart, and having spent an hour with his
grateful old friend, he bade him farewell and started on his homeward walk.
Trudging stoutly along the canal, he noticed how the autumn rains had
swollen the waters. Even while humming his careless, childish song, he
thought of his father's brave old gates and felt glad of their strength,
for, thought he, 'If they gave way, where would Father and Mother be? These
pretty fields would all be covered with the angry waters - Father always
calls them the angry waters. I suppose he thinks they are mad at him for
keeping them out so long.' And with these thoughts just flitting across his
brain, the little fellow stooped to pick the pretty flowers that grew along
his way. Sometimes he stopped to throw some feathery seed ball in the air
and watch it as it floated away; sometimes he listened to the stealthy
rustling of a rabbit, speeding through the grass, but oftener he smiled as
he recalled the happy light he had seen arise on the weary, listening face
of his blind old friend.
[...]
Suddenly the boy looked around him in dismay. He had not noticed that the
sun was setting. Now he saw that his long shadow on the grass had vanished.
It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely
ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray. He quickened his
footsteps and, with a beating heart recalled many a nursery tale of children
belated in dreary forests. Just as he was bracing himself for a run, he was
startled by the sound of trickling water. Whence did it come? He looked up
and saw a small hole in the dike through which a tiny stream was flowing.
Any child in Holland will shudder at the thought of a leak in the dike! The
boy understood the danger at a glance. That little hole, if the water were
allowed to trickle through, would soon be a large one, and a terrible
inundation would be the result.
Quick as a flash, he saw his duty. Throwing away his flowers, the boy
clambered up the heights until he reached the hole. His chubby little
finger was thrust in, almost before he knew it. The flowing was stopped! Ah!
he thought, with a chuckle of boyish delight, the angry waters must stay
back now! Haarlem shall not be drowned while I am here!
This was all very well at first, but the night was falling rapidly. Chill
vapors filled the air. Our little hero began to tremble with cold and
dread. He shouted loudly; he screamed, 'Come here! come here!' but no one
came. The cold grew more intense, a numbness, commencing in the tired little
finger, crept over his hand and arm, and soon his whole body was filled with
pain. He shouted again, 'Will no one come? Mother! Mother!' Alas, his
mother, good, practical soul, had already locked the doors and had fully
resolved to scold him on the morrow for spending the night with blind
Jansen without her permission. He tried to whistle. Perhaps some straggling
boy might heed the signal, but his teeth chattered so, it was impossible.
Then he called on God for help. And the answer came, through a holy
resolution: 'I will stay here till morning.'
[...]
The midnight moon looked down upon that small, solitary form, sitting upon
a stone, halfway up the dike. His head was bent but he was not asleep, for
every now and then one restless hand rubbed feebly the outstretched arm
that seemed fastened to the dike - and often the pale, tearful face turned
quickly at some real or fancied sounds.
How can we know the sufferings of that long and fearful watch - what
falterings of purpose, what childish terrors came over the boy as he
thought of the warm little bed at home, of his parents, his brothers and
sisters, then looked into the cold, dreary night! If he drew away that tiny
finger, the angry waters, grown angrier still, would rush forth, and never
stop until they had swept over the town. No, he would hold it there till
daylight - if he lived! He was not very sure of living. What did this
strange buzzing mean? And then the knives that seemed pricking and piercing
him from head to foot? He was not certain now that he could draw his finger
away, even if he wished to.
At daybreak a clergyman, returning from the bedside of a sick parishioner,
thought he heard groans as he walked along on the top of the dike. Bending,
he saw, far down on the side, a child apparently writhing with pain.
'In the name of wonder, boy,' he exclaimed, 'what are you doing there?'
'I am keeping the water from running out,' was the simple answer of the
little hero. 'Tell them to come quick.'
It is needless to add that they did come quickly.
The legend of the brave Dutch boy - by others thought to be named Hans
Brinker - who supposedly put his finger in the dyke to prevent a flood, was
actually a literary invention by the American writer Mary Elizabeth Mapes
Dodge (1831-1905), who was born in New York.
"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I thought most of Holland was below sea level. But you have
>> this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
>
> Pervert!
In the mind of the beholder.
http://www.thehollandring.com/hans-brinker-story.shtml
The Hero of Haarlem
Many years ago, there lived in Haarlem, one of the principal cities of
Holland, a sunny-haired boy of gentle disposition. His father was a sluicer
, that is, a man whose business it was to open and close the sluices, or
large oaken gates, that are placed at regular distances across the
entrances of the canals, to regulate the amount of water that shall flow
into them.
[...]
The sluicer raises the gates more or less according to the quantity of
water required, and closes them carefully at night, in order to avoid all
possible danger of an oversupply running into the canal, or the water would
soon overflow it and inundate the surrounding country. As a great portion
of Holland is lower than the level of the sea, the waters are kept from
flooding the land only by means of strong dikes, or barriers, and by means
of these sluices, which are often strained to the utmost by the pressure of
the rising tides. Even the little children in Holland know that constant
watchfulness is required to keep the rivers and ocean from flooding the
country, and that a moment's neglect of the sluicer's duty may bring ruin
and death to all.
[...]
One lovely autumn afternoon, when the boy was about eight years old, he
obtained his parents' consent to carry some cakes to a blind man who lived
out in the country, on the other side of the dike. The little fellow
started on his errand with a light heart, and having spent an hour with his
grateful old friend, he bade him farewell and started on his homeward walk.
Trudging stoutly along the canal, he noticed how the autumn rains had
swollen the waters. Even while humming his careless, childish song, he
thought of his father's brave old gates and felt glad of their strength,
for, thought he, 'If they gave way, where would Father and Mother be? These
pretty fields would all be covered with the angry waters - Father always
calls them the angry waters. I suppose he thinks they are mad at him for
keeping them out so long.' And with these thoughts just flitting across his
brain, the little fellow stooped to pick the pretty flowers that grew along
his way. Sometimes he stopped to throw some feathery seed ball in the air
and watch it as it floated away; sometimes he listened to the stealthy
rustling of a rabbit, speeding through the grass, but oftener he smiled as
he recalled the happy light he had seen arise on the weary, listening face
of his blind old friend.
[...]
Suddenly the boy looked around him in dismay. He had not noticed that the
sun was setting. Now he saw that his long shadow on the grass had vanished.
It was growing dark, he was still some distance from home, and in a lonely
ravine, where even the blue flowers had turned to gray. He quickened his
footsteps and, with a beating heart recalled many a nursery tale of children
belated in dreary forests. Just as he was bracing himself for a run, he was
startled by the sound of trickling water. Whence did it come? He looked up
and saw a small hole in the dike through which a tiny stream was flowing.
Any child in Holland will shudder at the thought of a leak in the dike! The
boy understood the danger at a glance. That little hole, if the water were
allowed to trickle through, would soon be a large one, and a terrible
inundation would be the result.
Quick as a flash, he saw his duty. Throwing away his flowers, the boy
clambered up the heights until he reached the hole. His chubby little
finger was thrust in, almost before he knew it. The flowing was stopped! Ah!
he thought, with a chuckle of boyish delight, the angry waters must stay
back now! Haarlem shall not be drowned while I am here!
This was all very well at first, but the night was falling rapidly. Chill
vapors filled the air. Our little hero began to tremble with cold and
dread. He shouted loudly; he screamed, 'Come here! come here!' but no one
came. The cold grew more intense, a numbness, commencing in the tired little
finger, crept over his hand and arm, and soon his whole body was filled with
pain. He shouted again, 'Will no one come? Mother! Mother!' Alas, his
mother, good, practical soul, had already locked the doors and had fully
resolved to scold him on the morrow for spending the night with blind
Jansen without her permission. He tried to whistle. Perhaps some straggling
boy might heed the signal, but his teeth chattered so, it was impossible.
Then he called on God for help. And the answer came, through a holy
resolution: 'I will stay here till morning.'
[...]
The midnight moon looked down upon that small, solitary form, sitting upon
a stone, halfway up the dike. His head was bent but he was not asleep, for
every now and then one restless hand rubbed feebly the outstretched arm
that seemed fastened to the dike - and often the pale, tearful face turned
quickly at some real or fancied sounds.
How can we know the sufferings of that long and fearful watch - what
falterings of purpose, what childish terrors came over the boy as he
thought of the warm little bed at home, of his parents, his brothers and
sisters, then looked into the cold, dreary night! If he drew away that tiny
finger, the angry waters, grown angrier still, would rush forth, and never
stop until they had swept over the town. No, he would hold it there till
daylight - if he lived! He was not very sure of living. What did this
strange buzzing mean? And then the knives that seemed pricking and piercing
him from head to foot? He was not certain now that he could draw his finger
away, even if he wished to.
At daybreak a clergyman, returning from the bedside of a sick parishioner,
thought he heard groans as he walked along on the top of the dike. Bending,
he saw, far down on the side, a child apparently writhing with pain.
'In the name of wonder, boy,' he exclaimed, 'what are you doing there?'
'I am keeping the water from running out,' was the simple answer of the
little hero. 'Tell them to come quick.'
It is needless to add that they did come quickly.
The legend of the brave Dutch boy - by others thought to be named Hans
Brinker - who supposedly put his finger in the dyke to prevent a flood, was
actually a literary invention by the American writer Mary Elizabeth Mapes
Dodge (1831-1905), who was born in New York.
Jun 30th 2005, 4:08 pm
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Re: Serious flooding as sunshine gives way to downpour
On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:25:10 +0100, "Miss L. Toe"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> On 30 Jun 2005 08:07:06 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >Earl Evleth wrote:
>> >> On 30/06/05 14:04, in article
>[email protected],
>> >> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > AMSTERDAM < The June heatwave was a distant memory on Wednesday night
>> >> > as downpours caused serious flooding in parts of the south of the
>> >> > Netherlands.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I thought most of Holland was below sea level. But you have
>> >> this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
>> >
>> >in Amsterdam its pronounced dyke
>> and spelt dijk.
>So he keeps his DIjK in the Dyke ?
>I don't think she'd appreciate that
Whats' a DIjK?
--
Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> On 30 Jun 2005 08:07:06 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >Earl Evleth wrote:
>> >> On 30/06/05 14:04, in article
>[email protected],
>> >> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > AMSTERDAM < The June heatwave was a distant memory on Wednesday night
>> >> > as downpours caused serious flooding in parts of the south of the
>> >> > Netherlands.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I thought most of Holland was below sea level. But you have
>> >> this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
>> >
>> >in Amsterdam its pronounced dyke
>> and spelt dijk.
>So he keeps his DIjK in the Dyke ?
>I don't think she'd appreciate that
Whats' a DIjK?
--
Martin
Jun 30th 2005, 4:11 pm
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Re: Serious flooding as sunshine gives way to downpour
On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:37:21 +0200, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On 30/06/05 17:06, in article [email protected],
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I thought most of Holland was below sea level.
It isn't.
>>>But you have
>>> this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
>>
>> Pervert!
>In the mind of the beholder.
>http://www.thehollandring.com/hans-brinker-story.shtml
ffs Earl we aren't completely ignorant here.
--
Martin
wrote:
>On 30/06/05 17:06, in article [email protected],
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I thought most of Holland was below sea level.
It isn't.
>>>But you have
>>> this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
>>
>> Pervert!
>In the mind of the beholder.
>http://www.thehollandring.com/hans-brinker-story.shtml
ffs Earl we aren't completely ignorant here.
--
Martin
Jun 30th 2005, 4:27 pm
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Re: Serious flooding as sunshine gives way to downpour
"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:25:10 +0100, "Miss L. Toe"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected].. .
> >> On 30 Jun 2005 08:07:06 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Earl Evleth wrote:
> >> >> On 30/06/05 14:04, in article
> >[email protected],
> >> >> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > AMSTERDAM < The June heatwave was a distant memory on Wednesday
night
> >> >> > as downpours caused serious flooding in parts of the south of the
> >> >> > Netherlands.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> I thought most of Holland was below sea level. But you have
> >> >> this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
> >> >
> >> >in Amsterdam its pronounced dyke
> >>
> >> and spelt dijk.
> >
> >So he keeps his DIjK in the Dyke ?
> >I don't think she'd appreciate that
> >
> >
> Whats' a DIjK?
You are !!
news:[email protected]...
> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:25:10 +0100, "Miss L. Toe"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> >news:[email protected].. .
> >> On 30 Jun 2005 08:07:06 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Earl Evleth wrote:
> >> >> On 30/06/05 14:04, in article
> >[email protected],
> >> >> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> > AMSTERDAM < The June heatwave was a distant memory on Wednesday
night
> >> >> > as downpours caused serious flooding in parts of the south of the
> >> >> > Netherlands.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> I thought most of Holland was below sea level. But you have
> >> >> this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
> >> >
> >> >in Amsterdam its pronounced dyke
> >>
> >> and spelt dijk.
> >
> >So he keeps his DIjK in the Dyke ?
> >I don't think she'd appreciate that
> >
> >
> Whats' a DIjK?
You are !!
Jun 30th 2005, 4:32 pm
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Re: Serious flooding as sunshine gives way to downpour
On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:27:50 +0100, "Miss L. Toe"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:25:10 +0100, "Miss L. Toe"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >news:[email protected].. .
>> >> On 30 Jun 2005 08:07:06 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >Earl Evleth wrote:
>> >> >> On 30/06/05 14:04, in article
>> >[email protected],
>> >> >> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > AMSTERDAM < The June heatwave was a distant memory on Wednesday
>night
>> >> >> > as downpours caused serious flooding in parts of the south of the
>> >> >> > Netherlands.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I thought most of Holland was below sea level. But you have
>> >> >> this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
>> >> >
>> >> >in Amsterdam its pronounced dyke
>> >>
>> >> and spelt dijk.
>> >
>> >So he keeps his DIjK in the Dyke ?
>> >I don't think she'd appreciate that
>> >
>> >
>> Whats' a DIjK?
>You are !!
Not spelt like that.
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Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:25:10 +0100, "Miss L. Toe"
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> >news:[email protected].. .
>> >> On 30 Jun 2005 08:07:06 -0700, [email protected] wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >Earl Evleth wrote:
>> >> >> On 30/06/05 14:04, in article
>> >[email protected],
>> >> >> "Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > AMSTERDAM < The June heatwave was a distant memory on Wednesday
>night
>> >> >> > as downpours caused serious flooding in parts of the south of the
>> >> >> > Netherlands.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I thought most of Holland was below sea level. But you have
>> >> >> this little boy who keeps his finger in the dike.
>> >> >
>> >> >in Amsterdam its pronounced dyke
>> >>
>> >> and spelt dijk.
>> >
>> >So he keeps his DIjK in the Dyke ?
>> >I don't think she'd appreciate that
>> >
>> >
>> Whats' a DIjK?
>You are !!
Not spelt like that.
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Martin
Jun 30th 2005, 5:16 pm
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Re: Serious flooding as sunshine gives way to downpour
On 30/06/05 18:11, in article [email protected],
"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> http://www.thehollandring.com/hans-brinker-story.shtml
>
> ffs Earl we aren't completely ignorant here.
> --
> Martin
Just goosing you along.
"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> http://www.thehollandring.com/hans-brinker-story.shtml
>
> ffs Earl we aren't completely ignorant here.
> --
> Martin
Just goosing you along.
Jun 30th 2005, 5:19 pm
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Re: Serious flooding as sunshine gives way to downpour
On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:16:05 +0200, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On 30/06/05 18:11, in article [email protected],
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> http://www.thehollandring.com/hans-brinker-story.shtml
>>
>> ffs Earl we aren't completely ignorant here.
>> --
>> Martin
>Just goosing you along.
Magda is a better victim, I really believe she likes to be goosed :-)
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Martin
wrote:
>On 30/06/05 18:11, in article [email protected],
>"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> http://www.thehollandring.com/hans-brinker-story.shtml
>>
>> ffs Earl we aren't completely ignorant here.
>> --
>> Martin
>Just goosing you along.
Magda is a better victim, I really believe she likes to be goosed :-)
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Martin
Jun 30th 2005, 8:41 pm
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Re: Serious flooding as sunshine gives way to downpour
On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:19:13 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]> arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:16:05 +0200, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
... >On 30/06/05 18:11, in article [email protected],
... >"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
... >
... >>> http://www.thehollandring.com/hans-brinker-story.shtml
... >>
... >> ffs Earl we aren't completely ignorant here.
... >> --
... >> Martin
... >
... >
... >Just goosing you along.
...
... Magda is a better victim, I really believe she likes to be goosed :-)
He caught you... LOL
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:16:05 +0200, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
... >On 30/06/05 18:11, in article [email protected],
... >"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
... >
... >>> http://www.thehollandring.com/hans-brinker-story.shtml
... >>
... >> ffs Earl we aren't completely ignorant here.
... >> --
... >> Martin
... >
... >
... >Just goosing you along.
...
... Magda is a better victim, I really believe she likes to be goosed :-)
He caught you... LOL
Jun 30th 2005, 9:15 pm
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Re: Serious flooding as sunshine gives way to downpour
On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 22:41:20 +0200, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:19:13 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:16:05 +0200, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
> ... wrote:
> ...
> ... >On 30/06/05 18:11, in article [email protected],
> ... >"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... >
> ... >>> http://www.thehollandring.com/hans-brinker-story.shtml
> ... >>
> ... >> ffs Earl we aren't completely ignorant here.
> ... >> --
> ... >> Martin
> ... >
> ... >
> ... >Just goosing you along.
> ...
> ... Magda is a better victim, I really believe she likes to be goosed :-)
>He caught you... LOL
Better wait until you find out what being goosed means. :-)
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Martin
>On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:19:13 +0200, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 19:16:05 +0200, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
> ... wrote:
> ...
> ... >On 30/06/05 18:11, in article [email protected],
> ... >"Martin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... >
> ... >>> http://www.thehollandring.com/hans-brinker-story.shtml
> ... >>
> ... >> ffs Earl we aren't completely ignorant here.
> ... >> --
> ... >> Martin
> ... >
> ... >
> ... >Just goosing you along.
> ...
> ... Magda is a better victim, I really believe she likes to be goosed :-)
>He caught you... LOL
Better wait until you find out what being goosed means. :-)
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Martin