<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">L O W L A N D S - L - 31 December 2007 - Volume 02
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lowlands-l.net/contest/</a><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> (- 31 Dec. 2007)</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">==============================
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From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>
Subject: Countdown<br><br>Dear Lowlanders,<br><br>As I'm writing this, 2008 has just reached East Asia and Western Australia, while our friends in the rest of Australia and in the Western Pacific region are beginning to simmer down and are sinking into New Year's slumber.
<br><br></span></font><div style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="JA">元日や</span><span style="font-size: 13pt;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 13pt;">
<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="JA">反古も机も</span><span style="font-size: 13pt;"></span><br><span style="font-size: 13pt;">
<span> </span></span><span style="font-size: 13pt;" lang="JA">去年の儘</span><br><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">Ganjitu ya
</span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB"> </span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">hogo mo tukue mo</span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">
</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">kozo no mama</span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB"> Matuo 松尾
</span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">Neejahrsdag vundaag'.</span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">
Up d'n Disch Papeerschrapels</span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB"> vun verläden Jahr<br><br></span></font>Nieuwjaarsdag vandaag.<font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">
</span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB"> Op de tafel ligt papierafval</span></font><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">
van't vorige jaar. (?)</span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">Heute ist Neujahr.</span>
</font><br><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB"> Auf dem Tisch Abfallpapier</span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB"> vom vorigen Jahr.</span>
</font><br><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB"></span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">New Year's Day today.</span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB">
On the desk there's wastepaper</span></font><br><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-GB"> from the year before.<br><br></span></font></div><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
Tick-tock, tick-tock ... Yes, it's the good old grandfather clock approaching the last minute of 2007 at Greenwich, England. This is by when the multitude (fat chance!) of song submissions are due. Tick-tock, tick-tock ...
</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Brace yourselves, dear brethren and sistren! However meager the choice may be, there will be an election for the best, though there will be no losers, and all submissions will be exhibited, honored, enjoyed and admired and ... gleefully chirped. If lyrics without a tune are chosen, then there will be another competition: to choose a tune. Finally, one would hope that at least one person steps forward (and we have a number of definitely eligible ones, and they know who they are) to produce a sung and recorded version. More details here:
</span><a style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" href="http://lowlands-l.net/contest/" target="_blank">lowlands-l.net/contest/</a><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"></span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Happy New Year to all of you, and many thanks not only for keeping Lowlands-L alive but also for keeping it lively, vibrant, informative and pleasant!
</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Regards,</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Reinhard/Ron</span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><div style="margin-left: 40px; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
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