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<b>L O W L A N D S - L - 28 July 2010 - Volume 02<br>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From:
<span class="gd"><span style="color: rgb(121, 6, 25);">Jonny</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:jonny.meibohm@arcor.de">jonny.meibohm@arcor.de</a>></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="FR"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="gi">LL-L "Vexillology"
2010.07.26 (06) [EN]</span></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Dear Marlou,</p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">you wrote:</p>
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<p style="font-family: times new roman,serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: teal;">Let us assume that
Ron's fine design </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.lowlands-l.net/treasures/ll-flag01.jpg" target="_blank"><span style="color: teal;">http://www.lowlands-l.net/treasures/ll-flag01.jpg</span></a><span style="color: teal;"> would be the "matrix", and every Lowlands community <em>that wants </em>could add its
symbol (a horse, a sea-horse, a Nato star...) into the large blue zone -- would
this be good? Those who want to simply say "I'm Lowlander" take the
simple version of the flag, those who want to add their special identity add
their symbol.</span> </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Very good idea, I
think! Everyone can decide how far to go into his regional Lowlandic identity.</p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">In my case I shall
have the martyr of the choice between the head of an ox ("Stader
Ochsen", the old symbol of my home county which, interestingly, nowhere occures
on google) or a bell - the emblem of my home village <strong>Balje</strong>.</p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Both of them could
fit to my own character ;-)! And an ox head also could fit to our Marcus
*grin*, <em>just(!)</em> because
he comes from the same county!</p>
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<p style="font-family: times new roman,serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: teal;">For me personally,
this flag would be complete without a symbol, it could be spoilt by it.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt;"></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">I fear you're right
:-(!</p>
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<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal">Jonny Meibohm</p>
<p style="font-family: courier new,monospace;" class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="font-family: courier new,monospace;">Lower </span>Saxony, Germany</span></p>
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