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L O W L A N D S - L - 31 December 2010 - Volume 03<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(200, 137, 0);">Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc.</span></span><span class="gi"> </span><span class="go"><<a href="mailto:roger.thijs@euro-support.be">roger.thijs@euro-support.be</a>></span></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Subject: <span class="gi">LL-L
"Members' news" 2010.12.30 (01) [EN]</span></p>
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From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>></p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">> Late enough not to
appear blatantly preemptive, and early enough for any of you to avoid
belatedness, please let me remind you that December 31 is the birthday of two
of our oldest ... uh ... most experienced, faithful and supportive members:</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">> Sandy Fleming (United
Kingdom, <<a href="mailto:sandy@fleimin.demon.co.uk" target="_blank">sandy@fleimin.demon.co.uk</a>>)<br>
> Roger Thijs (Belgium,
<<a href="mailto:roger.thijs@euro-support.be" target="_blank">roger.thijs@euro-support.be</a>>)</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Thanks for all good wishes,
through the list, or directly mailed to me.</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">I'm prepared for big
expenses at my door tomorrow, cf:</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZPe5S7wwH4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZPe5S7wwH4</a></p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Here is one of the versions:</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: blue;">Nieuwjaarke zoete<br>
Mijn varken heeft vier voeten<br>
Vier voeten en ene staart<br>
Is dat dan geen wafel waard<br>
Is die wafel nog niet gebakken<br>
Geef me dan een schotel pap<br>
Is die schotel pap nog niet gereed<br>
Geef me dan een beste kleed<br>
Is dat beste kleed nog niet genaaid<br>
Geef me dan een haantje dat kraait<br>
Is dat haantje dat kraait nog niet geboren<br>
Geef me dan een pot vol kolen<br>
Is die potvol kolen nog niet gebrand<br>
Geef me dan een dikke, dikke, vette vleeskant.<br>
</span>(De tekst werd uiteraard in het dialect
gezongen.)</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Generally one sings only a
few lines and one collects some coins.</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">When I was a kid in the
early fifties, it was not unusual that people (not only kids) came with a white
debarked stick with a sharp point and collected slices of bacon on it.</p>
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<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Happy New Year,</p>
<p style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal">Roger</p>
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