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[Ambassador]

Good morning everyone,

ORIGINAL: rustysi

ORIGINAL: Ambassador

Hello everyone,

Neutrality... we tried it. Didn’t work out so well.[8|]

Yeah, but you guys never seemed to realize that you are stuck 'between a rock and a hard place'. Neutrality is never going to be an option.

Weren't you created to be a buffer zone between that 'rock and a hard place'. That unfortunately means you have to choose a side. No?

The idea was for the Kingdom of the Netherlands, after 1815, to create a buffer between France and Prussia. We rebelled against the Dutch 15 years later, and were tolerated to exist by the Great Powers on the condition to remain neutral. The Greater Netherlands could have represented a good deterrent to an attack by either neighbor, but the small Belgium could only rely on the will of the Great Powers to enforce our neutral independence, despite all appearances. As soon as the GP were set on a confrontation, we went from a buffer to a battlefield. Picking a side would have served for naught...[8|]

[btd64]

Good morning everyone....GP

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good day!


Leo "Apollo11"

[USSAmerica]

Good Monday afternoon - Tithe. [&o][&o][&o]

[RangerJoe]

A good day to everyone!

[rustysi]

Wassup???[:D]

[Ambassador]

Good morning to all !

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[RangerJoe]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

Hello.

It is the wee wee hours of the morning here with a train nearby tooting its horn.

[btd64]

Good morning everyone....GP

[USSAmerica]

Good morning - Tithe. [&o][&o][&o]

[USSAmerica]

Finally, after the wettest winter recorded at RDU airport, we are looking at a string of dry days ahead. I have high hopes they can dig and pour our foundation soon!

[btd64]

ORIGINAL: USSAmerica

Finally, after the wettest winter recorded at RDU airport, we are looking at a string of dry days ahead. I have high hopes they can dig and pour our foundation soon!

I hope all goes well....GP

[fcooke]

We have a train line that runs behind the rear of our property line - freight only. About 1/4 mile away from the house. Trains run mostly at night. I like the sound of the train horn, not too loud but we have a little ridge to deaden the noise. Went to have a glass of vino with the neighbors who live on a hill above us. Further away from the tracks but WAY louder up there.

Thank you ridge....

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: fcooke

We have a train line that runs behind the rear of our property line - freight only. About 1/4 mile away from the house. Trains run mostly at night. I like the sound of the train horn, not too loud but we have a little ridge to deaden the noise. Went to have a glass of vino with the neighbors who live on a hill above us. Further away from the tracks but WAY louder up there.

Thank you ridge....

One of the first things I learned when I moved from a house in a treed neighbourhood to my 18th floor apartment is that distance above ground does NOT result in less noise - quite the opposite! The biggest trees in the area top out at nine floors below me. Then about five years ago they built a new fire/ambulance station about 200 meters away ...

[Ambassador]

I haven’t had my coffee yet, but good morning everyone, anyway !

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Good morning!


Leo "Apollo11"

[btd64]

Good morning everyone....GP

[USSAmerica]

Good morning - Tithe. [&o][&o][&o]

[USSAmerica]

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