The Netherlands next superpower

Americans are great, i guess it's some American Politics they don't like ;-)

Well, the cops first removed the barricades and then sorta waited for those on the zip lines to come down. I was already at work when that happened so not sure how long it took but what I have been told, they were down pretty quick.

lOl

Gotta say, they really put in some effort this time. This was the third time this year and the other two kinda sucked.

they work hand in hand with america.. they had troops in afganistan . or did u forget?

maybe bit off topic but still interesting:

[link to www.worldwide-military.com]

You don't understand our state of the art water management. A lot of our land is designed to be able to be drowned. There are a lot of safety nets so to speak. We always have been sea people and changing our land to be compatible with as well the sea as the important river and canal routes.

In fact in the 80-year war with the Spanish we drowned our land on purpose for a succesful defense.

We had a flood in 1953 tho, in Zeeland after a SW floodstorm, and thousands of lives were lost. We learnt from that and we finished the Delta-Werken sea-barriers.

Nowadays we claim land back of the sea, by dumping billions of tons of sand. We just completed Maasvlakte 2, another expansion for Rotterdam seaport.

OMG we're good.

LOL! Yeah, I visit Zwarte Ruiter or de Boterwaag a lot! Often first I start at Bierelier in Theresiastraat and then go to the centre of DH. Would be cool to drink some beers with ya!

Fuck yeah, we've build half of Dubai

I'm glad people can separate the two because I don't think the gov't. of any country really represents the people.

LOL! Over here, they would have SWAT teams out! Heh!

I didn't know it. I don't really keep up with that stuff all that much. I found out I can't change it. I would bet NL didn't have as much invested as America though.

That is interesting. TY. Did you see the difference in the page for NL and for USA? And I wouldn't be surprised if the USA list doesn't have everything on it. You know they gotta keep some of that stuff secret!

For sure. I have added you to my buddy list. I will contact you some time soon to have a beer. Never met a fellow GLP'er before. Gonna be fun. I will bring the BS flag. lOl

Where do you get the sand to do that? I do have to say when I look at NL from GoogleMaps, it does look like it would be easy for it to sink under water.

This has been so cool to watch you two meet each other. Have fun when you do meet. Take a photo and post it here, eh?

K nice and bring the flag lol! Talk tou you later man!

It is always a gasp to see some dutch people.


THEY ARE WORLD LEADERS!!!

lOl

I am not sure. Those people are pretty harmless and the cops know that. There is no need for SWAT teams.

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Yeah, that is pretty rare, right.

Oke, talk to you soon.

For sure man

By dredging, we are kings of the dredge too!

The sea has always been our biggest foe, and friend! For sure we're vulnerable to a 100ft high tsunami/huge meteor in the north sea, but for most other stuff we're pretty much well protected nowadays. Again, many parts of our land have been designed and engineered to contain a lot of water in times of need. Rising sea-level will make for more innovative water engineering...

The Netherlands is one big water machine!

Yep! We've build [link to www.google.nl] and the other islands over there!

Why isn't this great thread pinned? (and so much other bs is?)

Seriously, when the shit hits the fan, and nothing can save you anymore: bring in the Dutch!

While visiting a friend who lives in Badhoevdorp I asked to see where the little Dutch boy had stuck his finger in the dyke. I had heard this story as a littel boy. My friend and I drove to a very rough area near Amsterdam where there were ships and he showed me a bronze statue mounted on an old brick dyke of a little boy with his finger stuck in it. It made me smile.

Cool. Over here, cops and such just like to throw their weight around 'cause they can, LOL!

I think so. I remember reading in a thread recently that some of the GLP'ers have never met another. And you two are within what....a mile or so of each other? LOL!

Heh! I don't know why I'm excited for you but I am!!!

Heh! I don't know why I'm excited for you but I am!!!

Very interesting. So how did the Dutch drown the land to win the war against the Spanish? I guess I could google it.

Wow! That's incredible. Thanks.