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Tomorrow in Terneuzen we celebrate 75 years of liberation, and our special thanks go out to the Canadian and Polish troops that liberated this southwestern part of the Netherlands.
Hope to see you there, even the king will pay us a visit 
More information here: Remembering the Battle of the Scheldt - Europe Remembers[^]
and here: Battle of the Scheldt - Wikipedia[^]
Sadly the battle of the Scheldt is not very well known, but a documentary is in the making ...
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Wow that site made me realize that there is a whole lot I do not know about WW2.
I always assumed Scandinavia was spared from the fighting because I had never before heard of their involvement. ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Richard Andrew x64 wrote: I always assumed Scandinavia was spared from the fighting
Fighting in Scandinavia? Sweden was neutral, but I don't know of any allied invasion of Norway or Denmark. I thought the Germans just pulled out as the war reached it's end.
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Norway and Denmark stayed occupied until the end of the war.
Sweden wasn't occupied because it wasn't necessary, I strongly doubt neutrality had much to do with it.
Purpose of occupying Denmark was to get control over Öresund, easier to take Denmark than Sweden, and one shore is enough for the purpose.
The occupation of Norway was a preemptive strike to take control over Narvik, the main export harbour of Swedish iron ore, before the British did. Yes, there were plans for that.
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Yes, I know, that is what I said.
I was asking if there was any actual fighting in Scandinavia or did the Germans just pull out.
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RickZeeland wrote: Sadly the battle of the Scheldt is not very well known, but a documentary is in the making ...
Will it show that Merkans were the true heroes, Billy Bob Buttboy was the pivotal reason they won and that Merka joined the war in 1394 and not 1943?
Or is Hollywood not involved in anyway?
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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As far as I know Hollywood is not involved and, for Dutch standards, it will be a big budget production. Of course there were Americans involved, but the main forces were Canadian, Polish and English. And the Aussies you ask ? they were nowhere to be seen of course, probably too busy drinking beer
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The past, the present and the future walked into a bar – it was tense.
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Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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"They had arrived at the bar at the same moment."
There, now your joke's pluperfect. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard Deeming wrote: pluperfect
Now there is a word I don't think I have heard since school days!
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That's a well noun story.
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Its past now
Technician
1. A person that fixes stuff you can't.
2. One who does precision guesswork based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.
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Mike Hankey wrote: Its past now
Sometimes, I thought that was the story of my life.
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A ghost and me from the past came to visit.
The ghost said "If you don't change your ways this will be you in the future."
"Oh my god!", I said, "that's friggin' awesome!"
They then returned to the present.
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So I moved a digital clock out of the way of an impending visit by a 3yr old. As it happened, it was put next to a mirror, perpindicularly, so I had a reflection of it that appeared like an adjacent clock of the same type (mirrors tend to do that).
Then, I saw it !
1001 1001
THat's 99 decimal, whose digits add up to 18 and then whose digits add up to 9, again - but only one 9 !
It must be an omen! Surely! An Omen !
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 I happen to be listening to Rush and just up the list is 'The Body Electric' from Grace Under Pressure. The chorus for that song is '1001001 SOS'. The first part is binary for 73 which then converts to ASCII as the letter 'I'. Apparently it's about a droid reaching self-awareness. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Now try it again in octal.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
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I, in fact, did apply to it deeper thoughts in the hopes of ascertaining further enlightenment.
Let us, for example, respect the colons
10:01 10:01
2+1 2+1
3 * 3
9
Coincidence? I think not!
W W G S ? (from my What Would Griff Say wristband).
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Except ... 9 isn't Octal.
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Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: 9 isn't Octal.
Correct !
However, just suppose[^]
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Looks more like hex to me.
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No, The Omen[^] is a 10 digit binary where each digit is reversed from its mirror image.
10100 11010
(dec 666)
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But THIS is the REAL THING!
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