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:shock: looks dangerous! It's not an anaconda but I'd not like to have this in front of me!
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:shock: looks dangerous! It's not an anaconda but I'd not like to have this in front of me!
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talloulou--ALL your pictures are amazing. Wow. Your hubby is a good-looking dude, and your kids are gorgeous. You're hot too.
Euuuhhh...isn't it a bit "rude" (or slang?) to call a young woman a "hottie" (not wrong but I always wonder what to say to a nice englishspeaker girl :mrgreen: ) (or is it "chick" the rude word?)
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:shock: :shock: :shock: she's crazy!!! It does not bite??? (lol I have never seen snakes in true :3oops: :lol: )
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Between 1850 and around 1970, there were hundreds of coal mines in Wallonia (like in the UK). To transport those millions of tons of coal, we built canals. But the country is not flat, so we needed boat lifts.
This one is the boat lift of Strépy-Thieu.
Strépy-Thieu boat lift - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
You see, the canal on the right is 250 feet higher than the canal on the left.
On this bridge, the 1350-tons fluvial barges pass OVER the road!
It's harvest time! They even do that at night!
Patchwork in the countryside
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Euuuhhh...isn't it a bit "rude" (or slang?) to call a young woman a "hottie" (not wrong but I always wonder what to say to a nice englishspeaker girl :mrgreen: ) (or is it "chick" the rude word?)
Eh aps and I are safe to call each other pretty much anything in the book. :lol:
As far as for dating or trying to pick people up and what not I have no idea. Having been married for 10 years I'm absolutely clueless about flirting etiquette.I can't imagine anyone being insulted by "hottie" but I also can't imagine it being too successful in any kind of a pick up line or stranger meet stranger type situation.
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Yup. Thanks for the compliments on me and Weston. I am just soooooo in love with him, I can hardly stand it.
bub, I think some women are offended by the word "chick." I am NOT one of them. I LOVE being called a hottie.
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Some more pics, taken by a friend of mine with a good camera and a huge zoom:
There are over 200 statues like that on the city hall. Unfortunately, most of them are quite high above the ground level and you can't see them really well.
The statues represent all the former rulers of the Duchy of Brabant. Here is Anthony de Bourgogne, count of Nevers, duke of Brabant and Limburg (1384-1415). This is the first time I see his name (from the ground you can't read it!)
In front of him, on the King' House ( VisitOnWeb: Vue 360 degrés de la Grand-Place de Bruxelles (Belgique)
) there are statues of soldiers (looks like a Spanish soldier from 1500-1550) which look freightening seen from under:
And then, a few streets further, there is the Hotel Ravenstein (look at the typical architecture!)
There are over 200 statues like that on the city hall. Unfortunately, most of them are quite high above the ground level and you can't see them really well.
The statues represent all the former rulers of the Duchy of Brabant. Here is Anthony de Bourgogne, count of Nevers, duke of Brabant and Limburg (1384-1415). This is the first time I see his name (from the ground you can't read it!)
In front of him, on the King' House ( VisitOnWeb: Vue 360 degrés de la Grand-Place de Bruxelles (Belgique)
And then, a few streets further, there is the Hotel Ravenstein (look at the typical architecture!)
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Then we've been on the top of the Basilica of Koekelberg
We were lucky: it was 8pm and still open, while it usually closes at 6pm!
From there, you have a great panorama. Since it is located on a hill just next to the center of Brussel, you can see all the city center and even the other extremity!
In front of you: the southern part of the city, and the law court on the background (the big white building with a golden crown on its top) (americanwoman, you remember what I said about having the sunset in your back? look at the "warm" colors)
Zoom on the Law Courts. 160m wide, 150m long, 142m high, 260,000 square meters, it is the biggest building built in the XIXth century. Compare its size with the buildings in the foreground!
On the other side, with the sunset in the front. Strange effect!
That's Koekelberg, a suburb of Brussels.
90° to the left and you can see the Atomium
The colors are not exceptional but the angle is unusual.
We were lucky: it was 8pm and still open, while it usually closes at 6pm!
From there, you have a great panorama. Since it is located on a hill just next to the center of Brussel, you can see all the city center and even the other extremity!
In front of you: the southern part of the city, and the law court on the background (the big white building with a golden crown on its top) (americanwoman, you remember what I said about having the sunset in your back? look at the "warm" colors)
Zoom on the Law Courts. 160m wide, 150m long, 142m high, 260,000 square meters, it is the biggest building built in the XIXth century. Compare its size with the buildings in the foreground!
On the other side, with the sunset in the front. Strange effect!
That's Koekelberg, a suburb of Brussels.
90° to the left and you can see the Atomium
The colors are not exceptional but the angle is unusual.
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Sorry I couldn't resist.
Wow :shock: You do not look like Jeff Albertson :mrgreen:
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Ha ha I don't know Hautey. Is it just me or is your head looking kinda big?
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Ha ha I don't know Hautey. Is it just me or is your head looking kinda big?
Well...blacks got big heads...and big...eh...yeah you get it. As long as both heads are proportional and mathematically compatible. It's all good.
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LMAO! You're hilarious!
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Concert of the band in Italy, 3 years ago
The leader, tuning (?) the saxos and the tubas (look at the scores, it's "tiger rag", an ugly tune)
The audience
Venezia
The ****** weather in Belgium when we came back arghhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Clue: it's close to Bastogne
The leader, tuning (?) the saxos and the tubas (look at the scores, it's "tiger rag", an ugly tune)
The audience
Venezia
The ****** weather in Belgium when we came back arghhhhhhhhhhhhh
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Dedicated to Gunny, Cherokee, WIC...do you know what it is?
Clue: it's close to Bastogne
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Here are some pics of the BYU ball room dance team at the British championships in Blackpool, England. I used to like to watch them practice in the student center. I haven't kept up with them in a couple of years but I know they had won like twent straight U.S. national championships, having neve lost on U.S. soil, and many prestigious international competitions.
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Ok, the shoe pics are for Tashah.
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Here's me enjoying a fine Cuban sitting outside the Managua airport
And this is a volcano we passed on the way to El Sauce:
That picture is shaky cause we were riding on rural dirt roads in this:
Here's a picture of El Sauce I took while riding out of town with 12 people on the bed of a pickup:
and just for fun, here's me and my dog Sunny
Are you sure you're not a liberal?
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He's just a bad mf :mrgreen: .