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LEST WE FORGET
The War with Germany has started.
The war broke out in ‘40. I was three years old, having been born in September of ‘37. “My dad went to Germany he would not be back for several years. He went there out of his own free will, believing that he could do more for his family that way.
My dad loved the German people and they loved him. (Not the Nazi’s)
Dad was able to send money home and other people who were
forced to work for the German Nazi’s, were not able to do this.
It was up to my mom now to take care of her two children my sister Greetje and I, and find food for us all.
Living in the North of Holland, only several hours away from the farmers, the first few years were not too bad for us, but that slowly changed.
My mother had to sell her best linens, her gold watch and sewing machine for food.
The farmers did not care to receive money as it was worth nothing, so anything of value had to go.
A bottle of oil, a very valued commodity, would sell for $250.00 guilders.
My mother would bring home dried fish that stank something awful. We had to eat it anyway.
Looking back it still amazes me how resourceful people are when they have to be.
I would go to where coal was loaded onto trains, and take with me a small broom and dustpan and bring home coal dust. We would chew tar and turned it into chewing gum. It also whitens your teeth.
You could do the same with grain. We kids would go to where the grain was being loaded onto trains, and we would pick up what had fallen on the ground. It takes a long time to chew that grain, but believe me it will turn into gum.
Sometimes we were lucky and had a piece of real chewing gum. We kids would take some sugar to give it some flavour again after we had been chewing it for some time and all the flavours had left.
At night we wound it around the iron bed post.
If friends had gum and asked if you wanted to come out and play with them, you would tell them: “Sure if I can have your gum.” “Okay but only for awhile”
Later came bubble gum, and because of the sharing, we would all have sores around our mouth.
Would you like to know what happens to gum if you chew it for days? It crumples up into nothing. (It does take several days)
We may have been kids but we did things that were beyond our age.
We would climb onto trucks loaded with sugar beets, and throw them off the truck so people could make sugar.
I remember that one day I was about six years old, when I was sent shopping at the corner store for groceries. I could see from the store the school the Germans occupied, as it was around the corner of our street.
I saw a truck heaped high with coal. I saw no Germans, so I climbed onto that truck and started to shove the coal down.
What was amazing was how quickly people realized what was going on. They came with buckets and pails to scoop up what they could. When others took over from me to shovel more coal down, I ran home to tell mother at home to get some for us too.
The Germans let us be for a while they must have known what was going on. Most of them were mere boys.
We were also sustained by the soup kitchen. One of our neighbours called to say that there was meat in the soup that day. Quickly I was sent to get some of that good stuff. In the meantime, our neighbours had found the source of the meat it was the tail of a mouse. I can't remember if we ate that soup.
During the German occupation you were not allowed to have a radio, they were all confiscated. Mother kept hers and it was connected together with a neighbours. Someone must have turned them in for the authorities came knocking one day. They asked her first how long she had that radio. She said the first thing that came to her mind, six months. They went to the neighbour next and asked him the same question. Unbelievably he gave the very same answer. Because of that, they were let go, after the radio was taken of course.
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Tag. | Classified word of Day.
Amerika is a Nation that can be defined in a
.single Word; ASUFUTIMAHAEFUTBW.
..[ .in the foothills of the Himalaya s. ] - Joe B.
..this is what happens when you order a President
. through the Postal system. - Ed from the Internet.
Standby. - McBob.
Amerika is a Nation that can be defined in a
.single Word; ASUFUTIMAHAEFUTBW.
..[ .in the foothills of the Himalaya s. ] - Joe B.
..this is what happens when you order a President
. through the Postal system. - Ed from the Internet.
Standby. - McBob.
Releasing UFO info? Please...
This is damage control of an uncontrollable event of frequent activity around the world. I know this because of the activity here in WHanganui NZ.
They think that by redirecting flight paths, or bringing in foreigners of another country as a distraction, will stop the frequent visits?
This is a pre-planned event of at least 5000 years. No intellectual human being can ever counter cover or subdue what ooccurs in Our Skies.
The more they try to minimize and distract all sky events especially here in in my town area, the more frequent things will be in fact its gonna get so hard to contain the activity. That its going to happen in broad daylight. It getts worse. One Ship is going to be the size of of the town.
And its not the what or why that matters, but Who.
Also we once had police drones in Whanganui, but now we dont, and we have new faces in the police force working here as well about the same time the drones stopped. Curious? lol
That is why they are revealing the ufo activity now.
So, lets see how well they control the damage, lol.
They have tried to stop me in the past and learnt the hard way as usual people do, about giving the world information, they do not want anyone to know.
If they had it their way I would be dead already, But they are more scared of me dying than if 99% of the world died tomorrow...
They also tried to archive a born intellect's writings on geometric programming but I wrote on the same website blogspot.com, to prevent that. I had to create 3 accounts before they stopped trying to prevent me posting.
By the time I am believed the shit will hit the fan in a way that will terrify the world. The Angel of Death will be a busy little bee during those times.
They think that by redirecting flight paths, or bringing in foreigners of another country as a distraction, will stop the frequent visits?
This is a pre-planned event of at least 5000 years. No intellectual human being can ever counter cover or subdue what ooccurs in Our Skies.
The more they try to minimize and distract all sky events especially here in in my town area, the more frequent things will be in fact its gonna get so hard to contain the activity. That its going to happen in broad daylight. It getts worse. One Ship is going to be the size of of the town.
And its not the what or why that matters, but Who.
Also we once had police drones in Whanganui, but now we dont, and we have new faces in the police force working here as well about the same time the drones stopped. Curious? lol
That is why they are revealing the ufo activity now.
So, lets see how well they control the damage, lol.
They have tried to stop me in the past and learnt the hard way as usual people do, about giving the world information, they do not want anyone to know.
If they had it their way I would be dead already, But they are more scared of me dying than if 99% of the world died tomorrow...
They also tried to archive a born intellect's writings on geometric programming but I wrote on the same website blogspot.com, to prevent that. I had to create 3 accounts before they stopped trying to prevent me posting.
By the time I am believed the shit will hit the fan in a way that will terrify the world. The Angel of Death will be a busy little bee during those times.
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Did you Know?
Your teeth start growing6 months before you are born?
'GO' is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
The fear of being out of cellphone contact is called NOMOPHOBIA
'GO' is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
The fear of being out of cellphone contact is called NOMOPHOBIA
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Study
A study was done and the result said that women were happier with less attractive men.
Do that mean i am attractive?
Do that mean i am attractive?
Traitors And Deserters
Yes, that is what they are. Anybody who leaves his country for another because his own country is in bad hands is a traitor and a deserter. Buggering off to find a better living elsewhere only strengthens the hands of those who are mismanaging the country. 
The irony is that migrants do not always find a better life. A large proportion end up as cheap labour or in crime or prostitution. And then too many of them lose their lives en route to their Utopia. Something need to be said about the host countries that allow such exploits.
And then, after a few years, comes the disillusionment when things do not work out as expected. That is when you get the problems that France currently face with their migrants killing teachers and destroying goverment property.
If you cannot make it in your own country it is unlikely that you'll make it elsewhere. Stay where you are and fix the problems. Once you start running you never stop.
If storming the Bastille is the only way forward, then storm the effing Bastille. You don't run away when your country needs you.
PS
I'm quite aware that people migrate for many other reasons. This blog is not about them, it only deals with one aspect of migration.
The irony is that migrants do not always find a better life. A large proportion end up as cheap labour or in crime or prostitution. And then too many of them lose their lives en route to their Utopia. Something need to be said about the host countries that allow such exploits.
And then, after a few years, comes the disillusionment when things do not work out as expected. That is when you get the problems that France currently face with their migrants killing teachers and destroying goverment property.
If you cannot make it in your own country it is unlikely that you'll make it elsewhere. Stay where you are and fix the problems. Once you start running you never stop.
If storming the Bastille is the only way forward, then storm the effing Bastille. You don't run away when your country needs you.
PS
I'm quite aware that people migrate for many other reasons. This blog is not about them, it only deals with one aspect of migration.
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THINK TWICE
Risky business this being a climate activist these days.
These days rather think twice before accepting an invite to join a protest.
An environmental activist died after raising hands and being shot from head to toe by police nearly two months ago near Atlanta, the person's family and attorneys said Monday.
The activist known as “Tortuguita,” whose full name is Manuel Esteban Páez Terán, suffered 14 gunshot wounds on Jan. 18, family attorneys said.
Enjoy the weekend.
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Bang it around a bit...
I grew up in the era of Black & White TV and times when something electronic wasn't working correctly, it would require banging the side of the console to magically get things working again.
Solid state technology changed all that... or did it?
I turned the computer on this morning and got an error message the power supply fan isn't working. Huh? I've got a few computers with spare parts here and could change out a fan if need be. Turning it off and on 2 more times got the same message. The computer would not boot.
I banged it a few times, opened the case and when I powered up air was coming from the power supply fan.
Fixed... just like the old days!
Solid state technology changed all that... or did it?
I turned the computer on this morning and got an error message the power supply fan isn't working. Huh? I've got a few computers with spare parts here and could change out a fan if need be. Turning it off and on 2 more times got the same message. The computer would not boot.
I banged it a few times, opened the case and when I powered up air was coming from the power supply fan.
Fixed... just like the old days!
The Economy In A Democracy
A 12 year old boy was told to research the inner workings of the economy and he consulted his father.
His father said:
"Son, an economy works very much like our household. I am the breadwinner who provide for everybody; therefore I am the capitalist. Your mother works with the money within the strict framework of the budget, so she is the government. You are the people. Your baby sister is the future and her babysitter is the working class. Simple as that."
The boy was sceptical about the explanation but decided to leave it there.
Later that night the boy heard his baby sister crying and a quick look revealed that she needed a clean diaper (nappy). He tried to wake his mother from her drunken stupor but failed, so he went to the babysitter. He found his father on top of the babysitter. Not knowing what to do, he quietly went back to his bed.
The next morning he told his father that he finally understood how the economy works. When his father asked him to explain he said: "While the government is asleep, the capitalist screws the working class. The people are ignored while the future is in the shìt."
His father said:
"Son, an economy works very much like our household. I am the breadwinner who provide for everybody; therefore I am the capitalist. Your mother works with the money within the strict framework of the budget, so she is the government. You are the people. Your baby sister is the future and her babysitter is the working class. Simple as that."
The boy was sceptical about the explanation but decided to leave it there.
Later that night the boy heard his baby sister crying and a quick look revealed that she needed a clean diaper (nappy). He tried to wake his mother from her drunken stupor but failed, so he went to the babysitter. He found his father on top of the babysitter. Not knowing what to do, he quietly went back to his bed.
The next morning he told his father that he finally understood how the economy works. When his father asked him to explain he said: "While the government is asleep, the capitalist screws the working class. The people are ignored while the future is in the shìt."
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