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Post by De Graaf van Salland on Apr 30, 2009 6:51:50 GMT 1
Most of you lot will probably never have heard of this.
But today (apr. 30) we celebrate our queens (Beatrix) birthday.
All sort of festivities take place today.
It's not actually her birthday today; it used to be her mothers birtday (Juliana). But our current queens birthday is somewhere in the winter. So when she came to the throne, she (wisely) decided to keep the date of the celebrations the same. So that we would have a decent chance of good weather.
Which it is today: about 19°, no rain predicted & some sunshine.
So, to the rest of the world: have a nice day at work. We're going to party today ! ;D
Franklin
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Post by pongo on Apr 30, 2009 9:56:06 GMT 1
Great news
Have a hearty party ;D
Happy Birthday Queen Bea
Our Queen has two birthdays also. I'm told she is very fond of cake, plus jelly and ice cream
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Post by skyhook on Apr 30, 2009 14:10:14 GMT 1
Wheres our invite ?? Party and NO!! invite ?..........lol
Have a great day all in the Netherlands, Happy Birthday to all on this day.
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Post by De Graaf van Salland on Apr 30, 2009 16:29:01 GMT 1
The party has had a nasty turn.......
It's common on 'koninginnedag' to put out our national flag with an orange ribbon attached (the royal family is the 'house of orange').
But right now, on all the houses in our street, the ribbon is gone and the flags are at half-mast.
Holland is mourning the 4 people killed and many more injured because some idiot tried to ram his car into the bus of the royal family.
I don't know what to say.........
Franklin
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Post by McF on Apr 30, 2009 17:40:24 GMT 1
There is nothing that you can say I'm afraid I didn't know about this tragedy until quickly popping in to see new posts; had a quick look at the BBC news and it's an outrage. I've heard many stories about how relaxed the NL Royal family are and often wish our Royals could enjoy similar freedoms. According to the BBC Page I saw news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8026807.stm there is no sign of a motive yet, but they have no strong suspicion of terrorism. Possibly some deranged individual, but to act like this, I'd invite them to have another go, but this time to just ram their car at high speed into a large solid object. What a terrible thing to happen on a joyous occassion. Sympathies to all who have been affected. |
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Post by Jaz66 on Apr 30, 2009 20:13:40 GMT 1
franklin.........so sorry. Saw this in the papers on the way home, very sad.  Tried to imagine how we would feel if this happened in the mall to a crowd cheering our queen. Can't say more, kind thoughts to all those affected. |
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Post by rj2para (Bisto) on Apr 30, 2009 20:38:48 GMT 1
What is it with these wasters!  |
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Post by blitzman5 on Apr 30, 2009 23:54:37 GMT 1
DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO ALL
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Post by Buzzin (^_^) on Apr 30, 2009 23:58:32 GMT 1
I didn't find out till late in the day, just didn't have the telly on.
Like some of the people said, it's a terror attack in such a way that not only did the man kill 5 people and seriously injure a lot more, but he also took the innocence out of the day and the people there.
The man stated it was a deliberate act that he had planned for, before being declared brain-dead (although doubt can be had if that is an appropriate term)
I haven't heard from my family yet, but I guess my dad would have let me know if they would have been hurt (they live in the place where it happened)
My thoughts are with the people killed and hurt today (technically yesterday) and I hope they and their families can recover.
I don't get emotionally often, but this really had me swearing at the tv for a while...
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Post by De Graaf van Salland on May 1, 2009 12:38:47 GMT 1
The man who did this has died last night, due to his injuries.
Also one of the other critically injured people has dies last night, making a total of 6 dead people.
Now we will never know exactly what his motive was to do this.
But he had lost his job and was going to be evicted from his house today. So ít's not very difficult to guess.
Among the injured are three children.
One member of the police and another of the dutch military police (marechaussee) were also among the victims. But I don't know if they were killed or injured.
If you're going to kill yourself (but I sincerely hope that you don't have this intention !) ; do the decent thing and jump off a bridge or take a few sleeping pills to many.
But don't involve a lot of other people, who actually enjoy life !
Franklin (still a bit frustrated after yesterday's events)
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Post by De Graaf van Salland on May 2, 2009 7:34:03 GMT 1
The member of the military police has died as well; making a total of 7 deaths.
And there is also still one person in hospital who is in the 'danger zone'.
Franklin
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