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Leghorn21

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53. Big welcome, syringis! I just want to tell you that I LOVE BELGIUM! About 3 years ago I
Mon Jul 31, 2017, 11:14 PM
Jul 2017

recorded a tv show about WWI, and it used real footage to tell of what happened...and I watched poor Belgium fighting the Germans with everything they had. When they could not go on any longer, they crashed two of their locomotives into each other on the main bridge, thus rendering it useless to the incoming Germans.

Aw, man, it was so sad - and then they just got run over again at the start of WWII, and there they were again, Belgium people just trying to live their lives, BOOM, destroyed.

So I love you for having the strength to both endure and come back from that!! (Even though you most likely weren't personally present for such horrible events of cataclysmic destruction!?)

And thank you for saying that you know "the weird thing nowadays called president " does not represent our great country! Now some might say, it's our own fault this happened, and so forth, but you and I know that - well, this is a fine, fine, country...and HEY SYRINGIS, so is yours!

Welcome, and it's so great to meet you!

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hello from belgium [View all] syringis Jul 2017 OP
no need to correct such a kind letter virtualobserver Jul 2017 #1
Thank you very much virtualobserver syringis Jul 2017 #14
Your English is better than many Americans. LOL pangaia Jul 2017 #2
And Belgian chocolates!!! spooky3 Jul 2017 #5
yes !! syringis Jul 2017 #22
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Framboise Lambic syringis Jul 2017 #28
Moules frites! smirkymonkey Jul 2017 #48
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Welcome. unc70 Jul 2017 #3
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Dear Sabrine, thank you so much for your kindness spooky3 Jul 2017 #4
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Thank you so much!! Lifelong Protester Jul 2017 #6
Thank you very much Lifelong Protester syringis Jul 2017 #24
Thank you for the kind words .Your English is better than that wierd thing nowadays called president lunasun Jul 2017 #7
Thank you very much lunasun syringis Jul 2017 #25
Welcome Sabrine Sanity Claws Jul 2017 #8
Thank you very much Sanity Claws syringis Jul 2017 #26
Welcome to DU. sinkingfeeling Jul 2017 #9
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Welcome to DU. Send frites jberryhill Jul 2017 #10
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THANK YOU! Old Crow Jul 2017 #11
You're welcome Old Crow syringis Jul 2017 #40
Welcome Sabrine! Thank you for your post, it made cry tears of happiness. flibbitygiblets Jul 2017 #12
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Thank you for your kind words. liberalmuse Jul 2017 #15
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You did fine, Sabrine and welcome to Democratic Underground sarge43 Jul 2017 #18
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Welcome to DU, Sabrine. 3catwoman3 Jul 2017 #29
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Thank you Belgium! Sedona Jul 2017 #31
you are very welcome Sedona syringis Aug 2017 #57
you are way more fluent than most Trump supporters I know Skittles Jul 2017 #32
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Welcome to DU! Thank you for your kind words. secondwind Jul 2017 #37
Thank you very much for the words of encouragement and welcome nt Fresh_Start Jul 2017 #38
Hey Sabrine Wawannabe Jul 2017 #39
I understood every word OriginalGeek Jul 2017 #44
Hi, Sabrine!!! MrScorpio Jul 2017 #47
Bonjour/Groetjes Sabine DFW Jul 2017 #49
You are not alone Warpy Jul 2017 #51
Hello. Your english is quite good. AJT Jul 2017 #52
Big welcome, syringis! I just want to tell you that I LOVE BELGIUM! About 3 years ago I Leghorn21 Jul 2017 #53
Welcome to DU Sabrine. Doreen Aug 2017 #54
Sabrine, you post is like a message of reassurance from another planet, telling us to keep fighting. NBachers Aug 2017 #55
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