Question about a woodworking show

[Ed Pawlowski]

Yes, sort of parochial. But for the other viewers, Worcester is considered Central MA and Marlboro is east of that. For the rest of us, western MA starts around Rt 91

[Han]

"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in news:plKnl.11100$ [e-mail]:

I'd agree to that, Ed, although I am originally from about 3,000 miles ENE of that area, across the North Sea about 70 miles, not far from 51°

59'11N 05°39'52E

After the Boston area now in the NYC area.

[Ed Pawlowski]

Droevendaalseseteeg Road?

[Han]

"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in news:xnVnl.12956$ [e-mail]:

That was the first thing that came up when I googled Wageningen and longitude.

Generally, a "steeg" is a small road, or rather alley. In this case it used to be a narrow road through the grasslands there, but now is a somewhat bigger road with university/research buildings. Droevendaal is probably the name of an old farm(stead). One meaning of daal or dal is valley, and droef means sad. Looking up droevendaal gets you first a link to a picture of a toilet in student housing, secondly a link to the "Organic Experimental and Training Farm Droevendaal". That picture is very much like the area where I grew up. I can smell the landly smells (natural fertilizer from the farms' animal stalls!) from my youth!!

Wageningen is an 800 year or so old "city" with a world famous agricultural university. It is also the site of a 5-day battle at the start of WWII, and the surrender of German troops to General Foulkes (on May 5, 1945

[Robatoy]

The Dutch know a thing or two about long words. To wit:

elektriciteitsproductiemaatschappij hottentottensoldatententententoonstelling potentiaalvereffeningswandcontactdoosafdekplaatje. zandzeepsodemineraalwatersteenstralen

and my favourite:

autobandventieldopjesfabrieksdirectricesassistentesuniformenknoop

[Morris Dovey]

You realize, of course, that your post will stymie the DHS computers for the next 483 years...

:0)

[Han]

Morris Dovey wrote in news:49a04592$0$87079$815e3792 @news.qwest.net:

electricity production compny

hottentotten (South African natives) soldiers tent exhibition

potential equilibration wall outlet cover plate

sand soap (expletive deleted) mineral water stone streams/rays

car tube valve cover factory director (female) assistent's uniform button (i.e. : the uniform button of the assistant (female) to the director (female) of the factory making valve cover for automobile inner tubes

Morris said in fact:

Morris, I agree that would be a good thing.

Btw, those phrases from Robatoy are really "germanisms" (Dutch, meaning words that are transliterated into Dutch from German, or analogous to German). In fact they are concatenated adjectives and nouns.

My favorite (favourite) is the German phrase-in-a-word: Eisenbahnknotenpunkthienundherschiebershauschen "rail road intersection switch operator's little house"

Obviously, in "real" English the sequence of words would be different, but I have kept them synchronized with the Dutch/German here.

I did go by Lowe's this morning to buy a piece of "top choice" 1x3x8ft pine. I need to resaw this for edging around salvaged plywood to be converted from relatively big doors to relatively small drawer fronts. I have to remember that this Lowe's, like the new Home Depot, also in Paterson off Rt 20, are in 3% sales tax zones. Regular salestax in Jersey is 7%.

[Morris Dovey]

I'm sure you're aware that "fractured" Dutch and German have been a source of humor for Americans for a long time. From childhood I remember:

peepenflapper = chick quackenflapper = duck honkenflapper = goose waggenbarker = friendly dog bitenbarker = unfriendly dog loudenboomer = artillery shell grosseloudenboomer = 500 lb bomb loudenboomermiteingrosseholengroundundalleskaput = nuke ad nausea...

Nice drive-by but no sympathy - it's 8% here.

[Leon]

In Ustin it is 8.25%

My son recently went to San Francisco and reported that those pore soles are being taxed to death but hey they think they have a safer environment in the middle of an earth quake zone. LOL. They also have a "Health Sales Tax" IIRC sales tax there is way way over 10% perhaps in the 12-14% range.

[Ed Pawlowski]

Is that to attract people to the more adventurous neighborhoods?

[Han]

Morris Dovey wrote in news:49a06347$0$89873$ [e-mail]:

It's something like 8.5% in NYC, but that's still nothing comapred to the

20% or so VAT in Eurp.

[Han]

"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in news:jYZnl.14337$as4.11743 @nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com:

Yes, Jersey has these development zones where to get commerce going they lowered the tax rate. Who decides on what where, I don't know. I just take advantage. Usually I like to bike a few hundred yards to Goodman's Hardware. They have most everything I need that can be had from a neighborhood hardware store, including shellac. Today I had to go far afield to cash in my Costco Amex rebate, and decided to go by Lowe's on the way back. It was hard, but I managed to skip a visit to MicroCenter computers next to that Lowes ...

[B A R R Y]

Iceland has some beauties, as well.

[Robatoy]

Bjork?

[B A R R Y]

Words!

[Robatoy]

[Robatoy]

[Robatoy]

tune...

[Phisherman]

Our sales tax is 9.75%, the maximum allowable (until they change the law). Maybe keeps tourists away, I don't know, but no state tax on earned income or interest.

[Joe]

The Dutch know a thing or two about long words. To wit:

elektriciteitsproductiemaatschappij hottentottensoldatententententoonstelling potentiaalvereffeningswandcontactdoosafdekplaatje. zandzeepsodemineraalwatersteenstralen

and my favourite:

autobandventieldopjesfabrieksdirectricesassistentesuniformenknoop

don't forget floccinocinihilipilification......