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what a great day off...not


tilaceer

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Today is my Sunday, back at work tomorrow.

Sat down to work on some presentations.

Boss called...so busy at work with customer calls..system downs..etc..could I log on from home and help ??.....$#@#$%^% it !

All day stuck on the phone to grumbling customers...what a crap job..

Still the upside ???? Everyday I work extra, pays for a weeks accomodation in Thailand...

Every cloud has a silver lining..just sometimes I am obscured by clouds..

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Today is my Sunday, back at work tomorrow.

Sat down to work on some presentations.

Boss called...so busy at work with customer calls..system downs..etc..could I log on from home and help ??.....$#@#$%^% it !

All day stuck on the phone to grumbling customers...what a crap job..

Still the upside ???? Everyday I work extra, pays for a weeks accomodation in Thailand...

Every cloud has a silver lining..just sometimes I am obscured by clouds..

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No beer for mee now, it's too early ...... gimme a cup of coffee. Today it's also free here for some people (like ppl working for the Flemish governement). It's a memory of The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Dutch: De Guldensporenslag, French: "bataille des éperons d'or") was fought on July 11, 1302, near Kortrijk in Flanders. The battle is also called "The Battle of Courtrai" after the French name for Kortrijk.

The reason for the battle was a French attempt to subdue the county of Flanders, which was formally part of the French kingdom and added to the crown lands in 1297, but resisted centralist French policies. In 1300, the French king Philip IV appointed Jacques de Châtillon as governor of Flanders and took the Count of Flanders, Gwijde van Dampierre hostage. This instigated considerable unrest among Flemish urban guilds, who were quite influential.

After being exiled from their homes by French troops, the citizens of Bruges went back to their own city and murdered every Frenchman they could find there on May 18 1302. They identified the French by asking them to pronounce a Dutch phrase schild ende vriend (shield and friend). Everyone who had a problem pronouncing that was killed.

The French king could not let this go unpunished, so he sent a powerful force, led by Count Robert II of Artois. The Flemish response consisted of two groups; one was led by Willem van Gullik, grandson of Count Gwijde, and Pieter de Coninc, one of the leaders of the uprising in Bruges. The other was headed by Gwijde van Namen, son of Count Gwijde, with the two sons of Gwijde van Dampierre; the two groups met near Kortrijk.

(source Wikipedia)

And of course we beated the French, lol.

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