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  There is now a curfew added to the lockdown in the Netherlands.     (Titbits:- 'Inbergering' means integration.  Foreigners have to sit and pass an examination in Dutch.  As I am over 65, I don't have to do this.)   Open the link and click on the red lesson numbers

  Video link below https://youtu.be/UTegrQj7Jwg https://youtu.be/MlLrWano_dY Feeding dangerous marine life is discouraged, but persists in the Bahamas where attracting sharks is a big business for scuba diving and restuarant operators. This video was shot many years ago.

  Just a few kilometers from our Boynton place, in an urban area, is a beautiful nature reserve in a water management area. There are several links on YouTube, https://youtu.be/YVcTwvQN-NI https://youtu.be/0imbdyeXDbU https://youtu.be/01hVCJQ4Y_E Practically in our  babackyard.  Open from 0600 till 1800.  Best time to visit,  we think is late in afternoon when all the birds are returning to roost for the night. Titbits :- ( if you have YT on your TV subscription maybe watch on large screen)

  Titbits:-  https://youtu.be/e7_jeEpxEus

  Here is the latest 'Bicycle Dutch' episode. The vlogger lives in Utrecht, one of the largest and densly populated city areas in Nl. We live in a rural area and rarely visit the big urban areas. Video link  https://youtu.be/j0fjZ3as8iE

 There is a disused livestock trailer place in Heelweg and it is being torn down.  What an operator, he is ripping off sheets of roofing 15 metres long, folding them up and stuffing it into a skip. Here's  a little video from the sidewalk superintendent. OK, I'm working on it......standby Rumor is that they are going to build 6 'starter' homes on that location.

 In the Achterhoek it is the Dutch farmers tradition to shoot off calcium carbide cannons, usually from steel milk churns with a tight fitting lid, or a soccer or basketball stuffed in the end.  A hole is drilled in the bottom and a piece of calcium carbide rock is put in the bottom along with some water.  This produces a flammable gas (acetylene) that is ignited and shoots the lid, or the ball several hundred metres and makes a hell of a bang. Here's a little video, for all you 'do-it-yourselfers'    https://youtu.be/iegD2Rfpev8 Titbits https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_carbide