[ot]living in belgium...

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 4:04 pm

sounds like about 10 hot pockets at once!

smutek · Post by **smutek** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 4:07 pm

Ok, more about Belgium please.

Particularly what the obstacles would be for an american graphic artist, his photographer wife, and their 6 animals to make the move permanently.

Request political asylum perhaps?

Grifter · Post by **Grifter** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 4:42 pm

I'm far from Belgium

But one thing I learn't living with many people in a strange scenario a few years ago is one of the reasons why you must want to move there.... great people mate

Rock on Flemish

*Shitty Translation* when you want to light a cig or joint.......

You have Fire?

Cheers!

-G

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 4:47 pm

smutek wrote:Ok, more about Belgium please.

Particularly what the obstacles would be for an american graphic artist, his photographer wife, and their 6 animals to make the move permanently.

Request political asylum perhaps?

If you have a job or sufficient funds to live... There are no obstacles as far as I can tell. You can get by with knowing a bit of the language. Dutch is fairly easy to pick up and it actually sounds kinda classy with an american accent.
We got people migrating here from North-Africa. I doubt it'll be an issue if you're from North-America.

Having 6 dogs may be the problematic part. Let alone finding a place with a big enough yard, how the hell do you get em here in one trip?
That'll be a fun flight. 14-ish hours of going barking mad

mikemc · Post by **mikemc** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:18 pm

hoffman2k wrote:So Mike, as you can notice... Any conversation about Belgium will inevitably become a classic scene from Pulp Fiction.

I guess if the answers frighten me I should stop asking scary questions

I love reading critisism from people of the country that produces "Jimmy Dean's Saucage wrapped in a chocolate chip pancake on a stick"

ah, damnit sirrah, and well struck!

the US of A, where anything good is betterer skewered, dipped in batter and deep fried

The comparison to Canada seems valid (where, of course, they serve fries with gravy, not to mention poutine)...

There are a lot of job postings in Belgium, seems like the place is booming

smutek · Post by **smutek** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:22 pm

mikemc wrote:
The comparison to Canada seems valid (where, of course, they serve fries with gravy...

Here in Maryland too! I grew up on fries and gravy, it's the shiz man. Not much different than mashed potatoes and gravy when you think about it.

Good stuff!

mikemc · Post by **mikemc** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:29 pm

smutek wrote:
mikemc wrote:
The comparison to Canada seems valid (where, of course, they serve fries with gravy...

Here in Maryland too! I grew up on fries and gravy, it's the shiz man. Not much different than mashed potatoes and gravy when you think about it.

Good stuff!

sprinkle a little bit of Old Bay on that mess, uyummm.

but, back to Belgium, despite Macrostructure's offhand swipe

it seems like it could be a pretty cool experience. Any place that spawned a band like K's Choice must have something going right.

tekkers · Post by **tekkers** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:05 pm

mikemc wrote:
There are a lot of job postings in Belgium, seems like the place is booming

yes its all my taxes funding the expansion of a rather big enough for the time being EU

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:08 pm

tekkers wrote:
mikemc wrote:
There are a lot of job postings in Belgium, seems like the place is booming
yes its all my taxes funding the expansion of a rather big enough for the time being EU

wow... that's one OT and VERY british comment right there! So things going well in Belgium and a lot of other places in Europe is paid for by you personally?

Please explain, brotha man

forge · Post by **forge** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 12:20 pm

Machinate wrote:
tekkers wrote:
mikemc wrote:
There are a lot of job postings in Belgium, seems like the place is booming
yes its all my taxes funding the expansion of a rather big enough for the time being EU
wow... that's one OT and VERY british comment right there! So things going well in Belgium and a lot of other places in Europe is paid for by you personally?

Please explain, brotha man

No - it's not a British POV - it's a "The Sun" POV

sorry Tekkers, but really?

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 2:09 pm

Macrostructure wrote:it's quite close to the netherlands

apart from that don't bother

you can't get any closer

we dutch like our southern neighbours alot..
only the dutch speaking parts/population though,
from my experience, the french part is mostly arrogant bstrdz..

Heinz Graaf · Post by **Heinz Graaf** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:22 pm

mikemc wrote:
smutek wrote:
mikemc wrote:
The comparison to Canada seems valid (where, of course, they serve fries with gravy...

Here in Maryland too! I grew up on fries and gravy, it's the shiz man. Not much different than mashed potatoes and gravy when you think about it.

Good stuff!

sprinkle a little bit of Old Bay on that mess, uyummm.

but, back to Belgium, despite Macrostructure's offhand swipe it seems like it could be a pretty cool experience. Any place that spawned a band like K's Choice must have something going right.

Also, Deus, The Scabs, Lords Of Acid, ....
Anyhoo... Welcome to the neighbourhood

Btw, French (Flemish) Fries with Belgian mayonnaise is the most popular food in Flanders

djod · Post by **djod** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:13 pm

They sell sandwiches with fries and Mayonaise on it. nuff said

Poster · Post by **Poster** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:15 pm

djod wrote:They sell sandwiches with fries and Mayonaise on it. nuff said

but they dont sell it to dutchies!

hoffman2k · Post by **hoffman2k** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 8:25 pm

djod wrote:They sell sandwiches with fries and Mayonaise on it. nuff said

Don't get me started on "Tosti's".
Make yourself a decent "Croque Monsieur"!