It's been more than a year since Belgium had a government, and they seem to be better off that way. Perhaps you could apply to become a Walloon province, or Flemish.
B > > Those of you here in the USA might know of the issues we're having with > the budget in Minnesota. The entire government is shut down because > there is no consensus between the governor and the legislature about > how to balance said budget. > > Downside: Pain in the rear for a LOT of people (to put it mildly) > Upside: When you bike into a (closed) State Park, you have the place to > yourselves. > > My wife and I biked up to the Mississippi River headwaters - ostensibly > the headwaters, although there are streams which feed this lake as well > so ... who knows. Normally this place is PACKED with people who all > want to walk across the stepping stones so they can say "I walked > across the Mississippi!". > > On Wednesday last, for at least 5 minutes or so, we had the entire > place to ourselves. > > http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/summer_vacation/content/IM > G_0071_large.html > > (Taken with my iPhone). I must say I've been quite pleased with the > photo quality from my new iPhone4. Especially when you bring the > images into Lightroom to give them a little tweaking, these come out > great. I haven't used my Fuji F30 for weeks! > > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - [email protected] > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

