Subject: Re: Sv: [BoundaryPoint] Pre-EU customs enforcement in Baarle<br/>
Date: Sep 30, 2000 @ 17:56<br/>
Author: michael donner (michael donner &lt;m@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-438489326">peter<br/>
let me say thanx in bills absence<br/>
because i know he will dig it too<br/>
<br/>
this is most interesting<br/>
& great revelation about eu development<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
also about your web site<br/>
please consider its already great specialness for showing the only known<br/>
photograph of any tri country point taken by any member of our group<br/>
the austere  nay  ascetical  auhulo athusk  point<br/>
<br/>
i realize you have others coming but you have given us here our first &<br/>
only first hand touch & look at solid gold<br/>
<br/>
i mean like this is our everest to date & you apologize for it<br/>
hahaha<br/>
<br/>
yes  jesper & robert have contributed several fantastic found tri country<br/>
photos<br/>
& brian & i have a few more presently locked up at the corner corner<br/>
thanx to a few other gracious contributions & happenchances<br/>
but you & jesper have in hanging this one photo of yours already completely<br/>
rewarded my fondest wish in joining this group<br/>
<br/>
any more info on this point<br/>
or any other such point<br/>
at any time whatsoever<br/>
will be just more icing on the cake & cherries on the sundae<br/>
<br/>
m<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> &gt;<br/>
&gt;Dear Bill,<br/>
&gt;sorry for not answering that question before, but I&#39;ve been<br/>
&gt;very busy (and I still am..) in the past two weeks. That affects<br/>
&gt;my socalled &quot;homepage&quot; as well, which I realize can&#39;t be<br/>
&gt;considered a &quot;real&quot; homepage yet - forgive me, but<br/>
&gt;good things take time, and I will need help from Jesper in<br/>
&gt;order to complete it - and to make it a real exciting page...<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;Re Baarle: The economic union between the BENELUX -<br/>
&gt;countries finally came into effect on Nov. 1, 1960 - at this<br/>
&gt;date the very last border controls between these three<br/>
&gt;countries were abolished. However, border controls<br/>
&gt;between BE and LU must have been waived much earlier,<br/>
&gt;since these 2 countries had been united - economically -<br/>
&gt;since 1922 - and both the Belgian and Lux. Franc have<br/>
&gt;the same value.<br/>
&gt;However, there has never been any custom enforcements<br/>
&gt;in Baarle town itself - that would have been an almost<br/>
&gt;impossible task anyway - since you cross the invisible<br/>
&gt;boundary line many times just by strolling through town...<br/>
&gt;The only indication of what country you&#39;re in are the<br/>
&gt;metal plates on each house with the actual street-<br/>
&gt;number, since they also display the national flag...!<br/>
&gt;All the best - have a nice weekend..!<br/>
&gt;Peter<br/>
&gt;----- Original Message -----<br/>
&gt;From: Bill Hanrahan &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:hanrahan@...">hanrahan@...</a>&gt;<br/>
&gt;To: &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:BoundaryPoint@egroups.com">BoundaryPoint@egroups.com</a>&gt;<br/>
&gt;Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 4:23 AM<br/>
&gt;Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Pre-EU customs enforcement in Baarle<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;<br/>
&gt;&gt; Please excuse this if it&#39;s been discussed already...I&#39;ve wondered<br/>
&gt;&gt; what the customs enforcement situation was like in Baarle prior to<br/>
&gt;&gt; the EU.  Peter or Jesper?<br/>
&gt;&gt;<br/>
&gt;&gt; Bill </span></blockquote></div>