Subject: Re: Groot Moerhof, on befr
Date: Nov 23, 2001 @ 00:35
Author: orc@orcoast.com (orc@...)
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--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@y...> wrote:



> I can explain why _I_ care so much: At a tripoint, there is normally

> not a lot happening (with some exceptions: bedenl is fairly

> touristic). They sometimes do have nice monuments, of course. Borders

> have border crossings. Border crossings on tripoints are not really

> that common, to say the least. (The exception here is bedenl again.

> Well, not really bedenl, but benl border marker no. 1. About fifteen

> years ago, I travelled with a friend by car from the Belgian side to

> this point, expecting not to be able to travel any further than the

> said point. Much to our surprise, we drove all the way past the

> boundary marker and into the Netherlands. I think that is not

> possible anymore.) I agree that tripoints are very exciting, but

> there is more boundary than there is tripoint in this world (if it's

> allowed to compare "singularity" to "linearity"), so there is more to

> get happy about when you include these boundaries.



thank you

thank you

it is all allowed as well as appreciated



indeed i wish everyone would offer more of & about what they like & why



Also, I like

> history. And in history, boundaries change, and because of that the

> tripoints. Not the other way around!

>

> So it may be called boundary point, but for me it might as well be

> called boundary line. (And for you, palindrome point, maybe ;-)

> PalPoint sounds nice!)

>

> Peter S.



yes it does

maybe palclap too



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