Subject: Re: More & More ghost stones<br/>
Date: May 26, 2002 @ 18:51<br/>
Author: acroorca2002 (&quot;acroorca2002&quot; &lt;orc@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-509983171">thanx & bravo jannis <br/>
& great to learn these new details directly from you<br/>
<br/>
can you also say why the missing moresnet stones are missing<br/>
numbers 16 20 52 54 55 & 56 i mean<br/>
<br/>
is it merely that they couldnt be found or were they determined to be <br/>
missing at the expected locations<br/>
or exactly what was the story there<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Your comments made one thing claer to me: I have to make a <br/>
 </span></blockquote>translation of<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; what I wrote on my site.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>yes wonderful<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Gosh !, my English is horrible, I prefer German, sicher !!<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>no problem reading you loud & clear<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt;  In those days there were very many little Kingdoms.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>right & the problem in the international ghost game is evaluating <br/>
whether each of these had sufficient independency to qualify as <br/>
independent countries by modern standards<br/>
<br/>
& in the end it may be fairly arbitrary<br/>
so we get stuck over definitions<br/>
but it is still fun to consider the question <br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; The Moresnet stones are real ghosts. <br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>i agree these make the best case for true former international <br/>
boundary markers<br/>
tho some case might still be made that the neutrality of moresnet was <br/>
little different from the simple condominium of the rivers<br/>
thus perhaps blurring their distinction slightly<br/>
or giving them greater distinction really if you ask me<br/>
but i do agree with you <br/>
they are so special<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; The great part is yet to come!: the stones of the former border <br/>
 </span></blockquote>(1816 -1919)<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Germany - Belgium, about 100 stones. <br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>aha then that would be what we have been calling be2lilu <br/>
aka the present day liege luxembourg interprovincial boundary within <br/>
belgium<br/>
so we will be sitting on the edge of our easy chairs to see how you <br/>
arrive at that old bedelu point & the possible road condominium <br/>
adjacent to it which we have recently been having so much difficulty <br/>
pinning down <br/>
<br/>
so please do keep us in mind with you as you go<br/>
<br/>
regards<br/>
m</div>