Knew that they spoke French and Flemish. Forgot about Waloon. Didn't know Flemish was the same as Dutch; thought they were similar.
Know that Eddie Merckx speaks both Flemish and French. That's probably why the French don't hate him. They hate everyone. Except Jerry Lewis. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Bob W <p...@web-options.com> Sent: November 19, 2012 11/19/12 To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <pdml@pdml.net> Subject: RE: PESO - Dennis > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > knarftheria...@gmail.com > > Ha! Couldn't figure out what Keith was asking. Right; the jersey. > > Turns out Spaar Select was a Belgian team. That doesn't mean the > sponsor couldn't be Dutch, but I would tend to think they're more > likely Belgian. Similar languages, no? > In Belgium they speak French, Flemish and Walloon, among others. Not necessarily in that order or at the same time. Flemish is Dutch. B > I Googled the words and only came up with the cycling team. Maybe the > bank is no longer? > > The team is still around with a new sponsor, Telenet-Farsia. > > cheers, > frank > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Bob W <p...@web-options.com> > Sent: November 19, 2012 11/19/12 > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: RE: PESO - Dennis > > Spaar Select. I'd say it's probably a Dutch savings bank. Spaar being > very much like the German word 'Spar', which means savings, and our > very own 'spare', which is from the same ancestor. > > B > > > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of keith_w > > > > What's a Spart (Sparc?) Select? > > > > keith <== also wears shorts year 'round... > > > > On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 5:21 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com > > <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thanks, Bruce! > > > > > > Dennis wears shorts all year 'round. Even when jt gets down below - > > 20C if you can imagine that. He'll wear gloves, ear muffs and a thick > > jacket (as in this photo taken on a cool day but all he does for his > > legs is cover his knees (again, see this photo). > > > > > > Don't know how (or why) he does it... > > > > > > Thanks to everyone else who looked and commented. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > frank > > > > > > --- Original Message --- > > > > > > From: Bruce Walker <bruce.wal...@gmail.com> > > > Sent: November 15, 2012 11/15/12 > > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > > > Subject: Re: PESO - Dennis > > > > > > Awesome: Shaft Rides Again. :-) I love it, Frank. > > > > > > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:18 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com > > > <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Dennis is certainly one of the "characters" in Toronto's bike > > messenger community: > > >> > > >> http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2012/11/dennis.html?m=0 > > >> > > >> Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. > > >> > > >> Cheers, > > >> frank > > >> > > >> "If the world were clear, art would not exist." -- Albert Camus > > >> -- > > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > >> PDML@pdml.net > > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > > and follow the directions. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -bmw > > > > > > -- > > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > 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 > > > PDML@pdml.net > > > 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 > > PDML@pdml.net > > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
