MM> G'morning Bo,

 BS>> Yes. Then the little Kingdom got known down there (or
"under" :)) ? ;)

 MM> Australians like to be known as the people who live "Down 
 MM> Under" the Earth...

 BS>> Aha, but anyhow why would he do it on purpose?

 MM> For the same reason people build towers in mazes - easier 
 MM> to look down on the maze of islands and see the way past or 
 MM> through them than to risk your only boat in some rocky 
 MM> blind alley... 

 MM>>  The original speeling here was "Nieeuw Zeeland",  so
you're right
 MM>> on the button...

 BS>> Dutch is strange. ;)

 MM> NZ has both Dutch and Africaans immigrants - and they all 
 MM> work hard and earnestly,  becoming successful NZers....   
 MM> very strange !

 Every group works hard and earnestly, if the rewards are there.
 If there are no rewards, there is on reason to work hard and
 earnestly.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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