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BlueXTC t1_j54p3nk wrote

Reply to comment by nilsrva in Flemish Fri-Daily by nilsrva

Neen and Dank je is the extent of my vlaams. I am from Montreal originally with Scottish parents so French was the option for me to learn. Cue Parisians telling me my accent was off. Having an EEC ID did make our life much easier than my American school mates. The gendarmes at the White Horse Inn at the Grand Place asking for ID cards on a Friday night . Blue (US) you stayed behind Yellow you were allowed to leave with no issues. I wonder what people in the US would think of officers with uzis standing in the pub checking IDs. This was in the mid to late '70s

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nilsrva OP t1_j54pour wrote

That’s interesting, after the Zaventem bombings it was surreal to see Belgian military with rifles in the train stations as Belgians are so unused to seeing guns, most police dont even carry them for nigh on 30 years now. What was the point then?

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BlueXTC t1_j54rofb wrote

I think it was more for the US audience though they did have them at traffic stops. We had a couple of bomb threats at ISB in Boitsfort. I think the non EEC community had a little more over site than the locals. We had an area referred to as the American Ghetto in Rhodes St Genes with the houses larger and all painted white.

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