We were in Amsterdam for a meeting with ABN Amro bank. In the lobby of their HQ was a full-size portrait of a grand woman. I made a flippant comment about it - I can't remember what. The air turned frosty and one of the people said, offendedly, "That is our queen".
Somehow we managed to lighten the atmosphere and everything went well, but I had definitely made a faux pas. > On 29 May 2018, at 09:11, Toine <[email protected]> wrote: > > How did you manage to do that (insult our queen)? It's an official crime > and five years in jail. > >> On 28 May 2018 at 21:59, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I've only been to Amsterdam once, but I managed to insult their queen, >> which almost cost us the £20-million loan we'd gone to negotiate... >> >> B >> >>> On 28 May 2018, at 20:47, Daniel J. Matyola <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> >>> That image unquestionably captures the spirit of Amsterdam. Makes me >> what >>> to visit there again. >>> >>> >>> Dan Matyola >>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >>> >>>> On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 9:14 AM, Rick Womer <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> Whew! I’m back on line photographically, with a new Mac Mini, two new >> hard >>>> drives (double Time Machine backups), and a Backblaze backup underway. >>>> >>>> We’re also back physically (as of a week ago) from an 11-day trip to >>>> Europe, following a winding path from Amsterdam to Paris. Herewith a >>>> classic Amsterdam scene: >>>> >>>> https://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/18475420-orig.jpg >>>> >>>> (K-5, DA 17-70) >>>> >>>> Comments appreciated! >>>> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> 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 > [email protected] > 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 [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
