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by Straatford87Original Post
Haha - I was super excited to see it snow for about 15 minutes. And then it was gone..
I saw some videos of where my brother lives in the Netherlands, and they had 'real' snow. I'm jealous!
I actually enjoy those few days in the year where everything is shut down because of snow.. 
To both of you: my favorite voice actress is Claudia Black - she did Morrigan in Dragon Age, and Chloe in Uncharted. Great voice!
I have to admit that I never watched those shows.. but in the games that I've played her voice always stuck with me
@Straatford87 You should try and watch the Farscape series. It has action, space battles, quite a bit of fun and it has Claudia Black, too
And do not forget the TV movie, as it gives a bit of closure to the series.
Oh my god, space above and beyond, that name did ring a bell... I watched it too back in the nineties. Totally forgot it existed until now!
I'm still waiting for a new edition of the "elfstedentocht". Wasn't the last full one back in the eighties? All I remember of it was that it looked HEROIC! Sport with a capital S!
But it first has to freeze the whole day for about a month and that is not going to happen. 
I will give it a go if I find the time.. still so much to play and see!
LOL - now that you mention it.. I did actually watch Space Above and Beyond, together with my brother and mother over dinner. That is ages ago though! Must be when I was around 10 or something. From what I remember.. the show didn't last very long.
Man, that's something all Dutch people are waiting for. Its like a national treasure.. people shed real tears every year because there can't be an Elfstedentocht (Eleven cities tour; ice skaters skate 120 miles / 200 km on natural ice) that year. The last one was in 97.
Ahhh, good memories
Update:
The most gruesome (due to weather conditions) Elfstedentocht ever, was held 2 days from now, on January 18, 63'!
@Straatford87, @DarkBanishing You guys have a really old tradition on skating on natural ice. After all, Pieter Bruegel the elder painted such a scene over six centuries ago (and he is one of my favorite painters and as an interesting fact, one of the art museums from Romania has a few of his paintings - Bruckenthal Museum in Sibiu/Siebienburgen/Hermanstadt)
Winter landscape with skaters and a bird trap:
Hunters in the snow:
Did you know Peter Breughel the older is from Flanders? Perhaps he is my grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand grand father... 
or perhaps not 
, no, probably not ... 
And this is what Flemish people can do best:
@ivrognard wrote:
@Straatford87 You forgot to mention the outstanding role of officer Aeryn Sun in Farscape (still one of my favorite science-fiction series, along with Firefly, Babylon 5, Star Trek, Stargate and Stargate Atlantis). Love Claudia Black as an actress, though she's such a rare presence on the small screen, lately.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVFFQYz_Awk 
I really like Claudia Black as an actress and a voice actress, but there is no voice actress like Jennifer Hale. (I might be a little biased here...) 
Both paintings give me a warm and fuzzy feeling when looking at them. The second painting probably isn't in the Netherlands though, (or just from the painters imagination) because we have no hills or mountains.
I was actually not familiar with his paintings but after checking them out I really like them
As you can see from my avater.. I also love the Big Bang Theory
