As I’m procrastinating let me tell you something about old dutch dykes
You may well know the importance of dykes to the netherlands
one of my former jobs in fact was issueing permits for drilling and pile driving in dykes in and around amsterdam. An important job as you can imagine as we take good care of our dykes in Amsterdam
(no really this was my job description at the time)
In the olden days though, dykes were not the same as they are now. A lot of wood would go into dykes before the 15th century. Piles of hard wood would be pressed against dykes to break the flow of all the fluids pounding against it
Then the golden age started and new trading routes were found, especially in the east indies where things got rather spicy. While this trade made the dutch rather rich all the seamen brought also something less savoury with them. A disease that would cripple all the piles of hard wood and make them go limp. There was a little worm that accompanied the seamen in the wood they had with them all the time while on the boats
it was devastating to our dykes, no more pallisades of hard wood were left to protect the dykes
from that time on only rock hard defences would be used and thus stoned dykes became the norm in Amsterdam
I hear two particularly angry ones are causing real havoc…
You can’t make me hate them. Beavers are funny af and well worth that 2 million.
This should read ‘Beavers caused only €2M worth of damage.’ 2M is totally insignificant compared to the total cost of maintaining dykes in the Netherlands.
Mogen het lekker smaken!
I thought dykes like beavers?
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Waar we niks over horen is de schade aan heterokseksuele vrouwen door penissen, lekker eenzijdig nieuws weer.
There has to be a joke about beavers and dykes in there somewhere, man!!
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That’s what she said.
I would’ve thought dykes like beavers ….
They make for some great vanilla ice cream though.
Then the solution is simple.
Dykes of the Netherlands. Get rid of your beavers.
In these days where billions are spent on whatever, 2 million sounds like nothing.
Hoeveel geld geven we aan natuurontwikkeling? Twee miljoen is toch niks!
edit : dit is 50 jaar [Floriade](https://nos.nl/l/2447218).
As I’m procrastinating let me tell you something about old dutch dykes
You may well know the importance of dykes to the netherlands
one of my former jobs in fact was issueing permits for drilling and pile driving in dykes in and around amsterdam. An important job as you can imagine as we take good care of our dykes in Amsterdam
(no really this was my job description at the time)
In the olden days though, dykes were not the same as they are now. A lot of wood would go into dykes before the 15th century. Piles of hard wood would be pressed against dykes to break the flow of all the fluids pounding against it
Then the golden age started and new trading routes were found, especially in the east indies where things got rather spicy. While this trade made the dutch rather rich all the seamen brought also something less savoury with them. A disease that would cripple all the piles of hard wood and make them go limp. There was a little worm that accompanied the seamen in the wood they had with them all the time while on the boats
it was devastating to our dykes, no more pallisades of hard wood were left to protect the dykes
from that time on only rock hard defences would be used and thus stoned dykes became the norm in Amsterdam
I hear two particularly angry ones are causing real havoc…
You can’t make me hate them. Beavers are funny af and well worth that 2 million.
This should read ‘Beavers caused only €2M worth of damage.’ 2M is totally insignificant compared to the total cost of maintaining dykes in the Netherlands.
Mogen het lekker smaken!
I thought dykes like beavers?
[deleted]
Waar we niks over horen is de schade aan heterokseksuele vrouwen door penissen, lekker eenzijdig nieuws weer.
There has to be a joke about beavers and dykes in there somewhere, man!!
Money well spent!
Angry Beavers 🦫 fantastische show was dat.
Dutch Dykes disliked this.
Hehehe Beavers and Dykes