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   =?UTF-8?Q?=28_German_Riddle_=29_--_bald_   
   05 Apr 24 19:32:04   
   
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   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   ( German Riddle )  --   bald höckerig, bald schlicht.   
      
      
                  Ich bin am Berg, am Buch,   
                  bald höckerig, bald schlicht.   
                  Ich geh' euch immer nach,  ihr aber seht mich nicht.   
      
      
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bald#Adverb   
      
                 here,   bald ......,  bald .......   
      
                  means   [Sometimes .....,  Other times ......]   
      
      
   and also in English,   SOON can mean,  as in  [just as soon...]  .....   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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