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			I am from the country, presently hosting the world! It is just great, walking through Hamburg is like a trip to all the participating countries,  having soccer fans in the streets dresses in the colours of their teams and waving their flags. We have the American team staying here in my city during the championship and many fans wait in front of the hotel, trying to get an autograph. You will find a lot houses decorated with all the flags and definitely, there are big parties in the streets in front of the big screens, where the matches are shown in public. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	And sorry friends, but Germany will win the cup! 4 : 2 was a decent start.  
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			With all respect Rather; Costa Rica is a so called soccer dwarf like country and the German defense was quite poor. It is not like the German team beat Argentina is it?  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	  On the other hand, the Dutch team played a friendly test match 1-1 against another soccer dwarf; the socceroos from Australia. Well, the socceroos do have a Dutch coach, so maybe it was a setup? Anyway, enjoy the atmospherem and may the best team win! Btw mate, is not the country quote " hosting the world " end quote the USA? (soon to be China?)  
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			A turkish man here with a growing interest in yatagans.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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 it is always dangerous to dismiss the underdog, Australia had to beat Uruguay to get to the finals,they have some talented players (if fit) and they do have a good coach. Look how far some other less favoured teams got in the last world cup. Go the Socceroos. DrD  | 
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			Erhhh... guys, maybe this forum isn't the best place to start a World Cup discussion.   
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	 
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			I'm from the good old US but originally from Thailand.  I came here a long time ago.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN VERY LONG AGO AS YOU ARE VERY YOUNG YET, AS IS THE USA  AT AROUND 230 YEARS OLD  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	    AGEING IS INTERESTING AS IN MANY WAYS YOUR BRAIN STILL THINKS YOU ARE YOUNG NO MATTER HOW OLD YOU GET, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL BUT THEN I HAVE ONLY BEEN AROUND 59 YEARS 11 MONTHS. A YOUNG CUTE HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE GIRL STILL LOOKS GOOD TO ME BUT ALL I DO NOW IS LOOK.    I STILL LIKE TO DO THE THINGS I ALWAYS LIKED AND STILL DO THEM BUT SLOWER AND FOR SHORTER PERIODS OF TIME   ITS AMAZEING HOW MUCH THINGS CHANGE IN A LIFETIME MY GRANDPARTENTS WHO I KNEW LIVED UNTIL I WAS 17 AND THEY CAME DOWN TO OKALHOMA IN A HORSE DRAWN WAGON FOR THE LAND RUSH. WHEN I WAS BORN JET AIRCRAFT WERE EXPERIMENTAL AND RARE MILITARY ONLY LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE FLYING AROUND NOW, EVEN INTO SPACE. YOU YOUNGER ONES HAVE A LOT OF CHANGE TO LOOK FORWARD TO, MAY THEY ALL BE FOR THE BETTER. BACK TO TOPIC (AGE DOES SEEM TO MAKE YOUR MIND WANDER   ) THIS HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A INTERESTING POST AND GIVES A IDEA OF THE WIDE RANGE OF COUNTRYS AND INFORMATION WE HAVE TO DRAW ON AND THE OTHER AGE POST SHOWS THE RANGE OF AGES. IT IS ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT THERE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE INTERESTED IN COLLECTING AND LEARNING AS WE ALL DID.
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			I was born and raised in Bulgaria where I lived until I was 10. I am not Bulgarian though  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	 , I consider myself Ottoman Turkish. We migrated  to Turkey , motherland in 1990. Now I live in The city of Angels in sunny California. Best place to be any time of the year !
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   Yeap, you are wright. Most of the people in the forums think the same for me. I just happen to be a Greek who loves the Chinese and Indonesian Archipelago's culture and tradition ![]() Take care  | 
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			I come from the The pearl of the Orient Seas, The Philippines!!! Mabuhay.   
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	  and we don't have a world cup team.  
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			Hi to all, I am from Bangladesh. I did not see any other Bangladeshi here, may be I am the only person to be with you. Glad to be a part of such nice community and thanks for the thread also.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
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			Born and raised in the South Island of Aotearoa, New Zealand. Grandparents hailed from the Scottish Borders, so I guess one could label me a tight fisted Kiwi.   
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	 
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			Great post ,I have logged in after a long time as I was busy with work commitments. 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	I am originally from India but been living in northern part of New Zealand over 2 decades ,not many kiwis here ,just know Kahnjar1 dwn south who also is from NZ here who shares the same passion and has good knowledge of Arabian weapons  | 
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			Hi From the Emerald Isle (Ireland)  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	I do not know if there are any others here from Ireland I would think there has to be as I have been bid against at auctions so there are some other ethnic weapon collectors around. Regards to the rest of the world Ken  | 
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