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  1. Old saying - very true !!!

    IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT, GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN.

    I REALLY WISH THAT IN MY BUSINESS ALL MY CUSTOMERS WERE POLITE, REASONABLE, didn't have barking kids or*****ting dogs AND PAID UP ON TIME.

    They don't of course........................if you are in business (single gite rental included) you are in business - with all the baggage that comes with it.

    You couldn't make it up !!!

    Bemused Alfa.

  2. I've got a tip chocccie,

    Don't go out !

    The air is full of stuff that's out to get you.

    Did you know that if you walk within 10 feet of a dog turd you will be breathing in it's stinking and putrid filth !!!

    Even worse... when you flush the bog after having a cxxp if you don't put the seat down you will be ingesting your own cxxp in the air being expelled from the porcelain throne !!!

    Don't go out man ( or mam). Stay in - be safe. Don't drink the wine. (Once in a while you might take a risk and look out the window but don't linger.....a stray lightbeam might get you).

    Where do these people come from ?

    Alfa.

  3. ER.....Furry Knickers (Jesus Christ.... what sort of image does that conjure up !!!!  It sort of reminds me of back in the 1960's when a very talented female artist took a perfectly normal cup and saucer and covered them in rabbit fur........she called the consequent fur covered cup and saucer the 'furry cup' and - surprise, surprise ... the great British public hailed it as an outstanding work of art (and completely missed the joke/point).) ....what are your shoes made of  FK ?  Lemon grass ? A green salad ? A decent papier mache might last a week or two with light use.        Leather perhaps ?  

    I find it offensive that you pick on 'men' for eating pigs and it might surprise you to learn that I (also) find the thought of slaughtering pigs offensive .... but not because I am a vegetable (sorry, vegetarian) but mainly because there is an uncanny resemblance to the sound of someone killing a pig to the warbling misery of Maria Carey attempting what she euphemistically describes as 'singing'.

    A truly horrible noise I must agree... but good roast pork is sublime so please don't 'knock' it !!!!

    All joking apart ... Happy grazing FK (Any chance of a recipe for boiled soil ?.. just to keep my vegetable (sorry again, I really did mean vegetarian) friends happy ?

    Alfa. 

  4. If it's an embedded file you will need to do the following:

    If you are using XP disable system restore.

    In the control pane select folder options >view> and put a tick in 'show hidden files and folders' box.

    Run AVG again and make a note of the full path of the virus file by hovering the mouse pointer over it in AVG.

    Go into the relevant drive (probably C) and browse your way to the offending file which will now be displayed (show hidden files and folders !).

    Delete from Java onwards.

    Restart your system (cold re-start - not just a reboot) and the file will be gone.

    You might want to reverse the 'show hidden files and folders' bit and turn system restore back on.

    Alfa.

  5. No mention of fishy stuff here .......

    Do a fruits de mer -

    couple of lobsters

    really decent sized crab

    oysters

    cockles, whelks, mussels and razor clams

    prawns

    good sea salt (Golfe du Morbihan if you can), good Muscadet sur lie, good bread.

    Decent cheese with a nice wine and some fruit.

    Spend hours trying to get the food out of the shells whilst chatting amiably with neighbours who are also desperately trying to get some food out of the shells - Job done and very nice too !

    Alfa.

  6. We have now gained permission and a reasonable devis for one of these 'super-thunder-sting-with-extra-turbo, bells and whistles' zeolite fosses.

    We are delighted to have the opportunity to purchase this new source of enjoyment but a question has arisen:

    We anticipate installing the said beast in September but we do not envisage making a 'deposit' until well into 2006 (lots of work to do installing plumbing etc,).

    So: if we fill the tanks ( one main tank and 2 zeolite filters) with water - (to stop them rising out of the ground, apparently) - how long is it before we need to actually 'use' the thing ?

    Is the biological bit actually supplied with the plastic hardware ?

    Will it die if not fed properly (hopefully on Coquilles St Jacques and decent Chablis in years to come !).

    Does the system need regular use ?

    It feels like having another child all over again - how do I look after it properly ?

    Alfa.

     

  7. A good question Tresco !

    A little risky perhaps but hey ...let's live a little.

    We also left the house unlocked most of the time !

    We do it because we can (without much fear of loss) and it's extremely uplifting to be able to .

    Don't forget - we had travelled from a s..thole (Portsmouth) where we are constantly under threat from one lowlife or another.

    I imagine nudists get the same sort of 'buzz' when they take their kit off.

    The thing is.....our neighbours are wonderful and (without being nosey or prying) really do look after us and our stuff.

    Nothing farts without being noticed and (being good old fashioned Bretons) I think if anyone even looked twice at our belongings the villagers would kill them (and probably eat them !).

    Fabulous people !!!

    Alfa.

     

  8. Hi Patf,

    my avatar is a photo of the Alfa Brera - it was built as a concept car, there is only one and regrettably it's not mine !

    It is possibly the most beautiful car of all ( along with Ferrari 250LM and Maserati 3000S ?)

    Alfa Romeo (apparently) are going to make a few more but I fear the price will be out of my reach !

    Alfa.

     

     

     

  9. Hello Flora,

    Sorry to hear about your problem - it certainly sounds horrible but a qualified engineer should be able to sort it!

    If and when you buy a new machine or if you start again with your old one I would advise you to avoid AOL at all costs and do without Norton.

    This is of course my own personal view but it is based on experience of these awful products - AOL in particular will insinuate itself in all sorts of ways and Norton is very intrusive! At the very least they are crammed with stuff you don't need.

    I have absolutely no problems with any of my machines (including laptop) and they all run on Windows XP + AVG antivirus + Adaware + Spybot + Microsoft Antispyware (a Beta version at present).

    Good luck.

    Alfa.

     

     

  10. Got back from doing some work on the 'pile of stones' a few weeks ago - took our daughter, her other (policeman) half, son and not yet born second grandchild for a week 'away' to (what will be) our retirement home in Morbihan:

    Left the keys in the Alfa for the duration - amazingly no-one nicked it (OK - so not everyone likes Alfas). Daughter's (policeman) other half quite bemused and distressed at lack of crime to solve.

    No stress. No crowds. Great food, Affordable wine, Modest cost.    ALL WEEK !

    We spent a day (a saturday) on the shore of the lac at Guerledan which feeds the river Blavet (which, downstream, almost passes our front door and contains trout, salmon and course fish which I can avail myself of for a whole year for the price of a day ticket on the Itchen or Test in Hampshire.).

    We ate a superb lunch in a lakeside restaurant owned by a Dutchman - and spent the afternoon swimming/paddling/falling about in the lake- the beach was spotless, purpose built and very safe - the water was gin clear and effluent free - there were 14 other people there !

     No McDonald's flotsum, no loud music, no posers ! (no Audi TT's - there is a God !!!)

    Amazingly .....all this was free (apart from the lunch)

    Rose coloured spectacles ?  youbetcha !

    Got back to Portsmouth - Mucho traffico ! Mucho Machismo people trying to kill me with their huge and ludicrous 4-wheel drives / people pods .(And that was just the women - their shaven headed , baby faced husbands were too busy taking banal pictures on their camera phones) !

     Mucho McDonald's flotsum ! Mucho Staffordshire Bull Terriers and mucho ancient 'trevored' BMW 318's.(Your average 'druggies' car of choice, by all accounts - big badge but gutless engine).

    Southern Britttany or SE England ?  erm..........it's a difficult decision !!!

    Just my rose tinted spectacled opinion of course.

    To anyone thinking of making the move ....do it and do it now !

    Alfa.

  11. Flora,

    you shouldn,t be exasperated by Windows XP - it's really a very good operating system.

    Perhaps your pc is not set up well and a workover by a competent engineer should produce a rich and varied platform that is virtually trouble free.

    One of the keys to a really enjoyable and user friendly computer is to do regular 'housekeeping' such as clearing your internet cache, obtaining updates asap for the o/s, anti-virus programme and any anti-spyware programmes, defragging etc.Think of your computer like a house full of rooms - it contains clutter and dust and needs regular cleaning.

    I'm slightly biased as I'm a Microsoft (and Cisco and CompTIA) trained engineer but if you are just an average 'recreational' computer user I'd go with a pc. - If you are into serious graphics (CAD) then go for a mac.

    The macs look nice - the pc's offer oodles of easily accessable stuff , much of it free, and are just what the average user needs.

    The mac guys tend to think they are 'serious' about computing - the pc guys tend to just get on with it !

    Don't take any notice of the people who think it's clever to use derogatory words like 'windoze' or the like - it's a form of computer snobbery, it's very unprofessional and as such it is extremely crass !!

    Most people don't want to be an expert - they just want to surf the net, get e-mails etc. A pc does all this (so does a mac) but the pc offers a far greater choice.

    Alfa.

     

  12. We're off next week for a week of ecstasy and seafood (abandoning Portsmouth for Morbihan !).

    However: work needs to be done !!!

    My task for the week is to point our rear wall which is random granite stones held together with the silt from the local river (Blavet). I understand the physics involved - the soft mortar enables the stone to move if necessary - but I'm not knowledgeable about the process of pointing such a structure.

    The house is 125 years old and I want to do it right - I've searched extensively and have gleaned excellent info (much of it from this forum) on what to use as far as material is concerned but I could do with some advice on it's application.

    1. Do I make the mix the same consistency as standard mortar ?
    2. Do I clean off the (inevitable) mess whilst wet or wait 'til it dries ?
    3. Can this process be accomplished after lunch considering the influence of the exquisite shellfish and Muscadet available locally ?

    I'm not too bad with bricks and cement based mortar but pointing random granite is all new to me and I really do want to do the old pile justice.

    Any tips/secrets would be much appreciated.

    Alfa.

  13. Hi,

    I love vacherin Mont D'Or cheese and always buy it when I'm in France at this time of year.

    I've always assumed that it's ready to eat when I buy it and I haven't been disappointed yet.........

    Now; I've just bought a nice one (Haut Daubs) from a French market in Portsmouth but it looks a bit 'pale' - the one's I normally select are orange/pink and the tops are well 'sunk' - this one is beginning to sink but isn't coloured yet.

    How do I know when this cheese will be at it's best ?

    It has a consume by date of 14th December so is it too young at present ? Anyone out there a vacherin expert ?

    Hungrilly waiting in anticipation,

    Alfa.

  14. [quote]At the risk of sounding picky, it says on LF that you should use a lime mortar mix to allow the stones to breathe/move etc. Bags of cement/lime ready mixed are available or you can do as our roof guy ...[/quote]

    I might be wrong John (Iceni) but I think your mix should be SAND and lime, not cement and lime !  It's the cement that does the damage and is therefore replaced with lime.

    Alfa.

  15. Oh what a sad day !
    I liked Barry and your behaviour is, of course, monstrous - who on earth would want a cock WITHOUT attitude - I'm sure I wouldn't !
    I'm going to search out a bottle of Chambertin and drink a toast to him.
    All joking apart .... let us know if he was any good (bitewise).
    Sounds like he'd got your number though !!! ( 3 to 1 and he still put up a fight - awesome !)
    Alfa.

  16. Hi Gay,
    Sometimes it takes a while for the anti virus guys and gals to deal with the blight - the virus always comes before the remedy !
    No doubt AVG (which is probably the best AV software)will deal with it so keep updating.
    What's more worrying is where you picked up the infection.
    A browse through the registry should locate any 'redial' changes and possibly lead you in the right direction.
    Phoenix and I are on the net constantly, visiting a wide variety of sites and we don't get these attacks.
    BUT....do yourself and your computer a favour and ditch ME - it really is truly awful Gay and an update to XP (or Linux if you're savvy enough) will change your PC lifestyle !
    Best of luck,
    Alfa.
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