Thibault
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I may have misunderstood, but wasn't this the result of a brain-storming exercise? And with one of these, the purpose is to come up with ideas very quickly (like a machine gun) regardless of how stupid they might sound. I had assumed that the bits quoted had simply been some of the stupid ones and were not meant to be taken seriously.
Presumably there were some good ideas which will be revealed in due course.
Perhaps these will be leaked in good time [:)]
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Well, apart from George W Bush, none of these people are heads of state. They are, or were, heads of government, with the exception of David Mills who was simply married to a minister.
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The UK National Insurance system has never been run on the lines of "...I shall get out of it what I paid into it...." otherwise the people who retired within a few years of the system being set up in the first place would not have received much in the way of pension.
As other posters have said, this arrangement has been known for many years and the people who went to live in those countries affected knew about the situation. They cannot claim (and I don't think they have tried to do so) that it was a sudden retrospective arrangement.
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[quote user="Chancer"]
Tuppence
I have the same problem on at least 3 or 4 occasions every time I return to the UK, usually in the pay and display car parks of my local town, I have quite a nice collection of yellow stripy self adhesive ticket envelopes, you would think by now that I would remember to pay wouldnt you? [6]
You have in my opinion nothing to worry about, if ever they do decide to try and recover fines from owners of French registered vehicles I will be further up the list than you.
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So you are exempt from paying for parking when you return to the UK? What is special about you?
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Every year we complete the form in March to say that we have no TV. Every year when the tax d'habitation form arrives, it includes the cost of the TV licence and because we pay by direct debit, we have to contact the tax office to get a refund. It is almost as if the left and right hands do not communicate!!!!
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Thibault what is the lyric site?
I often find music so heard to understand, often I misinterpret the chorus and when I finally work it out the rest follows, its bad enough with music of your own language hence my recent thread about Lily Allen.
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I used http://www.lyricsmania.com. I have found other lyrics for other songs (eg by Charles Aznavour) simply by googling the song title followed by lyrics - it is surprising what is around.
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I was very sorry to hear the news - I love his voice and the melodic songs he wrote. Since first hearing him on Nostalgie, I have been able to collect a number of CDs and, thanks to a song lyric site, have been able to practise my French by trying to translate them into English.
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Yes, we have had that problem arriving at Portsmouth just as a BF ferry is also unloading!
However, I understand that there is still a delay unloading the Seven Sisters at Newhaven, which has no other ferry operators and only one ferry arriving at a time. I was told there was some sort of problem (not sure if it is a design fault or crew inadequacies) which means there can be around an hour's delay for car passengers at disembarkation. Certainly, when we came back via Newhaven, the hour we gained over the difference in crossing times with the Portsmouth route, was lost sitting on the car deck waiting to get off!
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I'm getting really fed up with all this chopping and changing. We have been "with" LD Lines and the Portsmouth-Le Havre route since the beginning. The Norman Spirit was ideal for these long route with plenty of space to walk around and separate quiet lounges etc. We are now booked on the Cote d'Albatre for a crossing next month and have been reading all the complaints regarding this particular ship on this crossing. To get a cabin on it, one has to book a 4 berth as there are no 2 berth ones. There are delays unloading with a wait of up to an hour before disembarkation. We have travelled on the Seven Sisters (her sister ship) from Dieppe and that is an open plan ship and noise was a constant problem.
I quite understand the business problem LDL has with the need to get optimum capacity utilisation, but they are in danger of throwing out the baby with the bath water and may lose more customers than they gain, especially on the Portsmouth-Le Havre route.[:@]
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I understand, from something I heard on the radio yesterday, that this couple were specifically warned not to go into the area where they were captured by the pirates. Their answer, allegedly, was that they had been there before and intended to go there again.
What we seem to have lost over the last 30 years or so is the notion of personal responsibility. Today, it is common practice to blame everyone else for whatever happens to us. If we are fat, it is because the food manufacturers produce food which is too full of fat and sugar. If we drink a lot, it is the fault of the supermarkets because they sell alcohol too cheaply. If we fall over on ice and break a wrist on the way to school, it is the fault of the schools remaining open.
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I belong to a number of different forums, one of which has a large number of photographs displayed and each one is overprinted with the name of the site, the copyright owner.
Perhaps you could do something like that Chris?
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The poor woman seems to be getting a lot of stick because she was 59 and the lover was 19. When it is the man who is 59 and the lover a19 year old girl, often admiration is the only emotion expressed.
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Don't forget that awarding the Olympics to China was to encourage them to pay more attention to human rights. Quite a success, then [:@]
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Many years ago I remember reading something in the papers about the problems of envy in British society.
One of the things I remember from the article was a point made by an American. He said something along the lines of this: If an American worker saw someone dressed in a smart suit, diving a large car and living in a big home, he said to himself, "I'm going to work hard and get all those things for myself and my family." If a British worker in the same position saw the same things, he said to himself. "That b*****d has all those things, I'm going to make sure they are all taken away and he will be just like me."
Whilst I am sure there are many people who are clinically depressed and have life circumstances which make it difficult to get out of a rut, I am also sure there are many people who are simply envious and feel the world owes them a living, rather than thinking how they can endeavour to do something about it.
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[quote user="chris pp"]
Have a read of this if you want a good laugh, (or cry).
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/68949294-c4d7-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html
Chris
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Wow - no wonder he didn't make an official bid for the EU presidency - he couldn't afford it [:)]
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Well said, Jill.
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[quote user="Iceni"]
If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.
The 13 year old girl may have been innocent - but there have been plenty of miscarriages of justice in the UK so how can we justify telling others how to run their country until our own house is in order ?
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If we all wait for perfection in our countries, then no-one would be able to comment on anything anywhere in the world.
We may not be perfect in Europe, but we have given up public executions, public floggings and public stonings.
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How sad. I loved Dirty Dancing and Ghost.
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I understand that some communes keep priorité a droite as a method of traffic calming [8-)]
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I am sure Mr O'L is very pleased to blame increased charges/taxes for doing what he usually does each winter which is to reduce some services.
Given that the UK has an enormous black hole in its public finances and that whatever government is likely to be in power over the next few years will need to increase taxes quite considerably, then spreading some of the inevitable tax rises around various groups seems to be a reasonable idea. Therefore it seems sensible that the air-travelling public should pay their share. No?
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I don't think desperation is an excuse, but perhaps - an explanation.
[/quote]That's exactly my feeling..
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Well, if they are that desperate, perhaps they should apply for asylum in France or any other EU country they passed through on their way to Calais.
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What a depressing programme - is it supposed to be entertainment?
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[quote user="Weegie"][quote user="Bugbear"]That program was certainly an eye-opener. I always thought (school teachings) it was simply the 'peasants' revolt against the rich and had no idea that the 'witch-hunt' was so widespread and intense.[/quote]
It wasn't called "The Terror" for nothing.[:)] At school we were taught about.
[/quote]Yes, that's true. However, most people seem to think The Terror was about chopping the heads off aristos, rather than a general Terror against the whole population.
By the way, next week's programme is about Louis XIV and the building of Versailles.
Why?
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[quote user="Mme poivre"]JJ we are used to LD lines and we have travelled on the Seven sisters more times than we can remember now - always have to wait until the all the cabins have been sold though otherwise they make you buy one. Usually a really good trip as well.[/quote]
I don't understand - why do you have to buy a cabin? Don't they have any seating, ie recliners etc?