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  1. [quote user="Cat"]I've noticed in another post by hstraf that he is French, but his wife is American, I don't know if the problem lies there? [/quote] If he is French, why should he be asking for an English to French translation?
  2. Not just the UK, and it's been around for a long time now. [url=http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blpoints.htm] See: HERE[/url]
  3. Coops - I quite agree with you. But I was really asking how many of the posters on this thread who assume that Ryanair crew are rude have flown with Ryanair, and if so, were the crew actually rude to them?
  4. I'm surprised by the number of posters here who assume that Ryanair employees will be rude to them. How many of you have had that happen to you? For my part I fly with Ryanair a couple of times a year and have always enjoyed the experience. The crew members are always polite and smiling. Mind you I'm always polite and smile at them, and I've never tried to board with hand luggage that doesn't comply with the regulations. Edit: For rude and inefficient service Buzz took the biscuit. But they went bust very quickly, perhaps as a result of their level of service.
  5. [quote user="Stan Streason"]We are with Seolis and it looks like I can submit readings on their site.  I still think it will be a battle.[/quote] Took me about five minutes to sort a similar problem for a neighbour with EDF last week. Good luck.
  6. Your EDF invoice should show the last seven meter readings, with the statement Les chiffres en gras correspondent aux consommations relevées - actual readings are in bold type. You could ring EDF customer service - 0800 030 333.
  7. If you give your car's registration number when you book on-line your booking will be recognized by the system as you arrive at the auto check-in. That way you will not need to insert your card either going out or on your return.
  8. Audio From what you say you should be complaining to the tourist office where you bought the tickets, rather than SNCF. You say you received a "small discount", but I think you will find that the discount you received was the same as the amount you were required to pay by the ticket inspector. In that case what was your loss? You might have been entitled to a 25% discount because of your age, but this only apples in certain cases. You don't say where you were travelling from, so it's impossible to work the figures out. As for "targeting us", I don't think so, a ticket inspector's job is to ensure that travellers are carrying the correct tickets. But "it's because we're English" is the standard reaction of certain anglophones when they find themselves on the wrong side of French officialdom.
  9. [quote user="Richard"]I did go into the new Carrefour at Chateauroux, but they didn't sell laptops in there, despite there being big ads on the boards all around the town. Was very strange. Must have sold out.[/quote] Just a thought. You did go to the Chateauroux branch, which certainly sells laptops, and not to the Carrefour Market at Déols, didn't you?
  10. [quote user="RicandJo"]He's referring to the possibility of an all English team beating an all German team......... I read today though that Raikkonen is talking to Merc about Button's now vacant seat......[/quote] But Mercedes Grand Prix is not "all German".
  11. [quote user="just john "]The dealing here doesn't do much for their integrity in my opinion and I understand him jumping ship and wish him well despite the difficult integration into a new team, It would be nice if they could whoop the Silver Arrows, 1966 all over again[8-|][/quote] Pardon my ignorance, but what does the reference to 1966 mean?
  12. I'm not sure that "they" i.e. Mercedes-Benz have said that, in fact Ross Brawn and Nick Fry said they wanted to keep Button. But an all-German driver line up might be good PR for M-B's domestic market.
  13. Mercedes F1 engines are built by Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines Ltd at Brixworth, Northampton. That company was formerly called Ilmor Engineering, but today's Ilmor Engineering is an unrelated company making engines for racing in the USA. McLaren-Mercedes F1 cars are built at Woking, Surrey. Brawn F1 cars, now to be called Mercedes Grand Prix are built at Brackley, Northampton and  have Mercedes HPE engines. The Toyota F1 cars and the engines used by Toyota and Williams were built at Cologne, Germany. Toyota has now withdrawn from F1. Renault F1 cars are built at Enstone, Oxfordshire and their engines are built at Viry-Châtillon, near Paris. Ferrari F1 cars and engines are built at Marenello, Italy. BMW-Sauber F1 cars were built at Hinwil, Switzerland with engines built in Munich. The team has been sold and, if it competes in F1 in 2010, will use Ferrari engines. Williams F1 is based it Didcot, Oxford and will use Cosworth (based at Northampton) engines in 2010. Red Bull F1 cars are built at Milton Keynes and use Renault engines. Toro Rosso F1 is based at Faenza, Italy and uses Ferrari engines. Force India F1 is based at Silverstone, Northampton and uses Mercedes HPE engines. 2010 should see the appearance of four new teams in F1 - Lotus , based in Hingham, Norfolk, Manor, based in Dinnington, Yorkshire, Campos, from Spain and Team US F1, from USA. All four of these teams will use Cosworth engines. I think it's fair to say that most of the mechanicals in F1 are from the UK - part of a UK motorsport industry which turns over £6 billion and supports 38,500 full and part-time jobs, of which 25,000 are qualified engineers.
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