Ford Anglia

.................post on here, asking for things, then ignore offers of help, even those with no strings and for free? Mystified[8-)]

A few to look at here: http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/cat.jsp?cId=102500&ts=92684 Dunno if they would be available in France yet, halogen lights wer about 5 years behind the UK. I'd avoid tiny halogen bulbs too, they are dear to replace and don't last long[:(]

What, Tone fell for an American's guff? Surely not, (tongue in cheek smiley not available).

Last month I was in the local Morrisons, where some kids had locked three trolleys together in the store and nicked the pound coins from two of them.  

I ALWAYS start with Hello or hi and the person's name. I almost always end with regards, or kind regards, or many thanks, or similar. I've done this ever since reading a website whose owner stated that he would NOT respond to e-mails without a proper beginning or ending, as he found it rude. Fair enough, I thought.

I have three, all bought in France.  PM me.  

I have two books, "L'Electricite pas a pas" as mentioned here, and, "Maitriser l'Electricite", both bought from Leclerc for about €6 each. Plenty of good diagrams and easy text. Only thing I've NOT found in them was a detailed description of the difference between a type A and a type AC, RCD., which I've now found out, partly off here, partly from a UK sparky. My plumber, who is also an electrician, looked at them closely, and pronounced both sound..

Your fuseholders sound like mine were: one live: 16A cartridge fuse, one brass barrette, same size as a fuse, used to isolate neutral if necessary. Whole lot consigned to bin, reoplaced with modern distribution board, RCD's and mcb's.

I assume the original poster will tell all when it's finally sorted?

[quote user="Cassis"]There's a market for sausage-roll flavoured sausage rolls in France. [/quote] LOL Too true. How about sausage flavoured sausages?

Inclined to agree with Miki. I didn't like it, it didn't make me laugh, and I even sensed a dislike of France and the French coming through it. Not my type of book. Peter Mayle may have an awful lot to answer for, but at least he seemed to LIKE the French and to LOVE France.

wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew............BOOM! "Kill all hornets" Rant, Rave!. Satisfied?[:P] Seriously, I agree with you. I am TERRIFIED of snakes, but once helped a French boy on a campsite rescue one that had got stuck in a sink trap. Then I had to lie down for an hour...........

[quote user="Chris Head"] TRAINER? Where's ye boots Ford Anglia? I'm in size 10's and can still hold the beasties down![/quote] I'm a size 9, but the toe of my boot hardly fits in the little handle of my Stihl, whereas a trainer will fit perfectly. Almost as if the manufacturers WANT you to try it with just a trainer..........[blink] How about a set of shots on how to service one? I spend ages with mine in bits, cleaning wood dust out of little holes to make sure it oils properly. Half the holes I so painstakingly clean out are probably blind, but since I dion't know that, clean 'em I must[Www]

I'd also get a local tyre place to check ALL tyres for ovality. We had one go out of round on the rear of one of our cars, caused exactly what you describe. Final check was to replace it with the spare, at which point the vibration stopped. The ovality of a tyre doesn't show on a balance test. This would be MY first port of call, as Main Citroen dealers aren't known for doing things for little, or no money, whereas tyre dealers are.........at least in the UK[;-)] Get EVERYTHING to do with the wheels, tyres etc perfect before paying a dealer to do any other checks.

What I'd like to know is WHY the little handle at the back only has space to put a small foot in a trainer in it, not a large one in a chainsaw boot?  

Is it the "time of the evening", or is it me, but do many threads on here become rather surreal?[:D] If you like Walkers bacon flavour crisps, try to get hold of some of their "Sensations," now in the UK. I don't know what they put in them but I ate a whole large bag of their Morrocan herbs and spices ones last night............[blink]

I'm slowly but surely replacing all my older light switches and sockets with Legrand, and any new ones are Legrand from the word "go". I agree, not chic, but they work well...... And I also agree that French chic is a myth.......rather like Italian design[;-)], and German engineering[;-)][;-)]

To take the example of banning the wearing of hoodies a bit further, last week in the UK an old lady was refused service in a cafe as she was wearing a pink hooded cardigan, with the hood down! And a "Police, stop!" type programme showed the police in Sheffield giving real harrassment to a group of football supporters getting off a train at Sheffield station, since a few of them drew their scarves over their faces when the saw cameras. The result was one of them getting arrested when he refused to uncover! There seem to be dual standards at work here.........

Crows will eat most things, I've seen then following mole tracks repeatedly stabbing the earth. Perhaps a peck to the head on hard ground and it hasn't penetrated far due to the hard undersurface?

[quote user="Jc"]Yes;washing-up liquid.[/quote] ^^^^^^^^^ What he said, a good squirt. Be careful though. Some folk add it AFTER mixing, ie at the final mix stage. It can cause whjat looks like an excellent consistency mortar to become liquid again[blink]

Whilst working at a local children's centre this week I was called to a lady in the carpark who had locked her one year old son in her car. Three of us messed around for ages trying all sorts of things to get it open, but eventually had to resort to breaking the front o/s window. The little boy slept through it all, while his mother wept.  

I had to LOL at the Kitmaster story. A friend, (who is now a chemistry teacher!) and I, once melted broken Dinky toys on his open fire, in a tin can, and poured the resulting molten Zinc(????) into a mould laboriously chipped from a brick. Later, we wanted a bigger mould, and being lazy, couldn't be bothered with the brick so we used a "Ponds'" cold cream jar we BELIEVED to be pottery. It was glass. When it exploded, we were actually crouched over it wondering why it kept making little chinking noises[:D] It covered the room in shards of glass and molten zinc, setting fire to his mum's knitting, (she was doing it at the time), the carpet, some wallpaper and burning (slightly) his sausage dog[:'(] Neither mate, nor myself received even a cut, let alone a burn! His mum firstly took the doglead to us, then banned us from playing in his house for two weeks. We were 13. BTW: how do you post pics?

[quote user="chris pp"] I doubt that the wolves will disappear, monty, the French State is "personally" responsible for making sure that they don't, and this is one of the instances where they really do have to obey EU legislation and there are a number of French associations that will make sure of that. Chris [/quote] Now why doesn't THAT reassure me?

Try reading Tintin in the original french, some brilliant swearwords from captain Haddock And in "Le Petit Nicolas", by Sempe and Gosciny, some more.........espece de guignol! Strangely, the French people I've ever seen get UPSET by bad language, seemed more irate at INSULTS, (like calling someone stupid), rather than oscenities. And the most shock I ever saw was when a man said to a young woman, "Ta gueule!" All the French there, gasped!  

[quote user="Gastines"] I think some squaddie already got that joke in,with a rocket!!! Obviously where his brains are kept. Regards. 5 mins St.Malo www.ourinns.com [/quote] Does anyone want me to post pics of an American lad trying to set a rocket off from between his nether cheeks? And the results? It's quite funny to look at..........until you see the last shot with a picture of the burn he received[:(]