brianagain

[quote user="You can call me Betty"]I've found lately that it's less costly and often better to eat out at lunchtime in France. [/quote] This is something we have done for the past few years - tend to have the menu or plat du jour and maybe a beer or carafe - usually less expensive and we tend not to eat so much as if out for the evening.. After one bad experience at le poterne in Caen a while back, (check the reviews) I now also tend to refer to  sites such as Trip Advisor or http://www.linternaute.com/restaurant/ if eating in an unknown town or village. Brian (again)

Perhaps reforming the CAP might help Europe's finances? http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/nov/28/utilities-aristocrats-eu-agricultural-policy Brian (again) Odd (or not) to see that Michael Heseltine predicted that one day Britain would join the euro.

http://www.logitravel.fr/vols/vols-saint-brieuc-jersey-4795619.html Is this it?? Brian (again)

Courtesy of Nick Helm at the Edinburgh Fringe. "I needed a password eight characters long so I picked Snow White and the Seven Dwarves." Brian (again)

[quote user="NormanH"]wood carver? [/quote] I guess if this word is used to describe Tilman Riemenschneider & Veit Stoss it should be good enough. [:)] Brian (again)

From the Guardian website tonight: "Strauss-Kahn, a French presidential contender, was arrested on a plane to Europe. ... Through his lawyers he has never contested the fact that a sexual encounter took place but has denied allegations that any act was forced." He's not guilty - he's just irresistible[:D] Brian (again)

It all depends on which satellite you want to receive transmissions from. Check the footprint on the Lyngsat website for the size of dish required for the desired satellite. (28.2E/2D (for Sky?) or 19.2E or 13.0E?) http://www.lyngsat-maps.com/europe.html Brian (again)

George Bernard Shaw once wrote... "The law is equal before all of us; but we are not all equal before the law. Virtually there is one law for the rich and another for the poor, one law for the cunning and another for the simple, one law for the forceful and another for the feeble, one law for the ignorant and another for the learned, one law for the brave and another for the timid, and within family limits one law for the parent and no law at all for the child." I'm only saying. Brian (again)

It seems to be some form of removable decoration fixed to the front of the altar. http://www.dictionnaire-architecture.org/A/mot_126.html http://www.cyber-centre-culturel.fr/index.php?module=cms&desc=default&action=get&id=8312 Hope this helps Brian (again)

The word retable also exists in English and refers to a painting or piece of carving standing behind and attached to an altar. A reredos refers to a structure behind and above an altar. (Checked this in a Pevsner guide glossary) Brian (again) http://www.lookingatbuildings.org.uk/glossary/glossary/R.html?no_cache=1&tx_contagged[pointer]=2

I remember a recipe posted here several years ago which I copied out at the time. It's still here on the Forum posted by someone called TeamedUp[:D][:D] http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/3/537538/ShowPost.aspx#537538 Brian (again) ...but back then I had a different username

From the Flybe website "Unless travelling with an adult of at least 16 years of age children are carried under the  Unaccompanied Minor Scheme on Flybe flights... ...if in doubt please contact the Flybe call centre for advice on 0871 700 2000 (or 00 44 1392 268529 ..." Brian (again)

Increasingly common in hotels, gites, and restaurant washrooms are (wall mounted) refillable soap dispensers and might be worth considering; eg http://www.twenga.fr/dir-Beaute-Sante,Hygiene-corporelle,Distributeur-de-savon Brian (again)

We've recently changed to EHICplus - which adds extras (get you home, etc.) to the cover given by the EHIC and also caters for existing medical conditions at extra cost. Brian (again)

A brief primer for all those unfamiliar with John Locke (excuse the language) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-buzVjYQvY Brian (again)

[quote user="Simon-come-lately"]show me one highly successful Socialist / Communist state. [/quote] Cuba - in education and health care for the masses rather than the elite. Brian (again)

No problems here. My (Vista) desktop has just downloaded version 3.6.18 - might be worth trying an update. Brian (again)

[quote user="audio"][quote user="Simon-come-lately"]Why do these 'thugs' cover their faces and wear hoods ? Could it possibly be because the darlings actually know they are doing something wrong.......? Bang em up! Simon :-)[/quote] But Simon, there is no room in the jails and the PC & human rights mob are against it. I say bring back the birch and give them a real good thrashing and to hell with what the do gooders think.   [/quote] Then what?  That's it  - problem solved? Brian (again)

[quote user="ViVienne"]human beings with a brain aren't rioting in the streets. The only shop left unlooted on one high st was Waterstones![/quote] They've probably all got Kindles Brian (again)

[quote user="Simon-come-lately"]brianagain - don't be daft these thugs were born well after Thatcher ! They (the thugs) simply haven't been privy to any discipline and social etiquete due to bad parenting. But I guess that is someone else's fault as well heh???!! Why are you looking for reasons ? You don't take or destroy other people's property just because 'you've got nothing better to do' - or do you? Poor darlings - they've got no youth clubs, local grants for youth programmes have been cut, Ipods & Iphones are soooooo expensive and they've got nothing to do - well bl**dy well find something to do like most human beings with a brain seem to be able to. Hey - and do you want us all to be equal ??? That great old Socialism nut - the politics of envy!! Simon :-)[/quote] I suspect your response perfectly illustrates my point. Brian (again)  

[quote user="Simon-come-lately"]NormanH - and anyone else with similar 'concerns' or views about the 'reasons' (aka excuses) for this type of anarchic behaviour - pack it in ! I for one am not in the slightest interested in any reasons or excuses - I'm simply interested in the utterly unacceptable end result.[/quote] I don't condone the current looting etc. but... Sorry, but count me as a supporter of those (NormanH's) views - until the underlying causes of the continuing and increasing inequalities in the UK encouraged by years of Thatcherism as espoused by both Tory and Blairs Labour governments are dealt with these problems will only get worse. (£14bn in bank bouses to be paid out this year??). Trouble is that the current political "leadership" are also not interested in the real reasons but exhibit the usual knee-jerk reaction. Brian (again)

Don't hold your breath for action just yet - Sarkozy doesn't seem bothered. "On a visit to Brittany this month the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, defended farmers, saying they were not to blame for the green algae. He dismissed as "environmental fundamentalists" those people who were loudly campaigning over the nitrate link to the algae" from; http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jul/27/brittany-beaches-toxic-algae-boars Brian (again)

Sad to read this article this morning about the fungus affecting the canalside trees - they are so much a part of the canal itself http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jul/27/french-axe-thousands-plane-trees?INTCMP=SRCH Brian (again)

Our PV system (2.35kW) in the UK was commissioned 7 weeks ago and has already produced the pretax equivalent of 2.5% on the installation cost, in spite of the current poor summer in SW England. I understand that EDF in France have recently cut the feed-in tarrif for PV installations due to their popularity. Brian (again)

"The Dream of Scipio" by Iain Pears, an interwoven story set in Provence during three separate periods - the Roman occupation in the 5th C, the Black Death in the 14th C. and during the second world war. (£6.99 at Amazon) Brian (again)