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She didn't call, ask, intimate or accuse France at all. That's the point. I can only say you should never be on a jury. Check what she did say!
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Amazing that by simply making a speech about cheese and being photographed on a tank leads to a Premiership, still you know best!!
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13 hours ago, menthe said:
DB, just to correct what I think Liz Truss said. I did, like you, hear her say that the jury was still out but, right at the end of the clip and as the camera panned out, she said "foe".
And I am not the only person to hear that. From what I have read elsewhere, other people were commenting on that as well.
As to Ken, not sure I could bother to fend off your combative remarks. And no, I am not in the least bitter. Bitter about some politician who mainly does not feature much in my day-to-day live? I wouldn't give her the time of day....,
13 hours ago, menthe said:DB, just to correct what I think Liz Truss said. I did, like you, hear her say that the jury was still out but, right at the end of the clip and as the camera panned out, she said "foe".
And I am not the only person to hear that. From what I have read elsewhere, other people were commenting on that as well.
As to Ken, not sure I could bother to fend off your combative remarks. And no, I am not in the least bitter. Bitter about some politician who mainly does not feature much in my day-to-day live? I wouldn't give her the time of day....,
Ah, that was it then, you misheard!!! I knew there had to be a logical explanation. And no you don't sound bitter at all!
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13 hours ago, DraytonBoy said:
No contradiction at all, my opinion of her is based on her record as a cabinet minister in various positions and because of that I don't believe she is fit to lead the country. However, she put herself forward and she may surprise me and the vast majority of the UK public and actually do the job better than her predecessor (which shouldn't be too hard), my hopes aren't high though.
There is such a dearth of able politicians now in the UK, the likes of Truss wouldn't have got anywhere near the top job 20 years ago.
You have already judged her. You have said so! You then say you want to judge her again!!! Quite obviously you have followed her career and know all of her appointments in detail and how good, or bad she was!
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3 hours ago, DraytonBoy said:
I think Truss is dreadful and shouldn't be in government let alone as the head but she is so we'll just have to judge her on her performance over the next two years.
Rather strange that think that you think so ill of Liz Trust then go on to say she needs to be judged over the next two years! Obviously you don't think there is any contradiction or indeed, anything wrong with that statement?
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2 minutes ago, menthe said:
Loiseau, yes, I thought so too. He spoke so well and sounded sincere (well, appearances do matter, don't they?) and his English was on the whole excellent. Vive le Président, Vive la France!
I love both countries and I was so glad that Macron signaled a respectful and friendly regard and was perfectly dignified unlike Liz Truss who recently called France "a foe". I wish she'd stop being and sounding such robotic dumbo
2 minutes ago, menthe said:Loiseau, yes, I thought so too. He spoke so well and sounded sincere (well, appearances do matter, don't they?) and his English was on the whole excellent. Vive le Président, Vive la France!
I love both countries and I was so glad that Macron signaled a respectful and friendly regard and was perfectly dignified unlike Liz Truss who recently called France "a foe". I wish she'd stop being and sounding such robotic dumbo
It was for Macron to say what he did, he could hardly say anything else without being offensive and this occasion isn't the time to be offensive towards Britain. As for Liz Truss, quite obviously you don't like her and revert to insults as the default. As far as I'm aware and I stand to be corrected, she didn't call France a 'foe' at all. Still, don't let the truth stand in the way of a bit of bitterness! Personally I think she is off to a good start in trying to look after Britain.
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11 hours ago, alittlebitfrench said:
Ken my dear fellow you are being played on another forum by someone who does not live in France, has no association with France but spends their time on French forums trying get people banned. It turns them on. But I guess even sad people need a hobby. But I am sure there are better things to do in life. They begin with the letter 'C'.
So yeah, give it up. Don't waste your time.
Just saying.
ALFB.
Thanks for that. I always appreciate advice. I understand why you say that someone is just creating mischief and possibly trying to 'get me banned'! For me, I don't like to just allow people to say what they like without challenging it; a fault maybe. It has happened here when some have made remarks that have insulted but tried to be seen as 'just comment' and not meant to be snide. It is always the same people and quite honestly I'm always amazed that often others seem to endorse them! Anyway thanks again and 10 out of 10 for observation.
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2 hours ago, anotherbanana said:
The outpouring of feeling over her passing shows the extent to which the Monarchy is held in high esteem. I hope it remains so. I think Charles will scale it back quite a bit though.
At the moment emotions are through the roof! The whole world is sympathetic towards Charles and the Royal family, well apart from a few nutters anyway!! Once the funeral is over it will be back to 'normal' in as much the family will be facing the usual criticisms. I do hope Charles does reduce the 'size' of the Royal family by excluding many of the peripheral ones from enjoying the status it brings. That would go a long way to endearing himself to the public.
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Have seen some dreadful comments regarding the death of the Queen ranging from the fish and chip shop owner in Scotland revelling in her death through to a football pundit, Sinclair, virtually blaming her for racist attacks on black and brown people. Throw in comments by the NYT and some Argentinian commentator 'celebrating' with a glass of Champagne and you see a different side to people's behaviour that is quite despicable. Objecting to the monarchy for what ever reason is an individuals privilege but to use her death to spout political nonsense or to not consider the grief of the family and the millions of people who are offended by this behaviour is totally unforgivable. I'm mean enough to hope they are all ostracised to the degree they deserve!
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I saw this when it was first shown. I can't think of any other piece that shows the Queen in such a human and affectionate way. Who ever dreamt it up really got it perfect.
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I'm quite surprised that not a mention of the Queens death has been posted here. As for me, well I'm a royalist so I feel rather sad at her passing and sincerely hope that King Charles has as successful reign as his mother.
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2 minutes ago, NickP said:
While I agree with the bag of sugar quote, we've lived quiet happily with 100ft of river bank at the end of our garden for 18 years. Each too his own I suppose.
And long may it continue. You would have seen though the many who haven't had your good fortune. I appreciate that those poor ****s had no choice in the matter, inherited and whatever but where I live (on a hill) the valley and village were devastated not so long ago (St Pée sur Nivelle) It really was mind-blowing to see what water can do, all in the space of two hours!! I sincerely hope your good luck lasts.
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When looking for a property many years ago the estate agent gave us two very good pieces of advice. 1. Think about when you want to buy a bag of sugar and 2. Never buy a house near a river! Two absolutely priceless pieces of advice.
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The 'merry-go-round' of finding the cheaper prices, food, petrol and other goods is almost, if it weren't serious quite funny! Belgians and now the Germans are flocking to France because the petrol is cheaper. A little while ago the French were going to Germany because goods and food was cheaper; I go into Spain, as I live in the Pays Basque, regularly for cheaper fuel and food along with thousands of French. In fact, you are hard pushed to find a Spaniard in many of these frontier shopping centres. Even the workers are French!
The day of reckoning will come that's for sure. Subsidies sound great, ask any socialist, but eventually they have to be paid for. It's the economics of the lunatic to continually subsidise to appease the masses!
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9 hours ago, Harnser said:
I just checked https://www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr/ and the price I paid for SP 98 today is the same and the gasoil price is the same. The Intermarche site we will go to tomorrow for the weekly shop shows diesel 30 cents cheaper. but SP 98 at 30 cents a litre more than we paid today at 25 km distant.
WTF is going on here? I thought the Mekon said that ALL fuel would be discounted 30 cents?
Sooner or later the subsidies this government continues to give is going to catch up with them. Someone is going to have to pay for it and guess who that will be!!
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4 hours ago, anotherbanana said:
STOP IT FOLKS or I WILL KILL THE THREAD!
Hey come on Banana! It worked!! Have you never been fishing in your life?
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Just as I feared! It is ALBF, Riggers (or their!) and DaveLister's fault that the thread is now completely committed to the banal or even worse, dead! 'I've been to London, did you go to the Carnival? I went to Camden Lock!' I'm thinking of continuing with the mind blowing time time I walked up Camden High St. looking in the shop windows or even for something really gripping like the the time I rode my motor bike through there!! Oh well, all things end I suppose!
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1 hour ago, DaveLister said:
Nope it's my fault for talking about my experience of Camden. I should have known us young whippersnappers would have nothing to contribute to the conversation.
It's refreshing to hear a youngster voice his limitations!! Rare these days. I've taken the liberty of referring to you as a 'he'! You are a 'he' I take it, wouldn't want to offend you!!!
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21 minutes ago, DaveLister said:
Naturally I was referring to my time in London ( this century ). I was too young to understand anything much in the 60's.🍼
Exactly, it is why you don't understand the 'North/ divide thing' How could you? As you say you were too young, maybe not even born!
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2 hours ago, alittlebitfrench said:
I think going off grid if you have the ability to do so is the way forward. It is an investment, but so is a swimming pool. You know all those folks who move to France for a big house and a Swiming pool !
I think swimming pools are a complete and utter waste of money TBH. A wind turbine/solar is a lot better investment in retirement. A swimming pool won't keep you warm in the winter. Or cook food.
Free electricity....and no tax to pay. That is the way to do it.
Did you know that the tax on our Elec and Gas bill costs more than the gas that we use. Go figure.
How can you budget for retirement when you don't what your costs are going to be in the winter in 10 years time ?
So yeah, if I was planning on moving to France today I would allocate a budget to make my new house as 'off-grid' as possible.
Which is what we are doing in affect.
If you are young enough and it sounds as if you are, solar and wind may well be an option. It comes back to finances, everything does! You may be able to afford the capital outlay and being young may recuperate that outlay in your lifetime, all things being equal! For the older generation recuperating a possible outlay of around £10,000-£15,000 is almost an impossibility. In other words it is cheaper to stick with increased prices of gas and electricity. An elderly person switching to 'sustanables' has probably been conned or misled in some way.
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1 hour ago, DaveLister said:
I never understood the North South divide thing. Most of the people I worked with lived in North London whereas I started out in Putney then moved to Wimbledon. As an outsider, both sides of the river seemed equally as good/bad but there was a distinct snob value attributed to living in the North.
It would seem you are too young to understand what it was like in the 60s in London. Nothing snobbish about it at all. It was purely territorial. Both sides of the river were poor. The snob value may, though I don't believe it, have come much later; if at all. It was the time of people like the Krays(North London) and The Richardsons (South London) No question there was a certain status but definitely not 'snobbish' in the sense you infer.
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11 hours ago, Harnser said:
That's pretty much on the money Ken.
As confirmed by this article.
Professor Gordon Hughes has written the following blog describing his experience of sourcing reliable energy supplies to power a remote rural broadband network in Scotland.
A couple of abstracts from his paper
"I have written a number of papers on the costs and performance of wind power and other forms of renewable energy. Even serious empirical research provokes responses along the lines that any questioning of the merits of renewable energy amounts to original sin or blasphemy. There is little that I – or anyone – can do to convince those who treat the superiority of renewable energy as an article of faith."
"Still I wonder how much practical experience such commentators have of the reality of relying solely on renewable power in commercial applications. For this reason other readers may be interested in what I have learned as an economist faced with the practical issue of relying upon renewable energy"
"To emphasize the general point: the central challenge of the transition to renewable power is not the generation of electricity. That is the easy part. Rather it is the difficulty and costs of ensuring system reliability that must be addressed. Up to now, all electricity systems depend upon a legacy of investment in storable energy resources, primarily in the form of fossil fuels but with some storage hydro. None of the operators has any real idea of how they will function without being able to call on such backup resources. While scale will permit options that are uneconomic for small operators, the lesson from experience is that the investment and operating costs required to maintain system reliability in electricity systems dependent on intermittent renewables are likely to be very large"
https://ref.org.uk/ref-blog/367-the-reality-of-relying-upon-renewable-power
And it will probably be money that eventually changes these peoples opinions. Eco enthusiasts are like children who hide behind their hands so as not to see danger! When it hits their pockets or the lights go off (as Mm borne hinted at this morning!) I think we will hear a lot of crying and finger pointing. Naivety, just a word in a dictionary but ever so valid!
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12 hours ago, alittlebitfrench said:
Camden is a lot better today than in the 80's. I tell you that.
That was the first time I have visited Camden since the 80's. It was alright. I had no problems. It was busy with peeps spending money.
There is a french boulanger there. And yes.....they were French. Full on French.
BTW.....I come from an East end London family.
Things certainly have changed since I worked there in the 60s. Before that the only time me and my mates went into Camden was when there was a fight to be had, that would have been in the late 50s!!! I was an Islington boy and territorial was the name of the game back then. London is often described as just a set of 'villages' and back then it seemed like it. We more or less stayed in our own areas. North and South of the River was also a similar territorial affair. The only French things in Camden back then were French letters!!!! As for the the 80s! By then I was married with children and had a mortgage and ten years later preparing to live here!
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4 hours ago, DaveLister said:
I used to quite like visiting Camden when I lived in London. Work used to have their Christmas parties at the Roundhouse.
I doubt you ever knew Camden. It was the pits! Yes the roundhouse became popular with the trendy people who worked there , just like Islington and other boroughs of London. The reality is those boroughs were a disaster! Left wing councils! Should I say more? And yes, I worked there for many years.
French flags at half mast
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Indeed I do! My better half and I almost came to blows over it, well not quite but we did see it differently. From my perspective I understood that some mayors would not fly the flag at half mast. The reason, I read, was that it would be paying homage to Royalty and that goes against the grain of the republican ideal. I can actually go along with that if it were true and showed solidarity with Royalty. BUT! My argument with my better half was that Macron wasn't showing solidarity with Royalty but simply asking for flags to be lowered out of respect, a different thing entirely. That some Mayors have made it political I think is to their discredit. If they don't have respect for the Queen then so be it but don't make excuses for not doing so!