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O...M...F...G! an old flame sent me a copy of a school sixth form photo. I sniggered at it for 10 minutes reminiscing and then forwarded it to Wifey with the challenge of spotting me. Much to my disgust it took none of the girls more than about 5 seconds to pick me out. They also all agreed that the teachers look like a stasi interrogation team...

" if you hit your head on a vase and it sounds hollow, it's not neccesarily the vase that is empty" Frech proverb

3 makes only in 34 years... 3 Hondas, 2 Yamahas & 1 Triumph. what did I win?

I gots nuttin'. which must be some sort of record in itself!

we buy about 5 or six different breads ( not all at the same time) ranging from standard Baguette, through " Gros Batard" ( literally translates as "Fat Bastard" ) to local specialities like "pavé d'Auxerre" . Friday night is sandwich night at the moment and the kids liek to have some crappy supermarket sliced white stuff to put in the sandwich toaster. French Bread is the best.

great pics Yen. interesting stuff.

me too! what a fucking waste of space that exam was, 3 people in our family failed it, my sisters husband ( who went on to work with electromagnetic super conducteurs, designing and building magnets such as those used to curve the beam of whateveritis in the large hardon collider at CERN) my sister, who went on to do a language degree and is now teaching) and my self ( er...yeah...ok... )

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHRRRGGGG..... road lice!

having spent yesterday ( saturday) hibernating, i spent all morning failing miserably to unblock the bath outflow pipe AGAIN! we'll have to call a plumber monday cos my shoulders just aren't up working in the neccessary positions. I was pissed off about that so I pissed off... for a ride. only a couple of hours but I have managed to find the limit of comvort of my winter gloves with heated grips but without bar muffs. 3 degrees c, cos that's all it was and my fingers got bloody cold. no pics cos I would have droped the camera and I really didn't want to stop anyway, but the route went like this

thay offered to send fighter jets... no one mentioned anything about pilots...

IHaven't the UK just decided to NOT exploit the Orkney oil fields because they can buy all they need in gas from Russia? What do they think Russia will do if the UK gets involved in trying to keep Rssia out of Ukraine? "Shut the tap comrade pipeline technician"

or someone's donc a crap conversion, they've put the forks on upside down...

yeah but his age it wouldn't have an engine

get something yer own age it's got radial brakes too

so Buck was right! well I guess that telling everyone to fuck off, he was bound to be right sooner or later

have they flounced already, the "view member" link comes up wi nuttin!

from 2014 I think.

they're built in thailand Pete...

I like the multifacetedness of "carry on Motorcycling" but I also think that non brits won't get it.

Never doubt the courage of the French! it was they who discovered that snails are edible...

i know a few people here as would chase after him for an "explacation"...

just finished " The Yellow admiral" by Patrick O'Brian, the 17th in the Jack Aubry series popularised by the film "Master and Commander" based on the 1st of the series. just 2 more to go "The Hundred Days" and "Blue at the Mizzen". then I'll have finished the whole series for the 3rd or 4th time...

everyday occurence, nearly. Good job you were switched on, but I bet the air went blue under your lid . your missus nearly shat herself though

shit weather here forcast all weekend, not particularly cold ( though It snowed a little yeaterday) but wet and generally crappy. No plans really. got to go buy some socks... how exciting is THAT!?

old folk not having their flu vaccine does not endanger the entire country's economy or oblige the rest of the population to stay at home to avoid catching it. I used the money argument because the vast majority of political level decisions are based solely on this criteria, morality or ethics doesn't bear any weight today when there are millions in question. Untill the covid problem is resolved, most recreational activities are stopped or vastly restricted ( but I take your point though am not scholar enough to make a coherent or non hypocrital response) there are many obligatory vaccinations that are , or were, obligatory in order to eradicate a world wide desease ( polio, german measles etc) 5 million French over 14's are not vaccinated. that's about 8,percent of the population. if you remove the million or so who can't be vaccinated for medically justifiable reasons then it's even less. it just seems unjustifiable that the country is being destroyed in the name of freedom of choice for 8 % of the population. I do like the TNT suggestion though...