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Post by bowie on Jul 7, 2017 9:58:36 GMT 7
Way back the ill fated career move. Before the interview the sure to be appointed winner told me so, the job was hers.Nice meeting you. Little did she know. Sure the head wanted a lackey,but the panel , including the head of governors did not. Wanted someone who could stand up to the head. Me. War from day one. The lost face  led the assault. Easy for me to handle. I remember that word i often use , inculcate. She used it in a staff meeting and guess what happened? "You are here to teach not inculcate. You have puritan values , are a religious bigot, want to inculcate those superstitious ideas on kids.". Well that went down well with the devout roman catholic head, i think not. It was war all the way. I suppose i was always going to lose that battle. End of ramble. |
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Post by oldie on Jul 7, 2017 15:39:10 GMT 7
I just replaced the solenoid valves in the hydraulic block on the auto-transmission on the wifes Peugeot.
The difference in gear change is unbelievable.
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Post by rubl on Jul 7, 2017 17:21:00 GMT 7
So I was watching Blackadder Goes Fourth, Episode 4 Private Plane
Flashheart: No, not in half an hour, you rubber-desk johnny. Send the bitch with the wheels right now or I'll fly back to England and give your wife something to hang her towels on. [Flashheart throws down the receiver.]
Flashheart: Okay, dig out your best booze and let's talk about me 'til the car comes. You must be pretty impressed having Squadron Commander the Lord Flashheart drop in on your squalid bit of line.
Edmund: Actually, no. I was more impressed by the contents of my handkerchief the last time I blew my nose.
Flashheart: Yeah, like hell. Huh, huh. You've probably got little piccies of me on the walls of your dugout, haven't you?
[Flashheart tickles the front of Edmund's trousers.]
Flashheart: I bet you go all girly and giggly every time you look at me.
[Flashheart twists Edmund's John Thomas. Edmund (naturally) screams.]
Edmund: I'm afraid not. Unfortunately, most of the infantry think you're a prat. Ask them who they'd prefer to meet: Squadron Commander Flashheart and the man who cleans out the public toilets in Aberdeen, and they'd go for Wee Jock "Poo-Pong" McPlop, every time.
[Flashheart laughs, then belts Edmund, knocking him to the floor. Flashheart goes into the dugout.]
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Post by bowie on Jul 7, 2017 18:26:39 GMT 7
I just replaced the solenoid valves in the hydraulic block on the auto-transmission on the wifes Peugeot. The difference in gear change is unbelievable. I only drove a peugeot once, borrowed it from a friend last time i was in england. Not automatic, hate those. Of french cars i mostly drove renault, not automatic. Very comfortable and in my experience very reliable. When we had three cars it was two renaults, one my ex 's car, company car (health service), my car and the hobby car a beetle. Love the little details of life. |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jul 7, 2017 20:57:12 GMT 7
I just replaced the solenoid valves in the hydraulic block on the auto-transmission on the wifes Peugeot. The difference in gear change is unbelievable. Serves you right for buying frog rubbish, should drive a Holden. |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jul 7, 2017 21:00:28 GMT 7
I just replaced the solenoid valves in the hydraulic block on the auto-transmission on the wifes Peugeot. The difference in gear change is unbelievable. I only drove a peugeot once, borrowed it from a friend last time i was in england. Not automatic, hate those. Of french cars i mostly drove renault, not automatic. Very comfortable and in my experience very reliable. When we had three cars it was two renaults, one my ex 's car, company car (health service), my car and the hobby car a beetle. Love the little details of life. Aye you forgot to mention those effin frogs and their left handed screws. I digress I thought you would probably have one one of those leftie lentil eaters who drove one of these.  |
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Post by bowie on Jul 7, 2017 21:59:31 GMT 7
I only drove a peugeot once, borrowed it from a friend last time i was in england. Not automatic, hate those. Of french cars i mostly drove renault, not automatic. Very comfortable and in my experience very reliable. When we had three cars it was two renaults, one my ex 's car, company car (health service), my car and the hobby car a beetle. Love the little details of life. Aye you forgot to mention those effin frogs and their left handed screws. I digress I thought you would probably have one one of those leftie lentil eaters who drove one of these. Never had a go at driving one of those. Rember being a passenger in France in my teen years. That reminds me of those french bikes that propelled by friction on the front wheel.  |
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Post by rubl on Jul 7, 2017 22:07:57 GMT 7
Aye you forgot to mention those effin frogs and their left handed screws. I digress I thought you would probably have one one of those leftie lentil eaters who drove one of these. Never had a go at driving one of those. Rember being a passenger in France in my teen years. That reminds me of those french bikes that propelled by friction on the front wheel. That's a 'solex' as they were called in the Netherlands. Very popular with girls in my days with guys preferring Puch or Kreidler. Still being produced I read en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VéloSoleX |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jul 7, 2017 22:26:12 GMT 7
Aye you forgot to mention those effin frogs and their left handed screws. I digress I thought you would probably have one one of those leftie lentil eaters who drove one of these. Never had a go at driving one of those. Rember being a passenger in France in my teen years. That reminds me of those french bikes that propelled by friction on the front wheel. Did you ever make it to Belle Isle, remember years ago getting the train to Garde du Nord, then another to Quiberon, then the boat to Belle Isle. Nth of France, Saint Malo, Mont St Michel, those effin crepes were the best i have ever tasted in my life. Crepe citron I believe was the order of the day, those effin frogie cigarettes were gawping. |
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Post by rubl on Jul 7, 2017 22:38:37 GMT 7
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Post by buhi on Jul 7, 2017 22:39:35 GMT 7
Orleans and later Normandy.
French food, wine and cheese, plus the fresh bread.
Any cafe and le déjeuner, no menu, that's it, that is today's lunch.
Has it all gone now?
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Post by buhi on Jul 7, 2017 22:41:36 GMT 7
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Post by rubl on Jul 7, 2017 22:46:57 GMT 7
Orleans and later Normandy. French food, wine and cheese, plus the fresh bread. Any cafe and le déjeuner, no menu, that's it, that is today's lunch. Has it all gone now? In and around big cities probably gone with the need to adapt to the new, speedy way of life. Outside of that France may not have changed that much. South coast probably completely spoiled, blame tourists and immigrants and anyone else you don't like  |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Jul 7, 2017 22:49:47 GMT 7
Orleans and later Normandy. French food, wine and cheese, plus the fresh bread. Any cafe and le déjeuner, no menu, that's it, that is today's lunch. Has it all gone now? Head to Laos or Vietnam, still very much alive. |
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Post by bowie on Jul 7, 2017 23:00:57 GMT 7
Orleans and later Normandy. French food, wine and cheese, plus the fresh bread. Any cafe and le déjeuner, no menu, that's it, that is today's lunch. Has it all gone now? In and around big cities probably gone with the need to adapt to the new, speedy way of life. Outside France may not have changed that much. South coast probably completely spoiled, blame tourists and immigrants and anyone else you don't like I loved Holland too uncle. Yes been around. And why i love Bangkok. Still the old ways, outside of the known traps. I wander up the soi and choose to eat and drink. Not wine unfortunately, or cheese, but i buy that without much problem. Bread, no, but we must suffer for our sins. My local lunch place, my table and a word as i come in of what i am eating. Friends. |
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