J_in_France

Thank you for clarifying that Joke but why the need to post a thread when you could have replied to the PM’s?

@panda12 wrote:

so they used coathanger’s

I did think about adding to this story but then I read the Oscar Wilde quote that panda posts and decided not to – the never-ending story is not a place for animosity

@anc wrote:

No way! I’ve only ever known one other person with my birthday – honestly! :o

I shared my birthday in my class at primary and secondary school with two others

Also shared the same day with my mother

@rubyred wrote:

@rubyred wrote:

i just KNOW j in France speaks with a ” eeeee by gum she is a right mithering barncake our betty”..

coughs and laughs … lol
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desole.. while rolling his rrrr.s in a gallic fashion!

of course rubyred is right – I obviously speak with a northern accent but also a Gallic one and perhaps a few others too

@boojangle wrote:

Ok is it just me that reads a post and imagines it being said how we assume the poster speaks???

It is isn’t it? lol

I do the same because you can actually get a handle on peoples characters by what they say.
In life I am not someone who is serious and am always up for a laugh, and to me there is a lot of fun in having a good…[Read more]

@rubyred wrote:

@J_in_France wrote:

@rubyred wrote:

@J_in_France wrote:

I am wondering how Panda gets drunk on a cup of tea

hhhhmmmm and I am wondering why you are so Anal Retentive actually.

Let it go ffs.

lol to let it go would not be retentive surely

au contraire ??

pas de souci

rubyred wrote:

J_in_France wrote:
I am wondering how Panda gets drunk on a cup of tea

hhhhmmmm and I am wondering why you are so Anal Retentive actually.

Let it go ffs.

lol to let it go would not be retentive surely

I am wondering how Panda gets drunk on a cup of tea

@jen_jen wrote:

still, dry…a New Zealand Chablis…interesting….

nice choice

funnily enough in France there is very little imported wine so the choice is …. well I can’t say limited but it is only to French wines usually

though I can’t complain because I work teaching English to French business people and one of the places I ‘work’ at is a…[Read more]

@jen_jen wrote:

raises a glass of white….doesn’t care who to but I’m not sharing!

still, sweet or sparkling?

@panda12 wrote:

@J_in_France wrote:

@panda12 wrote:

@J_in_France wrote:

Panda this is a fun thread – don’t ruin it for others please by attacking others – thanks

WTF?????????????????????

You wanna take it easy on that wine, seems to have impaired your judgement. :roll:

WTF – Why The Fixation? you can’t get away from thin and cosy it seems

Raises a…

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@panda12 wrote:

@J_in_France wrote:

Panda this is a fun thread – don’t ruin it for others please by attacking others – thanks

WTF?????????????????????

You wanna take it easy on that wine, seems to have impaired your judgement. :roll:

WTF – Why The Fixation? you can’t get away from thin and cosy it seems

Raises a glass of red to Panda

Panda this is a fun thread – don’t ruin it for others please by attacking others – thanks

@coathanger wrote:

* makes notes furiously * :D

Coathanger is at the same institution as thin but on the shorthand course

I cheated by naming Anc lol but apparently the Dordogne has suffered severe deforestation to keep her warm

Saumur Champigny for the red wine as it is local and good!

@tinks wrote:

My better half washes up every evening without fail………..I must buy him some fancy batman rubber gloves :D

lol let him wash up in peace before you enjoy your fetishes – or buy a dishwasher and save time :wink:

@a certain sadness wrote:

I walk under ladders everyday, in fact i look for ladders in the street to walk under and if i cant find them i get the ladders out of the garage set them up and walk under them cos i cant be this unlucky naturally.

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@Irish_Lucy wrote:

Friday the 13th has always been lucky for me, so I should buy a lotto ticket today and stay in bed tomorrow as Saturday the 14th fecks me up everytime!!!.

In France the lotto is on Monday, Wednesday and Saturdays but when it is a Friday the 13th there is a SuperLotto and tonight it is for 13 million euros. Can but hope :wink:

@anc wrote:

Trying to light a fire with damp wood! :lol:

Found some dry kindling, so will keep going with that! :D

Bark from dried wood works really well – we chop our own from old wooden boards but the supermarkets sell it in bags – but all the publicity that comes through the letter box every day is also good for starting fires

@anc wrote:

It is, when you can’t afford to turn the CH on, ‘cos of the price of oil!!!! :D

Same with the price of gas too. Living in the country we have a gas tank that costs 2500 euros to fill and even using the central heating frugally it disappears rapidly. Having a wood burner in the kitchen/living area where we spend most of our time is…[Read more]