J_in_France

@J_in_France wrote:

rolls terry’s eyes back to him so he can see

Poli – the cars are great but so are the people who drive them and this is the fifth year that some of the have come here

Hehe thanks Mrs T

lol anc a peugeot 106 sadly is not a classic

Pepsi – our kids call a 2CV an upside down pram – but I would love to have a Citroen DS…

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@kent f OBE wrote:

@J_in_France wrote:

@kent f OBE wrote:

J…sounds lovely :lol:

I stayed at the Randolph in February….was told the bar was famous in Morse….although I have never watched an episode in my life……the hotel was lovely…Oxford is lovely, I have only been twice there but it’s a very special place for me

lol I am guessing…

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@J_in_France wrote:

@kent f OBE wrote:

J…sounds lovely :lol:

I stayed at the Randolph in February….was told the bar was famous in Morse….although I have never watched an episode in my life……the hotel was lovely…Oxford is lovely, I have only been twice there but it’s a very special place for me

lol I am guessing someone else drove…

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@tinks wrote:

J if you ever need a stand in ……..someone who can have un petit natter en francais whilst having a quick wine tasting sesson then I’m your girl :D

lol many thanks tinks but the next lesson is to be over lunch at a very nice restaurant in Saumur -…

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@J_in_France wrote:

@tinks wrote:

@J_in_France wrote:

@tinks wrote:

J if you ever need a stand in ……..someone who can have un petit natter en francais whilst having a quick wine tasting sesson then I’m your girl :D

lol many thanks tinks but the next lesson is to be over lunch at a very nice restaurant in Saumur – as I will not be…

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@J_in_France wrote:

@tinks wrote:

@J_in_France wrote:

@tinks wrote:

J if you ever need a stand in ……..someone who can have un petit natter en francais whilst having a quick wine tasting sesson then I’m your girl :D

lol many thanks tinks but the next lesson is to be over lunch at a very nice restaurant in Saumur – as I will not be paying I have…

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@J_in_France wrote:

When I left school I had no idea what profession I wanted to follow but I got a job working in Blackwells book shop in Oxford – so any programs of Morse or Lewis have a sentimental meaning to me. And for anyone who knows Oxford I used to play football for the Randolph Hotel

Later on I worked in Maastricht when the treaty was…

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@J_in_France wrote:

lol saves Panda the effort

terry and cloud cuckoo land – and to use another idiom – hand in hand

I appreciate that Terry is a commonly used male name or abbreviation in Britain. However what about Cloud cuckoo land? Whence does that come?

@J_in_France wrote:

Colonialsism was alright when it was the UK painting the world map red but the spin off has to be accepted. My father in law came to the UK in the 50’s from India though he is of Irish descent and his ancestor’s were in the British Army.

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@panda12 wrote:

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@J_in_France wrote:

panda get a life

J, give up the cheap, french wine. You are fooling no one.

I really have to wonder what your problem is panda

French wine is cheap compared to the UK

and if you think I am drunk well you think wrongly but are you drunk on cheap east european…

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@panda12 wrote:

@J_in_France wrote:

@panda12 wrote:

@J_in_France wrote:

panda get a life

J, give up the cheap, french wine. You are fooling no one.

I really have to wonder what your problem is panda

French wine is cheap compared to the UK

and if you think I am drunk well you think wrongly but are you drunk on cheap east european wine?

No. Unlike…

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@panda12 wrote:

@J_in_France wrote:

panda get a life

J, give up the cheap, french wine. You are fooling no one.

I really have to wonder what your problem is panda

French wine is cheap compared to the UK

and if you think I am drunk well you think wrongly but are you drunk on cheap east european wine?

@J_in_France wrote:

@panda12 wrote:

@J_in_France wrote:

panda go to bed and sober up

I think you meant to say, ” panda, I’m going to bed to sober up.”

You do that J. Wine and whining is not good for you.

actually panda you need to really get a life

chat is a medium that people use to relax in but you take it far to seriously and making petty…

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@J_in_France wrote:

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@Terry wrote:

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you have lost the plot when it comes to replying to threads.

Something that would never apply to you….. :roll:

I might lose the plot when I reply to threads, but I don’t lose it when starting threads.

Milord, I refer you to:

@Terry wrote:

I only need a few more posts to get my…

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@J_in_France wrote:

This period of time 30 years ago was an interesting one for me – in the April I met Helen and in May we got engaged before we had bought and moved in to our first house together in the August. In the meantime we had a holiday in the Lake District, visited Edinburgh and South Wales, and saw Simon and Garfunkel live at…

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@J_in_France wrote:

Personally I have no problem with sites using ad-server sites to pay the cost of providing the site, but I do find it a pain when the advertising is intrusive to the point that it is very difficult to bypass or takes over a large percentage of the page limiting access to the page. For example there is one site that appears on…

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@J_in_France wrote:

For example there is one site that appears on the right hand side of the screen which causes the text in the chat room to be cut off

Which ad is that?

@J_in_France wrote:

To cut a friend off because they do not value your opinion seems a bit harsh but that is your choice

If you and I were friends and I didn’t value your opinion and you knew I didn’t. Why on earth would you want me as a friend???

Wake up and smell the coffee!

@Terry wrote:

@J_in_France wrote:

Then you have to accept their choice and be there if they need your support in the future, but not be judgmental if things go wrong

Why support someone who doesn’t even value your opinion?

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@J_in_France wrote:

Then you have to accept their choice and be there if they need your support in the future, but not be judgmental if things go wrong

Why support someone who doesn’t even value your opinion?