Archive for January, 2008
Posted in January 31st, 2008
Unprecedented falls of snow have swept across China in the last few days hampering people’s attempts to travel home for the Chinese New Year Celebrations. The photograph show the crowds at Shanghai Railway station where thousands of stranded travellers have been for days.
A spokesman for China Rail blamed leaves on the line…..and, of course, the […]
continue reading.....
Posted in January 30th, 2008
Ah the consequences………..
continue reading.....
Posted in January 30th, 2008
Don’t forget the sale of books at this week’s Connect for Friendship meeting ~ 10 am ~ 12 midday.
Bring some & buy some!!
continue reading.....
Posted in January 30th, 2008
Hi ALL members of the Book Club.
Recently we made our choices for the books to be read this year and produced a very good and challenging list.
The list has been revised slightly.
The choice of “The Great Apes” Will Self, has been put back for later in the year, dependent on further discussion and clarification.
Please bring […]
continue reading.....
Posted in January 30th, 2008
What’s happening in/around this part of the Limousin?
Well, under the umbrella of the Connect for Friendship banner, we have been in the process of forming a new Book club which will cater for anyone who wishes to read and discuss books in English. So far we have 19 members, mainly British but also some Dutch. ……… […]
continue reading.....
Posted in January 30th, 2008
For those of you who know France, live here or visit often, you will not be surprised at the spectacle of a Frenchman caught short and sometimes in the act of relieving himself bragging at the same time. This is a fairly frequent happening in our neck of the Limousin woods. There he stands back to […]
continue reading.....
Posted in January 30th, 2008
Well, thanks Jules for a great birthday pressie. Methinks Wordpress is a very flexible and innovative blog vehicle. I’m just going to practice a little before letting loose on a gullible public and we must talk a little about ways/means of increasing traffic flow.
Thanks again ~ and let this be the first of many posts…………..Gorseinonboy.
continue reading.....
Posted in January 29th, 2008
One of the Great Apes of the Congo went ape**** last night when he heard that the book by Will Self was being banned at the St Yrieix Book Club for purple passages……Actually the passages were blue rather than purple…….Very very Blue.
continue reading.....
Posted in January 28th, 2008
Sir DickHead announces he’s “got his knickers in a twist over Northern Rock” or is that “neck in a tangle with two jets”.
Come on DickHead get yourself out of this tangle. Leave it to people who are in the business e.g. Lloyds TSB……..
continue reading.....
Posted in January 27th, 2008
Just one of the many Xmas & New Year Parties……….
continue reading.....
Posted in January 26th, 2008
Posted in January 25th, 2008
Posted in January 24th, 2008
Will the Book club read/not read Will Self’s book ~ “The Great Apes” ? For anyone wanting to discover more about Will Self [Author of Great Apes] please click on the following link:
http://www.will-self.com/
continue reading.....
Posted in January 24th, 2008
Minister grants relief to all EU residents in France
24th January 2008
The British Embassy, Paris today announced that ALL early-retired inactive non-French Europeans who were legally resident in France on or before 23rd November 2007 will be allowed to stay in or join the CMU, including E106 holders.
A copy of the e-mail received from the Embassy […]
continue reading.....
Posted in January 24th, 2008
Posted in January 24th, 2008
Tsonga beats Nadal to reach final© ITN 2008
Unseeded Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has shocked Rafael Nadal to reach the final of the Australian Open.
Tsonga, who is only playing in a Grand Slam event for the fifth time, beat Nadal 6-2 6-3 6-2 to reach his first-ever major final.Tsonga dominated his service games with serve-and-volley tactics, serving […]
continue reading.....
Posted in January 24th, 2008
Too much to drink in St Yrieix!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
continue reading.....
Posted in January 24th, 2008
A fairly unknown Frenchman has beaten Nadal in th Austrailian Open………………………………He won’t be unknown any more!!!!!!!!
continue reading.....
Posted in January 24th, 2008
Anyone like to write a tribute to Mr Hain?
Now don’t all rush at once.
continue reading.....
Posted in January 23rd, 2008
Just thought you might be interested in this….
It was after we attended the 2007 Pont Laveyrat Memorial service that I wrote the attached article. We were astonished that on a cold Friday afternoon in February that nearly 500 people would assemble in a remote part of Beyssenac to remember the occasion of the massacre of […]
continue reading.....
