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  #11  
Vecchio 28-10-2005, 21.40.06
JX Bardant
 
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> 3. How Very French![color=blue]
>
> Two car-related events. Pick whichever one best suits your set of
> prejudices. A caveat: these things happened in Brittany, so French
> people might disown one or both of them as being Breton rather than
> French experiences.[/color]

Normands and Auvergnats, not Bretons, have a reputation for being
tight-fisted...
Bretons (and Ch'ti, from the North) are supposed to be drunkards, which is
unfortunately not only a cliché.
[color=blue]
> When I came out in the morning one of my tyres was fully deflated. I
> pumped it up (a battery-powered pump is a great motoring accessory)
> and the tyre held long enough to get me to a repair shop. The young
> man there removed the wheel and spent about 20 minutes tricking about
> with it. Then he replaced it and came over to tell me that he had
> found no puncture, so had replaced the valve on the supposition that
> the problem was there, and advised that I keep an eye on things just
> in case he was wrong. How much did I owe him for his time and the
> valve? Nothing, as he couldn't guarantee the repair. (I have driven
> about 1000 km. since, and the tyre is holding its pressure.)
>
> I drove into a filling station and had ?40 convenient to hand (to be
> more exact, in my shirt pocket) so decided that would be the amount of
> my purchase. I overshot, and pumped ?40.01 worth -- a whole cent over,
> or .025%. I tendered the ?40, and the attendant asked me for the cent.[/color]

Both experiences have honour in common...
The first guy found it shameful to ask money for a repair he wasn't sure
about.
The second guy found it shameful that you may decide to give yourself a
rebate. Actually he would probably have told you to forget it if you had
begun to search your pockets for that cent. He, not you, was supposed to
decide whether the price was 40.00 or 40.01...
[color=blue]
> So which is the typical French experience?[/color]

What's this typical anglo-saxon habit of looking for a typical this or that
in every experience? ;-)


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  #12  
Vecchio 28-10-2005, 21.40.06
JX Bardant
 
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Predefinito Re: My trip to Brittany

> 3. How Very French![color=blue]
>
> Two car-related events. Pick whichever one best suits your set of
> prejudices. A caveat: these things happened in Brittany, so French
> people might disown one or both of them as being Breton rather than
> French experiences.[/color]

Normands and Auvergnats, not Bretons, have a reputation for being
tight-fisted...
Bretons (and Ch'ti, from the North) are supposed to be drunkards, which is
unfortunately not only a cliché.
[color=blue]
> When I came out in the morning one of my tyres was fully deflated. I
> pumped it up (a battery-powered pump is a great motoring accessory)
> and the tyre held long enough to get me to a repair shop. The young
> man there removed the wheel and spent about 20 minutes tricking about
> with it. Then he replaced it and came over to tell me that he had
> found no puncture, so had replaced the valve on the supposition that
> the problem was there, and advised that I keep an eye on things just
> in case he was wrong. How much did I owe him for his time and the
> valve? Nothing, as he couldn't guarantee the repair. (I have driven
> about 1000 km. since, and the tyre is holding its pressure.)
>
> I drove into a filling station and had ?40 convenient to hand (to be
> more exact, in my shirt pocket) so decided that would be the amount of
> my purchase. I overshot, and pumped ?40.01 worth -- a whole cent over,
> or .025%. I tendered the ?40, and the attendant asked me for the cent.[/color]

Both experiences have honour in common...
The first guy found it shameful to ask money for a repair he wasn't sure
about.
The second guy found it shameful that you may decide to give yourself a
rebate. Actually he would probably have told you to forget it if you had
begun to search your pockets for that cent. He, not you, was supposed to
decide whether the price was 40.00 or 40.01...
[color=blue]
> So which is the typical French experience?[/color]

What's this typical anglo-saxon habit of looking for a typical this or that
in every experience? ;-)


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  #13  
Vecchio 28-10-2005, 21.40.06
JX Bardant
 
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Predefinito Re: My trip to Brittany

> 3. How Very French![color=blue]
>
> Two car-related events. Pick whichever one best suits your set of
> prejudices. A caveat: these things happened in Brittany, so French
> people might disown one or both of them as being Breton rather than
> French experiences.[/color]

Normands and Auvergnats, not Bretons, have a reputation for being
tight-fisted...
Bretons (and Ch'ti, from the North) are supposed to be drunkards, which is
unfortunately not only a cliché.
[color=blue]
> When I came out in the morning one of my tyres was fully deflated. I
> pumped it up (a battery-powered pump is a great motoring accessory)
> and the tyre held long enough to get me to a repair shop. The young
> man there removed the wheel and spent about 20 minutes tricking about
> with it. Then he replaced it and came over to tell me that he had
> found no puncture, so had replaced the valve on the supposition that
> the problem was there, and advised that I keep an eye on things just
> in case he was wrong. How much did I owe him for his time and the
> valve? Nothing, as he couldn't guarantee the repair. (I have driven
> about 1000 km. since, and the tyre is holding its pressure.)
>
> I drove into a filling station and had ?40 convenient to hand (to be
> more exact, in my shirt pocket) so decided that would be the amount of
> my purchase. I overshot, and pumped ?40.01 worth -- a whole cent over,
> or .025%. I tendered the ?40, and the attendant asked me for the cent.[/color]

Both experiences have honour in common...
The first guy found it shameful to ask money for a repair he wasn't sure
about.
The second guy found it shameful that you may decide to give yourself a
rebate. Actually he would probably have told you to forget it if you had
begun to search your pockets for that cent. He, not you, was supposed to
decide whether the price was 40.00 or 40.01...
[color=blue]
> So which is the typical French experience?[/color]

What's this typical anglo-saxon habit of looking for a typical this or that
in every experience? ;-)


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  #14  
Vecchio 28-10-2005, 21.48.32
Keith Anderson
 
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On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:23:19 +0100, Padraig Breathnach
<padraigb@MUNGEDiol.ie> wrote:
[color=blue]
>My recent trip to Brittany was not typical tourism. I went to a place
>I know well to spend time seeing friends. Such trips are not normally
>the stuff of travel writing, but can yield vignettes worth sharing.[/color]


[----]

and thanks for sharing them.


Keith, Bristol, UK

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Vecchio 28-10-2005, 21.48.32
Keith Anderson
 
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On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:23:19 +0100, Padraig Breathnach
<padraigb@MUNGEDiol.ie> wrote:
[color=blue]
>My recent trip to Brittany was not typical tourism. I went to a place
>I know well to spend time seeing friends. Such trips are not normally
>the stuff of travel writing, but can yield vignettes worth sharing.[/color]


[----]

and thanks for sharing them.


Keith, Bristol, UK

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Vecchio 28-10-2005, 21.48.32
Keith Anderson
 
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On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:23:19 +0100, Padraig Breathnach
<padraigb@MUNGEDiol.ie> wrote:
[color=blue]
>My recent trip to Brittany was not typical tourism. I went to a place
>I know well to spend time seeing friends. Such trips are not normally
>the stuff of travel writing, but can yield vignettes worth sharing.[/color]


[----]

and thanks for sharing them.


Keith, Bristol, UK

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Vecchio 28-10-2005, 21.48.32
Keith Anderson
 
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On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 15:23:19 +0100, Padraig Breathnach
<padraigb@MUNGEDiol.ie> wrote:
[color=blue]
>My recent trip to Brittany was not typical tourism. I went to a place
>I know well to spend time seeing friends. Such trips are not normally
>the stuff of travel writing, but can yield vignettes worth sharing.[/color]


[----]

and thanks for sharing them.


Keith, Bristol, UK

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Vecchio 28-10-2005, 21.57.18
michaelnewport@yahoo.com
 
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Padraig Breathnach schreef:
[color=blue]
> My recent trip to Brittany was not typical tourism. I went to a place
> I know well to spend time seeing friends. Such trips are not normally
> the stuff of travel writing, but can yield vignettes worth sharing.
> Here are some:
>[/color]

do you think the bovines were stressed when they had their throats slit
?

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Vecchio 28-10-2005, 21.57.18
michaelnewport@yahoo.com
 
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Padraig Breathnach schreef:
[color=blue]
> My recent trip to Brittany was not typical tourism. I went to a place
> I know well to spend time seeing friends. Such trips are not normally
> the stuff of travel writing, but can yield vignettes worth sharing.
> Here are some:
>[/color]

do you think the bovines were stressed when they had their throats slit
?

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Vecchio 28-10-2005, 21.57.18
michaelnewport@yahoo.com
 
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Padraig Breathnach schreef:
[color=blue]
> My recent trip to Brittany was not typical tourism. I went to a place
> I know well to spend time seeing friends. Such trips are not normally
> the stuff of travel writing, but can yield vignettes worth sharing.
> Here are some:
>[/color]

do you think the bovines were stressed when they had their throats slit
?

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