LATEST MOAN FROM YOU AND ME - 2021

Tell me it was scented oil to go with the massage you had planned Harry

 

It was probably 5W40.

 

It's been an ongoing problem here when the French, bless them, want to try out their 'English' on the Brits but the Brits are desperate to practise their French. So you get a bizarre conversation in unintelligible English on one side and ditto in 'French' on the other. Problem compounded by a lot of Parisiens imagining that they're speaking English when they're actually talking American
I try (diplomatically) to suggest that, as we're in France, it's only right to speak French
Goodness knows how you go on in Belgium or Switzerland!!

 

Same here. Problem is that being a "tourist" region most folk speak English anyway (think it is mandatory in schools). However, locals are delighted for you to speak the lingo ... but they can then go off a mile a minute leaving you in a fog!

We used to have mains water problems so rather than call the offices I would call the Road Crew Manager on his mobile. As soon as I said "Ola Senor Oliveira", he would say ... "Dona Calvos, we are dealing with it, wait a few hours please." obviously in Portuguese but I was Mrs and the name of the hamlet near us!

 

Something that has been bothering me for some time now.

In Disney World the statue of Walt and Mickey clearly shows that Mickey is half the height of Walt. Yet, when we see Mickey in real life - he looks to be twice as high as his statue.

I can only assume that Walt Disney was 12 feet tall....

 

@noisette47 that is funny. I can picture that conversation being like something out of the pink panther... inspector clouseau and the menkee... And very true, out of respect for the local population/businesses, I won't visit countries where English is not thr primary language.

 

I'm absolutely outraged that my country is accessing Covax for the CV19 vaccine. That is a scheme meant to help poor and third world countreis. Not nations like Canada who don't have enough simply because our prime minister tried to make a deal with the devil which fell through, then covered up his mistake for months and before looking at alternates and dragged his heels on that too.

Why should a well to do country be taking medicine from the poor? Absolutely unacceptable

I'm willing to wait as long as it takes for the vulnerable in those other countries to get theirs first because I have access to clean water, masks, hand sanitizers etc. They may not and need it more than me!

Totally ashamed

 

Love the Pink Panther movies. Since then we have always called our cats collectively The Minkies. Actually a group of cats is called a Clowder.

 

My moan is... after my tolerance and pretend patience, having received from the start, a machine with factory faults built in.. I was told by Rascol.com. that one part was fitted back to front so would not work at all ..after returning my xmas pressie for the 2nd time they left me wondering for 2 weeks what the outcome would be this time. I never would have excepted a repair but they went ahead and sent the machine back to me stating it is working fine now. I sent an email on Monday demanding my money back and that I would take them into a dispute with Paypal if my demand was not meet.I got an auto answer to say that they are closed for a minimum of one week. So I logged into paypal to start my dispute with Rascol.com.
Paypal emailed the company requesting their version basically and showed me what they had written, which is normal. I now have a case number.
Yesterday out of the blue Rascol.com telephoned me, 1st time ever. Stated that 'my'...'my' machine is now ready to return to me....that was a quick weeks shutdown because of Covid19 the reason was stated in the original auto response email..I did hit the roof...but quietly to myself..She stated the machine had always worked and it is working now...what....cross but I was not about to lose it now..I stated a dispute is in place and we are not allowed to communicate.I said there is no way I will except a faulty machine and would refuse the delivery.. and so it went on. Stalemate.. so I said quite clearly that this is Au revoir and I said I am now going to put the phone down..which I did...

 

Deliveries from France

8 Days to get it to the airport! Which was only 13km/8 miles away!

4 Days to get it from their airport (near Paris) to the UK! (+ tracking disappears)


But after it arrives in the UK, DPD will get it to your door the next day.

 

La Poste is in meltdown. The French attitude to a failing business is to double the prices and halve the efficiency

 

I ordered something and it took 10 days from dispache to me, it only had to travel 28 miles, no tracking as it was though normal post, i could have drove there and back quicker but would cost me alot more and with the I'm only aloud to go out only if nessurary it was the best thing