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Changing Time

Summertime and the living is easy, (as Janis Joplin so beautifully sang). However, there is nothing easy with […]

March 30, 2013 Uncategorized

It Would Drive you Mad

Personal mobility; A God given right? Wrong. Motoring is fast becoming a luxury.  Sure we can’t survive without […]

March 10, 2013 Uncategorized

Ambiguous Ad

I’m an avid collector of old French adverts. Here’s a gem from my collection.

March 2, 2013 Uncategorized

Doughnut Day (or is it?)

First, a little excerpt from this morning’s Daily Telegraph (UK) « Experts from the UN cultural organisation, UNESCO, […]

March 1, 2013 Uncategorized

Light up or Shoot up?

Our Stations are gateways to Paris. A few words on shooting up or lighting up after your train. […]

February 27, 2013 Uncategorized

That was the week that is /was/has been – 6

Review of Week 6 – 4th – 11th February 2013 The Porridge Factor Hail, rain, snow, more snow, […]

February 11, 2013 Uncategorized

Taking Down the Tree and Cooking Up Crêpes

Have you taken down your Christmas tree yet ? There are still plenty of houses down my way with […]

February 2, 2013 Uncategorized

Celebrity Come Diving

It’s somewhere after nine on Friday night, and I’m in the kitchen, escaping from the TV. Tonight’s televisual […]

February 1, 2013 Uncategorized

That Was the Week That Is – Weasels in Week 5

Week 5 The French have an annoying habit of reckoning the year in weeks. An example – the […]

February 1, 2013 Uncategorized

Death of a Snowman

Show’s over, or snow’s over. So a couple of dead snowmen. Nothing more sad than dead snow.  

January 22, 2013 Uncategorized

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