Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

The French for starters.

Don't get Hilary going again Dil. She will say you are cherry picking.

Cynes is fearful of the big wide world out there - Staying in safe houses, living in fear, is that a life?

Have you ever ventured to the East End of London of a night cynic?

i worked at Number 1 Brick Lane for about 15 years and my fathers parents lived in the area for a long time ..... pratt!

LOL - That sums you up well cynic, thick as a brick and a selfrightous prick.

Cyners,

The French tax system isn't that different to the UK system insofar as your average Jacques Brun pays about the same as the average Jim Brown does in the UK. Their wealth tax is swingeing though, but that only applies to residents, so the key is not to be there for more than 180 days a year.

And their primeval succession/inheritance property laws were changed in 2015.

Dilbert,

By 80907 I presume you mean that you're not used to having people smile and say good morning to you as you walk down the street in Wales?

Iturama,

Only the black ones!

so a tent by Lake Lucerne for the other 180 days? :-)

No Cerise it's just that I find them so dam ignorant , ffs half of them don't even speak English :-)

Dil.

Ever wondered what the French think of you.

That is assuming they would be bothered to think about you.

Probably think wow he's hot ... oo la la :-)

To hot to touch maybe Dil. :-)

Est-ce que cet homme baise vraiment les moutons?

:o)

he'll leave that to the welsh contingent!

So is the lightning striking near to where you live? Maybe it isn't or hasn't....

Use t'Internet to find out: http://www.lightningmaps.org/?lang=en#x=-0.2925;m=sat;r=1;t=3;s=0;o=0;b=9.85;n=0;y=51.8657;z=8;d=7;dl=7;dc=0;i=0;

Play around with the settings and zoom in and out as to how you like.
Also check out the Facebook and Twitter links.

As I post this, it seems Telford and the areas around Oxford are/have been getting hit quite a bit.

There are thunderstorms and lightning strikes happening just over the English Channel in France too.

31/5/2018

Marine Corps Lieutenant General Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., joint staff director at the Defense Department, told reporters Thursday that, although he would not compare the threats posed to the U.S. by China and North Korea, "we are prepared for both." The two Asia-Pacific allies have drifted apart in recent years as Pyongyang accelerated its nuclear program, but China remains a staunch opponent of expanding U.S. military activity in the region and especially in the South China Sea.

"We take both threats seriously. Certainly, China has a much larger nuclear capability and you've got to take that into account, China has a much larger economic engine that you have to take into account so the threats are very different," McKenzie told reporters at the Pentagon.

"When you consider North Korea, the first thing you look at is their capricious and unpredictable behavior spanning back several decades," he added.
.........

Hmmm?

So there you have it. As Defense Secretary, James Mattis, heads to Singapore for a major international security conference, the Pentagon tell the world the USA is prepared to take on both China and North Korea.

it`s all a question of who wants to rule the world - or blow it all to pieces either way we all come to the same end.

Hils , my only recollectin of 2 years of French studies was that Madame Masaud was always dans la cuisine where she belongs and Monsieur Masaud was always dans le jardin avec Marie-France , Jean Paul et Claudette but I can guess what mouttons are.

So cest la vie , cest la vie :-)

ExecLine,

Not being prepared would be a story.

Cheers,
KidA

Well, I wouldn't want to read the one about the USA taking on both countries.

So then you would have 3 nuclear 'tooled-up' countries at war with each other and, since we are an ally of the USA, we might have to get involved ourselves.

Nah, the UK would just tear up any previous agreements with the USA or any other allies and just get on with trading!