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.

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Namrehproud to sayIm just a lucky thicko

Ok will tell ..........i seem to remeber a certain Howard Wilinson won p/ship with Leeds soon after its inception . Probably find out i am wrong now ;-)) but am pretty certain .

and certainly not a Parisian !!! ..lts not even France proper !! ...l am from a small village called Labestide- Murat near Brive-La-Gaillarde. Still a little lost ? lt lies about 90 km from Bordeaux in foothills of the C.M. ...But that is of little consequence but what is most important is i can buy wine ..:-)) i see in UK vintners for 10 to 25 for a fraction of that --usually a tenth or so ..( in addition ,,,Reg. cuisine -You obviously dont look in the right places ...Driving -lts all relative- Go to Rome and by comparison we are F1 drivers. Also we dont have the road rage scenarios. ...There are more michellin eateries in Paris than rest of world put together!!...We have THE ONLT truly independant space programme in Toulouse whick makes the USA facility look antiquated , We wont be cold when hydrocarbons run out as we mastered nuclear fusion and thus France is 84% nuclear.-safely and cheaply . We have trains that run at more than twice twice the speed of the brits dated train system and our stations and airports dont either shut down or go to sleep when it gets dark :- ))..We dont have those awful back to back housing where people live in a manner more befitting a hamster., or unemployed armies of young girls wandering around with a hoarde of screaming kids-all by different fathers in tow. People take a huge pride in their homes and villages here and whilst its not exactly my thingd we have an annual contest where over 1000 villages compete for that which is most pleasing to the senses. ....Aww i could compile a catalogue of French ways being superior to Brit way ........BUT to sum it all up in one sentance -Recently Marks and Spencer laid off a number of workers at one of their Parisian mega stores ( synergies u understand ). Subsequently it brought over 300,000 onto the streets of Paris- from Drs, Lawyers,teachers and civil servants to housewives, pensioners and,students workers-: who would not disperse until said workers were re-instated -which they were the next day . Gone are the days of hiring and firing on whim ,(esp when employes may have worked there for many years) and sometimes overmanning is not neccasarily a bad thing if it avoids a high social price..But since when have your political masters cared about that ??? ...

French ways being superior to Brit way ........ Don't see many froggies fighting in iraq.....or anywhere else for that matter, they'd sooner piss the wine up the wall and sh*g each other...

Sounds like a plan to me! :o)

Well Do Tell - Out of curiosity WHAT would u prefer ?? ---Dodging bullets while bearing in mind your next footstep could blow you to oblivion ---Or having a drink and the company of a nice lady ? REG lraQ ,,,Try watching a new film called the hurt locker- and you hopefully change your mind about what is in truth a RESOURCE war which will beget many similar wars until the entire world is dragged in ......---i told u in no uncertain terms what i thought of war in an earliar posting ! WAR SUCKS !!!!!!!.....l find the only people who support this war in lraq is those that have never been in a conflict

now your worrying me chris.....;))

what du mean- souns like a most brilliant plan ..;-)

TFC
Howard Wilkinson guided Leeds to the First Division Championship in 1992, then the Premiership was formed in 1993. I am 99% certain that no English manager has taken any club to the Premiership title.

Hilary
Steve Bruce was with Man U when they won the Premiership but has not taken a team to the title as a manager.

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TFC,

Leeds have never won the Premiership. There are only 4 teams who have ever won it - Man U, Arsenal, Chelsea and Blackburn. It's a classic question at quiz nights.

kimoldfield,

I know Steve Bruce was with Man U. If you read TFC's question carefully, he didn't say that the manager had to be a manager at the time the Premiership was being won. Steve Bruce was Man United's captain when they won it and therefore "guided" the team to success as per TFC's wording.

Tabster,

Although Shearer won a Premier league title at Blackburn, Tim Sherwood was their captain at the time. Shearer was the league's top goalscorer that season, but didn't technically "guide" the team to success in the way that Steve Bruce did.

Balerboy,

Re....Don't see many froggies fighting in Iraq. Please don't lump all persons from a single country together. Surely the lack of French Forces fighting in Iraq is down to their government.
Although this is a 'Talk to yourself thread' (and talk about almost anything), it has always been a none personal, none insulting thread, with plenty of friendly banter. Lets keep it that way.

Very eloquently worded Hilaryand I will except your take

The French Connectionyou are preaching to the convertedwhen we talk about Great Britain nowwe are of course referring to the populationhelped on by the waving hand in Calais of the French Law enforcement agencies
I would be living in France now if the family would agreealmost all that you say is correct thoughin fact it could have been me writing itI will however take issue with the driving.the French think Magny Cours is all roadsparking is still stopping a car where you like as for traditional cuisineI agree you need to visit villages and we wont mention BookmakersI have eaten in the Le Restaurant Opera in Paris with a group of friendswe all put on that polite smile when we received the tabthink they added a zero?
The rest of your post is spot onI have had the pleasure to visit many French villagesBormes-Les-Mimosas is like walking into paradiseOld Village Mougins at night is spectacular for a meal Grassenot so prettybut we buy all our smellies from the greatest perfumery in the World.not forgetting Biot for its sensational designer handblown glasswareand of course the Hippodrome Cagnes-sur-MerLa Cote DAzurs very own Ascot
Balerthe French wont fight in Iraqbecause they are sensiblewhy are we fighting there?answers please?they also dont get pissed.in my experience they drink far less wine than we doand as for shagging each other..better to shag each otherthan a complete strangertheir children normally have a Mum and Dad..

Hilary, are you an MP? ;o)

No, but you're welcome to pay for my duck house.

With or without a ramp?

Humbly stand corrected reg. trivia Q .--have been duly ordered to stand in the corner adorned in dunces cap../.Tab -...slt..enchante' ...comment vas tu ? ..bien j'espere

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TFCand I am delighted you are not from Paris