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thomond2006 · 06-05-2017 01:53PM

Hmm pear and bacon sandwich. Delish.

Erik Shin · 06-05-2017 03:36PM

thomond2006 wrote: »

Hmm pear and bacon sandwich. Delish.

I'd rather take a dump on awec's chest

CatFromHue · 06-05-2017 04:39PM

When you say bacon do you mean a rasher or the american style bacon strip?

Erik Shin · 06-05-2017 05:10PM

CatFromHue wrote: »

When you say bacon do you mean a rasher or the american style bacon strip?

Doesn't matter...take the pear out and You've got a proper sandwich

07-05-2017 12:23AM

thomond2006 wrote: »

Hmm pear and bacon sandwich. Delish.

you spelled bacon and cheese wrong

Buer · 07-05-2017 05:07PM

Lowest turn out in French election in decades....plays right into MLP's hands.

This could get very interesting.

thomond2006 · 07-05-2017 05:08PM

Buer wrote: »

Lowest turn out in French election in decades....plays right into MLP's hands.

This could get very interesting.

Will we know by tonight?

Buer · 07-05-2017 05:14PM

thomond2006 wrote:

Will we know by tonight?

The exit polls should give a good indication by around 9pm if not sooner.

swiwi_ · 07-05-2017 05:34PM

Buer wrote: »

Lowest turn out in French election in decades....plays right into MLP's hands.

This could get very interesting.

There is no chance she wins. You can laugh at me later if I'm wrong. Which I won't be.

Buer · 07-05-2017 05:36PM

swiwi_ wrote:

There is no chance she wins. You can laugh at me later if I'm wrong. Which I won't be.

I'd still be shocked if she won but it does look like it will be closer than the wide margin indicated over the past week.

swiwi_ · 07-05-2017 05:48PM

Buer wrote: »

I'd still be shocked if she won but it does look like it will be closer than the wide margin indicated over the past week.

I'll be genuinely surprised if macron has anything less than 60 to 65% of the vote.

Bazzo · 07-05-2017 05:54PM

Buer wrote: »

I'd still be shocked if she won but it does look like it will be closer than the wide margin indicated over the past week.

swiwi_ wrote: »

I'll be genuinely surprised if macron has anything less than 60 to 65% of the vote.

It looks like the polls are already giving it to Macron with basically this exact margin.

https://www.letemps.ch/monde/2017/05/07/emmanuel-macron-president

swiwi_ · 07-05-2017 06:10PM

France is to French-speaking Switzerland what Australia is to NZ, US is to Canada etc.

The French are viewed as arrogant and their country (especially the economy) viewed as poorly managed. For their part the French see the Swiss as a little hick country. No love lost on either side.

France will remain a basket case imo. Any hint of reform = paralysing strikes.

I remember meeting a couple of French teachers who thought it was entirely reasonable to retire at 55 and live on a state pension. My best French mate works for the government (35 hrs) and gets 12 weeks holidays a year.

The French have it sweet on that account but their take home pay is rubbish and hence their purchasing power is low.

swiwi_ · 07-05-2017 07:11PM

Buer wrote: »

I'd still be shocked if she won but it does look like it will be closer than the wide margin indicated over the past week.

Might as well strike while I'm ahead...what's your prediction for the Lions tour...I suppose if you say NZ 3-0 I should be very worried

Buer · 07-05-2017 07:21PM

swiwi_ wrote:

Might as well strike while I'm ahead...what's your prediction for the Lions tour...I suppose if you say NZ 3-0 I should be very worried

10-0 NZ!

swiwi_ · 07-05-2017 07:25PM

Buer wrote: »

10-0 NZ!

I think you're roughly the same age as me...imagine being president of a country...:eek:

sydthebeat · 07-05-2017 09:22PM

Thank God the world hasn't continued to go mental....

Erik Shin · 07-05-2017 09:24PM

sydthebeat wrote: »

Thank God the world hasn't continued to go mental....

Yep....They decided not to elect the right wing candidate...But elected the one who as a 15yo had a relationship with his 39yo teacher?..... Dunno if I'm shocked or in awe of this man!

sydthebeat · 07-05-2017 09:28PM

Erik Shin wrote: »

Yep....They decided not to elect the right wing candidate...But elected the one who as a 15yo had a relationship with his 39yo teacher?..... Dunno if I'm shocked or in awe of this man!

He's French, they have form....

pickarooney · 07-05-2017 09:44PM

swiwi_ wrote: »

France is to French-speaking Switzerland what Australia is to NZ, US is to Canada etc.

The French are viewed as arrogant and their country (especially the economy) viewed as poorly managed. For their part the French see the Swiss as a little hick country. No love lost on either side.

France will remain a basket case imo. Any hint of reform = paralysing strikes.

I remember meeting a couple of French teachers who thought it was entirely reasonable to retire at 55 and live on a state pension. My best French mate works for the government (35 hrs) and gets 12 weeks holidays a year.

The French have it sweet on that account but their take home pay is rubbish and hence their purchasing power is low.

French state employees maybe. The rest of us are on 40 hour weeks late into our 60s and have 5 weeks. And **** pay.

swiwi_ · 07-05-2017 09:48PM

pickarooney wrote: »

French state employees maybe. The rest of us are on 40 hour weeks late into our 60s and have 5 weeks. And **** pay.

But you support strikes all the same (you in the plural sense).

I think Macron's plan to harmonise the retirement system is a logical step.

pickarooney · 07-05-2017 09:51PM

swiwi_ wrote: »

But you support strikes all the same (you in the plural sense).

I think Macron's plan to harmonise the retirement system is a logical step.

Less and less. Teachers going on strike two weeks into the autumn term doesn't amuse anyone any more. People support the right to strike but the implementation of them for any old thing is a case of diminishing returns at this stage.

swiwi_ · 07-05-2017 09:55PM

pickarooney wrote: »

Less and less. Teachers going on strike two weeks into the autumn term doesn't amuse anyone any more. People support the right to strike but the implementation of them for any old thing is a case of diminishing returns at this stage.

It became a running joke with my family when I lived in France (96/97) - the weekly update of who was striking - bus drivers, postmen, firefighters, teachers etc, take your pick.

Maybe it has changed...tant mieux.

errlloyd · 07-05-2017 10:02PM

Macron's wife is 24 years older than him, they met with he was 15 and she was 39, and she was his teacher. Is anyone else amazed at how cool with this sort of thing the French are?

pickarooney · 07-05-2017 10:25PM

errlloyd wrote: »

Macron's wife is 24 years older than him, they met with he was 15 and she was 39, and she was his teacher. Is anyone else amazed at how cool with this sort of thing the French are?

It's almost as if it wouldn't massively affect his ability to run a country.

Bazzo · 07-05-2017 11:00PM

pickarooney wrote: »

It's almost as if it wouldn't massively affect his ability to run a country.

They had to choose between that and a candidate whose father, and founder of her party, was a holocaust denier and Vichy France sympathiser. A real "Sophie's choice".

.........:pac:

pickarooney · 08-05-2017 06:52AM

Bazzo wrote: »

They had to choose between that and a candidate whose father, and founder of her party, was a holocaust denier and Vichy France sympathiser. A real "Sophie's choice".

.........:pac:

I don't see it myself.

swiwi_ · 09-05-2017 05:34AM

errlloyd wrote: »

Macron's wife is 24 years older than him, they met with he was 15 and she was 39, and she was his teacher. Is anyone else amazed at how cool with this sort of thing the French are?

I'm not au fait with the French law, but 15 vs 39 about 25 years ago must have been in the realms of a charge for statutory rape, child sex offenses etc...in theory. If Macron had been 39 and the teacher of a 15 year old girl, might not have played out the same way...

pickarooney · 09-05-2017 05:53AM

It's not like they started an affair on the day they met.

Erik Shin · 09-05-2017 06:51AM

pickarooney wrote: »

It's not like they started an affair on the day they met.

No thats true, they waited at least a week

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