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Sidelock
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thank you france for: bardot, beaujolais and bourguignon...and least we forget, 20,000 troops and a navy to defeat the british at yorktown...
keep it simple and keep it safe...
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Sidelock
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...50% of the economy is still controlled by the ... State, and labor law down to the amount of time you must give for coffee breaks is regulated by a massive ... law passed in the Socialist/Marxist era which is thousands of pages long. With a couple of minor edits, that perfectly describes California and its labor code. But we don't have to speak French. Spanish maybe, but not French.
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We live to work while they work to live. This maybe incomprehensible concept to some. In addition to that they probably enjoy paid vacations, paid maternity leave of at least six months, universal healthcare, earlier retirements, labor laws (like employer can't call you after work hours to bother you), they can't tell employee they no longer have a job when they show up for work next day.... You know things that working stiffs here can only dream of.
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Sidelock
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So I guess no one is going to translate this !
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Sidelock
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Vive la France!
Although we tend to criticize France and the French, it's good to remember that they are one of our more reliable partners in the war on terror. Particularly active in Africa. Back about 40 years ago.... And they should be a partner. Chances are most terrorist's parents weren't even born that far back. Good for them for choosing to pitch in out in Africa, they are probably also the model for importing and enabling domestic terrorism. Vive la US?
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Eis, maybe argo44 could - he made the post.
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thank you france for: bardot, beaujolais and bourguignon...and least we forget, 20,000 troops and a navy to defeat the british at yorktown... If you study the history of the American Revolution I believe you will find there was a lot more at stake than France "Assisting" the Colonies against England. It was more like France was using the Colonies to Assist them in their on-going conflicts with England, & what better place to do it than on American soil.
Miller/TN I Didn't Say Everything I Said, Yogi Berra
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Saw the title to this and thought it was about some very pretty au pairs starting their own country. What a jip.
L Brown
I had a few beers (Almaza) with some Legionnaires over in Beirut at Brannigans our little hole in the wall club. I must have been really drunk ‘cause I couldn’t understand a word they were saying.
Interesting factoid about France. They once had a national hockey team and the king at the time expelled them for refusing to wear polka dot jerseys. He (the king) was into “gay apparel”. They thought about coming to Detroit (a French city at the time) but there was already a great hockey club there so they settled in Kweebeck, Canada and are called Les Kweebeckers. They are not very good.
Golf is not popular in France. Another reason to hate them.
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I used to have a client in Paris and spent one week a month in Paris for nearly two years. I very much enjoyed Paris (one would have to be obdurately obtuse no to enjoy Paris). Food, Wine, Drink9ng Establishments, Museums, Public Architecture, QUALITY GUN SHOPS, everything you could expect to find on a great city.
Alas, I really can't say that I enjoyed doing business with the French.
C Man Life is short Quit your job. Turn off the TV. Go outside and play.
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We live to work while they work to live. This maybe incomprehensible concept to some. In addition to that they probably enjoy paid vacations, paid maternity leave of at least six months, universal healthcare, earlier retirements, labor laws (like employer can't call you after work hours to bother you), they can't tell employee they no longer have a job when they show up for work next day.... You know things that working stiffs here can only dream of. Exactly, A country, especially a republic, should be run for the benefit of all its citizens, not just the 1 % wealthiest at the top. The alternative is the liberal, let the open market decide everything, profit first, middle and last ideal.
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