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| steventheplumber Member Since: 29 Apr 2014 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 767   
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Insurance company assessor's! ++++
   pass you on to my WIFE best of luck chap. |
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26th Aug 2016 3:14pm |
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| bm52 Member Since: 04 Apr 2010 Location: Kent Posts: 2189  
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Which Remmies. I only have 2....
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26th Aug 2016 5:43pm |
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| ericvv Member Since: 02 Jun 2011 Location: Near the Jet d'Eau Posts: 5816  
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According to google translate you should say: J'ai quatre Remington 12 trous et une pression-cuisinière géante Give it a try and tell us about the reaction you get.  Oops, this is the grumpy thread, so replace that by  You never actually own a Defender. You merely look after it for the next generation.
http://youtu.be/yVRlSsJwD0o https://youtu.be/vmPr3oTHndg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GtzTT9Pdl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABqKPz28e6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZ49Jce_n0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvAsz_ilQYU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8tMHiX9lSw https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dxwjPuHIV7I https://vimeo.com/201482507 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSixqL0iyHw |
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26th Aug 2016 6:11pm |
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| languedoc Member Since: 13 May 2016 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 283  
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J'ai 4 fusils de chasse Remington et une très grande cocotte minute
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26th Aug 2016 6:17pm |
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| languedoc Member Since: 13 May 2016 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 283
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I have two 870 for hunting, rifled and non and a 1100 for sport. My other is a really old over and under my grandfather gave me but no idea of the model. I have a 380 S&W revolver for wild boar in the gun cabinet. Meant to be for close quarters forest hunting in case you miss with the long guns but it has no safety as such, just a heavy trigger and not safe enough for the hunts here. Hunting season started last week here, bit like the wild west just now! |
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26th Aug 2016 6:40pm |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17480 
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Merci! |
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26th Aug 2016 8:08pm |
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| Huttopia Member Since: 23 Feb 2016 Location: West Midlands Posts: 1977
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I'm going grouse shooting in Norway in a fortnight. Three days of walking and staying in shepherd's huts for a 15 bird bag if we are lucky. I should be grumpy about something but can't think what it is.
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26th Aug 2016 8:13pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3525 
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Being British we would talk loudly and slowly to Johnny Foreigner adding a few 'e's' to the end of various words. Then complain bitterly if they don't understand. No need to learn a foreign language or use Google. We have a Commonwealth, don't you know??  |
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26th Aug 2016 8:52pm |
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| languedoc Member Since: 13 May 2016 Location: Edinburgh Posts: 283
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Sadly people like this walk amongst us.
Met some here in France Very quickly walk the opposite direction |
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26th Aug 2016 10:01pm |
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| Rashers Member Since: 21 Jun 2015 Location: Norfolk Posts: 3525
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It does make you cringe. But what tends to upset me more is they are so self righteous with it. Always bemoaning the recipient as being thick if they can't understand their slow and loud shouting of English. I left school without managing to learn any other language. To be honest, I'm not sure I really mastered English that well. But when I do go away, I try my hardest to learn the basics gratuities and when you try, this mostly gets a warm welcome and then you find they actually do speak English (which embarrasses me even more as a) they have mastered a second language and b) coming from Norfolk, they speak it a lot better than me!)
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27th Aug 2016 7:53am |
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| Laurie Member Since: 22 Feb 2008 Location: Sussex, England Posts: 2897 
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I do. I have never owned a mobile phone and I prefer to call people on their land lines (much cheaper) from my land line. Anyway, it's much faster to look in the book than waiting for the computer to boot and then running a search.  |
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27th Aug 2016 11:25am |
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| rossy Member Since: 29 Nov 2010 Location: Co. Roscommon Posts: 1296  
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Just came back from France a couple of days ago.
For the last six months I have been working really, really hard on my French. I know most of the popular verbs - including the subjunctive, I say 'on' instead of 'nous', I leave out the 'ne' and just use the 'pas'. I say 'chuis' instead of 'je suis' etc etc. I'm surprised at how much written French I understand. I have perfected the 'r' pronunciation. However: In shops and restaurants anyone who could speak English just spoke English. And the ones who couldn't looked at me as if I had two heads as if to say 'How weird that you even attempt to communicate in my mother tongue' - no matter how apologetic I was e.g. J'etudie le Francais, Je comprends pas tout mais je ferais de mon mieux ! However I made myself understood. Next year I'm going to revert to pointing and speaking loudly and slowly in English. At least you know where you stand 
Love France though ! . |
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27th Aug 2016 1:42pm |
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| Merlin Member Since: 30 Oct 2010 Location: Newmarket Posts: 981
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Laurie I totally agree, mobile phones are a passing fad. Just like those clackers you banged together in the 70s. I still use my dial telephone, although it has the disadvantage that when I ring an automated service, and I'm asked to press 2, I dial 2 and it isn't recognised. To be honest I do have a cell phone that the wife (Hitler) bought me, so she can call and say buy this while you are out. I think it is in the car or the shed or somewhere.
I could be wrong but I did once buy 3500 mobile phones, when I worked, and told someone that SMS wouldn't catch on! BTW the firm bought me a cell phone in February 1985 so I do understand the technology if not the addictive properties of smart phone. Merlin |
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27th Aug 2016 3:49pm |
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| Merlin Member Since: 30 Oct 2010 Location: Newmarket Posts: 981
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rosy they can all speak English. I found this out by saying quietly "I'll pay the full price, do you have anymore?" This works for all European tongues including Welsh.
Merlin |
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27th Aug 2016 3:51pm |
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