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2863. Magoseph - 4/5/2005 8:27:01 PM I'm looking forward to read your chapters, Web--I'm glad too that you're back home. This line O que je suis contente de quitter la France! really resonates with me.
2864. alistairConnor - 4/5/2005 11:26:27 PM after taking like twenty eight minutes to answer the door
Well yeah, that is a common problem. Stostosto gave up and went away. I'll never know how many people turn away, disappointed -- that's probably the main reason Catherine Zeta-Jones didn't jump me the other weekend. 2865. Macnas - 4/6/2005 8:25:59 AM What's this with Catherine Zeta-Jones? 2866. alistairconnor - 4/6/2005 9:33:20 AM Well, somebody said the other week that they didn't win the lottery, and I mentioned that lovely Zeta didn't do me. Just as a commentary on unlikely events. I mean, she's not likely to be hanging around my particular trou perdu anyway. You said you've got to play the odds : answering the door promptly is a way of improving them. I mean just imagine. She's hiking through my lovely neck of the woods, stops to ask for a glass of water, and I don't answer the door.
Just a convoluted metaphor (I never metaphor I didn't like)
Oddly enough, I've got a perfectly good doorbell. I'm not sure why so few people use it.
I think I need to put up a sign in several languages :
"Plese cnoke if an anser is not reqird".
As to why KZJ in particular : I dunno. I think her slightly comical name adds to her charm. 2867. Macnas - 4/6/2005 9:40:16 AM My door bell hasn't worked in years.
Who knows the amount of buxum Welsh women that have left without cnoking. 2868. alistairconnor - 4/6/2005 10:40:34 AM I just realised what that tune is, that's trotting through my head.
Donna Summer.
You can ring my bell... 2869. Macnas - 4/6/2005 11:22:57 AM You bastard. 2870. webfeet - 4/6/2005 4:54:05 PM Oh, yes. The fault must lie with the guests.
No, instead of a sign, I've got a better idea.
Why don't you enlist one of the village dogs, a la Rin Tin Tin to come hurtling over the hillsides to bark a warning hello to you and your guests. That way, if Zeta Jones is in town, parched and half naked, you will surely not miss her. 2871. alistairconnor - 4/6/2005 5:04:01 PM Nah, I've got something better now... a doorman with a dog.
My tenant. He calls himself a musician. As everyone knows, that means he sits around at home looking after his baby daughter and smoking various things, never doing anything remotely resembling a stroke of work, while his wife works at a pharmacy in town to pay the (modest) rent.
If you happen to read this, David... this is actually a short story. Any resemblance to any persons etc... 2872. webfeet - 4/6/2005 5:04:33 PM Jenerator -- I forgot to ask you about your bambino? How is he? And marshame? Send her a petite bonjour and my best regards.
Mags- a lot of french expats i've talked to express frustration with the educational system in france and are happier with the flexibility you have in the states in that your academic record at age eleven should not be used to determine your entire future vis a vis admittance to the grandes ecoles or even in deciding your metier. And certainly in starting your own business, as you have done, there must be a lot less red tape. or is that just a cliche?
And I'm not joining the chorus of critics in that direction either, but it just seems to be a synthesis of what i've bee told over the years.
thoughtful -- how is Denny the Dendrobrium? Please tell me he is still alive. Each time I enter this thread, for some peculiar reason, I am always brought back to the very first post instead of the most recent. And that post is a photo of Denny. 2873. thoughtful - 4/6/2005 5:39:35 PM Denny is resting comfortably after a nice blooming spell. Phil has one last blossom hanging on after throwing a couple of bunches. Phoebe is resting. I'm hoping with the increased light of summer, she'll get her act in gear.
Thanks for asking about my 'babies' too! 2874. ronski - 4/6/2005 6:38:16 PM A Cymbidium I have had for a few years, which bloomed again. This is as it was when it first opened. Almost a month later, it doesn't look any different.
 2875. alistairConnor - 4/6/2005 6:40:41 PM Splendid! 2876. ronski - 4/6/2005 6:42:11 PM And here is a winter jasmine blooming by the kitchen window, with Bianca pretending not to notice it because it competes with her beauty.
2877. ronski - 4/6/2005 6:42:57 PM alistair,
Thanks. 2878. Magoseph - 4/6/2005 7:16:07 PM Magnificent pictures, Ronski, I was stunned by the last picture--the light on the jasmin and Bianca. 2879. Magoseph - 4/6/2005 7:34:58 PM Web, I have answered post 2872 in the Cafe. 2880. Magoseph - 4/6/2005 8:01:12 PM Here, Web, Message # 14519 in thread 142 2881. thoughtful - 4/6/2005 9:33:39 PM Lovely orchids.
Pretty kitty. 2882. webfeet - 4/6/2005 10:54:04 PM That is a pretty kitty, very demure. I wish my daughter were like that.
Mags, after leaving the convent did your sister find her chemin? I hope so! I know they've made the bac easier, but the system still seems unforgiving-- weeding students at an early age as to whether they are fit for science et mathematique or artes et lettres. It is very elitist, and I know of more than a few French mothers who, like you, are happier raising their children in the states.
By the way, did you read Why French Women Don't get Fat,the new 'bestseller'? Do you eat with all five of your senses at every meal and drink liters and liters of water a day?
According to Mireille Guiliano, the author of the book and a Director at Veuve Clicquot, champagne, chocolate, and good bread are not to be sacrificed in the pursuit of a svelte corp. Out with Atkins, south beach and the anti-carb movement and in with small portions (no surprise there) and savoring food in a very sensual way.
There is a recipe for a magical leek soup that drains you if you drink it straight for two days that I will post if you are interested. I haven't tried it.
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