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Through this post I'm hoping to connect with those members of this newsgroup
who have some experience of France and will want to join in with the Sharing France project. This is not a commercial ad. Total France.com is a non-commercial site run by Francophile volunteers. Our main aim is the sharing of France-related information. The 'Sharing France' Project is a collaborative effort among Francophiles, geared towards collecting and disseminating 'verbal histories' in an interesting and entertaining way. The project has been started with the aim of collecting together first-hand experiences - of visiting, living in or working in France - and publishing them, in electronic book form, for the information and enjoyment of Francophiles everywhere; in particular those new to France. So, do you have an amusing, sad, moving, informative or cautionary story about any aspect of visiting or living in France? Perhaps your mixed feelings about buying an alpine apartment; or the sudden realisation that Meribel isn't the resort it once was? The difficulties with French medical care; or your decision to move their permanently because the skiing's so great? Whatever the story, we'd be delighted if you came and shared it with the project. Full details (including submission procedures) available at: http://www.totalfrance.com/france/fo...opic.php?t=516 Anyone can contribute - you don't have to be a Mark Twain or a Jane Austen - and there are no pre-conditions about style or content. There are no conditions about length - six lines to six chapters, it's up to you. This is not a writing competition but an information-gathering project. If your story is of interest then come and share it with interested people! Full credit will be given to all contributors - except those who desire anonymity - and Francophiles everywhere will be able to download the finished compilation, free of charge, direct to their PCs. To make the project more fun, and to acknowledge your input, the first entries will receive a prize. So will the best of the contributions overall. We look forward to reading your contribution. |
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Finlay wrote:
We look forward to reading your contribution. Cheese-eating surrender monkeys. And they ****ed over Concorde. Next? -- Trophy 1200 750SS CB400F GN250 CD200 ST70 YTC#3 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 IHABWTJ#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 BOF#30 WUSS#5 "Worse than Timo" - Official |
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"The Older Gentleman" wrote in message news:1g3cjqz.1do5zmzzoq5s0N%chateau.murrayNOSPAM@d sl.pipex.com... Finlay wrote: We look forward to reading your contribution. Cheese-eating snip Why don't you save it for uk.rec.snowsports? - Neil |
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The Older Gentleman wrote:
Finlay wrote: We look forward to reading your contribution. Cheese-eating surrender monkeys. And they ****ed over Concorde. Next? Are you refering to the Concorde crash? If so, I thought that was (allegedly) due to a pice of debris from an American airliner which took off a few minutes earlier. Can't really blame the French for that. The French certainly do seem to employ the most misserable car hire company staff I have ever enountered. |
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Neil Swingler wrote:
"The Older Gentleman" wrote in message news:1g3cjqz.1do5zmzzoq5s0N%chateau.murrayNOSPAM@d sl.pipex.com... Finlay wrote: We look forward to reading your contribution. Cheese-eating snip Why don't you save it for uk.rec.snowsports? Shan't. -- Trophy 1200 750SS CB400F GN250 CD200 ST70 YTC#3 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 IHABWTJ#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 BOF#30 WUSS#5 "Worse than Timo" - Official |
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Steve wrote:
The Older Gentleman wrote: Finlay wrote: We look forward to reading your contribution. Cheese-eating surrender monkeys. And they ****ed over Concorde. Next? Are you refering to the Concorde crash? Nope If so, I thought that was (allegedly) due to a pice of debris from an American airliner which took off a few minutes earlier. Can't really blame the French for that. The French maintenance of their Concordes was shameful. And, with refernece to the crash, the pilot flying the plane shouldn't have eben as he hadn't undergone his obligatory medical.... The French certainly do seem to employ the most misserable car hire company staff I have ever enountered. Oh yes. You are so right. -- Trophy 1200 750SS CB400F GN250 CD200 ST70 YTC#3 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 IHABWTJ#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 BOF#30 WUSS#5 "Worse than Timo" - Official |
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Steve wrote:
The Older Gentleman wrote: Finlay wrote: We look forward to reading your contribution. Cheese-eating surrender monkeys. And they ****ed over Concorde. Next? Are you refering to the Concorde crash? If so, I thought that was (allegedly) due to a pice of debris from an American airliner which took off a few minutes earlier. Can't really blame the French for that. The UK part of the invesitgation concluded that Concorde was overloaded - about 110 tonnes rather than 100 tonnes and used remould tires. The pilot should have unloaded cargo and passengers before takeoff - but financial pressures within Air France, who were running Concorde as a charter flight for German tourists, made this impossible. The 'debris' (in truth a small strip of metal) should not have caused a catastrophic accident and probably wouldn't have done if Air Chance had followed proper operating practises and if CdG inspected the runways more regularly. If the plane had not been overloaded it may have been able to fly on the two remaining reactors and make an emergency landing at Bourget as the pilot intended. Although the flames looked very severe it was just burning kerosene, shutting the fuel supply would have stopped the fire. |
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David Off wrote:
Steve wrote: The Older Gentleman wrote: Finlay wrote: We look forward to reading your contribution. Cheese-eating surrender monkeys. And they ****ed over Concorde. Next? Are you refering to the Concorde crash? If so, I thought that was (allegedly) due to a pice of debris from an American airliner which took off a few minutes earlier. Can't really blame the French for that. The UK part of the invesitgation concluded that Concorde was overloaded - about 110 tonnes rather than 100 tonnes and used remould tires. The pilot should have unloaded cargo and passengers before takeoff - but financial pressures within Air France, who were running Concorde as a charter flight for German tourists, made this impossible. The 'debris' (in truth a small strip of metal) should not have caused a catastrophic accident and probably wouldn't have done if Air Chance had followed proper operating practises and if CdG inspected the runways more regularly. If the plane had not been overloaded it may have been able to fly on the two remaining reactors and make an emergency landing at Bourget as the pilot intended. Although the flames looked very severe it was just burning kerosene, shutting the fuel supply would have stopped the fire. Ouch. -- Trophy 1200 750SS CB400F GN250 CD200 ST70 YTC#3 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 IHABWTJ#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 BOF#30 WUSS#5 "Worse than Timo" - Official |
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The 'debris' (in truth a small strip of metal) should not have caused a catastrophic accident and probably wouldn't have done if Air Chance had followed proper operating practises and if CdG inspected the runways more regularly. If the plane had not been overloaded it may have been able to fly on the two remaining reactors and make an emergency landing at Bourget as the pilot intended. Although the flames looked very severe it was just burning kerosene, shutting the fuel supply would have stopped the fire. While I agree that it was pore operating standards, especially the remoulded tyres, The wheel shimmer, The luggage overload and the down wind take of on a short runway . Shutting the fuel supply would not have helped as the main tank was punctured by tyre debris. The two left engines staled, choking on the hot gas being sucked in before the pilots realised the problem. Concord can not climb on two engines, the asermectric thrust gave a sharp left tern and it was all over. -- Richard Crapp |
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Richard Crapp wrote: Concord can not climb on two engines, the asermectric thrust gave a sharp left tern ... I think you're too gullible. |
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