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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:12 pm
by lutonlagerlout
looks like their white flag factory has gone up again
the whole of france is in a state of shock
what if they get invaded?
:laugh: :laugh:
LLL
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:46 pm
by henpecked
I thought there always was a distinct waft from the surrender monkeys. Thats why I live in Warwickshire :p 
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:39 pm
by seanandruby
wife text me from eastbourne re-pong. Frightened her and her work colleagues when i told her it's hydrogen sulphide and can kill at 40 parts per million :laugh: used it to my advantage and refused to go in confined space, i just kept setting gas monitor off on purpose :;):
Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:55 pm
by Dave_L
Always said the French stank :p
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:31 am
by Carberry
Thought it was going to be cheese and garlic. Was disappointed when I heard it was methyl mercaptan. It's one of the smelliest substances on Earth, it's what they add to natural gas to make it smell (natural gas has no odour).
My Dad used to sell the stuff, said samples used to arrive in a container, in a container, in a container and you could still smell it across the room.
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:07 pm
by seanandruby
..........you obviously have'nt been in our work's shite house on a monday morning after almost 3000 ops have been through it, now that's what you call natural gas :laugh:
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:45 pm
by Suggers
i did smell this on tues am, here in sth. bucks. My missus sense of smell is zero, whereas mine is truly amazing.
Had she dropped a tray of 3 doz leftover & slightly dodgy eggs?
the gas was mercaptan, which is added to odour-free natural gas so that gas escapes can be detected, as its own odour (although the gas is harmless) is among the most powerful of all – detectable in concentrations as tiny as one part in 2.8 billion.
Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:52 pm
by Suggers
ps - I have a real laugh with the french - brilliant hostpitable peeps - unlike many sections from the UK. 
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:01 am
by lutonlagerlout
theres a lot of history with us and the french suggers ,
but its all light hearted now
we could smell it tuesday morning too, i thought there was a gas leak on the job
where did you find the hospitable ones mark,i had no luck at all in 5 days in 2009 apart from the happy go lucky guy that charged me 2500 euros for a £700 car repair 
LLL :;):
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:10 am
by Suggers
Very sorry to hear that LLL - our experience was the opposite in the Jura - we were young - my feeling is it doesn't matter where you are, you meet & great superb mechanic or you don't.
They were lovely with us - overnite stay etc...
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 12:16 am
by Suggers
2009 - you were fourteen years younger then - and so were they - I''m into music, skiing & horses - & the velvet underground.
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:25 am
by lutonlagerlout
the jura is a very specific part of france, its practically switzerland and its where they used to grow all the best weed when it was legal in switzerland
every nationality has its foibles
we have plenty
LLL
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 8:47 am
by London Stone Paving
I was at Lake Annecy last summer and I put too much oil in my car. It was a Sunday and there were no garages open. Eventually I found a garage. The owner said he didnt work on sundays but said I was more than welcome to use his garage and tools. I was well chuffed, you wouldnt get that in blighty.
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 9:54 am
by lutonlagerlout
my mate got a contract to paint a chateau in aix-en-provence
the whole time he was there he saw the girl in the bakers and the girl in the offlicense
he said the whole town seemed to go to bed at 9 pm
I think the big thing for me is that like us they refuse to speak any other language unless it suits them
the spanish dutch and germans all speak flawless english
LLL
