Page 4 - Why France is great.

05-08.-2004, 02:27 AM	#46
Salsa Rider Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 196	Re: Why France is great. non-pasturized cheese.......mmmmmm

09-10.-2004, 12:46 PM	#47
Mart Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 45	Re: Why France is great. Audrey Tautou Roland Barthes

21-10.-2004, 06:03 AM	#48
bishan Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 33	Re: Why France is great. France is great because . . . I should know this one, shouldn't I. No. Can't think of anything. Oh yes, France is great because, they don't speak German, and they have the Americans and British to thank for that.

21-10.-2004, 06:43 AM	#49
szbert Registered User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 329	Re: Why France is great. France is great because it's not Syria, or Iran. __________________ Titanium frames soothe saddle sores.

21-10.-2004, 10:33 AM	#50
TrekDedicated Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Moving to the South, USA Posts: 1,105	Re: Why France is great. Selmer saxophones..... Amazing. I love mine __________________ TrekDedicated no more Orbea Orca Full Dura-Ace Mavic Ksyrium ES Wheels Wake Forest Cycling The Small Biz. Guru

29-11.-2004, 01:35 AM

#51

bikeriderfrance

Registered User

Join Date: Nov 2004

Location: le boulou dept 66 france

Posts: 465

Re: Why France is great.

Quote:

Originally Posted by MidBunchLurker

baguettes

Time pedals

Champagne!!

hi there oiki. why put up a web site that does not exist, totsiens,

29-11.-2004, 01:37 AM

#52

bikeriderfrance

Registered User

Join Date: Nov 2004

Location: le boulou dept 66 france

Posts: 465

Re: Why France is great.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GERARDO

Birdman,

You got to listend her....she has a great voice and she is a very beautiful woman. You can listen her and see her videos at http://www.tf1.com

By the way: my mother tounge is spanish (I born and live in Monterrey, México). Since Monterrey is near the USA border, I grew up in a bilingual enviroment and inspite of my bad grammar and pronunciation, I think my level of english is good.

And been captured by the french culture, I'm learning the language of my ancestors, I think I'm doing OK.

Now I speak three lenguages, the next one will be Italian

BIG HEAD

29-11.-2004, 01:47 AM

#53

bikeriderfrance

Registered User

Join Date: Nov 2004

Location: le boulou dept 66 france

Posts: 465

Re: Why France is great.

Quote:

Originally Posted by limerickman

France has excellent social security structure.
If you pay taxes - social insurance etc - medical services are free.

A lesson other countries could do well to follow.

not quite right old man. re health care... here you pay say 100 euros for treatment at a doctor, you then send the reciept for it to the SS, and they re-embourse 68% of it ie 68 euros, you stand the rest... thats why 90% of french have "top up" insurance, to pay the "rest".. now over in spain ,if you are over 60 you get it free. ps,, 90% here have a carte vital (its a green credit card ), if you give the doctor it, he bungs it in a computer, the SS pays the doctor 68% direct and you hand over the other 32%.. bon courage..

29-11.-2004, 01:52 AM

#54

bikeriderfrance

Registered User

Join Date: Nov 2004

Location: le boulou dept 66 france

Posts: 465

Re: Why France is great.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GERARDO

Merci.....Tu comprends bien le français!!...

...Tu comprends bien le français!!.. mmmmmmmmm is tu acceptable to a complete stranger, "je crois" that its only used to children and close friends and family,, in fact it can be well,, lets say a bit insulting if not used in the proper manner.. but there you go, bon courage.

29-11.-2004, 02:04 AM

#55

bikeriderfrance

Registered User

Join Date: Nov 2004

Location: le boulou dept 66 france

Posts: 465

Re: Why France is great.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mingcat9

look pedals!
and, geez, many people who are into cycling understand basic french.

if all the world were to have to speak one language it would probably be french or else the franch and french canadians wouldn't buy into it!

though, I doubt many americans would go along with it and it woulsd likely result in WWIV (world war 4).

i think you may be a little wrong on the parlez du peleton, before say 1990 yes french was le langue of the peleton, but know, mmm sorry to say it but english or american or even anglo-saxon ( prefered now in france to anglaise) is the major language... you have got to remember that the french pro teams who ride the big events are a bit thin on the ground,, what with all the ex eastern block riders (who want to speak anglais ) and the scandanavian riders who do speak english and the germans and dutch who are english speaking, its going away from the french dominence...if you are lucky enough to see the riders comments after a big event on tv , 90% speak english, including guys like zabel, who prefers to speak english outside germany..bon courage.

29-11.-2004, 06:47 AM	#56
Le Fougere Registered User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Paris Posts: 33	Re: Why France is great. The RER and the Metro... I can get to work faster on the train than with the car... The Haute Vallee Chevreuse, because I can ride in National Forest 30 minutes after leaving the house and still live close enough to use the RER mentioned above... The hippodrome Longchamps, because no matter when you go out there, there's someone riding... The clubs! The TGV's Cheese, Bread, Salt, Mustard, products marked AB (Organic) Regional languages (Alsace, Bretagne, Basque)

29-11.-2004, 10:06 AM

#57

FredC

Registered User

Join Date: Oct 2004

Posts: 2,819

Re: Why France is great.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Le Fougere

The RER and the Metro... I can get to work faster on the train than with the car...
The Haute Vallee Chevreuse, because I can ride in National Forest 30 minutes after leaving the house and still live close enough to use the RER mentioned above...
The hippodrome Longchamps, because no matter when you go out there, there's someone riding...
The clubs!
The TGV's
Cheese, Bread, Salt, Mustard, products marked AB (Organic)
Regional languages (Alsace, Bretagne, Basque)

Must agree with you there about the Longchamp circuit. A suberb facility which could be copied near major cities anywhere. These days my choice is inside the circuit for the horse racing. If you have a few euro's to spare, one can walk to the Bois de Boulogne for a bit of extra curricular activity in the woods. Plenty of bikes available for a ride. I don't think the Parisians are as rude and ignorant as Londoners. As for the females, the french invite you to look and admire them, whereas in London they hide behind the newspaper, and if you smile and say Hello. They call the Police.

29-11.-2004, 12:00 PM

#58

limerickman

Community Team

Join Date: Jan 2004

Location: at the bar

Posts: 12,487

Re: Why France is great.

Quote:

Originally Posted by bikeriderfrance

Well it beats here - you have to spend over 160 euros, to be able to reclaim any of it.

29-11.-2004, 07:50 PM	#59
MountainPro Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: SCOTLAND...you know it. Posts: 3,015	Re: Why France is great. France is great because of the Statue of Liberty and all it stands for. Oh, and liberating the Murkians.

29-11.-2004, 07:56 PM	#60
MountainPro Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: SCOTLAND...you know it. Posts: 3,015	Re: Why France is great. Isn't it funny that France has managed to really piss the yanks off with a simple potato chip. Something that Murkians hold very dear to thier heart. Respect the chip!! gotta love France for that.

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode