European Destinations
#46
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Re: European Destinations
"Jack Campin - bogus address" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>>> i'm new to this group and it may be cheeky to start by asking a favour
>>> but, i'm going to anyway. i'm a 4th tourism student in glasgow ...
>> A what? Have things declined so much that you can get a degree in
>> tourism these days? I do hope that is at the Tech^H^H^H^H University
>> of Strathclyde, rather than at Glasgow University.
> Strathclyde has had postgraduate degrees in tourism for more than
> 20 years.
That is well within the time scale of declining standards in education. How
long before they start offering degress in Elvis, as apparently are
available in the USA?
> A friend of mine did one. Last I heard he was running
> a pretty successful tour company in his home country.
I know a chap who runs a successful tour business. He started as a coach
driver. I use his company for my travel needs now, because he values
experience of the travel trade in his staff over paper qualifications. The
difference shows when you want something more complex than a booking taken
out of a tour brochure.
Colin Bignell
news:[email protected]...
>>> i'm new to this group and it may be cheeky to start by asking a favour
>>> but, i'm going to anyway. i'm a 4th tourism student in glasgow ...
>> A what? Have things declined so much that you can get a degree in
>> tourism these days? I do hope that is at the Tech^H^H^H^H University
>> of Strathclyde, rather than at Glasgow University.
> Strathclyde has had postgraduate degrees in tourism for more than
> 20 years.
That is well within the time scale of declining standards in education. How
long before they start offering degress in Elvis, as apparently are
available in the USA?
> A friend of mine did one. Last I heard he was running
> a pretty successful tour company in his home country.
I know a chap who runs a successful tour business. He started as a coach
driver. I use his company for my travel needs now, because he values
experience of the travel trade in his staff over paper qualifications. The
difference shows when you want something more complex than a booking taken
out of a tour brochure.
Colin Bignell
#47
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Re: European Destinations
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:59:57 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:35:30 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:33:53 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
> ... wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:31:04 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
> ... >some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... >
> ... > ... On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:27:09 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
> ... > ... wrote:
> ... > ...
> ... > ...
> ... > ... >The operating word - have you found it yet ?
> ... > ...
> ... > ... I never lost it. PEDANT.
>As your bard said, sticks and stones may break my bones...
and women who live in glass houses shouldn't walk around the house in
the nude. (Macbeth, not that one)
As Nixon said stick it ...
> ... I can't see you playing Julie Christie.
>Julie Christie is a person, not a character.
An actor can play a person too.
You don't really think that Shakespeare uses the original cast?
>(Cheek implants... bleah !)
Does your bum look big with them?
--
Martin
wrote:
>On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:35:30 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:33:53 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
> ... wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:31:04 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
> ... >some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... >
> ... > ... On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:27:09 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
> ... > ... wrote:
> ... > ...
> ... > ...
> ... > ... >The operating word - have you found it yet ?
> ... > ...
> ... > ... I never lost it. PEDANT.
>As your bard said, sticks and stones may break my bones...
and women who live in glass houses shouldn't walk around the house in
the nude. (Macbeth, not that one)
As Nixon said stick it ...
> ... I can't see you playing Julie Christie.
>Julie Christie is a person, not a character.
An actor can play a person too.
You don't really think that Shakespeare uses the original cast?
>(Cheek implants... bleah !)
Does your bum look big with them?
--
Martin
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Re: European Destinations
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:06:28 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:40:16 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:35:39 +0000, Padraig Breathnach
> ... <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> ... >nitram <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... >
> ... >>On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:25:14 +0100, nitram <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... >>
> ... >>>On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:20:47 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
> ... >>>wrote:
> ... >>>> How is your impression of Julie Christie? Stimulating?
> ... >>
> ... >>Answer the question
> ... >
> ... >Make it a fair question, Martin: Julie Christie as she was then, of
> ... >Julie Christie as she is now?
> ...
> ... To give her a chance, Madge can chose.
>Madge yourself.
Roger yourself surely?
>
> ... We'll vote on the stimulating effect later.
From Pays Bas: NULL POINT
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Martin
wrote:
>On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:40:16 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:35:39 +0000, Padraig Breathnach
> ... <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> ... >nitram <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... >
> ... >>On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:25:14 +0100, nitram <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... >>
> ... >>>On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 18:20:47 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
> ... >>>wrote:
> ... >>>> How is your impression of Julie Christie? Stimulating?
> ... >>
> ... >>Answer the question
> ... >
> ... >Make it a fair question, Martin: Julie Christie as she was then, of
> ... >Julie Christie as she is now?
> ...
> ... To give her a chance, Madge can chose.
>Madge yourself.
Roger yourself surely?
>
> ... We'll vote on the stimulating effect later.
From Pays Bas: NULL POINT
--
Martin
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Re: European Destinations
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 11:35:07 -0800, Go Fig <[email protected]> wrote:
>> ... > What's your bunker made of ?
>> ...
>> ... Apples.
>>
>> Much easier indeed.
>"The Power To Be Your Best" (I want 'Tiger' Today!)
Dyb, Dyb, Dob, Dob. ( Powell, Baden- not Colin)
--
Martin
>> ... > What's your bunker made of ?
>> ...
>> ... Apples.
>>
>> Much easier indeed.
>"The Power To Be Your Best" (I want 'Tiger' Today!)
Dyb, Dyb, Dob, Dob. ( Powell, Baden- not Colin)
--
Martin
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Re: European Destinations
On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 17:57:18 +0000, Jack Campin - bogus address
<[email protected]> wrote:
>>> i'm new to this group and it may be cheeky to start by asking a favour
>>> but, i'm going to anyway. i'm a 4th tourism student in glasgow ...
>> A what? Have things declined so much that you can get a degree in
>> tourism these days? I do hope that is at the Tech^H^H^H^H University
>> of Strathclyde, rather than at Glasgow University.
>Strathclyde has had postgraduate degrees in tourism for more than
>20 years. A friend of mine did one. Last I heard he was running
>a pretty successful tour company in his home country.
>They also have a ferociously bean-counting managerial style which
>probably forbids students from posting to Usenet in case it takes
>electrons out of the IT budget.
Despite which it was posted from a Strathclyde university computer.
--
Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>>> i'm new to this group and it may be cheeky to start by asking a favour
>>> but, i'm going to anyway. i'm a 4th tourism student in glasgow ...
>> A what? Have things declined so much that you can get a degree in
>> tourism these days? I do hope that is at the Tech^H^H^H^H University
>> of Strathclyde, rather than at Glasgow University.
>Strathclyde has had postgraduate degrees in tourism for more than
>20 years. A friend of mine did one. Last I heard he was running
>a pretty successful tour company in his home country.
>They also have a ferociously bean-counting managerial style which
>probably forbids students from posting to Usenet in case it takes
>electrons out of the IT budget.
Despite which it was posted from a Strathclyde university computer.
--
Martin
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Re: European Destinations
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 08:33:08 -0000, "nightjar"
<nightjar@<insert_my_surname_here>.uk.com> wrote:
>"Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> "nightjar" <nightjar@<insert_my_surname_here>.uk.com> wrote:
>>>Questionnaires are one of my pet hates and I never complete them.
>> I often do. So I have contributed more to perceptions of the world
>> that you have. If you claim that you have contributed more to the
>> actual world, I won't argue about that.
>Not knowing what contributions you have made to the world, nor how one
>judges one person's contribution for that matter, I wouldn't make such a
>claim.
>The problem with questionnaires is that they only produce a representative
>sample of the views of people who complete questionnaires. For the data to
>be meaningful, it needs to be related to the views of the population as a
>whole. That usually requires a properly designed opinion poll, the cost of
>which is often why people send out questionnaires instead.
>I simply get sent too many questionnaires to want to spend 'only' the 20 or
>30 minutes of my time most say they will take to complete and none of the
>senders would, I am sure, be willing to pay a commercial rate for my time if
>I did.
There was a woman in Turin Airport offering a free film if you would
fill in a questionnaire. It didn't seem to worry her that people were
answering NO to every question.
--
Martin
<nightjar@<insert_my_surname_here>.uk.com> wrote:
>"Padraig Breathnach" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected].. .
>> "nightjar" <nightjar@<insert_my_surname_here>.uk.com> wrote:
>>>Questionnaires are one of my pet hates and I never complete them.
>> I often do. So I have contributed more to perceptions of the world
>> that you have. If you claim that you have contributed more to the
>> actual world, I won't argue about that.
>Not knowing what contributions you have made to the world, nor how one
>judges one person's contribution for that matter, I wouldn't make such a
>claim.
>The problem with questionnaires is that they only produce a representative
>sample of the views of people who complete questionnaires. For the data to
>be meaningful, it needs to be related to the views of the population as a
>whole. That usually requires a properly designed opinion poll, the cost of
>which is often why people send out questionnaires instead.
>I simply get sent too many questionnaires to want to spend 'only' the 20 or
>30 minutes of my time most say they will take to complete and none of the
>senders would, I am sure, be willing to pay a commercial rate for my time if
>I did.
There was a woman in Turin Airport offering a free film if you would
fill in a questionnaire. It didn't seem to worry her that people were
answering NO to every question.
--
Martin
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Re: European Destinations
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:48:06 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... > ... To give her a chance, Madge can chose.
... >
... >Madge yourself.
...
... Roger yourself surely?
When did I call you Roger ? Hmm, is it your second name - or maybe the first and Martin is
only a façade ?
... >
... > ... We'll vote on the stimulating effect later.
...
... From Pays Bas: NULL POINT
You wish...
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... > ... To give her a chance, Madge can chose.
... >
... >Madge yourself.
...
... Roger yourself surely?
When did I call you Roger ? Hmm, is it your second name - or maybe the first and Martin is
only a façade ?
... >
... > ... We'll vote on the stimulating effect later.
...
... From Pays Bas: NULL POINT
You wish...
#53
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Re: European Destinations
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:47:15 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... >As your bard said, sticks and stones may break my bones...
...
... and women who live in glass houses shouldn't walk around the house in
... the nude. (Macbeth, not that one)
...
... As Nixon said stick it ...
...
... >
... > ... I can't see you playing Julie Christie.
... >
... >Julie Christie is a person, not a character.
...
... An actor can play a person too.
Bingo ! I'm not an actor.
... You don't really think that Shakespeare uses the original cast?
AFAIK they are all dead.
... >(Cheek implants... bleah !)
...
... Does your bum look big with them?
I don't need implants of any kind, thank you very much.
Julie Christie got cheek implants, she looks like a carnival mask...
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... >As your bard said, sticks and stones may break my bones...
...
... and women who live in glass houses shouldn't walk around the house in
... the nude. (Macbeth, not that one)
...
... As Nixon said stick it ...
...
... >
... > ... I can't see you playing Julie Christie.
... >
... >Julie Christie is a person, not a character.
...
... An actor can play a person too.
Bingo ! I'm not an actor.
... You don't really think that Shakespeare uses the original cast?
AFAIK they are all dead.
... >(Cheek implants... bleah !)
...
... Does your bum look big with them?
I don't need implants of any kind, thank you very much.
Julie Christie got cheek implants, she looks like a carnival mask...
#54
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Re: European Destinations
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:42:13 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:48:06 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... > ... To give her a chance, Madge can chose.
> ... >
> ... >Madge yourself.
> ...
> ... Roger yourself surely?
>When did I call you Roger ? Hmm, is it your second name - or maybe the first and Martin is
>only a façade ?
> ... >
> ... > ... We'll vote on the stimulating effect later.
> ...
> ... From Pays Bas: NULL POINT
>You wish...
No points for trying to influence the jury.
--
Martin
wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:48:06 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... > ... To give her a chance, Madge can chose.
> ... >
> ... >Madge yourself.
> ...
> ... Roger yourself surely?
>When did I call you Roger ? Hmm, is it your second name - or maybe the first and Martin is
>only a façade ?
> ... >
> ... > ... We'll vote on the stimulating effect later.
> ...
> ... From Pays Bas: NULL POINT
>You wish...
No points for trying to influence the jury.
--
Martin
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Re: European Destinations
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:42:13 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:48:06 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... > ... To give her a chance, Madge can chose.
> ... >
> ... >Madge yourself.
> ...
> ... Roger yourself surely?
>When did I call you Roger ? Hmm, is it your second name - or maybe the first and Martin is
>only a façade ?
Tim will explain.
> ... >
> ... > ... We'll vote on the stimulating effect later.
> ...
> ... From Pays Bas: NULL POINT
>You wish...
--
Martin
wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:48:06 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... > ... To give her a chance, Madge can chose.
> ... >
> ... >Madge yourself.
> ...
> ... Roger yourself surely?
>When did I call you Roger ? Hmm, is it your second name - or maybe the first and Martin is
>only a façade ?
Tim will explain.
> ... >
> ... > ... We'll vote on the stimulating effect later.
> ...
> ... From Pays Bas: NULL POINT
>You wish...
--
Martin
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Re: European Destinations
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:45:47 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:47:15 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... >As your bard said, sticks and stones may break my bones...
> ...
> ... and women who live in glass houses shouldn't walk around the house in
> ... the nude. (Macbeth, not that one)
> ...
> ... As Nixon said stick it ...
> ...
> ... >
> ... > ... I can't see you playing Julie Christie.
> ... >
> ... >Julie Christie is a person, not a character.
> ...
> ... An actor can play a person too.
>Bingo ! I'm not an actor.
>
> ... You don't really think that Shakespeare uses the original cast?
>AFAIK they are all dead.
> ... >(Cheek implants... bleah !)
> ...
> ... Does your bum look big with them?
>I don't need implants of any kind, thank you very much.
I know a good back street plastic surgeon, NOT.
>Julie Christie got cheek implants, she looks like a carnival mask...
... not in Dr Zhivago.
--
Martin
wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:47:15 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... >As your bard said, sticks and stones may break my bones...
> ...
> ... and women who live in glass houses shouldn't walk around the house in
> ... the nude. (Macbeth, not that one)
> ...
> ... As Nixon said stick it ...
> ...
> ... >
> ... > ... I can't see you playing Julie Christie.
> ... >
> ... >Julie Christie is a person, not a character.
> ...
> ... An actor can play a person too.
>Bingo ! I'm not an actor.
>
> ... You don't really think that Shakespeare uses the original cast?
>AFAIK they are all dead.
> ... >(Cheek implants... bleah !)
> ...
> ... Does your bum look big with them?
>I don't need implants of any kind, thank you very much.
I know a good back street plastic surgeon, NOT.
>Julie Christie got cheek implants, she looks like a carnival mask...
... not in Dr Zhivago.
--
Martin
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Re: European Destinations
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:46:36 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:42:13 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
... >On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:48:06 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
... >some electrons, so they looked like this :
... >
... >
... > ... > ... To give her a chance, Madge can chose.
... > ... >
... > ... >Madge yourself.
... > ...
... > ... Roger yourself surely?
... >
... >When did I call you Roger ? Hmm, is it your second name - or maybe the first and Martin is
... >only a façade ?
... >
... > ... >
... > ... > ... We'll vote on the stimulating effect later.
... > ...
... > ... From Pays Bas: NULL POINT
... >
... >You wish...
...
... No points for trying to influence the jury.
Avoiding the question, arentcha ?
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:42:13 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
... wrote:
...
... >On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:48:06 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
... >some electrons, so they looked like this :
... >
... >
... > ... > ... To give her a chance, Madge can chose.
... > ... >
... > ... >Madge yourself.
... > ...
... > ... Roger yourself surely?
... >
... >When did I call you Roger ? Hmm, is it your second name - or maybe the first and Martin is
... >only a façade ?
... >
... > ... >
... > ... > ... We'll vote on the stimulating effect later.
... > ...
... > ... From Pays Bas: NULL POINT
... >
... >You wish...
...
... No points for trying to influence the jury.
Avoiding the question, arentcha ?
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Re: European Destinations
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:49:58 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... >Julie Christie got cheek implants, she looks like a carnival mask...
...
... ... not in Dr Zhivago.
Go watch Fahrenheit 451 - she was *stunning*.
some electrons, so they looked like this :
... >Julie Christie got cheek implants, she looks like a carnival mask...
...
... ... not in Dr Zhivago.
Go watch Fahrenheit 451 - she was *stunning*.
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Re: European Destinations
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:54:33 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:46:36 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:42:13 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
> ... wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:48:06 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
> ... >some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... >
> ... >
> ... > ... > ... To give her a chance, Madge can chose.
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >Madge yourself.
> ... > ...
> ... > ... Roger yourself surely?
> ... >
> ... >When did I call you Roger ? Hmm, is it your second name - or maybe the first and Martin is
> ... >only a façade ?
> ... >
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... We'll vote on the stimulating effect later.
> ... > ...
> ... > ... From Pays Bas: NULL POINT
> ... >
> ... >You wish...
> ...
> ... No points for trying to influence the jury.
>Avoiding the question, arentcha ?
Which question?
--
Martin
wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:46:36 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:42:13 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
> ... wrote:
> ...
> ... >On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:48:06 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
> ... >some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... >
> ... >
> ... > ... > ... To give her a chance, Madge can chose.
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... >Madge yourself.
> ... > ...
> ... > ... Roger yourself surely?
> ... >
> ... >When did I call you Roger ? Hmm, is it your second name - or maybe the first and Martin is
> ... >only a façade ?
> ... >
> ... > ... >
> ... > ... > ... We'll vote on the stimulating effect later.
> ... > ...
> ... > ... From Pays Bas: NULL POINT
> ... >
> ... >You wish...
> ...
> ... No points for trying to influence the jury.
>Avoiding the question, arentcha ?
Which question?
--
Martin
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Re: European Destinations
On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:14:41 +0100, Magda <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:49:58 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... >Julie Christie got cheek implants, she looks like a carnival mask...
> ...
> ... ... not in Dr Zhivago.
>Go watch Fahrenheit 451 - she was *stunning*.
It was on TV a couple of nights ago I forgot to watch.
Juliet Greco, BBardot, Sophia Loren, Marianne Faithfull etc. have all
appeared recently on French TV.
Are they targeting French grumpy old men and/or is Chirac got
controlling French TV.
--
Martin
wrote:
>On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:49:58 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, nitram <[email protected]> arranged
>some electrons, so they looked like this :
> ... >Julie Christie got cheek implants, she looks like a carnival mask...
> ...
> ... ... not in Dr Zhivago.
>Go watch Fahrenheit 451 - she was *stunning*.
It was on TV a couple of nights ago I forgot to watch.
Juliet Greco, BBardot, Sophia Loren, Marianne Faithfull etc. have all
appeared recently on French TV.
Are they targeting French grumpy old men and/or is Chirac got
controlling French TV.
--
Martin