On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 15:11:35 -0500, [email protected]
(David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote:

    >Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 13:48:36 -0500, [email protected]
    >> (David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
    >> prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote:
    >>
    >> >S Viemeister <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> <snip>
    >> >> The local PO delivers my milk and newspapers every day (except Sunday).
    >> >
    >> >That must amaze the tourists! :)
    >>
    >> Only if it's "bitty bitty"
    >> Guess what?
    >> BBC are repeating Little Britain again tonight.
    >I'd watch, if I was there! :)

3 hours at a time over and over again?
Do you know you can get most of the sketches from the BBC website?
--
Martin

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 21:09:48 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 13:48:36 -0500, [email protected]
    >(David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
    >prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote:
    >>S Viemeister <[email protected]> wrote:
    ><snip>
    >>> The local PO delivers my milk and newspapers every day (except Sunday).
    >>That must amaze the tourists! :)
    >Only if it's "bitty bitty"
    >Guess what?
    >BBC are repeating Little Britain again tonight.

They are repeating the Office again too.
I have caught up with three years of BBC comedy this Christmas.
--
Martin

Again, nothing to do with the topic mais on s'en fout bien, hein ?

"Earl Evleth" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
BFDF04AC.8CDDF%[email protected]...
    > Those use to the US postal system are amazed when
    > they see the number of banking services the French
    > post office has. Long before what just occurred,
    > the French have used the post office for its general
    > banking and investment services. Besides a checking
    > account, one can have a savings account (with up to
    > 15,500 euros collecting 2% tax free interest) and
    > various "life insurance" stock purchase plans etc.
    > The problem is that the other banks don't like the
    > special privileges La Poste has had (e.g. Livret A)
    > and that will change in some respects. The Livret
    > A had the historical advantage that anyone could
    > open one, useful if one did not qualify for a
    > checking account.
    > **
    > Naissance de la Banque Postale
    > La nouvelle filiale bancaire de La Poste est lancée officiellement
    > aujourd'hui
    > La Banque Postale avait obtenu le 21 décembre le feu vert de la Commission
    > européenne, trois semaines après celui de l'autorité française de tutelle
    > des banques.
    > La Poste a écrit aux 28 millions de clients de ses services financiers
    > pour
    > les informer qu'ils devenaient une banque "à part entière".
    > Principale nouveauté: si la Banque Postale n'est pas encore autorisée
    > à distribuer des crédits à la consommation, elle pourra désormais proposer
    > un prêt immobilier sans épargne préalable. Un moyen de "fidéliser des
    > clients qui aujourd'hui, bien que satisfaits, la quittent faute de trouver
    > chez elle les produits dont ils ont besoin", selon Patrick Werner, le
    > directeur général délégué de la Poste, futur président du directoire de la
    > banque.
    > Les clients des Services Financiers de La Poste garderont les
    > mêmes interlocuteurs "en bureau de poste et en centre financier". Seul
    > changement visible, ils recevront un nouveau chéquier estampillé "La
    > Banque Postale". Les chéquiers "La Poste" resteront valables pendant deux
    > ans.
    > Si La Poste ne prévoit pas de guichets spécifiques pour ses activités
    > bancaires, elle va toutefois réorganiser les bureaux de post pour
    > désengorger l'accès aux guichets.
    > Menacé par la nouvelle banque dont il partage une clientèle modeste et
    > souvent rurale, le Crédit Agricole a déposé plainte à Bruxelles contre la
    > Banque Postale, accusée de recevoir plusieurs centaines de millions
    > d'aides
    > de l'Etat, de nature selon lui à fausser le jeu de la concurrence.
    >

Sry martin you were the second to answer

"Martin" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected]...
    > On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:26:20 +0100, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
    > wrote:
    >>Those use to the US postal system are amazed when
    >>they see the number of banking services the French
    >>post office has.
    > Most post offices in Europe offer banking services.
    > --
    > Martin

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:13:43 -0500, S Viemeister
<[email protected]> wrote:

    >Martin wrote:
    >>
    >> On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 13:48:47 -0500, S Viemeister
    >> <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>
    >> >"David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
    >> >prestwich tesco 24h offy" wrote:
    >> >>
    >> >>
    >> >> That must amaze the tourists! :)
    >> >>
    >> >Oh, it does!
    >> >The PO also has a decent selection of whisky and wine.
    >>
    >> and are experts at stealing cheque books in some towns.
    >>
    >That sort of thing doesn't happen at my PO!

At our PO they read all our mail before we do.
--
Martin

martin would you please put your hands where you usually put them when
you're not typing ?

"Martin" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de news:
[email protected]...
    > On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 21:09:48 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
    >>On Mon, 2 Jan 2006 13:48:36 -0500, [email protected]
    >>(David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
    >>prestwich tesco 24h offy) wrote:
    >>>S Viemeister <[email protected]> wrote:
    >><snip>
    >>>> The local PO delivers my milk and newspapers every day (except Sunday).
    >>>That must amaze the tourists! :)
    >>Only if it's "bitty bitty"
    >>Guess what?
    >>BBC are repeating Little Britain again tonight.
    > They are repeating the Office again too.
    > I have caught up with three years of BBC comedy this Christmas.
    > --
    > Martin

On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:41:28 +0100, Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

    >On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:26:20 +0100, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
    >wrote:
    >>Those use to the US postal system are amazed when
    >>they see the number of banking services the French
    >>post office has.
    >Most post offices in Europe offer banking services.

Indeed the world... the largest financial institution in the world is
the japanese post office isn't it?

Jim.

Runge wrote:
    > Again, nothing to do with the topic mais on s'en fout bien, hein ?

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Newsgroups: rec.travel.europe
From: "Runge" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2006 22:59:30 +0100
Subject: Re: Lol

Don't worry why should I talk about travel as no one seems to care
about
that

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Tu t'en fous, oui. You are just as often on-topic as Earl Evleth,
except that you post even more than he does, and that he does not
pretend to lecture others on being on topic. And that's true for
rec.travel.europe and alt.activism.death-penalty as well.

That's all what an arrogant French twat can produce: do as I say, not
as I do.

Euro

"David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the duchy of besses o' th' barn and
prestwich tesco 24h offy" <[email protected]> wrote in
message news:1h8j9ws.v7yo351pmmt9rN%this_address_is_for_sp [email protected]...
    > Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
    >> On Mon, 02 Jan 2006 16:26:20 +0100, Earl Evleth <[email protected]>
    >> wrote:
    >> >Those use to the US postal system are amazed when
    >> >they see the number of banking services the French
    >> >post office has.
    >> Most post offices in Europe offer banking services.
    > The tourists' jaws must drop when they discover this.

I think that His Grace has just had a slow day today and feels the need to
keep in touch with his chums by imparting a few pearls of wisdom to his
perceived US-centric audience. Don't forget that, although he is a citizen
of the Fifth Republic, his mindset is still based on the side of the
Atlantic which the Chancellor is currently visiting, and to such people
irony is something which is from Pittsburgh.

JohnT