Vive la France!!!! Just say non!

[minimaker]

Origineel geplaatst door green stuffWhen did that happen???.

I think he\'s referring to the extended lunch breaks you have in France.
For those who don\'t know, many French companies follow the rhytm of smaal breakfast, large lunch (in size similar to dinners in other countries) and smaller warm meal in the evening. It\'s for this that lunchbreak often take between one to two hours in France. Similar to the Siesta in Spain.

 

[PF]

Finn17: Be sure I was joking. I don\'t think France can give lessons to UK especially on the military aspect of our politics.For the Windsor...We have more visitors than UK and no Windsor so I can get it isn\'t that funny for you.

No mistake guys: I have no problems with the British and their reasons for not wanting (more) Europe or at least the opinions we can read here.I see arguments about Europe.We lacked of them for our referendum and I understand Frenchkid being a bit \"sad\" about this.

 

[PF]

Message original : minimaker
It\'s for this that lunchbreak often take between one to two hours in France. Similar to the Siesta in Spain.

Often? I must be unlucky...
Well I think that for Law, the minimum must be half a hour tho I\'m not sure ...Usually it\'s one hour...It\'s just cause we have better food than you tho.lol
I think people were really sleeping in Spain and I once saw a kind of sleeping shop. But in France only big bosses have the right of Siesta!

 

[green stuff]

Message original : minimaker

Origineel geplaatst door green stuffWhen did that happen???.

I think he\'s referring to the extended lunch breaks you have in France.

In my case, and it\'s the same for many people I know, lunch breaks tend to be short or are business lunches.

As much as that might have been true 10 or 20 years ago, things have changed. We still have the restaurants for the tourists, but most of us now choose a sandwich at lunch . (who\'s going to pick up that it was invented by an English? ... Oh I guess I just did )

 

[minimaker]

Ok, from half an hour up to two. When I worked in Bordeaux I had 1,5 hour lunch breaks. Friends I spoke to in Paris had something similar but they also said that in some foreign companies insisted on 0,5 hour max. I suppose it\'s as you say, things change. But I don\'t think these changes are because they are regulated by the EU. Any idea why it\'s changing? For international companies the reason is simple, they want to be avialable at the same time as their partners in other countries. But for the rest?

As to Spain, I lived there for two months and during siesta we went home to eat something and rest a little since it was too hot to do anything (yup, many sleep during that time). I think that was about 1.5 hours as well.

 

[finn17]

One and a half hours??

It\'s a good day for me if I can manage a drive-thru MacDonalds

Otherwise, I keep my glove compartment filled with energy bars....

 

[Dr Sanch]

I get half an hour at the most for my lunch. How many public holidays do you get where you are from. We get 8 here in dear old blighty.

 

[Infidel Castro]

Hey, everyone, it\'s all a scam! You\'re all subject to the master of this world, CAPITALISM. There\'s no way out! Nothing will ever change other than the governments knowing everything about us. They\'ll learn everything and we\'ll become automatons

Not a very good point, but a worthy one I feel...

 

[green stuff]

Message original : minimaker
Ok, from half an hour up to two. When I worked in Bordeaux I had 1,5 hour lunch breaks. Friends I spoke to in Paris had something similar but they also said that in some foreign companies insisted on 0,5 hour max.

Try convincing \"The\" wine region to take a short lunch, that would be a feat .

Message original : minimaker
As to Spain, I lived there for two months and during siesta we went home to eat something and rest a little since it was too hot to do anything (yup, many sleep during that time). I think that was about 1.5 hours as well.

With the heat in Spain, I can fully understand that. I\'m also convinced that they do a better job. I was just saying that France was adapting. Even though most people work 35 hours here (*** sigh ***), you generally have just as much work as when it was 40 hours a week.

And before everybody goes saying : \"What, only 35 hours ??? ?\". It depends in what branch you\'re in, and often you do more but then you get days off.

 

[MarkusTay]

I should just stay the hell out of this...

But I\'m a stupid git, so...

I am offended by the \'America\'s lap-dog\' comments. Aside from the little scuffle 230 years ago, we have always held Great Britain in the highest regard. American history books gloss over most of European history, but focus HEAVILY on the English-French conflicts. It is easy to see why we would find them so important; we played them against each other in order to become a nation. Since that time, however, we have had excellent \'familial\' relations with our British \'parent\'. There is NO subserveience to us that I can see. The English come to our aid more because \"their child has gone and got himself in trouble again\" then because our boots taste delicious. Great Britain is in a unique position between us and Europe, and I don\'t think they want to OR SHOULD become part of either. This would not benefit them in the least.

Now Canada AND Mexico ARE slowly being absorbed by us. I\'m sure our Canadians friends will find this offensive, but the fact is we have had a conjoined military since the 50\'s. If the USA goes to war Canada doesn\'t even get to choose as does Britain, we share military bases with them so they automatically become involved. Since NAFTA, Mexico will also most likey join with us evetually. They have to, all their people want to become American anyway. Because of the lack of bad-blood between us (forget the Alamo) these things are possible, but Europe has to much history for something like this to hold together very long. Think USSR, the beuracracy would become so top-heavy it would fall over!

And If we think of England as our (dottering) old Papa, then I guess that would make France our bitch of a mother.

Just an opinion, from \'this\' side of the pond. - Mark.

 

[green stuff]

Message original : Dr Sanch
How many public holidays do you get where you are from. We get 8 here in dear old blighty.

We used to have 11 and now have 10 since this year. The state uses the extra taxe money for the elderly people ... well that was the plan, but not every one followed it ... typical of the french .

 

[Dr Sanch]

Well in the words of Homer Simpson

\'When will people learn, democracy doesn\'t work\'lol

I think it\'s only last century that we didn\'t have a conflict with France, even then we still fought there twice. We just enjoy arguing with them too much to be european partnerslol

 

[green stuff]

Message original : MarkusTay
And If we think of England as our (dottering) old Papa, then I guess that would make France our bitch of a mother.

The bitch says : \"Respect your Mother \".

 

[MarkusTay]

Oh... we do.

We just feel bad at the way she\'s always \'bitching\' at dear old dad. lol

 

[Infidel Castro]

Does that make Wales and Scotland and northern Ireland your cool Uncles?

 

[Dr Sanch]

@reverendCool uncles? More like the drunken uncle who sings at family parties.

 

[Legacy Account]

Well said Markus! I do my fair share of US bashing at the moment, but what you say is absolutely true.

When the shit hits the fan, we know who we can rely on....

 

[Lurch]

Actually, this is a good time for us Americans to make our Rackham and other overseas purchases.Last month the exhange rate was 1 EUR = 1.76 USD

today:
1 EUR = 1.23377 USD

In fact, after the Netherlands vote \"NEE\"
I predict another drop in the exchange rates.
Rackham.. here I come

 

[marineboy]

In the post-Cold War world, the first world has to stick together due to the enormous economic considerations. Unless the rich industrialized nations can bury their political squabbles and concentrate on increasing control on the poorer, more resource-rich nations of the world, they\'re gonna get swamped.

The Americans, the French, the British, the Germans, et. al. ... strange bedfellows indeed, but united in need.

Money talks.l

 

[frenchkid]

Originally posted by Medved
@french kid: as to the whole uk joining when they wanted to........i believe when the EU/EEC was started in the 60\'s the UK tried to join many times but were vetoed out by the french many times. ???

Absolutly, three times by De gaulle, the UK refused to join when the CECA ( duno if it\'s the same in english) and when they saw every thing was going well they decided they wanted in. De gaulle refused because has I mentioned earlier he didn\'t want \"america\'s lapdog in the european union\" ( his words not mine ).
And I\'d just like to point out that I never pointed fingers to the uk saying it was their fault.

As for calling people stupid, well the list of wrong reasons that lead people to vote no shows that ... yes they were stupid. I\'m not going to say they were smart when they didn\'t bother to look throught the text wich was sent freely to them, I\'m not going to call them smart when they didn\'t bother to find out a bit about how euope works. Now people who voted no for a good reason, those I won\'t call stupid, they had their right. But quit sadly based on what I\'v seen on the news most NO people are the stupid ones. And yes I did blame the politicans too, just re read up their, well I only blamed half of them. I guess some of the Yes politicans had argument that were just as false, but I\'m a yes personne after all

As for considering politics ..... maybe, who knows