tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860373600653353661.post795270301989829177..comments2024-03-29T10:50:47.685+01:00Comments on An absolutely wonderful Scots Adventure .: Beat that for exoticism !Angushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13905037014736070475noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860373600653353661.post-50412562398884112542015-07-29T11:07:47.947+02:002015-07-29T11:07:47.947+02:00Wherever you are it's always peak holiday seas...Wherever you are it's always peak holiday season when these things happen. Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905037014736070475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860373600653353661.post-27401097748707630342015-07-29T11:06:56.646+02:002015-07-29T11:06:56.646+02:00In France even the morose ones talk to dogs. In France even the morose ones talk to dogs. Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905037014736070475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860373600653353661.post-55499061336164235982015-07-29T11:06:12.833+02:002015-07-29T11:06:12.833+02:00Donald Trump certainly wouldn't approveDonald Trump certainly wouldn't approve Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905037014736070475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860373600653353661.post-75349771500958420312015-07-29T11:05:41.333+02:002015-07-29T11:05:41.333+02:00Thanks. I'll look it up.Thanks. I'll look it up.Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905037014736070475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860373600653353661.post-45499457258429278602015-07-29T11:05:18.744+02:002015-07-29T11:05:18.744+02:00RC Cola and Moon Pie. They'd be horrified.RC Cola and Moon Pie. They'd be horrified. Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905037014736070475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860373600653353661.post-87364965996252132442015-07-29T11:04:45.900+02:002015-07-29T11:04:45.900+02:00Presumably the cow dung enables us to share in the...Presumably the cow dung enables us to share in the air unhappiness. Sophie ( and to a lesser extent Bob ) are keen enthusiasts.Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905037014736070475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860373600653353661.post-87107881197695247562015-07-29T11:03:40.029+02:002015-07-29T11:03:40.029+02:00Nothing can match the Cafe under the Arcades for G...Nothing can match the Cafe under the Arcades for Gallic flair.Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905037014736070475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860373600653353661.post-53816223683664218292015-07-29T11:03:02.691+02:002015-07-29T11:03:02.691+02:00The new Vietnamese owner of the Cafe under the Arc...The new Vietnamese owner of the Cafe under the Arcades i still anti-dog ( and curler wearing beer and absinthe drinkers ). Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905037014736070475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860373600653353661.post-3113925113646366952015-07-29T01:19:29.689+02:002015-07-29T01:19:29.689+02:00Twenty tractor loads of cow dung to make a point.....Twenty tractor loads of cow dung to make a point..maybe our local strikers will read this and get some ideas.<br />We had strikes and go-slows here on the island for the last two weeks where the workers and the union were threatening to shut down the island by calling out all the workers to join the cause.<br />We can ill afford such folly...what with the tons of sargassum seaweed on our beautiful beaches and then no workers to take care of the tourists when they arrive at immigration and customs...soon we would have no income since tourism is our number 1 business and our Crop Over Season currently being held is one of the island's largest money earners.<br />I know only too well about tails going into overdrive....it's such a happy emotional expression for our canine friends....love it.VirginiaChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17282569773671179047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860373600653353661.post-33521199116893271152015-07-28T22:44:52.525+02:002015-07-28T22:44:52.525+02:00Read that as eroticism in my pre-coffee fog. A re...Read that as eroticism in my pre-coffee fog. A real attention grabber. Your McDonalds sounds like it might have customer service. Ours is manned by 'morose' lads and lasses. If a bowl of ice water is not on the menu......forget it. (We don't DO humidity well either.)Bella Roxy & Macduihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10268052368797347239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860373600653353661.post-82252966646210281052015-07-28T18:06:51.206+02:002015-07-28T18:06:51.206+02:00Wow. Cow dung in front of the supermarket. You h...Wow. Cow dung in front of the supermarket. You have to admire their style. I fear if that were to happen here, the republican presidential candidates would proclaim our right to shoot the cows.Pamela Terry and Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12746603636884819522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860373600653353661.post-12552500346999061272015-07-28T16:28:50.950+02:002015-07-28T16:28:50.950+02:00There is an interesting op-ed piece in today's...There is an interesting op-ed piece in today's NYTimes written by a French<br />economist entitled 'How the Greek Deal Could Destroy the Euro." Makes one<br />wonder whether differences might escalate beyond strikes by farmers. This<br />question of belonging to the euro currency could prove to be an issue in the<br />next (2017?) election seems to me. <br /><br />Sorry I can't link it. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335063080532127542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860373600653353661.post-65402556368768483052015-07-28T13:04:27.451+02:002015-07-28T13:04:27.451+02:00Your McDonald's sounds like a McDonald's B...Your McDonald's sounds like a McDonald's Bistro that are located around places like Disney World -- My brother that lives in Orlando says they're more like a Starbucks than a McDonald's. Being from the south, the best example of exoticism would be an RC Cola and a Moon Pie, totally unheard of in deepest France Profonde, I've no doubt! :-) ~Kim at Golden Pines~https://www.blogger.com/profile/02001523468339091407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860373600653353661.post-88208406451494952312015-07-28T12:23:18.174+02:002015-07-28T12:23:18.174+02:00I don't quite understand what the cow dung p...I don't quite understand what the cow dung pile is supposed to achieve. It would certainly sour me on the farmers cause.<br />One of the previous posters mentioned your old cafe's cast of eccentric characters. Where have all of these people gone? Is there a small, out of the way cafe that you've yet to find where Bob and Sophie would be welcomed as friends?Karihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01172029625828982319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860373600653353661.post-66685359408216912602015-07-28T10:43:48.632+02:002015-07-28T10:43:48.632+02:00We'd rarely, if ever, go to a McDo in the UK. ...We'd rarely, if ever, go to a McDo in the UK. Here, where most coffee tastes like liquid rust, the golden arches make good coffee and serves macaroons. They also have a separate coffee shop away from the burgers and salads which makes life easier for dog owners, As different from a US McD as you could get. Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905037014736070475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860373600653353661.post-48253925601712220752015-07-28T10:19:17.236+02:002015-07-28T10:19:17.236+02:00Croissants from McDonalds, that's a first for ...Croissants from McDonalds, that's a first for me. Is it only in France?Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14996883164727438036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860373600653353661.post-12406872171273020562015-07-28T09:09:06.236+02:002015-07-28T09:09:06.236+02:00But somehow it's not as "deepest France p...But somehow it's not as "deepest France profonde" as the café under the arcades with it's wonderfully eccentric cast of characters !Coppa's girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-860373600653353661.post-34612816959451446892015-07-28T08:40:46.085+02:002015-07-28T08:40:46.085+02:00Ironic that it's MacDonalds to the rescue with...Ironic that it's MacDonalds to the rescue with the illicit croissant.WFT Nobbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14315143664245246248noreply@blogger.com