Comments on: The joys of starring in one’s own Pacman/La Rentrée game

By: PigletinFrance

PigletinFrance — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:41:16 +0000

oh Happy Strikers! There’s a new one! Isn’t Aix a bit big to walk everywhere Delana? You must be very fit! I can imagine if they’re striking in the streets then it could be quite difficult to get around the narrow streets, maximum disruption as always then!

How is the quitting smoking going?

By: PigletinFrance

PigletinFrance — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:37:38 +0000

LOL! I don’t think I would mind parades and processions as much, it’s just all the negativity about strikes and how it is always the same people striking here – most of them already have more job security, more benefits than the rest of us, makes me sick to the teeth especially when I spend hours driving around to get from to A to B because of them. BARRGGGHHHHHJJJJJJJHHHHHHHHHH angry me!

By: PigletinFrance

PigletinFrance — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:36:17 +0000

I think the slacking has already started in my industry

By: PigletinFrance

PigletinFrance — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:35:57 +0000

yes! and how about the one planned for next week? They have managed to plan yet another strike for the only day in September I am due to travel (to Montpellier) by train. Arggghhh! What will it be? Their third day off in September?

i can understand about needing a break though, it’s damn hard actually working rather than pretending to work as I was doing during the summer

By: PigletinFrance

PigletinFrance — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:34:29 +0000

hmm, worth considering the sticks then… looks like I’ll be fine so long as I don’t have ducks?
Does he steal rubber ducks too?

By: PigletinFrance

PigletinFrance — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:33:47 +0000

Hi Sarah, your comment has set off a whole new set of ideas in my head about the little things making a difference to quality of life. I’ll develop more as ideas and plans progress but a big THANK YOU!

By: PigletinFrance

PigletinFrance — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:32:42 +0000

I don’t know where the time went either, it’s pretty damn scary.

I am not sure if I’d like to have everything go deadly quiet after a busy summer, is it a bit like the day after a party?

By: PigletinFrance

PigletinFrance — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:31:34 +0000

Hi Gillpj! How are you keeping? I find it hard to visit blogs often during the summer too, especially as the weather was a bit hit and miss, whenever it was nice I longed to be sitting outside!
Nothing major to report here (yet! I hope to have something MAJOR soon!) apart from me turning into Ugly Betty… No fights with fondue sticks anyway
mmm, courgettes… I’ve gone right off courgettes at the moment, I can’t stand the sight of one yet alone even contemplate eating one. It may be a while before I can pluck up the courage to cook with them again. Maybe I can do 1001 ways to eat without using courgettes (this is already proving hard as many of the recipes I know have courgettes in them!).
I love how you compare the French and your desperation to that of a child trying to tie shoelaces, excellent!

By: Delana

Delana — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:33:15 +0000

I can get almost everywhere her in Aix faster on foot than I can in a car. Until yesterday. I got stuck in a crowned of happy strikers outside the prefecture. The street is so narrow and they all seemed to want to be right in front of the door. Who knows what they were striking about. I don’t even think that they knew! But it was definitely THEIR street and I had to find another way around.

By: nmaha

nmaha — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 08:52:08 +0000

Quite a complex conspiracy against you. Thank God I’m just a nobody

Seriously, we get a lot of parades and processions here and yes, it is irritating.