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Subject: [Leica] Re:kodachrome NOW VOLUNTEERS!!! :-) -now paid mercenaries!
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Sun Feb 5 02:01:21 2006
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Hi Steve,
I think the eating thing depends on where you are living and how  
"modern" things have become.
During the 4 years I lived in France (not continuously) I was right  
in the middle - Le Cher vraiment la France profonde - we ate out  
every lunchtime. The factory was closed for 2 hours (this went down  
to 1 1/2 during my 4 years) even the switchboard was set to autoreply  
and everything. Married people went home and had lunch with the  
family, few children ate at school. The rest of us went to local  
restaurants which catered for exactly this sort of thing. It was  
excellent and I now continue to have a proper lunch even though I am  
back in England, let the rest have a sandwich at their desk if they  
like!
Not many people ate out in the evening during the week. I was about  
50km from Sancerre so went there for Sunday lunch when not working or  
home in the UK, chance to stock up on wine too.
As I was away from home on my own I was keen to buy simple freezer  
food to have in stock when necessary. The freezer section in the  
local supermarket was pitiful, small poor choice of rubbish in tatty  
containers. Fresh live lobster, no problem, local cheese from  
unpasturised milk, no problem and so on. Fast food - not available.
When I said to my colleagues the fast food was poor at the  
supermarket they said well fast food IS poor..........
McDonalds opened an outlet next to the supermarket. It was popular  
with children and teenagers but I never saw adults eat there.
Frank

On 4 Feb, 2006, at 23:45, Steve Unsworth wrote:

> Nathan
>
> As a native of Manchester in the UK I resent the fact that you  
> claim to have
> more rainfall. Being farther west than Holland I can assure you  
> that we have
> far more rain than Holland. Your years in Seville have obviously  
> corrupted
> your estimation of what constitutes true rain :-)
>
> On another note, during the 18 months or so that I worked in France  
> we never
> went to a resto more than once or twice a week. Mondays was a Japanese
> place, Thursdays was couscous. Other than that it was a baguette  
> ate at the
> desk.
>
>
> Steve
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+lug=steveunsworth.co.uk@leica-users.org
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> Behalf Of
> Nathan Wajsman
> Sent: 04 February 2006 22:07
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:kodachrome NOW VOLUNTEERS!!! :-) -now paid
> mercenaries!
>
> The climate is basically rain year round, the only difference being  
> that
> it is slightly colder in the winter than in the summer.
>
> The Dutch attitude to food is best illustrated with this country's  
> lunch
> culture: since the body needs a certain amount of calories per day,  
> and
> since some of those should be consumed in the middle of the day, lunch
> exists. But for most people it consists of eating a bland sandwich,
> often at the desk. Going out to a restaurant like people do in  
> France or
> Spain is almost unheard of.
>
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