It's odd because in many ways it's an incredibly civilised and courteous country - in my experience - but my goodness, get a rabble and some booze together and you can see a dark underside.
Had I not been waiting nearly an hour to move just a few metres and had they not been drunken oiks I might have been more diplomatic but they had clearly forgotten the "Liberté" part of France's motto and that pissed me off no end.
No doubt there will be more stories this pm at patch group as that's in Olonnes which was brought to a standstill apparently and then mosaic later on in La Roche.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
I don't know what is going on with the electrics in my house at the moment. The kitchen downlighter LEDs have been playing up with one dying prematurely and another 2 flashing at random intervals and having to be replaced. Then last night an undercabinet 12v LED bulb burned out so badly that it's left an acrid smell lingering around the house that doesn't want to shift. The bulb was only a few months old too. The house is only just 10 years old and there's no rodents in here chewing wires so I've no idea what's going on.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
You sure there are no vermin wild edges, yes, I would definitely worry if there was an acrid smell. I have a "fake" log burner dinmplex fire, nice burning loggy effect, you can even open the glass door.I always wanted a real one, but we have no chimney its major building work, loadsa money. These dark evenings. its nice to have the flickering flames effect, on the odd chilly evening also use the heat. Well, people!!! Both bulbs have gone, so looking at this cold black lump of plastic in a very curmudgeonly way.
@Obelixx -did I hear that one woman died in relation to some of these pickets- how awful. BTW my frustration with Royal mail & BT grows wasted another day staying in parcel still not here. Eventually tracked it's now moved from Harrow office to my Local one at Edgware. Even the post girl (lady) who delivered something for my OH had no idea why it would be at Harrow. She suggested ringing the local office but there is no number for it all you get is a centralised re-direction service.
Yes AB. In Savoy, a woman panicked when the protestors started banging her car. She was already stressed trying to get her daughter to hospital and hit the accelerator instead of the brake and killed a protestor. Taken away suffering from shock. Hundreds more people injured in other incidents. Policeman stabbed at our nearest protest point today. I did not go mosaic clas this evening as I'd have had 2 of the blocks to get past.
There are reports of other, better humoured protestors line dancing - the Madison which I really dislike but better than drunkenness or fisticuffs.
Frustrating for you. Hope you get your parcel tomorrow.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Good grief Obelixx, l hadn't realised that it had turned so violent. I heard about the lady who panicked, to be honest l think if my car was surrounded like that, l may well have done the same.
The ones I met on Saturday had been drinking and that fuels all sorts of stupidity. I have no idea about whether alcohol was involved at the other places or incidents.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
As I remember, there have been violent protests in the UK in the past - eg poll tax, London riots.... The problem I'm sure is the presence of alcohol but also people who just enjoy stirring up trouble and bullying others and take advantage. That's how these protests, which may have a perfectly reasonable origin and purpose, get out of hand.
OH and I had planned a day out following the Tour de France route along the coast and photographng the bicycle "art" along the way. No can do because there astill gilets jauned out there at some of the roundabouts on our route. That is frustrating but the upside is I get to spend my pm planting bulbs.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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Had I not been waiting nearly an hour to move just a few metres and had they not been drunken oiks I might have been more diplomatic but they had clearly forgotten the "Liberté" part of France's motto and that pissed me off no end.
No doubt there will be more stories this pm at patch group as that's in Olonnes which was brought to a standstill apparently and then mosaic later on in La Roche.
BTW my frustration with Royal mail & BT grows wasted another day staying in parcel still not here. Eventually tracked it's now moved from Harrow office to my Local one at Edgware. Even the post girl (lady) who delivered something for my OH had no idea why it would be at Harrow. She suggested ringing the local office but there is no number for it all you get is a centralised re-direction service.
There are reports of other, better humoured protestors line dancing - the Madison which I really dislike but better than drunkenness or fisticuffs.
Frustrating for you. Hope you get your parcel tomorrow.
OH and I had planned a day out following the Tour de France route along the coast and photographng the bicycle "art" along the way. No can do because there astill gilets jauned out there at some of the roundabouts on our route. That is frustrating but the upside is I get to spend my pm planting bulbs.