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I got caught up in the strike too, but managed to find one of the few trains out and got to the checkin desk with 3 mins to spare...

Back in rainy Yorkshire after sunny Paris, with lots of good memories...

by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 11:55:49 AM EST
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I've got great memories as well, came back from warm blue Paris to cold grey Remscheid just as you in Yorkshire, having made my train easily.  For some reason i slept most of the Thalys way, but did get to an hour of drafting comments on a report due soon.

How neat that Izzy gets to stay another day.  Hope you make the most of it.  I also was forced by an airline to spend an extra night in Paris in 1999,  with attendant lovely memories.

Like to thank Helen publicly again for the cool Red Cloud version of the Homeland Security t-shirt.  Photo soon?

You're all amazing.

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin

by Crazy Horse on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 02:07:14 PM EST
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Crazy Horse:
For some reason i slept most of the Thalys way



"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 02:47:06 PM EST
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Did the British contingent put lemon juice in their Caol Ila?

(They use it on/in everything else so ...  :)

by ATinNM on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 02:50:13 PM EST
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We would burn them at the stake if they did!

By the way, we came very close to a serious diplomatic incident between UK and France when a waiter brought Helen a beer with a slice of lemon in it...

"Dieu se rit des hommes qui se plaignent des conséquences alors qu'ils en chérissent les causes" Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet

by Melanchthon on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 03:04:56 PM EST
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totally bloody ruined it as well. If I could find the person who thought it was clever to put a slice of lemon in wheat beer, even Cheney would admire the carnage.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 03:29:08 PM EST
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{snigger}

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Mon Sep 22nd, 2008 at 03:34:05 PM EST
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