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The peak-to-trough part of the business cycle is an outlier. Carnot would have died laughing.

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 01:24:20 PM EST
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What were they? 7 prisoners? Four forgers, two loonies, an upper class deviant twit? Some celebration ;-)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 01:26:56 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread (4.00 / 9)

Well, if you don't want to celebrate Bastille Day, you could at least celebrate my birthday...

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

by Melanchthon on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 02:17:06 PM EST
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Wowza! Happy birthday, republican Melanchthon!

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 02:34:38 PM EST
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Happy birthday. I'll raise a glass when I get home from work

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 02:36:54 PM EST
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I will certainly toast in honor of Melancthon this evening! all the best, my friend.

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

by Crazy Horse on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 02:45:56 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread (4.00 / 3)

Mon ami - bien sûr!

I just cooked a rather tasty spread out on the patio, and now we shall raise a toast to the Man from Lyon...

Grilled corn, stuffed mushrooms, honey melon salad, entrecôte, marinated garlic cloves, herb olives, and a red you probably wouldn't approve of ;-)

Café presse with a side order of Jameson, and a fun conversation about a youtube movie we plan to make.

But now the toast....Kippis!!

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 02:50:43 PM EST
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Happy mores!

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 02:52:38 PM EST
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Bon anniversaire! See you in September.

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 03:11:20 PM EST
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HBTM (4.00 / 2)

Oh man, oh man, here I am sitting drinking a plastic bottle of Holsten, of all beers (I didn't buy it, I swear!), on your birthday. Fortunately I still have a nice bottle of Held to open. Close...

Here's to you Melanchton, have a good one!

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 03:21:15 PM EST
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Re: HBTM (none / 0)

If you think the Holsten brewed in germany is bad, you should try (or rather, not try) the Holsten brewed in the UK.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 04:11:14 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread (4.00 / 3)

Happy ~~Bastille~~ Melanchthon Day!

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 04:17:02 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread (none / 1)

Hurrah! Happy Birthday!

Ad astra per aspera

by In Wales (inwales aaat eurotrib.com) on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 05:36:21 PM EST
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Hope (none / 1)

you had a happy day! and didn't work at all.

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. -Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 05:42:34 PM EST
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Re: Hope (4.00 / 2)

I did, thanks! I had organised a picnic at noon and between the morning rain and the evening thunderstorm, we had a nice sunny moment...

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

by Melanchthon on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 06:16:29 PM EST
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Bon anniversaire...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 07:35:56 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread (none / 1)

For Bastille Day bogging, go here.

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

by Crazy Horse on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 01:36:02 PM EST
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A Bastille Day with Sarkozy parading on the Champs Elysées and Johnny Hallyday singing on the Champ de Mars is one I'd rather forget...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 01:38:06 PM EST
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You forgot Yvette Horner on France Inter this morning.

Ca sauve tout.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 02:36:00 PM EST
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I am of an age where things that happen before noon on jours feriés don't exist...

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 02:40:15 PM EST
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Lucky you.

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 02:42:05 PM EST
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Some grumble about Johnny's concert mentioned on the TV news tonight (haven't they got the memo at France Television?):

Johnny, a FON (Friend of Nicolas), is still a Swiss resident, where he pays EUR 600K annual taxes instead of EUR 4M had he returned to France, as he promised to do so (and then forgot) when the "fiscal shield" became law in France.

Folks are not too happy to see a fiscal expat being commissioned for this national celebration day with taxpayers money (French taxpayers not Swiss ones...)

But hey, his name was suggested by the Prez himself, so...

Europeans think a hundred miles is a long way. Americans think a hundred years is a long time.

by Bernard on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 03:36:07 PM EST
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And the Bastille Day Tour de France stage was won by... a Brit. Even if not an Englishman.

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 02:04:31 PM EST
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The stage wasn't even actually really disputed - the organiser wanted to try a stage without oreillettes, i.e. suppress the straight communication link between the team manager and the riders, which results in slightly more boring races, less adventurous riders...

14 of the team managers didn't want to lose their authority, and ordered their riders not to contest much of the stage (until the final sprint)?

Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères

by linca (antonin POINT lucas AROBASE gmail.com) on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 02:19:31 PM EST
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Re: Open Thread (none / 1)

Yes, and the riders in these teams cursed those from the remaining teams who joined an escape attempt. In the end, however, the sprinter teams began to work, and that was it for the escape (caught just after the 2km gate).

_{*Lunatic*, n.

One whose delusions are out of fashion.}

by DoDo on Tue Jul 14th, 2009 at 02:57:15 PM EST
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