Jules Martin Posted September 11, 2000 Share Posted September 11, 2000 In the event the current fuel crisis escalates to "French" proportions, is there a case for local chapters of the club to blockade something(!) - Be it a refinery, distribution centre, petrol station, police station, Indian Take-Away or pub. We may all dislike the French (sorry but I'm half French so I'm entitled.....) but by god they know how to be effective. If the snowball is starting in the UK, where we have the highest fuel prices in the world, and the LEAST spent on our roads, then I am all for doing something to add weight to the argument. Jules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted September 11, 2000 Share Posted September 11, 2000 All I can block(ade) is my drive way ....... not a drop of fuel down here at the garages or in my tank !!! . :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHRIS CLARK Posted September 11, 2000 Share Posted September 11, 2000 Jules It's all the panic buying by the weber carb. brigade due to their horrendous fuel consumptions. (Does one get the feeling that this entry is being placed by an injection owner?). Only a couple of days ago (smug grin approaching) I had the foresight to buy an ex M.O.D. jerry can & fill it with S/UL. It comes with deity status I guess! Pride before a what? Hopefully that plus the full car tank will see us through. Can't say the same for the Co. BMW though. I'm with you. Lets, as a club, blockade a good Indian take away! Dave J.----Where is "Down here"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory McLeod Posted September 11, 2000 Share Posted September 11, 2000 Jules: Surely the only thing you can block at the moment is the potty under the bed! he he he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casbar Posted September 12, 2000 Share Posted September 12, 2000 Perhaps all you seven owners with the more advanced K injection engines should convert to LPG. That would leave a lot more fuel for us ludites with X flows and wonderful Weber Carbs. Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrolhead Posted September 12, 2000 Share Posted September 12, 2000 Newcastle is also experiencing a lack of fuel. How about getting diesel powered Sevens!!?? :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Plato Posted September 12, 2000 Share Posted September 12, 2000 Chris ..... Down here in Wales . Although I think I have enough to get to the club meet tonight . :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Gillet Posted September 12, 2000 Share Posted September 12, 2000 And not a protest about Jules's statement. I thought it was a rumor that "all" the Brits dislike the French that may be carried by these tabloids! So, I was wrong, it seems to be a fact. Sob, sob, sob... At least French women seem to be more "in grace" ( my young niece recently married an English man...). Who knows why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Carmichael Posted September 12, 2000 Share Posted September 12, 2000 Pierre, A French colleague once told me that French men have small hands and large mouths, the reason being that French women have small bre@sts but large n!pples. Can you confirm or deny this rumour? (Not sure that my contribution qualifies to be posted in the Technical section of Blatchat.) Edited by - Peter Carmichael on 12 Sep 2000 17:29:23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Gillet Posted September 12, 2000 Share Posted September 12, 2000 I could not tell , Peter, am afraid. You may want to do the arimetics of the rumor yourself...probably not a too unpleasant job... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old captain slow Posted September 12, 2000 Share Posted September 12, 2000 And while we're at it. What about the traffic calming I say? Well go on then.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Martin Posted September 12, 2000 Author Share Posted September 12, 2000 Rory, I WISH i could block even that! Jules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Martin Posted September 12, 2000 Author Share Posted September 12, 2000 Pierrre, I'm sorry if I offended you, I certainly didn't mean to. I am indeed half French (Mother's father and Father's mother) I have 20 first cousins, all of whom live in France. I Love the Frewncxh so long as it's not in business where they are the most arrogant, conceited, useless arse***** in the world. I never, ever want to do business with a product of "Ecoles des Mines" again!!!! Jules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory McLeod Posted September 12, 2000 Share Posted September 12, 2000 Pierre: I Like the French, the culture, style & cuisine. I have never received anything but mutually reciprocated respect from French. Hope this restores the balance somewhat! smile.gifsmile.gif Edited by - Rory McLeod on 13 Sep 2000 05:48:40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Gillet Posted September 13, 2000 Share Posted September 13, 2000 Jules, Thank you for the clarification. In fact I just felt sorry about this poor relationship. Too bad. Some of us in this country also suffer from the arrogance of the products of the school (or equivalent)you mentioned. I figure that there must be similar "Grandes Ecoles" in Great Britain producing this kind of great products! As far as I am concerned I cannot remember of any problem while doing business with England. Most of my interlocutors have even been patient with my poor English... Pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Gillet Posted September 13, 2000 Share Posted September 13, 2000 Rory, thanks you for all your nice words. biggrin.gifbiggrin.gif et Vive l'Angleterre! Cheers, Pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Martin Posted September 13, 2000 Author Share Posted September 13, 2000 Pierre, your English is great. Vive La France et vive La revolution! (You may have seen how the English have followed the French example). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Martin Posted September 13, 2000 Author Share Posted September 13, 2000 Et Vive Le Sept, La meilleur des voitures du monde. (Or something like that) Jules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Gillet Posted September 14, 2000 Share Posted September 14, 2000 Yes Jules, but the use of the Army by your Prime Minister ("Sabre au clair, cavalerie, chargez!")is applauded here as compared with the way of MR Chicken Jospin! OK Jules, your grammary is correct. In fact we would say here : "Vive la Seven", because it must sound English (la classe, quooi...) Cheers, Pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules Martin Posted September 14, 2000 Author Share Posted September 14, 2000 OK Pierre I afgree, "Vive la Seven" sounds better,- just didn't want to offend you again! Your M. "le Poulet" Jospin did at least give you a reduction in your petrol costs. Our Mr obsequious, wimpish, teeth.gif, Blair could only crow about how clever he had been when in fact he was totally dumbstruck and caught out by the depth of feeling. Regards, Jules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Gillet Posted September 15, 2000 Share Posted September 15, 2000 Jules, Well Jospin gave money to the truckers not to "the rich who drive their Sevens to their country club with their collapsable golf clubs in the boot" (a quote from today Arlette Laguiller's radio interview that I slightly modified). We still expect however a reduction of the petrol price for everybody including those "rich" Sevenists .. sometime. Cheers, Pierre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Carmichael Posted September 15, 2000 Share Posted September 15, 2000 On a tangential note... ... last Saturday, Jo drove her father in my Seven to play a round of golf. The two of them and two sets of golf clubs. Surely this announcement opens up Sevening to the lucrative North American market. (then again, in any front impact Paul would have been impaled on his own sand wedge.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Gillet Posted September 16, 2000 Share Posted September 16, 2000 may be not with collapsable shafts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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