Author Archives: jb

This takes me back to the 1960s and LSD……

Posted on 6 June, 2013 by jb
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Things come apart

Posted on 4 June, 2013 by jb

Buy the book

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 4 June 2013

Posted on 4 June, 2013 by jb

Beat Mama – Cast – Magic Hour [Listen] Freedom Fighters – Utopia – Todd Rundgren’s Utopia [Listen] Inside and Out – Warm Ghost – BIRP! September 2011 [Listen] Mpb – Gold Panda – BIRP! July 2011 [Listen] Old Smokey – … Continue reading →

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After all these….

Posted on 1 June, 2013 by jb

Aix en Provence, it’s good to get back to les Oeufs en Allemagne…

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My kind of shop

Posted on 1 June, 2013 by jb

This is PART of a common-or-garden hypermarché (LeClerc)’s wine department in a not very salubrious bit of Le Grande Nation (Metz). Bordeaux for over €200. And NOT in a locked cabinet…

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You know you’re in France…

Posted on 31 May, 2013 by jb

…. When you go to the Café de la Fontaine in Lourmarin and ask if they have a Pain au chocolat to go with your café creme. “We don’t” says the owner “but I’ll get you one” Heads off to … Continue reading →

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Instant haemorrhoid relief

Posted on 31 May, 2013 by jb

Get rid of your piles here….

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Fred et Claude

Posted on 31 May, 2013 by jb

This “Fred et Claude” company appears to have a monopoly on bathroom and kitchen taps in France. Every bloody tap you see has “Fred” on one tap and “Claude” on the other. I mean, advertising’s OK, but wouldn’t it be … Continue reading →

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“If I ever come across that bastard….

Posted on 30 May, 2013 by jb

…I’ll rip off his balls and feed them to the dogs” More than a couple of years back, we came across a hamlet by the name of Sivergues in the Vaucluse. 2 houses, a letterbox and an abandoned VW bus … Continue reading →

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The metric system

Posted on 30 May, 2013 by jb

Or “The perils of alcohol consumption at work” Went for a brisk walk around Goult the other day and decided – spur of the moment stuff – to walk down the hill to the Gare de Bonnieux for their excellent … Continue reading →

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