Hi "IMW" Yuletide greetings from over my way.  It must be 5 years since we said we must get together, and we've repeated it annually ! I'm currently travelling a bit, so we should aim for later in 2011  Regards Peter http://the-languedoc-page.com http://the-languedoc-page.com/forum On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 9:35 AM, Ian Watson Mitchell < iwmpop@gmail.com > wrote: -- Google search-" iwmpop " - " mrlemarquis " http://www.marquisdugalipot.blogspot.com Facebook: Ian Mitchell     -     Twitter: Mr le Marquis ( iwmpop@gmail.com ) Tel: (International 0033 4 3008 5056                                            (en France: 0430085056)

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   Some years go by with little or no events worth noting.....2010 was NOT one of those years. The Queen of England once called the year that had gone by as "Anus Horriblis" which had nothing to do with the posterior or "rear end", and MY 2010 was a mixture of everything....! Starting, as usual with January, it made its way  through to December.....strangely enough! January presented itself with its normal increases in Insurance costs, Electricity costs, Gas costs, in other words - increases in everything - except my Pensions....a normal start! February and March brought the usual reflections on "departed people" -  mainly people far too young to have "departed", and in 2010 the month of March brought a further addition to the list,  not a person, something much closer and much more dependant on me - "Granite de l'Oasis" - who you can see in the photo above.  An animal who had shared the ups and downs of my life for 18 years, w...

 I'm really rather proud of myself! After nearly a year of sitting around with a brand new PC, much, much better than the old one, but which didn't work, thanks to the incapabilities of MSI and their so called Technicians, even after 3 journey's (paid for by them) Vauvert - Paris - Brussels - Amsterdam - some little place in Holland ....and back....YES...THREE TIMES....! One would think they would finally do something reasonable, but no....just send it back with the same old system from 2004 or so, needing updates (payable) for a Linux system proud of saying that it was free, and even then - didn't work! After partitioning (and if you don't know what that is be thankful) I finally got it to use Windows XP - except it refused to go onto the Internet and was therefore practically USELESS....! Finally, fed up with waiting for promised discs to return - Post or whatever - I took an Installation disc for a truly free  Linux system called UBUNTU.... Well, well - look...

Ouvrez.....vite.....!           ***********           Open......Quick.....!       ********   Schnell Aufmachen....!   iwmpop (mr le marquis)                    30600, Vauvert France            -              Décembre 2010 Bonjour, Jan Mitchell Marquis du Galipot a créé spécialement pour vous une carte de vœux intitulée " Tous les langues.....! ". Si vous ne voyez pas cette image, cliquez ici . L'équipe de L'Internaute NOUVEAU Offrez un calendrier personnalisé avec vos photos Le cadeau de Noël ou de nouvelle année idéal ! 23 modèles à personnaliser avec vos photos perso...

Oui - en Anglais, mais facile.....et terminer par "Bonne Annee"...... In English..... finishing with a Happy new Year.....! mr le marquis.

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American adventures (Part 3) https://sites.google.com/site/ianwmitchellswebsite /american-adventures-part-3 (Parts 1 & 2 can be read on the "Archives" of this Weblog)   ...Well, I had made it....the target of  thousand's  of miles in Greyhound buses, travelling through places like Denver,  Dallas  and god only knows how many other places. Of course, what I'd seen was just the bus station of all these places,  but I could now honestly say "I'd been there....!" 3 days, 2 nights of jiggling up and down in buses, but with the  notable  exception of the food, I'd enjoyed it, and I could say that I'd  really seen  the countryside! Now - I couldn't look another fried chicken piece or a Hamburger  in the  face without feeling ill! Of course, as tradition has it, I had arrived in Colorado Springs,  Colorado,  USA without luggage....it was probably on it's way to New York,...

........Happy Christmas...... ...................and A prosperous, healthy New Year  2011... iwmpop (mr le marquis)         -      Vauvert, France       -     December 2010

Santa's entitled to rest and recreation as well....... so - here he is - restin' and workin'....... Hopin' that this year he doesn't burn the family jewels AGAIN....and...maybe some of you could repair your chimney pots....? They're dangerous!

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