(This has been translated by Google Documents, from the original French - normally I check and change, when necessary, any translations, but this one was just SO good that I left it alone......!) If you want to see the original, go to:   http://www.vauvertvillage.blogspot.com/    Éd ******************  So - it went .....? It has not jammed or burnt buttocks ...? *************** You could not sleep because you knew that you were not either "wise" or "good"? Worry ye not - nobody can be wise and brave a year - part "mr le Marquis" - of course! ******** Have a great day ******

This is the sad story of Silly Tilly of zemanta fame (and fortune...?), Unfortunately, her programme doesn't work on Google Chrome, which is the only browser worth using! As you can see on the right hand side, it says "loading preferences" and sticks there! I already know my preferences (relatively normal) and having my PC freeze is not one of them! Overtime will be required by "Silly Tilly" to fix this, whilst I am in the mountains eating choco-chip ice cream! Happy Christmas and a Good New Year! (mr le marquis) PS - this article will be published so "Silly Tilly" can go and read it, at the adress given - and my preferences are still (not) loading!

When...? 2010...? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010   - just about everything - except the winning lotto numbers! From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the year. For the film, see  2010 (film) . For other uses, see  2010 (disambiguation) . Century : 20th century  -  21st century  -  22nd century Decade : 1980s    1990s    2000s   -  2010s  -   2020s    2030s    2040s Year : 2000      2001      2002       2003       2004      2005      2006 2007   2008   2009  -  2010  -  2011   2012  ...

Here are some of the pictures which have been featured on the Weblogsites of iwmpop(mr le marquis) over the course of 2009. Recognize many of them....?(You can click on the photos to enlarge them!) These are  called "screenshots" taken with a programme called "John's background switcher" which you can download, free of charge! Just "Google" search for it, download it, install it, and with the help of "Gadwins Screenshots" from "Gadwin Systems" (Google again) take your own screen shots, and have fun with it - all for free!

Happy Christmas...!  I haven't been in UK for over 40 years, but now they're asking me to spend my money to go there - to save my money! I can live, happily, without a passport, it's them who insist- and so - they can make their own prices! Logical would be that the passport office, and ONLY the passport office were responsible - even by post to foreign (in particular European - EU) adresses. That's what Europe is about, but the UK ALWAYS has to be different! That's also what Democracy is about! Socialist or Conservative - it's all the same! When will we get a truly EUROPEAN passport? Thanks for nothing at all! ********* Monday 21 December 2009 Passportcosts - e-petition response We received a petition asking: “We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to equalise the cost of renewing UK passports for UK citizens who live abroad.” Details of Petition: “The cost of renewing a basic passport in the UK is £72. In France we have to pay 164€ (...

December - A personal Account of 2009 Final part!   Time passes, and we're already at the end of 2009...! Don't you feel a lot older, wiser and wearier...Like me....? By the nature of things, a bit of this account will have to be "divination" since we're not there yet, but if you think I'm going to wait until the last stroke of midnight on the 31st.....! In any  case, the month of December is never very eventful - more a recuperation from the dead month of November! Sometimes exciting things happen, like waiting for a pension payment that never arrives, but this December was not of that type! The only things of note that happened was the re-appearance of what the hospital doctor had called "a common hernia" in the stomach area! It was disturbing, because it hurt, and because this time it was higher up - under the rib cage, but ...

20th December 2009. Too hot ....? True, these past few days ...! Sweating hot - shorts - swim wear .....! BUT - here's good news for you all: TOMORROW (December 21, 2009) is the beginning of winter - so it should be better ...at least WARMER! (Oh la la, the great evening and I have a tire failure) ***************** That? That's British humour .....! iwmpop (mr le Marquis)****Vauvert, France ****December 20, 2009

EN:  It's happening right now...Everywhere, and it's the season! Click the link to see more.... FR: C'est maintenant et c'est partout...c'est la saison.....NEIGE...Allez sur le lien pour voir d'avantage..... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1236779/Snowflakes-coolest-shapes-planet-beautiful-close-up.html Enlarge   Enlarge   Close up: These snowflakes were captured using a special microscope by Professor Kenneth Libbrecht  It is created in an instant - out of water vapour, and vanishes just as suddenly, its pattern never to be repeated.  These amazing images were taken, using a special microscope, by physics Professor Kenneth Libbrecht, who has spent the past 11 years on a personal quest to record the beautiful world of snowflakes.  Prof Libbrecht, of the California Institute of Technology, says that the m...

October-November - A personal Account of 2009 October - traditional month of searching for lost banknotes amongst the fallen leaves! At least, that's what I tell the poor fellows who employ themselves with the job. They know that once all is clean, they can come back tomorrow - and start again! They tell me they burn the leaves, but they seem a bit green to me! On the burning side, my October was marked with a FIRE AT HOME....! Well - only a little one, it's true, but a fire all the same! My 9 month old Satellite TV Digital decoder suddenly sprouted small flames! Rapidly I turned it off, but of course, the damage was done! Not very pleased, because it was only 9 months old, I assumed there would be no problem - it's under guarantee - isn't it....! I need this thing, because it gives me access to 6 or 700 TV Channels and even more Radios, the lot mainly German, but Spanish, Portugese, a ...

last weekend before Christmas 2009....... so: Happy Christmas.... from me and her....! Just look what you can do with your empty plastic bottles, but.....that's one hell of a lot of water - at Christmas time...? And....try to find a kid to this: nowadays...! They'll take you to court - child labour......! Anyway - have a nice time - Bonne Weekend and Happy Christmas!

Bugs, Phishing and other nasties....! I talked about it, and prompt - they're back! Well - it is Christmas and the poor phishers need money! DO NOT CLICK ON THE LINK....! (I've tried to make it unusable, but you never know!) It just so happened that I DID have contact with my Account at PayPal, but since there isn't a card of any type involved, there can't be a problem! On Firefox, Chrome and IE7, you can report sites you suspect of "phishing' or other illegal actions, but this takes time, which seemingly few people have! Shame....! I've taken the time here, and I've even put you a screenshot here, so you know what the suspect page is like, and reported the site to Google Chrome! I've also sent a copy to the real "PayPal" - maybe they can use it! PayPal is committed to...

August/September - A personal Account of 2009. Two months-normally quite different the one from the other. August is the absolute high point for Tourists activity, summer holidays' - September the end of summer, and the arrival in force of the "pensioner" holidaymakers! For me - this year - things were quieter and calmer! After a clean sweep out, I was pleased to find myself in the general position of being able to do what I wanted, without stress, cooking, arranging things, sorting out problems - no visits, no Tourists - just peace and quiet, and the ability to look at the other poor people whose homes were invaded by tourists from here, there and everywhere - before going home and partaking of a nice meal, in calm - followed by a Siesta - in the calm! ************ I had only one period of visits to look forward to, in September, which changed the routine just a little bit. August started of...