French run checklist

Not with a cunningly-wired in fag lighter under your seat, no. Never
run out of matches, either.
Also dead handy for those cold Winter mornings when yer
Farmer's are a giving you some.

 

They rock - a mate of mine has claimed off them on virtually every
snowboarding trip he's been on. One stolen snowboard, one snowboard lost by
airline, one girlfriend shipped home with a broken leg. Easy to claim every
time, with no quibbles. Not the quickest to pay up for the kit, but they're
sooo much cheaper than everyone else with a similar policy. Oh, and they
cover you for off-piste snowboarding, which few do.

 

Don't they kill it if you don't use it for six months or something?

 

Not on virgin mobile, set up to direct debit for your call charges, they
don't.

I generally get by with about £2 a month bill, for those rare calls I
make that aren't done on my work mobile..

 

Working as a Travel Agent has its advantages. Even though I can get
BA Staff insurance cheaper, the cover provided by InsureAndGo is far
superior.

 

For when someone nicks your shit/passport/clothing/purchases (theft),
for when you get arrested (Defense) or accidentally injure someone off
of your bike (Legal Liability) for when you get killed (Shipped back
to UK) for when your transport is delayed and/or you need overnight
accommodation (Delay cover) or everything goes **** and you need to
get back home sharpish (curtailment), and a million other reasons.

 

wrote:

Manage another £10 or so on the work one.. and maybe £20 or so on an old
fashioned land line.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Steph

Steph, if you ever forget to pack your knickers, and Mups stop to buy
you some, I will personally kill him.

Slowly.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

<snip>

Thank you for taking the time to explain the differences - I really am
interested, and I wasn't intentionally being facetious. The word "merde"
of course stuck out like a sore thumb which was why I then tried
translating the rest.

As for my attempt at translating Ginge's quote, it was really to see how
much French I could remember. I took french up to A level, but then I
bought a bike and dropped out of 6th form. My Mum was livid when I
dropped out, she wanted me to be a translator for the UN when I grew
up!(her dream not mine). Being forced to go to our French neighbours
house twice a week for extra lessons for 3 years put me off too.

Since then I've learnt a little Cantonese, Polish, German, Gujarati, and
Russian, but sadly, most of the things I remember now are swear words or
insults.

 

<Makes note in diary - Next time I want a new set of clothes, I must
remember to "forget" to pack!>

 

*DING*

--

Cheers!
Fr Jack
96 Tiger.
FRJACKUKRM AT GMAIL DOT COM
skype: fr.jack (without the dot)

 

Of course, Des's translation wasn't literal, but did have a more
colloquial feel to it. 'Merde', BTW, is much more commonly-used than
'shit' in English and isn't really thought of as a swear-word.


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This last point is very true - when I needed travel insurance[1] I
always used the Ski Club's policy, which is one of the few to
automatically cover off-piste.


[1] Swiss employers have to provide an accident insurance, which
covers anything, anywhere.
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Legal cover on your insurance, or AA/RAC membership. Or just deal;
with it, as you would in the UK.

Well, that's really likely, and obviously much more important if
you're abroad.

let some other fucker pay for that,

So you have to change your ferry/tunnel crossing? Wow, that's gonna
cost you, like, loads.



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Same on my Orange one. It's only the PAYG ones that expire after nine
months of no credit (in France at least).

I never look at my statements, but it probably averages about that at
most.
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Fr Jack emerged from their own little world to say

or even a factory fitted accessory socket

<smug>

 

wessie says...

Not so smug when the charger won't fit the Hella ones that BMW fit.

 

Not quite. More like 'crap', really.

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Personally, I wouldn't be without an annual policy, but that's because
I'm away so often without much/any warning. It's handy to have and is
fifty quid well spent, imho.

 

Lozzo emerged from their own little world to say

If you remove the red bit of plastic on an optimate plug it fits the BMW
socket. Same with many of the male plugs that come with accessories.

You can get a socket adapter very cheaply from a John Deere tractor
emporium for a couple of quid. This is ideal for phone chargers as they
rarely have the removable red bit.

So