good *morning* grynch.

so, given your geographical advantage over me, how was Friday?

hi monkey.. I live in the french speaking part of Switzerland ( geneva ) and I've just googled your name and I could find very few monkey's here.

( I did find "cheese eating surrender monkey" but they had a proper french residence )

and hiya Dana .... just to add to the confusion here...I am actually a Yank transplanted over here... however mrs. G is Brit.. from near London originally but lived in Huddersfield for awhile... donkey's years ago.

BigV... hell.... let me tell ya..... just go back to bed now... or like me start dreaming of that first vodka tonic ( in about 2 hrs. )

DanaC.. just noticed the tag under your name.... are you a proper Brit or a transplant Canuck'ian?

Hey! That's the American dating convention. Are you an ex-pat?

Welcome to The Cellar.

:lol:

Well, I said my maiden name. monkey is my married name. ;)

OK... hope this helps...

http://0.tqn.com/d/goeurope/1/0/1/5/...d_map_lang.gif

thanks.... the date format... unless I've not found how to change.. is set to standard American but yes... more recently I am American expat... living over here 11 years now

"deep breath"
originally Canadian ( born in N.S. ) American by law, married to a Brit and living in the land of Cheese.

gee..... I should work for the United Nations with all that going on.

:o

Thanks for that map. I'd never seen it laid out like that!

*grins* no, I am not a Canuck. That was just a play on the way my name sounds.

I'm a Lancashire lass, transplanted across the Pennines to Yorkshire. About a 20 minute drive from Huddersfield as it goes.

Dana.. ok... I've never been up that was but mrs. tells me it's God's country ( with the possible exception of Huddersfield itself !!!!!!!!!!!! )

it's a weird country this.... the germans don't like the french, the french don't like the italians.. and the italians don't like anyone.

( mrs. and I had a couple of days away at a mountain resort just recently ... just above the second "e" in Lake Geneva on that map... maybe 15 miles from the french speaking area and not a soul spoke french )

Where did you grow up in the states? What are you doing for a living in Swissland?

If and when you do piss someone off here, I will probably burst out into song. It's practically required.

Pete... I grew up ( as much as some will allow I have grown up ) just to the west of Boston

and were do I work?


umm.... don't tell..... I do work for the U.N.
( one of the lesser agencies )


ohh... and I can't remember sh*te ;) ... I nearly forgot to mention I'm so good at pissin' people off you better get your song ready.

Har! Hudd's ok. Fairly typical West Yorkshire town.


As to God's Country:

http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=15038