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Title: bonjour tout le monde
Post by: rauschaxleman on March 04, 2014, 09:18:57 PM
After 15 years of provision and faulting for Openreach, I am going through b/b training at the mo.   No doubt I will be referring to this very informative forum, once I am let loose on society  :-X
Title: Re: bonjour tout le monde
Post by: Black Sheep on March 04, 2014, 09:21:47 PM
Hi and welcome, bud. You're one on thousands who are 'Up-skilling' at the minute. This site is the best there is for increasing your knowledge, pal.

What part of the country do you work in ??
Title: Re: bonjour tout le monde
Post by: burakkucat on March 04, 2014, 10:05:28 PM
Welcome to the Kitz forum.  :)

We have a distinct "soft spot" for those persons who maintain the nation's communications infrastructure . . . so please make yourself "at home".
Title: Re: bonjour tout le monde
Post by: rauschaxleman on March 04, 2014, 10:08:19 PM
Thank you Black Sheep, burakkucat  :)  I wouldn't say I've been dragged kicking and screaming, I honestly new the time was right to test myself a little after being in the CAL comfort zone for a while, I have got to admit I'm not the most technically minded person, I certainly will appreciate any help on here   :) I work the Lancs patch, usually around Wigan way.
Title: Re: bonjour tout le monde
Post by: 4candles on March 04, 2014, 10:20:46 PM
Welcome, rauschaxleman   :)

Always good to hear from one 'on the inside' so to speak. I'm sure the benefits will be mutual.

4C (took VR in '99)
Title: Re: bonjour tout le monde
Post by: rauschaxleman on March 04, 2014, 10:27:59 PM
Thanks 4candles or is it fork handles....Classic two Ronnie's
  ;D
Title: Re: bonjour tout le monde
Post by: roseway on March 04, 2014, 10:53:08 PM
Welcome rauschaxleman :)
Title: Re: bonjour tout le monde
Post by: Black Sheep on March 05, 2014, 07:33:39 AM
Thank you Black Sheep, burakkucat  :)  I wouldn't say I've been dragged kicking and screaming, I honestly new the time was right to test myself a little after being in the CAL comfort zone for a while, I have got to admit I'm not the most technically minded person, I certainly will appreciate any help on here   :) I work the Lancs patch, usually around Wigan way.

A good arrow, and I could probably hit you from where I work !!  ;D ;D
Drop us a PM if there's anything I can help you with pal ........ and don't forget to flex off properly. LOL.  :lol:
Title: Re: bonjour tout le monde
Post by: kitz on March 05, 2014, 09:59:22 AM
Hi and welcome to the forum.  :)
Title: Re: bonjour tout le monde
Post by: Scottiesmum on March 05, 2014, 11:44:17 AM
Bonjour à vous aussi , et bienvenue    ;D   ... I was slightly thrown and thought someone else from this side of la Manche had arrived, then spotted your Lancashire accent  ;)       I shan't be any help to you at all, being the least techy person on here (I'm sure)  8)   ....   with your expertise, no doubt,  you will be a valued addition.    Enjoy !    :)

  Kate
Title: Re: bonjour tout le monde
Post by: rauschaxleman on March 05, 2014, 08:33:05 PM
Merci beaucoup kitz :) & Scottiesmum if your the least techy, I am sure I will give you a run for your money ha  ???   Thanks Black Sheep appreciate that  ;D  might just need your help in the coming weeks...
Title: Re: bonjour tout le monde
Post by: Black Sheep on March 05, 2014, 09:08:07 PM
Anytime, bud.  :)
Title: Re: bonjour tout le monde
Post by: UncleUB on March 09, 2014, 10:38:40 AM
Bonjour...... ;D.......I mean Hiya Rauschaxleman,welcome to the mad house.  :crazy:

Any more of this Froggie speak and they will be putting frogs legs on the menu.. :D
Title: Re: bonjour tout le monde
Post by: Scottiesmum on March 11, 2014, 07:53:02 AM
Ooo la la Unc    :D :flower:
Title: Re: bonjour tout le monde
Post by: UncleUB on March 11, 2014, 11:50:33 AM
Ooo la la Unc    :D :flower:

 :doh:   :D
Title: Re: bonjour tout le monde
Post by: kitz on March 11, 2014, 11:03:29 PM
Eke.... No frogs legs around here please. 
I tried them once when in Paris.  Well you have to don't you...   Just say I tried them and wasn't impressed by either :sick:

Talking of supposed delicacies.. I also tried oysters in Belgium the same year...  That also put me off them for life. 

It's not just continental either I'd heard rave reviews about clam chowder for years so couldn't wait to try it on a trip to the states.  What a HUGE disappointment that was :(.   Give me a nice juicy steak any day. :)
Title: Re: bonjour tout le monde
Post by: burakkucat on March 11, 2014, 11:07:08 PM
Give me a nice juicy steak any day. :)

Yes please!  :yum:
Title: Re: bonjour tout le monde
Post by: kitz on March 12, 2014, 12:20:49 AM
Give me a nice juicy steak any day. :)

Yes please!  :yum:

Talking of steaks and foreign food (Yep sorry a bit OTT) but one of THE best steaks I've ever had must have been about 20yrs ago in what was then a small town in the south west of Florida called Naples.

We were coming back from the Keys and were hoping to get to fort Myers by nightfall.  Unknown to us at the time, several weeks previously there had been a plane that disappeared somewhere and still hadn't been found... But the day we were coming back through the Everglades was the day they found the crash site.  If anyone knows the Everglades and the tamiami trial will know the state of that road 20 yrs ago and that it was the only route east to west. So for it to be deluged with emergency vehicles and TV satellite type vans at the same time they get those love bug things swarming, means that any progress is going to be slow.   
No overtaking on that stretch of a reaaally long road...  Nor any getting off it.   Anyhow at about 7pm, with a 5yr in the back and still in the Everglades we decided the first civilised town we reached would be where we lay our heads that night.

Irrc we hit Naples at about 11pm, it was only small back then with brand new hotels, because it was so late we were told no normal rooms were available that night, but they offered us a suite at an amazing price of $40.   We ended up staying 4 nights and went back several years in a row for many years... where they always cut us a good deal as we were one of their first customers.   The hotel was beautiful, Naples with its empty white beaches was wonderful and it was a wonderful base to explore from....  And sorry I digressed, but .. We met up with a local who befriended us and took us to a restaurant where OMG.... the BESTEST  rib eye steaks I've ever had in my life..  They were humongous.  Im normally a sirloin steak eater, but to this day I can almost still taste those steaks... nothing compares.

These days Naples isn't a small undiscovered town, its now a place for the rich, now it's beauty has been leaked.   Out of interest I just checked the room rate for the suite which we stayed in, and nearly choked.  I guess I won't ever be staying there again :(.  :-X