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From the BBC, BBC NEWS | UK | British war graves vandalised

British war graves vandalised

The police have not established any leads in their hunt for the vandals.
Vandals have damaged the graves of British and Commonwealth soldiers at a World War I cemetery in northern France.
Gravestones of British, Canadian and New Zealand soldiers were found to have been kicked over at the St Aubert cemetery, near Cambrai, on Monday.

Authorities in France said they believed the destruction was motiveless.

The motives were harder to describe as motiveless when it happened in April.

The “motive” was in foot high red graffiti, The British are not welcome in France.

I for one have had enough of this attitude and have decided to embark on a one man mission to boycott ALL french products.

French cheese, wine, bread and ho’s are all going to be replaced on my shopping list with new world alternatives. Theres a huge choice of South African wine, cheese gives me nightmares anyway.

So next time you pick up that Kronenbourg 1664 think to yourself, “This is French, they probably urinated in the vat knowing it was destined for us Steenking RosBeefs”.
Just put it back and grab some Fosters.

Same for fruit and Veg, produce of France ? put it back and pick something from the rest of the world.

Champagne will be harder to replace since it can only come from a specific region in France. But whats in a name, I think
this region of Dorset should be exporting its named produce in bulk to the French.

Next time you go shopping and even contemplate buying French goods remember how they will laugh at taking your money.

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May I recommend California wines?

I have not posted anything about France here as I get angry every time I think about them.

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:realmad: :realmad: :realmad:

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Originally posted by MrTFWitt
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fine bottle of Ernest & Julio Gallo

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That is an oxymoron like Victorious French Army

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Personally I would advocate the re-burial of all British soldiers in graves in England, and let it be known that French soil is no longer good enough to hold their remains.

I accept that there are good French people, but they seem to be more and more in a minority :frowning:

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Originally posted by richardlellisjr
That is an oxymoron like Victorious French Army

I’m open to suggestions if you know of better Californian wines.

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Originally posted by richardlellisjr
I love fresh baguettes, they are stale the next day. Ever notice the French (can I use that word in here?) buy bread every day.

I did use the F word once before.

I will put a list together MrTFWitt when I’m through seething about your neighbor to the south.

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The only way I consume anything French is by not knowing it’s French owned. Like a subscription to some magazine I got for my better half, which is an American publication but the parent company is based in France. Only a couple of things have I found are French owned that I purchase and I’m avoiding most of that now.

For the wine hunter, look for Bettinelli Vineyards, Gossamer Bay, Vindage, or even Sutter Home.

Although to technically be called Champagne it has to be produced in a certain area of France, there are a variety of other places that make champagne.

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Originally posted by richardlellisjr
That is an oxymoron like Victorious French Army

Just to take this completely OT, go to Google, enter french military victories, hit the ‘I’m feeling lucky’ button and follow the suggestions… :wink:

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I suspect the largest vinyards will likely export sufficient quantities to the UK to be redially available.

Robert Mondavi is an excellent company which has consistantly good variatal wines. They have several different price levels. Woodbridge is the lowest but still quite good. Their higher end are simply Robert Mondavi, Napa.

Kendal Jackson is another company with several lines of good wines. My wife, a person of Irish decent, drinks their Savignon Blanc. She bought a case of their 1999 Cabernet Savignon by mistake. I drank some and took some as gifts. I bought two more cases to keep around. That should last me a while.

Clos Du Bois makes a good Merlot and Cabernet whitch I enjoy.

For Champagne the nation to your south does not have a monopoly. Schramsberg makes several excellent ones. The Blanc de Blanc is similar to Dom Perignon and one quarter the price. It is the only Champagne served in the White House.

There are many other excellent California wines I can go on about. I will not list them as they are either expensive or from small vinyards.

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Originally posted by Mulda
Just to take this completely OT, go to Google, enter french military victories, hit the ‘I’m feeling lucky’ button and follow the suggestions… :wink:

Mulda,

Thats an absolute gem of a find.

Did you mean: french military defeats

No standard web pages containing all your search terms were found.

Your search - french military victories - did not match any documents.

Laughed so much my son (who should be in bed) came to ask what I was laughing at :chuckle:

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Originally posted by richardlellisjr
[B]Robert Mondavi is an excellent company which has consistantly good variatal wines. They have several different price levels. Woodbridge is the lowest but still quite good. Their higher end are simply Robert Mondavi, Napa.

Kendal Jackson is another company with several lines of good wines. [/B]

Mondavi is difficult to find here, Jackson is a little easier, my favourite of the Napa valleys is the BV Napa merlot, I try and take a bottle or 2 home when I visit.

As for the French?

Sod em!

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Originally posted by Ciccio
[B]BV Napa merlot, I try and take a bottle or 2 home when I visit.

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I very much like BV Napa merlot. I’ve visited the vinyard several times. BV stands for Beaulieu Vinyards. I just visited the web site of my local wine warehouse. They don’t seem to have the merlot right now. :frowning:

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Originally posted by richardlellisjr
I very much like BV Napa merlot. I’ve visited the vinyard several times. BV stands for Beaulieu Vinyards. I just visited the web site of my local wine warehouse. They don’t seem to have the merlot right now. :frowning:

Never made it out to the vinyards, problem with Napa and the US on the whole is it’s so damn big :slight_smile:

Must do it one of these years. Be nice to visit.

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It is a lot easier to visit every country in Europe than to go to every state in the US. The Napa valley is a small area which can be driven in a day with three or four wine tours on the way. It is a short drive from San Francisco. I always take a day to go to the Napa Valley when I’m in northern California. Also nearby is Yosimite National Park. That, however, requires you to stay overnight. The Ahwanie hotel (spelling incorrect) is one of the great lodges in the world and worth the effort to stay at. Get your reservation in six months to a year in advance.

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Yeah, I know I normally stay in the San Jose area, but so far we mainly do Carmel and Monterey, although we’ve seen most of the stuff there. Have to get the missus interested in wine :slight_smile:

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mention the french in my house and you’ll not hear a good word, well some very descriptive ones but “family forum and all that”.

but like alta says theres some nice ppl out there, as one of my brothers friend married a french girl and shes nice.

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It is a plane flight or a very long drive to get there from southern California. You don’t have to be interested in wine in the slightest to enjoy a day driving the Napa Valley. The scenery is georgous, the food fantastic and the wine tours are interesting and fun.

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On the subject of wine I have driven the wine route in South Africa, well the bit from from Mossel Bay to Cape town.

Problem was it was done in three hours starting at Midnight.
Another Avis/Toyota extended endurance test thanks to a system failure in Cape Town :rolleyes:

Must try and organise passing through a few vineyards on the way next time I’m down there.

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Just bomb all the French and have done with it …

… bunch of snail chewing, onion munching, garlic breath toss pots :mad:

Their wines are pretty good tho :hic: