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Nope Ian....you've partly redeemed yourself......remember....most everyone else rolled over in Europe too....and you must admit French losses in WWI were so horrific that you'd be inclined to understand the national psychic a mere 20 years later....



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Yep P; And remember the Cadets that kept the whole German Army from crossing the Loire at Samur for 3 days in 1939 and almost fought to the death despite being aged 14-17 and armed with WW1 wepons
 
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Yup Peter...there were local towns where heros lived and fought...the Saumurois heros are often forgotten outside of France.......cavalry men at that


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....appreciated Frank and I have visited the aftermath many times. However, what I find reprehensible about the french is their animosity to their staunchest ally of those two periods and their a55 kissing adororation of their greatest enemy of those two periods. Forgive and forget is one thing and moving on is another but their 'f*ck you' attitude to us really p!sses me off as I walk round the huge British cemetaries copiously scattered around their green, pleasant and free lands. Anyhow, Dairylea is, and always will be, sh!te. :wink:
 
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Funnily enough Ian....each of the big nations in Europe share many common traits.....what irks the French most is the lack of English acknowledgement to the formation of the British nation due them conquering you lot a mere 946 years ago........at around........1.23 pm time.......on the 14th October 1066

The English have very short memories............


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Don't worry Frank, being invaded by the french really irks me too. However, technically we have invaded france twice in the last hundred years so it would appear the french have much shorter memories than we do. The difference between us, is that their acknowledgement of our input into their national identity is neither expected nor required. We did what we had to do because it was the thing to do (to save plucky little Belgium).
 
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....I think the Yanks would find them equally ungrateful.........................yup.....the Belgians.....often overlooked....but a nation I'm a bit fond of....after all didn't Herge drive a Lancia....:)


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Not wishing to be offensive but I kind of regard the Belgians as being frenchman with a bit of class. At least they don't hate us for saving them. Twice.

BTW, cracking thread drift; watches to sh!t cheese to little green men and onto European politics going back nearly a 1000 years. Awesome effort! :wink:
 
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Well...the Belgians have been an Anglophile nation since WWII.....not entirely sure its being grateful Ian....but more admiration without being sycophantic......the French do many things well.............but they don't do humble pie.................ever..........................!!!


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I think the Belgians have been Anglophile since WW1. Take the Menin Gate for example; it was sited where the Brits wanted it sited and they have played the Last Post under it every night since it was completed in the 20s (excepting the German occupation) whereas the Thiepval memorial on the Somme (commemorating over 70000 British and commonwealth soldiers with no known graves) was reluctantly put on the third choice site as the french didn't want it over a main road. Moving on.......
 
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For my 16th birthday, I choose this watch, the Seiko 7A28-7020.
It was the worlds first quartz chronograph, also of James Bond fame!
I know it's not Swiss, or £1k's, but even nearly 30 years on I still love it.
Unfortunately it stopped working 20 years ago, and at the time I was told it was kaput.
However I still have it, and if anyone knows of anyone who restores Seiko's I would happy spend the money. It's not the ultimate value, more sentimentality!
 

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I hava an Alfa Romeo Breitling Chronomat and an Omega Seamaster which I got for my 21st - quite a few years ago.
 
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The older you get, the more sentimental you get.
An old school friend of mine who I do a fair bit of clay pigeon shooting with has just had his grandfathers side by side restored. They did such a good job I am going to see if an old 100 year old side by side I have can be restored that again has been in the family a long time. Sorry thread drift!
 
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That is a lovely watch Mike and worth getting repaired. Grand Seiko is a hugely respected Seiko brand and yours is a lovely example from the same house. Definitely worth spending s few quid on to get it going again.
 
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BennyD said:
I think the Belgians have been Anglophile since WW1. Take the Menin Gate for example; it was sited where the Brits wanted it sited and they have played the Last Post under it every night since it was completed in the 20s (excepting the German occupation) whereas the Thiepval memorial on the Somme (commemorating over 70000 British and commonwealth soldiers with no known graves) was reluctantly put on the third choice site as the french didn't want it over a main road. Moving on.......
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Fair play to them......but I think they were even more traumatised by WWII which I supposed re-inforced their attitudes.


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mjheathcote said:
Just found these people:
http://www.time-repairs.com
Just over the hill from me so will drop my old seiko in and see what they can do!
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Just had my Breitling repaired by those guys. Cost £300 but still much cheaper than replacing the watch. It came back with pressure test results and a guarantee for the repair. Definitely worth letting them have a look at your watch.
 
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