Category Archives: Real Life

Goodbye Talksport radio

Posted on 4 April 2012 by Tournesol

Talksport have killed their entertaining overnight community, and is now a 24 hour non-stop sports station. I love football but enough is enough. It will have to be a French radio station for the overnight shift now. Goodbye, Talkie-Sportie, One … Continue reading →

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Twitter as Haiku

Posted on 4 March 2012 by Tournesol

I have just been lucky enough to win ‘140 and counting’ by Joanne Merriem from www.librarything.com. It is a selection of sayings, necessarily short, from Twitter, and very appealing and absorbing. I have been an ardent fan of Twitter for … Continue reading →

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Les mots croisés

Posted on 13 December 2011 by Tournesol

I am lucky enough to be able to start most days by doing a crossword puzzle (les mots croisés). I would recommend this to anyone able to do this for two main reasons. Firstly, you do not have to get out … Continue reading →

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Radio Times

Posted on 13 December 2011 by Tournesol

Am I becoming a shopaholic (une accro du shopping)? Having been unable to resist buying the Christmas issue of the Radio Times, I have now taken out a subscription (first eight issues £1 – rush them to my door). I can … Continue reading →

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Not a Problem!

Posted on 24 November 2011 by Tournesol

Pas de Problème : Don’t you just hate it when people say ‘Not a problem’ when they have been causing you problems large and small for several months? Naming no names but there is a person like this in my … Continue reading →

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Lille

Posted on 23 November 2011 by Tournesol

Je viens de retourner de Roubaix, France. Roubaix est 35 minutes de Lille en tram, ou en métro (ligne 2). C’est un plaisir de prendre le tram: on voit des maisons (houses) très français avec des volets (shutters), un grand … Continue reading →

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Sneakblogs – faux jetons

Posted on 14 November 2011 by Tournesol

I am hoping that ‘faux jetons’ (two-faced people) will be the best way to describe people and firms who bombard your site with ‘spam’. My weekend has been turned into a nightmare with up to 400 ‘comments’ a day from … Continue reading →

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“Rev” BBC2 Thurs. 9pm

Posted on 14 November 2011 by Tournesol

Do not miss “Rev” on BBC2 on Thursday evenings at 9pm. Episode One of the second series was last Thursday (10th Nov. 11). Tom Hollander plays the east end vicar beseiged by his varied parishioners (and staff!). His all-too-human side … Continue reading →

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