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Title: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Martinus on March 14, 2016, 12:30:49 PM
I was offered a 6 month secondment in Paris.

It would start in 3 weeks or so - but tomorrow I am leaving for 1 week holiday.

I would need a passport for my cat.

Should I accept?

My mother says I should go as long as I don't get killed by a Muslim terrorist.

I still have to discuss it with my boyfriend(s).  :ph34r:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Eddie Teach on March 14, 2016, 12:33:53 PM
Quote from: Martinus on March 14, 2016, 12:30:49 PM
I still have to discuss it with my boyfriend(s).  :ph34r:

keep one in Paris and one in Warsaw.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Martinus on March 14, 2016, 12:34:19 PM
They would both stay in Warsaw I presume.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Valmy on March 14, 2016, 12:34:38 PM
You're asking me?  :lol:

Mais, bien sûr.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: derspiess on March 14, 2016, 12:36:01 PM
I don't know, Lloyd.  The French are assholes.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: garbon on March 14, 2016, 12:38:16 PM
Quote from: Martinus on March 14, 2016, 12:30:49 PM
I was offered a 6 month secondment in Paris.

It would start in 3 weeks or so - but tomorrow I am leaving for 1 week holiday.

I would need a passport for my cat.

Should I accept?

My mother says I should go as long as I don't get killed by a Muslim terrorist.

I still have to discuss it with my boyfriend(s).  :ph34r:

Sounds like a perfect occasion to drop one of them. Should be obvious which one I mean.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Zanza on March 14, 2016, 12:38:35 PM
Of course. I would love to do one of those half-year stints somewhere right now. Go for it.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Eddie Teach on March 14, 2016, 12:40:59 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 14, 2016, 12:38:16 PM
Quote from: Martinus on March 14, 2016, 12:30:49 PM
I was offered a 6 month secondment in Paris.

It would start in 3 weeks or so - but tomorrow I am leaving for 1 week holiday.

I would need a passport for my cat.

Should I accept?

My mother says I should go as long as I don't get killed by a Muslim terrorist.

I still have to discuss it with my boyfriend(s).  :ph34r:

Sounds like a perfect occasion to drop one of them. Should be obvious which one I mean.

Is he seeing Wiktor again?
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Martinus on March 14, 2016, 12:58:31 PM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on March 14, 2016, 12:40:59 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 14, 2016, 12:38:16 PM
Quote from: Martinus on March 14, 2016, 12:30:49 PM
I was offered a 6 month secondment in Paris.

It would start in 3 weeks or so - but tomorrow I am leaving for 1 week holiday.

I would need a passport for my cat.

Should I accept?

My mother says I should go as long as I don't get killed by a Muslim terrorist.

I still have to discuss it with my boyfriend(s).  :ph34r:

Sounds like a perfect occasion to drop one of them. Should be obvious which one I mean.

Is he seeing Wiktor again?

Oh hell no.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Barrister on March 14, 2016, 01:02:17 PM
Boyfriends, Marti? :yeahright:

This is really just a humblebrag.  If you're being offered the secondment then obviously your firm thinks it's a good idea for you to go.  So you should go.  Besides I remember how much you enjoyed your time in Brussels, so I'm sure you'd get along famously in gay Paris.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Martinus on March 14, 2016, 01:17:32 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 14, 2016, 01:02:17 PM
Boyfriends, Marti? :yeahright:

I am beginning to think polyamory is consistent with my True Will (tm).
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: grumbler on March 14, 2016, 01:46:33 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 14, 2016, 01:02:17 PM
This is really just a humblebrag.  If you're being offered the secondment then obviously your firm thinks it's a good idea for you to go.  So you should go.  Besides I remember how much you enjoyed your time in Brussels, so I'm sure you'd get along famously in gay Paris.
This.  We all know your faux uncertainty about whether to take the offer is just a cover so you can brag.  That's okay, so log as you don't think you are fooling anyone.  Of course you are going.

I used to think, like spicey, that the French were assholes, and my experiences years ago tended to confirm that.  My trip a coupla years back completely changed my mind on that, however.  The French were very graceful when I butchered their language and had none of the "play dumb" shtick from years ago.  I had a great time and love the French.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: LaCroix on March 14, 2016, 01:48:16 PM
marti just needs to settle down with a guy who will cater to his every whim and view marti as a golden god

re: offer, will this secondment better your career? if so, do it
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: garbon on March 14, 2016, 02:04:53 PM
Quote from: LaCroix on March 14, 2016, 01:48:16 PM
marti just needs to settle down with a guy who will cater to his every whim and view marti as a golden god

Not really.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: alfred russel on March 14, 2016, 02:06:33 PM
Quote from: LaCroix on March 14, 2016, 01:48:16 PM
marti just needs to settle down with a guy who will cater to his every whim and view marti as a golden god


Mono?
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: LaCroix on March 14, 2016, 02:13:47 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on March 14, 2016, 02:06:33 PMMono?

no, someone who looks exactly like marti
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: lustindarkness on March 14, 2016, 02:16:49 PM
If I use my visit to Paris as an example, if I lived there for six months I would gain at least 40 pounds eating all that good food. If I had an offer to work there I would do it in a heartbeat (probably my last one with those extra 40).
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Valmy on March 14, 2016, 02:32:19 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 14, 2016, 01:02:17 PM
This is really just a humblebrag.

From Marty? I don't think so. I think he really is troubled by this gut wrenching decision.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Siege on March 14, 2016, 02:35:50 PM
What the hell?
Why do Marty get the good assignment while I get orders for frigging Fort Benning GA?
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: alfred russel on March 14, 2016, 02:37:36 PM
I don't see why marty is getting a hard time. He gets notice about moving to paris in 3 weeks and needs to make a quick decision. Bouncing the situation off languish isn't the most horrible thing in languish history.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Siege on March 14, 2016, 02:41:20 PM
Marty, watch out for arab looking piple.
Be ready to tackle Mohammed.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Siege on March 14, 2016, 02:42:33 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on March 14, 2016, 02:37:36 PM
I don't see why marty is getting a hard time. He gets notice about moving to paris in 3 weeks and needs to make a quick decision. Bouncing the situation off languish isn't the most horrible thing in languish history.
Why are you such a drama queen.
Let Marty make the best decision for him.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: The Brain on March 14, 2016, 02:43:19 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on March 14, 2016, 02:16:49 PM
If I use my visit to Paris as an example, if I lived there for six months I would gain at least 40 pounds eating all that good food. If I had an offer to work there I would do it in a heartbeat (probably my last one with those extra 40).

Paris is worth some extra mass.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: lustindarkness on March 14, 2016, 02:43:49 PM
Quote from: Siege on March 14, 2016, 02:35:50 PM
What the hell?
Why do Marty get the good assignment while I get orders for frigging Fort Benning GA?

That's less than 3 hours from me. But the food is not as good as in Paris.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: lustindarkness on March 14, 2016, 02:44:06 PM
Quote from: The Brain on March 14, 2016, 02:43:19 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on March 14, 2016, 02:16:49 PM
If I use my visit to Paris as an example, if I lived there for six months I would gain at least 40 pounds eating all that good food. If I had an offer to work there I would do it in a heartbeat (probably my last one with those extra 40).

Paris is worth some extra mass.

I'm not Catholic.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: alfred russel on March 14, 2016, 02:44:47 PM
Quote from: Siege on March 14, 2016, 02:35:50 PM
What the hell?
Why do Marty get the good assignment while I get orders for frigging Fort Benning GA?

You signed up about 72 years late if you wanted orders to go to Paris.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Barrister on March 14, 2016, 02:45:07 PM
Quote from: The Brain on March 14, 2016, 02:43:19 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on March 14, 2016, 02:16:49 PM
If I use my visit to Paris as an example, if I lived there for six months I would gain at least 40 pounds eating all that good food. If I had an offer to work there I would do it in a heartbeat (probably my last one with those extra 40).

Paris is worth some extra mass.

:lol:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: dps on March 14, 2016, 03:47:56 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on March 14, 2016, 02:44:47 PM
Quote from: Siege on March 14, 2016, 02:35:50 PM
What the hell?
Why do Marty get the good assignment while I get orders for frigging Fort Benning GA?

You signed up about 72 years late if you wanted orders to go to Paris.

And it's not likely that Marti's law firm is going to send anyone to Fort Benning, either.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: lustindarkness on March 14, 2016, 03:53:35 PM
Siege, AR and I are kinda close to Ft Benning, maybe we can meet up, go for some good BBQ Ribs. ;)
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: alfred russel on March 14, 2016, 03:59:52 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on March 14, 2016, 03:53:35 PM
Siege, AR and I are kinda close to Ft Benning, maybe we can meet up, go for some good BBQ Ribs. ;)

Siege, you can order the beef ribs.

Probably going to be tough to find a kosher BBQ joint in Georgia or Alabama though.  :lol:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Barrister on March 14, 2016, 04:10:47 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on March 14, 2016, 03:59:52 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on March 14, 2016, 03:53:35 PM
Siege, AR and I are kinda close to Ft Benning, maybe we can meet up, go for some good BBQ Ribs. ;)

Siege, you can order the beef ribs.

Probably going to be tough to find a kosher BBQ joint in Georgia or Alabama though.  :lol:

Some quick googling suggests that since the south is so BBQ-crazy that kosher BBQ is indeed a real thing in both states. :lol:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: lustindarkness on March 14, 2016, 04:12:10 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on March 14, 2016, 03:59:52 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on March 14, 2016, 03:53:35 PM
Siege, AR and I are kinda close to Ft Benning, maybe we can meet up, go for some good BBQ Ribs. ;)

Siege, you can order the beef ribs.

Probably going to be tough to find a kosher BBQ joint in Georgia or Alabama though.  :lol:



Don't be dense, that's the fucking point!  :bash:


beef ribs  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Norgy on March 14, 2016, 04:13:11 PM
Should you grab an opportunity when life throws you one? How is this even a question? You should.
And you should invite me for a weekend, M.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: alfred russel on March 14, 2016, 04:23:47 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 14, 2016, 04:10:47 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on March 14, 2016, 03:59:52 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on March 14, 2016, 03:53:35 PM
Siege, AR and I are kinda close to Ft Benning, maybe we can meet up, go for some good BBQ Ribs. ;)

Siege, you can order the beef ribs.

Probably going to be tough to find a kosher BBQ joint in Georgia or Alabama though.  :lol:

Some quick googling suggests that since the south is so BBQ-crazy that kosher BBQ is indeed a real thing in both states. :lol:

:hmm: In Georgia that would be really odd. Pork dominates. Some restaurants don't even serve beef. In Texas where the opposite situation holds it would be less odd.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Barrister on March 14, 2016, 04:53:33 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on March 14, 2016, 04:23:47 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 14, 2016, 04:10:47 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on March 14, 2016, 03:59:52 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on March 14, 2016, 03:53:35 PM
Siege, AR and I are kinda close to Ft Benning, maybe we can meet up, go for some good BBQ Ribs. ;)

Siege, you can order the beef ribs.

Probably going to be tough to find a kosher BBQ joint in Georgia or Alabama though.  :lol:

Some quick googling suggests that since the south is so BBQ-crazy that kosher BBQ is indeed a real thing in both states. :lol:

:hmm: In Georgia that would be really odd. Pork dominates. Some restaurants don't even serve beef. In Texas where the opposite situation holds it would be less odd.

http://www.theatlantakosherbbq.com/

Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: derspiess on March 14, 2016, 05:06:51 PM
Siege would go all brisket of course. Jews love brisket.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Tonitrus on March 14, 2016, 05:08:39 PM
When my vision flashes over it, my mind keeps seeing this thread title as "Paris second amendment".  :P
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: alfred russel on March 14, 2016, 05:08:47 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 14, 2016, 04:53:33 PM

http://www.theatlantakosherbbq.com/

Not to nitpick, but that looks like an event/competition rather than a restaurant, and the lunch menu doesn't even really qualify as bbq (at least beyond the beef ribs).
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Barrister on March 14, 2016, 05:09:46 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on March 14, 2016, 05:08:47 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 14, 2016, 04:53:33 PM

http://www.theatlantakosherbbq.com/

Not to nitpick, but that looks like an event/competition rather than a restaurant, and the lunch menu doesn't even really qualify as bbq (at least beyond the beef ribs).

I didn't say there were kosher BBQ restaurants - I merely said kosher BBQ "was a real thing in both states". :contract:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: derspiess on March 14, 2016, 05:17:13 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on March 14, 2016, 05:08:39 PM
When my vision flashes over it, my mind keeps seeing this thread title as "Paris second amendment".  :P

Ditto.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Martinus on March 14, 2016, 05:48:45 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on March 14, 2016, 04:23:47 PM
Quote from: Barrister on March 14, 2016, 04:10:47 PM
Quote from: alfred russel on March 14, 2016, 03:59:52 PM
Quote from: lustindarkness on March 14, 2016, 03:53:35 PM
Siege, AR and I are kinda close to Ft Benning, maybe we can meet up, go for some good BBQ Ribs. ;)

Siege, you can order the beef ribs.

Probably going to be tough to find a kosher BBQ joint in Georgia or Alabama though.  :lol:
[/quote
Some quick googling suggests that since the south is so BBQ-crazy that kosher BBQ is indeed a real thing in both states. :lol:

:hmm: In Georgia that would be really odd. Pork dominates. Some restaurants don't even serve beef. In Texas where the opposite situation holds it would be less odd.
What's wrong with kosher pork?
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: CountDeMoney on March 14, 2016, 05:54:09 PM
Sweet, I was hoping for a Marti "I love me some me" thread this week. :yeah:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: katmai on March 14, 2016, 06:03:52 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 14, 2016, 05:54:09 PM
Sweet, I was hoping for a Marti "I love me some me" thread this week. :yeah:
Be nice now, i mean not like anyone else will.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: CountDeMoney on March 14, 2016, 06:06:36 PM
If you can't live vicariously through a narcissistic gay Polish lawyer, then it's not really living, now is it?
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: grumbler on March 14, 2016, 08:53:07 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 14, 2016, 06:06:36 PM
If you can't live vicariously through a narcissistic gay Polish lawyer, then it's not really living, now is it?
:lol:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Capetan Mihali on March 14, 2016, 08:57:57 PM
You don't accept or reject the secondment, you are endowed with it by your Creater.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: CountDeMoney on March 14, 2016, 09:02:18 PM
That's just profound enough to make me want to take a picture of something with a wine glass casually placed nearby.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Valmy on March 14, 2016, 10:41:57 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 14, 2016, 09:02:18 PM
That's just profound enough to make me want to take a picture of something with a wine glass casually placed nearby.

:lol:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: DGuller on March 14, 2016, 11:05:57 PM
Quote from: Martinus on March 14, 2016, 12:30:49 PM
I was offered a 6 month secondment in Paris.

It would start in 3 weeks or so - but tomorrow I am leaving for 1 week holiday.

I would need a passport for my cat.

Should I accept?

My mother says I should go as long as I don't get killed by a Muslim terrorist.

I still have to discuss it with my boyfriend(s).  :ph34r:
:mad: I was going to spoof derspiess's thread myself.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Martinus on March 14, 2016, 11:24:39 PM
 :lol:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Josquius on March 15, 2016, 03:48:00 AM
6 months seems an odd timescale.
Too short to properly settle in and begin to really enjoy but too long to be just a holiday/business trip.

It's not like they're sending you to the moon. Id agree that if the company thinks it's a good idea it probably is.
And if paris is as crap as it seemed when I visited / meeting parisians suggests, you're rich enough to go home on the weekends
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: garbon on March 15, 2016, 04:03:35 AM
Never change, never change. :D
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Brazen on March 15, 2016, 04:28:46 AM
Hell yeah. A six-month secondment to Paris would pretty much sort our all my problems right now :hmm:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Brazen on March 15, 2016, 04:29:53 AM
Quote from: Tyr on March 15, 2016, 03:48:00 AM
6 months seems an odd timescale.
Too short to properly settle in and begin to really enjoy but too long to be just a holiday/business trip.

It's not like they're sending you to the moon. Id agree that if the company thinks it's a good idea it probably is.
And if paris is as crap as it seemed when I visited / meeting parisians suggests, you're rich enough to go home on the weekends
You were in Japan too long if you suffered such severe Paris syndrome :P
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Norgy on March 15, 2016, 06:52:51 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 14, 2016, 06:06:36 PM
If you can't live vicariously through a narcissistic gay Polish lawyer, then it's not really living, now is it?

:lol:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Josquius on March 15, 2016, 11:31:07 AM
Quote from: Brazen link=topic=13807.msg958861#msg958861
You were in Japan too long if you suffered such severe Paris syndrome :P
I went when I was 13/14.
Before I'd ever been to London actually. :ph34r:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: garbon on March 15, 2016, 03:24:49 PM
Apparently, I'll be going on vacation to the same locale at the same time as Marti. Should I be re-thinking my life choices? :hmm:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Martinus on March 15, 2016, 03:27:56 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 15, 2016, 03:24:49 PM
Apparently, I'll be going on vacation to the same locale at the same time as Marti. Should I be re-thinking my life choices? :hmm:

You are in Gran Canaria now? :D
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: garbon on March 15, 2016, 03:34:09 PM
Quote from: Martinus on March 15, 2016, 03:27:56 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 15, 2016, 03:24:49 PM
Apparently, I'll be going on vacation to the same locale at the same time as Marti. Should I be re-thinking my life choices? :hmm:

You are in Gran Canaria now? :D

Thursday. Making sure bear week has cleared out of town.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Martinus on March 15, 2016, 03:36:14 PM
:D Let me know if you want to grab a beer or a drink on Saturday or some such at the Yumbo Centre. :P
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: garbon on March 15, 2016, 04:34:20 PM
K. Be in touch later in the week.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: MadImmortalMan on March 15, 2016, 05:17:24 PM
A cat needs a passport?  :lol:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: celedhring on March 15, 2016, 05:20:48 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on March 15, 2016, 05:17:24 PM
A cat needs a passport?  :lol:

It's to certify that the animal is healthy, vaccinated, and thus avoid quarantining.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: MadImmortalMan on March 15, 2016, 05:38:05 PM
Isn't Poland in schengen? What's to stop you from just putting the cat in the car and going to France with it?

State to state. No papers.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: CountDeMoney on March 15, 2016, 05:43:09 PM
One queen only, please.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: garbon on March 15, 2016, 05:47:01 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 15, 2016, 05:43:09 PM
One queen only, please.

Did you mean to post that in Der's thread?
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: CountDeMoney on March 15, 2016, 05:48:22 PM
No.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: derspiess on March 15, 2016, 06:17:15 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 15, 2016, 05:47:01 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 15, 2016, 05:43:09 PM
One queen only, please.

Did you mean to post that in Der's thread?

Because mine totally was not a parody of this one.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: garbon on March 15, 2016, 06:20:59 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 15, 2016, 06:17:15 PM
Quote from: garbon on March 15, 2016, 05:47:01 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 15, 2016, 05:43:09 PM
One queen only, please.

Did you mean to post that in Der's thread?

Because mine totally was not a parody of this one.

It works for two queens.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Admiral Yi on March 15, 2016, 06:25:57 PM
Quote from: derspiess on March 15, 2016, 06:17:15 PM
Because mine totally was not a parody of this one.

You're not going?  :(
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: derspiess on March 15, 2016, 06:27:39 PM
I am.  I wouldn't have made a thread out if it under normal circumstances, though.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Norgy on March 15, 2016, 06:45:26 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on March 15, 2016, 05:17:24 PM
A cat needs a passport?  :lol:

Yeah, that is an actual thing. Marty's cat Rufus needs a health certificate to travel.
You may laugh about it, but this is a continent where rabies is mostly a Russian or Turkish thing.
You know, Putin. And Erdogan.

Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Capetan Mihali on March 15, 2016, 11:05:07 PM
I was surprised to see that most of Europe has entirely eradicated rabies, which is pretty good work considering what a terrifying ("hydrophobia") and deadly (100% fatality rate if you miss the very short window for post-infection treatment, and that's with today's medicine) disease it has been

The US, Canada, and Australia do still have rabies cases, but AFAIK, it's been eradicated in dogs, etc., and bats are the vector.  I think almost all the rabies cases in the US are from bat bites, and it's general medical advice to get post-exposure treatment right away if you wake up with a bat in your room, even without any visible punctures.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: CountDeMoney on March 15, 2016, 11:08:29 PM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on March 15, 2016, 11:05:07 PM
I was surprised to see that most of Europe has entirely eradicated rabies, which is pretty good work considering what a terrifying ("hydrophobia") and deadly (100% fatality rate if you miss the very short window for post-infection treatment, and that's with today's medicine) disease it has been

The US, Canada, and Australia do still have rabies cases, but AFAIK, it's been eradicated in dogs, etc., and bats are the vector.  I think almost all the rabies cases in the US are from bat bites, and it's general medical advice to get post-exposure treatment right away if you wake up with a bat in your room, even without any visible punctures.

Raccoons are still an acknowledged vector for most of the eastern US.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Capetan Mihali on March 15, 2016, 11:22:34 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on March 15, 2016, 11:08:29 PM
Raccoons are still an acknowledged vector for most of the eastern US.

True, and they do infect domestic "outdoor" cats.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Josquius on March 16, 2016, 02:12:26 AM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on March 15, 2016, 05:38:05 PM
Isn't Poland in schengen? What's to stop you from just putting the cat in the car and going to France with it?

State to state. No papers.
That would be illegal. Considering marti is a lawyer....

Even under normal circumstances there are sometimes checks.  With the current migrant situation these happen quite often.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Martinus on March 16, 2016, 03:01:27 PM
Rufus has been chipped, passported, de-wormed, vaccinated and is good to go, all while I'm on vacation in Gran Canaria. See, my boyfriend has uses.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Martinus on March 16, 2016, 03:04:40 PM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on March 15, 2016, 11:05:07 PM
I was surprised to see that most of Europe has entirely eradicated rabies, which is pretty good work considering what a terrifying ("hydrophobia") and deadly (100% fatality rate if you miss the very short window for post-infection treatment, and that's with today's medicine) disease it has been

I think it is spelled "rabbis". :contract:

At least that's what Europe has eradicated.  :ph34r:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Tonitrus on March 16, 2016, 03:22:56 PM
Quote from: Tyr on March 16, 2016, 02:12:26 AM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on March 15, 2016, 05:38:05 PM
Isn't Poland in schengen? What's to stop you from just putting the cat in the car and going to France with it?

State to state. No papers.
That would be illegal. Considering marti is a lawyer....

Even under normal circumstances there are sometimes checks.  With the current migrant situation these happen quite often.

Hell, we have fresh fruit/vegetable checkpoints at some state borders.  :P

State to state.  No bananas.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Grey Fox on March 17, 2016, 11:04:46 AM
Secondment?
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: The Brain on March 17, 2016, 11:06:19 AM
I hate it when fruits get fresh.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: garbon on March 17, 2016, 05:26:52 PM
After declining an offer of something to smoke by a man who approached me on the street, I got asked if I wanted to jiggy jiggy or perhaps boogie boogie. :hmm:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Archy on March 17, 2016, 06:31:15 PM
Just read this :schadenfreude:
Aux armes citoyens.
Quote
Why this refugee camp is scaring 'posh' Parisians

Authorities in Paris gave the green light on Wednesday to erect temporary homes for 200 refugees and homeless people in the posh 16th arrondissement of the city, despite anger from local residents.

The 16th arrondissement of Paris is one of the most affluent in the city, made up of wide avenues with tree-lined walkways, enormous homes, and prestigious schools.

And soon - it will also boast a set of five temporary homes for a population of around 200 migrants and homeless people, according to reports on France Bleu radio.

The structures will be erected "within weeks" in an unused grassy area just off the Avenue du Maréchal Maunoury, which is across the peripherique ring road from the Bois de Boulogne - the second biggest park in Paris.

The homes will be managed by French non-profit organization Aurore, which houses around 20,000 people in France each year.

The shelter will be on the west side of Paris in the 16th arrondissement. Photo: GoogleMaps

But not everyone is excited about the project. Over 50,000 local residents signed a petition to block the move, a protest backed by the centre right-wing deputy mayor of the arrondissement, Claude Goasguen.

He wrote on his blog that the Bois de Boulogne park was destined to become "a new Sangatte", referring to the controversial refugee camp on the northern French coastline that saw riots when it was closed by authorities in 2002.

He also pointed out how France's prime minister had already warned that terrorists were taking advantage of the migrant crisis to return to France.

A real estate agent called Michel who works in the area said such a move was "risky".

"This is a posh district that's very wealthy," he told France Bleu.
"There are beautiful cars, apartments with luxurious furnishings and jewellery inside. I'm not saying that these people are thieves, far from it, but when a pot of honey is put next to you, you want to stick your finger in it. It's tempting fate."

Nevertheless, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo pointed out that all the 20 arrondissements needed to pull their weight, and that the 16th currently wasn't.

The buildings are scheduled to be erected in the coming weeks and are planned to remain for five years. However, the project could still be scuppered by Environmental Minister Ségolène Royal.

http://www.thelocal.fr/20151216/posh-paris-suburb-to-house-migrants-and-homeless (http://www.thelocal.fr/20151216/posh-paris-suburb-to-house-migrants-and-homeless)
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: CountDeMoney on March 17, 2016, 08:13:37 PM
Quote from: Archy on March 17, 2016, 06:31:15 PM
Aux armes citoyens.

Is that a Creed song?
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: MadImmortalMan on March 18, 2016, 04:38:37 AM
Quote from: Tonitrus on March 16, 2016, 03:22:56 PM
Quote from: Tyr on March 16, 2016, 02:12:26 AM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on March 15, 2016, 05:38:05 PM
Isn't Poland in schengen? What's to stop you from just putting the cat in the car and going to France with it?

State to state. No papers.
That would be illegal. Considering marti is a lawyer....

Even under normal circumstances there are sometimes checks.  With the current migrant situation these happen quite often.

Hell, we have fresh fruit/vegetable checkpoints at some state borders.  :P

State to state.  No bananas.

Those bastards at the Truckee station never take my bananas. Or anything else. They're just there for the easy paychecks.

I could bring a three-toed sloth into California and they wouldn't care at all.  :P
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Duque de Bragança on March 18, 2016, 06:50:44 AM
Quote from: Archy on March 17, 2016, 06:31:15 PM
Just read this :schadenfreude:
Aux armes citoyens.
Quote
Why this refugee camp is scaring 'posh' Parisians

Authorities in Paris gave the green light on Wednesday to erect temporary homes for 200 refugees and homeless people in the posh 16th arrondissement of the city, despite anger from local residents.

The 16th arrondissement of Paris is one of the most affluent in the city, made up of wide avenues with tree-lined walkways, enormous homes, and prestigious schools.

And soon - it will also boast a set of five temporary homes for a population of around 200 migrants and homeless people, according to reports on France Bleu radio.

The structures will be erected "within weeks" in an unused grassy area just off the Avenue du Maréchal Maunoury, which is across the peripherique ring road from the Bois de Boulogne - the second biggest park in Paris.

The homes will be managed by French non-profit organization Aurore, which houses around 20,000 people in France each year.

The shelter will be on the west side of Paris in the 16th arrondissement. Photo: GoogleMaps

But not everyone is excited about the project. Over 50,000 local residents signed a petition to block the move, a protest backed by the centre right-wing deputy mayor of the arrondissement, Claude Goasguen.

He wrote on his blog that the Bois de Boulogne park was destined to become "a new Sangatte", referring to the controversial refugee camp on the northern French coastline that saw riots when it was closed by authorities in 2002.

He also pointed out how France's prime minister had already warned that terrorists were taking advantage of the migrant crisis to return to France.

A real estate agent called Michel who works in the area said such a move was "risky".

"This is a posh district that's very wealthy," he told France Bleu.
"There are beautiful cars, apartments with luxurious furnishings and jewellery inside. I'm not saying that these people are thieves, far from it, but when a pot of honey is put next to you, you want to stick your finger in it. It's tempting fate."

Nevertheless, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo pointed out that all the 20 arrondissements needed to pull their weight, and that the 16th currently wasn't.

The buildings are scheduled to be erected in the coming weeks and are planned to remain for five years. However, the project could still be scuppered by Environmental Minister Ségolène Royal.

http://www.thelocal.fr/20151216/posh-paris-suburb-to-house-migrants-and-homeless (http://www.thelocal.fr/20151216/posh-paris-suburb-to-house-migrants-and-homeless)

Hint, the 16th arrondissement is not controlled by the PS.  :P Bobos like refugees but not in their bobo neighborhoods. :D
The 16th is not the most affluent arrondissement since the 1950's but it still has this image.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Martinus on April 30, 2016, 09:42:59 AM
So, after this having been buried for a month or so, the proposal is back on the table and it seems the client is really keen to get me. I think I will be going.  :ph34r:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Solmyr on May 01, 2016, 05:44:12 AM
They have Muslims in Paris, you know. :osama:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: The Brain on May 01, 2016, 06:16:54 AM
Quote from: Solmyr on May 01, 2016, 05:44:12 AM
They have Muslims in Paris, you know. :osama:

Is that her new video?
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Eddie Teach on May 01, 2016, 06:22:42 AM
And more importantly, is there burkha on burkha action?
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Martinus on May 01, 2016, 06:29:39 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 01, 2016, 06:22:42 AM
And more importantly, is there burkha on burkha action?

That's illegal in France I believe. :contract:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Duque de Bragança on May 01, 2016, 06:43:00 AM
Quote from: Martinus on May 01, 2016, 06:29:39 AM
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on May 01, 2016, 06:22:42 AM
And more importantly, is there burkha on burkha action?

That's illegal in France I believe. :contract:

Not during Carnival though.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Martinus on May 01, 2016, 06:49:04 AM
I will be there in the summer. :P
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: CountDeMoney on May 01, 2016, 04:49:19 PM
Why, this calls for a series of stock photos of wine glasses strategically featured next to a variety of pretentious shit.


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Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Admiral Yi on May 01, 2016, 04:56:37 PM
It's very important when cutting a slice of cheese off a wedge to maintain the wedge shape.  You never castrate the tip.  Cut slices off the sides to maintain the tip.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Maximus on May 01, 2016, 05:03:24 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 01, 2016, 04:49:19 PM
Why, this calls for a series of stock photos of wine glasses strategically featured next to a variety of pretentious shit.

[images]

Not enough ice.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Maladict on May 02, 2016, 02:10:35 AM
Placing a glass on a book. :mad:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Martinus on May 02, 2016, 02:49:17 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 01, 2016, 04:56:37 PM
It's very important when cutting a slice of cheese off a wedge to maintain the wedge shape.  You never castrate the tip.  Cut slices off the sides to maintain the tip.

Nah, from a bunch of French guys I spoke to, this is purely a matter of etiquette - basically the farther from the tip you are the shittier the cheese so you want everybody to have an equal opportunity there. If you are on your own, go nuts.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: garbon on May 02, 2016, 03:34:45 AM
Etiquette is unimportant? :huh:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: DGuller on May 02, 2016, 09:20:42 AM
Quote from: garbon on May 02, 2016, 03:34:45 AM
Etiquette is unimportant? :huh:
When you're on your own and don't impact others, yeah? :unsure:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: garbon on May 02, 2016, 09:51:47 AM
Ah Eastern Europe.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: derspiess on May 02, 2016, 09:55:04 AM
Mew.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Razgovory on May 02, 2016, 09:57:55 AM
Quote from: DGuller on May 02, 2016, 09:20:42 AM
Quote from: garbon on May 02, 2016, 03:34:45 AM
Etiquette is unimportant? :huh:
When you're on your own and don't impact others, yeah? :unsure:

When DG is at home, he just bites into a cheese wheel and shakes it around as a dog would.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: garbon on May 02, 2016, 10:17:45 AM
:D
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: DGuller on May 02, 2016, 10:50:16 AM
 :mad:
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: Martinus on May 02, 2016, 10:57:44 AM
I am sure garbon puts a suit and tie on when eating a meal at home on his own.
Title: Re: Paris secondment - should I accept?
Post by: derspiess on May 02, 2016, 11:46:16 AM
I would have guessed a Hillary style pantsuit but that works.