Chateau Diaries #73 The shake, rattle and blowing radiators in the Shittoo.

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Jeeves

Maybe the rough day was when she arrived and saw the state of the place?
 
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Sami Lee

It's good to hear from you and more about your interest in family history. I'm glad to be of a little help.
That 'family thread' business is fascinating, isn't it? It's an odd coincidence that you should mention it. Only yesterday a kindly close friend of 30yrs suggested a very particular job that I should be doing. A highly skilled job that only a very tiny number of usually male people ever do anywhere in the world.
"Oh! Really??!", I spluttered, very surprised. "That's exactly what my great grandmother did!" (At a time when no lady did anything but run an elegant, efficient household and graciously distribute alms to villagers!)

My friend wasn't to know that. But she knows me well enough to spot the same attributes that my g grandmama, whom I never knew, had. Have to say, it's something that's never crossed my mind to do though I knew her family had long been in a related field.

It all makes me really think about caste systems. Where, as in India, historic Judaism and far east countries, people had the same occupations and interests through generations.

Then there are studies of twins, separated at birth and ignorant of each other, whose life paths are almost exactly the same....

Many of the TV programmes also depict similar occupations through generations - even though the ancestors were completely unknown to the searcher.
Maybe there are some attributes and traits that are very strong and genetically inescapable?

So, anyway, to make all this a bit more relevant to our topics here, I'd bet that SJ's antecedents were what we used to call 'Irish gypsies'. Door to door tinkers, selling 'antique' peg dolls, telling fantastic tales while reading your palm, coercing you into crossing their palms with silver in exchange for tin trinkets done up to look like silver....!
 
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Perplexed bee

Wilhelm said:
Could be.But the Bourneau chateau looks very disneylandish, something that ßeems to appeal to many people.The cottages can support the renovation cost . The Fleuries have only 3 rooms?
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Yes, well obviously they are vying for different target groups. I could imaging staying there when visiting the Normandy coast again, and that is something you could do all year round. I do have my doubts that costs can be covered, even with a full occupation over a longer period, and maybe they are starting to realize that?
 
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LaFrancaise123

Exactly !

Pam A
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There is definitely some bro man affection going on there lol. So funny. Dan you need to talk to Steph about having a French language day once a week and everybody needs to speak nothing but French. Even if you cant speak the language, making the effort is what counts especially when you are living in France to show appreciation for the honour. Its 40 years since I lived in France but I still remember everything I learned then. Its a beautiful language.
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notanangel

24,000 views in less than 24 hours on the Two Blokes in a Van vlog……amazing!!!!! And 900 comments.
 
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Wilhelm

Renting out bnb rooms won't be that profitable.I guess that's why they're pushing their patreon account so much
 
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Reader's digest

Amaury: voulez vous coucher avec moi ?
Nati: je veux coucher avec toi.
Je ne veux pas coucher avec toi.
Je vais coucher avec toi
J'ai couché avec toi.
Je coucherais avec toi.
Je dois coucher avec toi.
Je devrais coucher avec toi.
Je peux coucher avec toi.
Mais ça coûte cher...

Haha, the only people making me laugh recently are here on tattle
 
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KyBourbon

Wilhelm said:
Renting out bnb rooms won't be that profitable.I guess that's why they're pushing their patreon account so much
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Oh absolutely! Much easier to push Patreon to rake in the cash vs. trying to turn rooms over on a daily basis and everything involved with that!
 
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Gibson

Reminds me of the old days. Off to practice my French on Mrs G Sometimes saying do you want to come to my shed in French doesn't quite cut it
 
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LaFrancaise123

Did Steph say she was going to London this week (in her flat) ?

The 2 lads are in UK too.

Would a summit meeting be possible ?

BTW : Where is PhiPhi now ? Lalande ? Amsterdan ? or London ?
 
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The Cheshire Cat

Hope this is OK to share. As you probably realised I am based in the NW UK. My big brother has lived and worked in the USA for most of the past 30+ years. He has Multiple Sclerosis and recently he has had a really bad attack. This has been difficult for me but more so for my elderly parents as they felt helpless when they wanted to be there to help him. Eternally grateful to my brother's ex wife and my niece who have looked after him. He was in a wheelchair, pretty much completely immobile and having to wear adult diapers as he couldn't get himself to the loo. Today he has sent me a pic of himself standing with a walking stick. The caption says "walking again!". I am overjoyed. So happy I could cry. Whenever I get stressed over stupid, trivial things I am going to click on this picture.
 
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Marten

I'm glad you got such good news from your darling brother.
 
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Marquis de Potpourri

The Marquis Fiancee here:

The Marquis family belongs to one of the largest Reform synagogues in Manhattan that count a lot of prominent NY Jews among its numbers. Reform Jews are liberal/progressive. They believe that Judaism is an evolving faith and emphasize the ethical/moral teachings of Judaism over ceremonial observance. They believe that it is in the heart and not the blood--so for them being a Jew is not a race, it is a choice. They believe it is the calling of every person to Tikkun Olam (repair the world) and fight against all forms of injustice. That said, even though finding Jewish partners is preferred, their synagogue is very welcoming to interfaith couples; they even have a ministry that aims for the full inclusion of Jews of color into all branches of Judaism. His family embodies the teachings of their community and therefore, has been very warm and kind to me in the most sincere way from the first day I met them. They don't tell me to convert.

Marty McFly 9 said:
@Marquis de Potpourri One day I'd love to hear how Sabbat is observed and practiced. I love learning about practices like this.
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The Marquis observes Shabbat in the Reform way. At sundown on Fridays, the family attends what they call Kabbalat Shabbat, a service that welcomes Shabbat. The candles are lit, they sing songs and recite a lot of prayers, hear a sermon, and end with kiddush--they share wine and break bread (the challah). They go home and eat dinner prepared and served by their domestic staff. Many observant Jewish families who don't have domestic staff prepare the food in advance but employ or seek the help of what they call a Shabbat goy (Shabbat Gentile) to help serve dinner and clean up after the meal. I read that Elvis Presley was a Shabbat goy to a Jewish family in Memphis. On Saturday morning, when in the city, the family stays at home and does whatever fills them. They read a nice book/magazine, take a nap, cuddle on the couch and watch Netflix (like now, he is watching the final episode of The Crown). (Some Saturday mornings, they/we get invited to a Bar/Bat Mitzvah ceremony at the synagogue usually followed by a lunch party.) We go for an early afternoon stroll (1 kilometer), and have afternoon tea at our favorite tea shop, which is fortunately just around the corner from his parents' townhouse. We go home and rest some more, have dinner, and they do Havdalah, right after dinner, a ceremony of separation between the holy and the secular signaling the end of Shabbat.

The idea is, to take a 24-hour break from activities that empty you and do things that fill you. It's very healthy.
 
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Its-me

What on earth is he doing in Thailand
 
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