The Chateau Diaries #49 Tasteless tango, Teabag in turmoil & tearful Tatiana in Turkey.

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I know it's been mentioned before, but where does BJJ get the money to buy frock coats, desks and bustiers ? Are his grandparents supporting him with pocket money? Is he being paid to be Stefanny's stud? ( ) Enquiring minds need to know.
LOL. I hope he's not relying on stud fees.....
 
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All this talk of languages reminds me of My Fair Lady



Well, in America, they haven't used it for years!
Why can't the English teach their children how to speak?
Norwegians learn Norwegian;
The Greeks are taught their Greek.
In France, every Frenchman knows
His language from "A" to "Zed"
The French never care what they do, actually,
As long as they pronounce it properly

LOL. I hope he's not relying on stud fees.....

No room or board, so whatever he had or makes can be used for whatever his little heart wants. You don’t think any of those grown ups are encouraging him to save money?
 
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My squeeze, a Kenyan, speaks 5 languages fluently - Kismeru, Kikuyu and Swahili (Kenyan and East African languages) then also Swedish (college there) and English (school taught and daily business use). A flight was once delayed for 10 minutes at Kigali airport in Rwanda as she had to translate for some passengers from Sweden and Kenya (Kikuyu) and Rwandan (Swahili) officials. It was amazing to watch and listen. Most younger Kenyans are fluent in 3 languages. In this case the Kenyan couple were elderly and did not have English or Swahili. The Rwandan guys spoke Swahili, French and their home language. The Swedes spoke Swedish (duh) and English. But it got sorted out and we went on our holiday.
 
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I recently watched those documentaries re: Natives and the ridiculous schools they were forced to endure. It seems as if every culture wishes people to conform doesn’t it.


Hahaha! Truly thought this was a photo of a scarecrow!
Well she is i bet there is no bird daring to enter the garden when she is around...thats why they had so much strawberries last year..
 
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Marie the florist has a job. Having a job means doing something and getting paid?
... She gets payments from youtube for 2 channels. She has 2 patreon accounts. (sooner a 3rd one for the proud parrot..). She has a "buy me a coffee" account..
Since tomorrow night a zoom account.. 6 payments per month.. I do not know if she is sponsoring something on instagram, that could be 7..
I cannot stand her but i have to admit that playing the "pity me" role is paying back.
Too much! Grrrrr..
 
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Totally Agree. It’s also quite obvious, to me, how Stephanie is easily intimidated by men. She is a pleaser to a fault. George didn’t even have to sell her on those old pieces, she made up a silly story all on her own and went with it. Then seeing how easy it all was going for him, he quickly remembered some old fabric...and she excitedly went along with that as well. So Desperate is she for approval and acceptance. Unable to politely decline, just submits. Admittedly, George is rather an easy going guy, clever but quite mild. She wouldn’t have lasted a day with the men in my family. And I was my Dad’s fave, but he was brutal. Intimidating doesn’t come close to he and my brother. She would’ve crumbled on a daily basis. She really is a little girl always trying to please Daddy. I see why she surrounds herself with a certain type of man and I now totally think Phillip might be with her for the duration because of the comfort zone factor he offers her. She does a lot of ‘acting‘ in her life, it must be exhausting.

Otoh, She really needs to stop the insane shopping, Her addiction will ruin her.
 
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Not only are you supporting her and her non-existant floristry business, you are also saving your own soul and possibly hers:
All the best and thank you SO much if you choose to make a donation. Remember, what comes around, goes around. I am big believer in karma and I hope I am able to one day give back to the world.

Where is Father O'Malley when you need him?
 
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Btw if you look at the photo upside down it is super basic photo
I admit he is good with his amsterdam landscapes even thou they are all the same all ligh up but at least composition is good
But with people he cannot capture the soul
When he photographed fanny it was all about lust and she was young (upperclass lolita type of the shoot) so that is it
 
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Wrapped in that crappy peacock logo by Shrek so that every felon in France will break into it and steal her lice-ridden wormwood purchases.
THAT logo. It's probably all been said before I got here. But it's so tacky - like a logo you'd see on very cheap scent bottles in backstreet markets.
 
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What I have learned from this group is that when a new member strikes out against someone who really doesn't have an agenda, ie DAN. They are part of the misfit club or part of DB's sycophant group. Either way you like a! Dan seems like a decent guy just trying to make a living and renovate his property in France. He doesn't put on airs and pretend he lives in prestigious "chateau" (which SJ'S is NOT), knows about expensive wallpaper, fabric or a history tour guide. So take your SJ loving arse somewhere else.
 
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I'll take a ding for Marie's grifter food. She served lemon curd, a winter dessert, in the height of the French fruit season, about 50 times in a row, because she could get bottled lemon juice at the supermarket. And also killed off perfectly good strawberry crop, as you point out. She's a pig.
What would be a nice modern little garnish for lemon curd IN SEASON?
A little piped baked meringue, I think.
Some candied lemon peel. This would of course require fresh lemons.
A little sugared rosemary sprig.
Some lemon tuiles.
 
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can’t help but notice similar writing styles and wording by some newbies.
 
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Children learn about the "Welsh Not" in their history lessons. A child caught speaking Welsh at school was made to wear a wooden sign saying "Welsh Not" and they wore the sign until someone else was caught and the sign was then passed on. The practise had certainly died out before my 90 yr old mum went to school! She and many of her contemporaries have never been taught Welsh. This custom was more common in some parts of Wales than others, as in some parts of the principality Welsh was in not in common use (e.g. South and South East Wales,) although it is now taught as a compulsory language in schools up until the age of 16 years.
Although it seems harsh, it was very much of a time where even in Mum's school days, girls were rapped across the knuckles for hemming stitches on their grubby square of calico that "did not slant and didn't poke through" and corporal punishment was the norm. I did once have the cane for not remembering the Welsh word for shoes, although this was pretty vicious teacher who didn't last long at our school. I have never forgotten that word though!
welsh language in schools
 
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Nutty has an Italian passport, doesn't she? Do we know how she got hers?
Not so long ago.
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Possibly Nutty's way of being in France (EU), without time restrictions via a Grandparent ????? I looked at it pre-Brexit as I have Italian Great Grandparents. It's a complicated process. Easier, less complicated and cheaper for me to apply via my Irish Republic Grandparents. Great heritage I have

I’m pretty sure she said Nic was also paying for her ticket (he’d promised her years ago something)
Why would you hold him to that??? Oh I forget, a freebie is always acceptable despite what ever circumstances surround it
 
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It was ironic, of course..................
I do not like any of them... Any asking money.
In particular MP and Marie the florist
I give my money to Save the children, Emergency and Medici senza frontiere.
I do not spend one cent on You tube..
 
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