Anyone in Paris?

[Mordac]

Thanks all, particularly Alf & TLG. Alf I looked at Eurostar but it's either sold out or silly money (e.g. over £400 ). I'm flying London City-Orly which should be easier than LHR-CDG. Not really looking for English/Irish pubs, although I'm sure we'll end up in one at some stage, whatever the result. We've booked a cheap hotel near the Bourse metro, if that helps. Any sleazy places in particular I should be looking to, er, avoid Alf?

[sasguru]

Just off Monmartre there is a street called Rue de Bonjour Bonjour. The barman there is called Rene. And one of his serving wenches is called Maria, a saucy little wench. Rene is usually quite kind to lost Englishmen, especially if they have a moustache. Try to avoid the fat German tourists and you'll be OK.

[Jakes Daddy]

And don't go pissing by his door

[Viktor]

Hi Mordac,

you should try "Le Chat Noir", near Moulin Rouge, great place. I was there last month...huge 2 pint beers, cool music...

[Joe Black]

No.
"Avalant" is the present participle.
"Avalent" is the third person plural.

Conjugate the verb "avaler"

Speaking of conjugations, my rec is http://www.verbix.com.

My other recommendation is of course Rue St Denis.

[GrizzledVet]

Paris ? Pah !

Pah, the last time I went to Paris in '74, it was a 5hithole, and from all accounts, not much has changed.

Still...at least in '74 there was a reason to go....Pink Floyd, Hawkwind and New York Dolls...separate gigs of course, but working there at the time was a dream come true. Better than all this boom-boom music nowadays.

[Fleetwood]

GV,
Stick around ! You'll get on just great with myself and AJP, this board's resident seventies time-warp victims and prog-rock fiends.
Hawkwind? 1974? Hall of the Mountain Grill, wasn't it? The Psychedelic Warlords... Disappear In Smoke? And you know it ain't no joke? Marvellous.

[AlfredJPruffock]

GV,
Stick around ! You'll get on just great with myself and AJP, this board's resident seventies time-warp victims and prog-rock fiends.
Hawkwind? 1974? Hall of the Mountain Grill, wasn't it? The Psychedelic Warlords... Disappear In Smoke? And you know it ain't no joke? Marvellous.

Aye

Well soon Ray Davies is playing in Brussels, got a ticket for the Stones in Brussels 1st of June and Zappa is playing soon ...

Well its his son in fact given Frank is no longer with us ... hmm maybe Im drinking me ale too light these days and as for those trouser cuffs ...



The old Rocker wore his hair too long,
wore his trouser cuffs too tight.


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Unfashionable to the end --- drank his ale too light.
Death's head belt buckle --- yesterday's dreams ---
the transport caf' prophet of doom.

Ringing no change in his double-sewn seams
in his post-mainframe COBOL assembler gloom.

Now he's too old to Rock'n'Roll but he's too young to die.

He once owned a Harley Davidson and a Triumph Bonneville.
Counted his friends in burned-out spark plugs
and prays that he always will.

But he's the last of the blue blood greaser boys
all of his mates are doing time:
married with three kids up by the ring road
sold their souls straight down the line.

And some of them own little sports cars
and meet at the tennis club do's.
For drinks on a Sunday --- work on Monday.
They've thrown away their blue suede shoes.

Now they're too old to Rock'n'Roll and they're too young to die.

So the old Rocker gets out his bike
to make a ton before he takes his leave.
Up on the A1 by Scotch Corner
just like it used to be.

And as he flies --- tears in his eyes ---
his wind-whipped words echo the final take
and he hits the trunk road doing around 120
with no room left to brake.

And he was too old to Rock'n'Roll but he was too young to die.
No, you're never too old to Rock'n'Roll if you're too young to die.

[DaveB]

One of my favorites that one. They've gone downhill in recent years

Saw them at the Hammersmith Odeon a few years back though, damn good show.

[GrizzledVet]

Cracking !

Nice bit of stuff there Al. I can see you and Fleetword are of highly cultured musical tastes. I expect like me, you weep when the kids of today treat Pop Idol and their ilk with such reverence.

Either of you in the 81'ers ?