On 2006-10-06 18:38:12 +0100, Pete C said:

On Thu, 5 Oct 2006 20:34:24 +0100, Guy King
wrote:

The message
from The Natural Philosopher contains these words:

Yes, but the words "French" and "engineering" don't commonly go
together - see "Saniflo".

Or TGV? No, the frogs CAN do excellent engineering.

Their nuclear power stations seem to be quite good, too.

That's because the french taxpayer foots le bill.

cheers,
Pete.

That's OK. Can be set against their CAP subsidies.