| At the café
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| | In my mother's old village of Milverton
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| They are to be found at the far right
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| | in Somerset, England, there wasn't a
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| hand corner; perhaps two or three,
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| | single baker's. In Taunton the county
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| perhaps seven or eight.
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| | town, not too long ago, I tried to buy
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| There is Eugene, very spry, served as a
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| | some rye bread. None. The English as a
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| volunteer in the French war in Indochina.
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| | nation would appear to have the choice
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| He likes women and they seem to like him.
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| | between, white or brown, sliced or
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| In ten seconds he can get any woman
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| | unsliced, thick or thin. And they are the
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| smiling. There is Yves, used to run a
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| | nation that gave to the world the
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| drapery shop, likes women too, but has
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| | sandwich.
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| slowed down since his last marriage.
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| | I have five baker's within walking
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| Spent three years in the Algerian war.
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| | distance of where I live. The best and my
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| There is Alain, a physics teacher, speaks
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| | favourite is within a hundred yards, as
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| a little English. Always looking for the
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| | all good bakers should be. The baker is
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| perfect woman. He likes the English.
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| | French, his wife Russian, and there are
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| There is André, was with a Tunisien
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| | three women who sell the bread. Two are
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| colonial regiment in Indochina, likes his
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| | French and one is Moroccain. They are all
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| Masonic meetings, always at the theatre.
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| | smiling and friendly. It is a real
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| But he has been missing for some weeks.
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| | pleasure to go to the baker's. The
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| Is he at his apartment in Arcachon? But
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| | Moroccain is like the waitress in my
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| he had to go to the clinique for a minor
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| | café, very pretty, polite and speaks
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| operation. It is a little worrying when
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| | excellent French. Not surprisingly she is
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| friends don't show up. There is Michelle,
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| | the only one who speaks a little English
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| who talks little and Nicole who says even
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| | and uses the Internet, so does her
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| less. Ah! but there is Jacqueline who
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| | husband, so I shall be very polite here.
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| with her sharp tongue makes up for both
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| | The other day I had bought a baguette and
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| of them. Sadly Marguerite who has been
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| | on the way home it broke in two. It was
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| part of the furniture for as long as I
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| | very fresh, still warm, and half fell to
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| can remember can't make it any more, and
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| | the ground. I shall talk about French
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| there is Daniel, Raymond, Jacques etc.
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| | pavements another day. I went back to buy
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| I am the only foreigner. They
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| | half a baguette but the shop refused to
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| collectively don't have enough English to
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| | accept payment.
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| read the first sentence of this article,
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| | They also have I don't know how many
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| so I will have to translate it for them.
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| | different kinds of bread, one dozen, two
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| Maybe one or two have a computer, none
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| | dozen? All shapes and sizes, all types of
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| use e-mail, internet or blog. Most are
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| | cereals. The only additive allowed is
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| retired, a few are waiting to retire.
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| | salt. English bread has about twenty two
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| None are interested in making any more
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| | additives I believe. I like my baguette a
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| money. I, though, am still very active
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| | lovely light golden brown on the outside
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| professionaly and want to make a lot more
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| | and properly baked on the inside. I buy
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| money. I am truly a foreigner. However we
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| | it in the morning to eat for breakfast
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| all get on very well together. Well, most
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| | and lunch and again in the evening for
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| of the time. Maybe I am some strange kind
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| | dinner. Fresh twice a day.
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| of foreign pet.
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| | My friends in the café are always
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| We have our favourite waitress. She is
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| | willing to talk about food, which ranks
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| pretty and young and always smiles and
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| | with the weather and health as main
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| makes us feel welcome when she shakes our
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| | topics of conversation. I said I couldn't
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| hands. She is also Moroccain. She is a
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| | understand my sister-in-law at all. She
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| very good ambassadress for her country.
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| | buys half a dozen industrial baguettes at
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| Ah! but what is her country?
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| | the super market once a week and then
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| Today is the great day. The day when
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| | puts them in the freezer at home. After
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| France collectively stops smoking at the
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| | all, one of the reasons for living in
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| working place. My café will still be
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| | France is their bread which must rank
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| full of smoke though. The law will not
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| | above politics and on a par with women. I
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| apply to cafés for another year. The
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| | am trying to teach them British humour.
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| psychological shock of taking away this
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| | It's not easy in French and much gets
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| last refuge where smokers, leaving their
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| | lost in translation.
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| office, can seek drink, friends and
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| | There is of course Harry's bread in the
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| tobacco, would have been too great a risk
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| | supermarket for American visitors. That
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| for any government in an election year.
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| | makes them smile.
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| A visit to the baker's
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