Comments | wwidsith: We want change. Not like that

wwidsith

We want change. Not like that

Sep 08, 2010 13:04

Yet more strikes here yesterday. Paris was just one big, shouty march lined with riot police holding semi-automatic rifles. I cycled in early and went to the gym before work just to beat the rush.

And do you know what they were protesting about, o Internets? Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age from....wait for it....from 60 to 62.

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wearing the old coat, can't i use my wit as a pitchfork, we'll always have

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cdaae September 8 2010, 13:49:03 UTC

44 days off a year sounds almost civilized. I wish people in Britain would go on strike and demand longer holidays. I really don't understand why the French voted for Sarkozy, though, given that they don't actually want his kind of change.

muckefuck September 8 2010, 19:56:23 UTC

I wish they would, too. And anything else that would help keep our economy more competitive vis-à-vis Europe's!

writers' retreat anonymous September 8 2010, 22:32:30 UTC

have you looked at www.millerswritersretreat.co.uk? Right price range, beautiful location and no mobile phone reception without a treck up a hill!

commonpeople September 9 2010, 21:19:08 UTC

Do you know how many days holiday a year I get? Forty-four.

weofodthignen September 22 2010, 01:38:28 UTC

Out of left field . . . yuki_onna talks from time to time of running small writer's retreats. She currently lives on an island in Maine. If you combined it with one of your holidays in the US to mitigate the cost of the air fare, that might be just the kind of isolation you're looking for. Ask her about it . . .

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