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| Railworkers strike to support cocktail-swigging signalmen 24/09/2014 at 14:27 #64707 | |
Neil
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The Telegraph reports "Railworkers strike to support cocktail-swigging signalmen Transport workers in France go on strike in solidarity with two signalmen who were punished after footage emerged of them drinking cocktails while on duty" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/11118787/Railworkers-strike-to-support-cocktail-swigging-signalmen.html http://tinyurl.com/ke7bzjy Log in to reply |
| Railworkers strike to support cocktail-swigging signalmen 24/09/2014 at 14:47 #64708 | |
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That was quite common in France during the late 1970s. I remember going into the train crew messroom at the station in the town where my mum originates from & drinking wine during dinner breaks was quite common & accepted over there then. I remember being in there when a driver & guard came in after working a train from Lyon & they drank red wine with there meal, but there was no one about to stop them or report the fact that they had drank a glass of wine Alot of people in France then used to drink during there midday meal. It was more or less the done thing. Very often I remember seeing my uncles drinking red with there midday meal & then returning to work afterwards. My mothers sister used to run a pub in France during the late 1970s & you'd get all sorts of people come in eating food & having something to drink. They didn't go over board & get drunk they usually had 1 or 2 glasses of red wine with there dinner. Can't say I ever saw anyone get stopped by the police & be breathalyzed. It was more or less regarded as the done thing back then. I would have thought in todays day & age things have changed quite alot.
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| Railworkers strike to support cocktail-swigging signalmen 24/09/2014 at 15:21 #64709 | |
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Danny252
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" said:That was quite common in France during the late 1970s.Perhaps wine with a meal was, but I hope that cocktail parties in power boxes weren't! Log in to reply |
| Railworkers strike to support cocktail-swigging signalmen 24/09/2014 at 16:25 #64714 | |
Dick
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I remember a few years ago being horrified when on holiday in Corsica that the local firemen using the same restaurant as us sat down to a few glasses of wine with their lunch before returning to the fire station. Don't think wine is considered as alcohol in France!! 
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| Railworkers strike to support cocktail-swigging signalmen 24/09/2014 at 17:16 #64715 | |
Splodge
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Air France pilots certainly used to have wine with their in flight meals; not sure if this is still the case.
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| Railworkers strike to support cocktail-swigging signalmen 25/09/2014 at 08:29 #64720 | |
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kbarber
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Saw the lunch menu for the staff canteen through an open door at Avignon in 1985... extremely good (by the aroma drifting out) 3-courser with a 1/4 of red included in the price. As Dick says, I don't think wine counts as alcohol. For further information I reccommend R H N Hardy's 'Steam in the Blood'. Last edited: 25/09/2014 at 08:31 by kbarber Reason: Further information Log in to reply |
| Railworkers strike to support cocktail-swigging signalmen 25/10/2014 at 02:03 #65252 | |
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Puro
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Pretty much the practice in Portugal. Not unusual for railwaymen to drink a beer or a wine 375ml bottle at meals! But the buck stops there apart from the eventual cold beer (20 or 33 cl) in a hot summer day. As long it doesn't go over the 0.5 limit you are ok!
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