Bonjour From Cajunsr.

Cajun I might have known you would tout the Tampa Collectors Club..but for 5 dollars a year its not a bad deal eh ?

Diane, my wife has me putting together Ikea kitchen cabinets..she is the grade 53 engineer and I am the grade 4 Laborer ! I am glad to see my buddies Bobgggg from Beautiful Buchanan New York..right near the nuclear power plant..and our man down south the Cajun...we will try not to be too rowdy on this board..we will act as guests guys !

bonjour phil,
and don't forget all them fresh baked cookies from donna I bring to each meeting. I can't do anything about the lousy coffee. it's that cheap treasurer I have. I gave him a pound of louisiana's best coffee and I ain't seen him use it yet. I think he's using it at home, the no good cur. oh, but he's from your home state, ain't he? well, throw him in the east river. or whatever they call it, lake ponchitran is full.


amities,
bill.

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'all has the method' or 'all to the method'.

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Bill,

If it could translate to 'it's all in the method' it wouldn't be a bad slogan.

Tout alamode!

Cajusr1, I don't understand French, so I'll just say G'day mate.

Great to have you here cobber.

Best wishes from downunder.

Steve

bonsoir steve,
g'day to you. got some good mates downunder I email with frequently in nambucca heads, carlos and rina. super nice folks i've known now for over 15 years. he collects portugese stamps. used to own a great restaurant there until his landlord screwed him over. now he raises greyhounds for racing. my brother's daughter used to live in sydney for about 5 years. her 2 sons were born there. they are now back in florida. my brother has been to sydney many times to visit them. my trips to asia were okinawa at age 3 with my dad when he was stationed there and myself in vietnam in 1969 for a short visit as a medic. got shot 2 months later thru the neck. bein' part gator saved my life. we cajuns got webbed toes you know. and tough hides. but i'm retired now on disability because of that wound. just fallin' apart from ol' age now. take care and thanks to everyone today for the kind welcomes I have received, esp. my two buddies phil and bob. we hope to bring some expertise to the novice collectors out there. and help promote this great hobby. you sure learn a lot more from it than a video game, and I hope my grandkids will do so when they are a little older and grandpa is still here to foster there minds. esp. my new grandson.

amities,
bill.

bonsoir modern who,
french can be translated to say many things with the same words so your translation is acceptable too. now a little secret, I use a translator for most of mine. I did take a high school french course in the early 60's for six months but I was very rusty with it. so I use my www.freetranslation.com to help me do my leg work on my main auction selling site. but I can read and write a little without some help. my brother knows it better than me, but then he is a lawyer and smarter than his older brother, he thinks. :)

amities et a bientot,
bill.

Hey Bill,

Another Nam vet! That's just about 2%, so far.

Did a tour there myself as a photographer a couple of years later. Don't suppose you got to check out Saigon and the French influence on that city if you were out humping the boonies for a couple of months before a bullet sent you home. Good thing you were part gator!

I could see why the French found the place so appealing, even though it was under the worst of circumstances. I have a photo essay online about The Saigon Water Front, if you'd care to look.

Great Essay Modern_Who

By the all you wannabe frenchmen!

tout a la mode really translates to: all in fashion

I'll give lessons if you want.

bonjour diane and modern,
well, I am really french cajun although I cannot speak the mother tongue fluently. cannot help that, I was an army brat and travelled with dad all over and didn't spend much time with the frenchie cousins to learn from them. esp. my uncle john and aunt beuhla. they spoke good cajun french. and so did some of my dad's relatives. but I rarely saw them. and that was a pity, not being able to learn more about your roots until you are older, and it is too late to enjoy. a good reason for young ones to start this hobby now, not later. at least I have not forgotten the good cajun food. it is the one memory foremost in my mind with my sweet relatives. modern- I will check out your site brother, and welcome home. I passed through saigon on the way to yokohama and the army hospital there. you were right, didn't see much. cajun was pretty messed up.
and miss diane, un bonne semaine au vous.

amities, merci et a bientot,
bill.