I've stayed in the hills near Evian more than once

French side considerabubbly cheaper and if you go in Whitsun it's not a holibobs for the Frenchies so you can get a gite for a lot of people for a very small amount of money for the week (because most of the gites/chalets stay empty that week).

That area does have one the more bizarre things I've seen, in that there are two petrol stations literally about a third of a mile apart; one on the French side and one on the Swiss. It's a totally open border. Fuel on the French side is about 70% of the price of fuel on the Swiss side. Yet queues at both are about the same length.

Who wouldn't drive an extra two thirds of a mile for a 30% discount on their fuel? Je ne comprends pas.

Posted By: Old Man on January 4th 2018 at 13:27:38

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blimey a standard rail season ticket norwich to liv street = £8,164 (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 4, 10:18:39
- I wouldn't commute Nodge to London but for quite some years ... (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 4, 13:24:58
  - i'm no exspurt but wouldn't the train be fairly empty boarding at TFC? (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 4, 13:30:13
    - Haha - this was Berks to London (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 4, 13:36:56
      - Better a Berks than a Bucks (n/m) (General Chat) - Pixelman, Jan 4, 14:05:08
      - berking mad (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 4, 13:41:56
- Holy cheese, Batman. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jan 4, 13:03:07
  - Just avoid Comic Sans (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 4, 13:21:08
    - Fontana Bass! (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jan 4, 13:45:18
    - ha ha (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 4, 13:25:28
  - i drove to wank in a landrover (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 4, 13:07:34
    - I’ve been up the Wank more than once. (General Chat) - APB, Jan 4, 13:11:23
      - the people that live there are all wankers (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 4, 13:24:39
      - Teeheehee! (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jan 4, 13:17:04
        
        I love it when a normal word in one language is rude in another. (General Chat) - APB, Jan 4, 13:18:33
        
        Oui. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jan 4, 13:25:07
- Annual season ticket price from Attleborough to Geneva? (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jan 4, 12:20:01
  - Geneva is rubbish. An extra fiver gets you to Lausanne. Much nicer (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 4, 12:57:49
    - I've stayed in the hills near Evian more than once (General Chat) - Old Man, Jan 4, 13:27:38
      - swiss fuel is better for your engine timing (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 4, 13:38:24
      - Expensed executives probably (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 4, 13:34:09
    - Annecy is nicer as well. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Jan 4, 13:14:11
      - Annecy Promotion Board (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jan 4, 14:16:09
      - It is indeed. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 4, 13:23:06
    - Can I only alight from the front two cooooches? (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jan 4, 13:00:48
      - One. Is twinned with Brundall Gardens (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 4, 13:22:53
        
        Gateway to the ducks (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jan 4, 13:26:57
  - dunt stop at geneva due to the convention (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 4, 12:24:14
    - I’ve changed at Spooner Row before (my pants) (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jan 4, 12:59:54
      - You're more of a ladler than a spooner. (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jan 4, 13:01:06
        
        More of a teaspooner these days , especially in the cold (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jan 4, 13:26:10
- Railways in Europe are also massively subsided by the government (General Chat) - Duck, Jan 4, 11:05:40
  - Not sure the Swiss pay too much income tax though (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jan 4, 12:19:13
    - No, but they pay through the nose for everything else. (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 4, 12:32:57
- Maybe people should live closer than 120 miles from where they work (n/m) (General Chat) - Ben, Jan 4, 11:02:00
  - Norman Tebbits fault, telling me to get on my bike all those years ago (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Jan 4, 18:47:03
  - Depends what you do. I’m freelance for example and can’t predict where the Work is (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 4, 11:17:17
  - Well that’s just a ridiculous thing to say. (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, Jan 4, 11:03:45
    - There’s is a point to it though, partly (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jan 4, 12:18:26
      - i'd rather live in switzerland than london tbf (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 4, 12:33:55
        
        Bet they still have the proper Toblerones too. (General Chat) - bird table, Jan 4, 12:39:45
        
        was that due to brexit? (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 4, 13:36:12
        
        Their kids do lessons on how to be polite. All seems rather fake TBH. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 4, 12:42:32
        
        they fake politeness? (General Chat) - Tombs, Jan 4, 13:04:52
        
        Yes. It is trained robotically. Robo-merci (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 4, 13:24:44
        
        Robo-danke. Robo-grazie. (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Jan 4, 13:27:31
- About the same as that Switzerland price over here, and no restrictions on times either (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Jan 4, 10:21:10

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