France is inept

[TechMage]

[James S]

It was stupid of him to think a suicide threat would be enough to stop a war.

[Maf54]

You know I don't think he was saying he was going to commit suicide...

[James S]

Either way, he used it as a threat, a case to stop the war.

[Maf54]

I guess, but I think it was more of him trying to stop the war by showing there was corruption in those trying to start it.

[Digby]

I found article interesting. I didn't know that Europeans took so much time away from work.

From the article...

The relatively hard-working British — hardworking by European standards — get 28 paid vacation days a year. Germans get 35, the French, 37, Italians, 42.

...

The Los Angeles Times reports that Americans have an average of just sixteen vacation days a year, and they are vacationing less and less — 10 percent less this year than last.



I knew there was a difference in the amount of vacation time between Europe and the US but I didn't think it was that large. I've been at work 7 days a week since the middle of May trying to finish a project, working through two paid holidays and probably another on the upcoming Labor Day. Maybe I should move to Italy?

[BurningSheep]

What can I say... we work to live, we don't live to work :)

[James S]