Bienvenue Fabrice,
Quelle coin de France vennez-vous? J'y habitez il y a 25 ans. Tiens, que je suis vieux! J'ai habiter dans le Nord pendant an an et demi; j'ais passer a Dunqerque, Lille, Tournai, Epinal, Reims, etc. De tout facon, ca fait trop d'annees depuis que je parle francais et je n'ais jamais devoir l'ecrire! Ca se vois, ne c'est pas? Je me trouves un petit peu rouiller.
Bienvenue a la forum, et bons souhaits a la construction de votre truques-choette.
Greg
P. S. To the non French speaking - I have doubtless proven to Fabrice that I can butcher his beautiful language as effectively as I butcher wood. Other than that, I questioned Ira's ancestry and explained about his misbegotten youth so that Fabrice would understand what we have to put up with.
O.K. so I lied a little about that, but I bet Ira reread what I wrote to see if his name was in there!

Actually, I welcomed him and asked him where he was from as I spent a year and a half in France at some of the above-mentioned cities some (Ouch!) 25 years ago. I also mentioned that I never had to write French and that that must be evident. I also wished him well on the construction of his "cool thingamajig".
I'm not dead, yet. I'm feeling better.