French connection

This appeared in my in-box this morning, making me think that the French couldn't just do Black Friday like the rest of us; they had to do something different. There was also the angle that they were a lot quicker off the mark with things cyber than we were, doing dating & porno on computers long before we were. See reference 1 for an engaging picture of the sort of heritage PC which could do the business for you getting on for forty years ago. Which prompted the memory (from camping there) that the market stalls of that time in Les Sables-d'Olonne were mostly wired up - which would have been very odd indeed in Chapel Street.

Then I take a look in my promotions tab to find that that was full of Cyber Monday too.

PS: also prompted to think that a return visit to Les Sables-d'Olonne would be good now that we could afford to stay in a hotel instead of roughing it. Great beach there, with the sand absolutely spot on for drip castles, an activity which the French don't do but do watch. Great fun. Maybe next year.

Reference 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel.