French Commandos Storm Cult Compound, Free 12 Year-Old

FOXNews.com ^ | August 6, 2007 | AP

[rhombus]

I agree. Start at the beginning and work you’re way through. I got the audio books narrated by Patrick Tull and listened to them during my commute. It’s a great way to make use of mostly empty time. I did them in sequence after reading one out of the middle and then seeing the movie. O’Brian “catches you up” if you come in in the middle but I think it’s a better experience to live with the characters serially as they experienced their lives.

[caveat emptor]

I agree. Start at the beginning and work you’re way through. I got the audio books narrated by Patrick Tull and listened to them during my commute.

My son did that; listened to the whole series. I'm retired, and can afford the time to take it a bit slower (don't ask my wife about that). One advantage I can see to the audio version is to hear how all those Brit words sound.

I've bought the book A Sea of Words. (click on the image for details)



and plan to re-read the series, starting when the rains come in October/November, with that book and a standard dictionary at hand so I can understand the details of what O'Brian has to say. It's pretty amazing to see how much of our everyday language derives from the Men-of-War square sailers.

[FrogBurger]

Wow, that’s an old map. The place has gone much more developed.

BTW, love your nickname.

[rhombus]

That looks like a great book. For me, the advantage of the audio books is that they provide a way to make better use of the hour and a half I spend commuting to work each day. I rarely have time to read the amount of fiction that I’d like with my current working schedule. It’s one of those many pleasures that I look forward to on retirement (hopefully down to “single-digit” years now). :-)

[rahbert]

GIGN != FFL

These are the swat team for the Police Nationale.

These are some badassed dudes, whom you would not want
to annoy.

Despite what you might hear from the vast FR parking lot,
the professional French police and military are quite able
to create havoc.

[HiTech RedNeck]

The child was kept in a house rented by the cult, called Mary's Painful and Immaculate Heart, in the southern part of La Reunion, a popular vacation destination for tourists from the French mainland.

The cult, or the house, is called that?

[imbecile]

GIGN is not part of the Police Nationale. GIGN stands for Groupement d’Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale. These guys are Gendarmes, part of the army. And yes, basassed dudes. The brits SAS consider that GIGN has the “Best firearm training in the world” . (hundreds of shots every day, 24/7).

[rahbert]

I apparently was misinformed, thinking that Gendarmerie would be the Police.

eh bien!