I think I had a post or two deleted? fcked if I know / remember. Whatever, sorry if I / we stepped outta line Trips.
Also - you don't have window cranks in France? How do you open / close car windows before electrical ones? No one put 2 & 2 together and modified that concept a bit for a house (or, well, did the opposite progression like the rest of the world - above the north / south split anyway)? Crazy talk.