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Thanks Dave, yes, it's good to get away from everything for one day. I went with a friend to NarboVia, a newish museum, in Narbonne, evidently, all about Roman Narbonne. She drives, which is so relaxing for me, we always find a good place to have a good lunch, and do something interesting. She's been to the museum several times before, but says she sees something new everytime. €9 entry, but as it happened, as I got my card out to pay, my carte mobilité incusion could be seen (NormanH will certainly know what one of those is), and when he had checked it was stil valid, said, it's free for you!! Such a pleasant surprise! Well worth a visit if anyone is in the area! What with travelling on the télépherique in Toulouse for the first time on Saturday, as well, I've been more of a tourist these last few days than I've been for some time. So nice!

Great to here from you Judith. Glad you've been having a bit of 'me' time 🙂

Been out all day (enjoying myself, lovely weather too!), and came back to the news that we were back live! Thanks to those who kept us informed ... great stuff .. fingers crossed we keep going ..

Great, don't know what you have done, but well done anyway.

Dept 71, I tried to contact you but it appears that your email address is a throwaway.

Nought to do with me. I've only just seen this myself. Off to ask some questions.

Thanks to Dave Lister and no doubt anotherbanana for persevering with the powers that be, looks like we're live again. I hope so, as this forum is too greater resource for so many contributors, past, present and future to be lost. Vive le forum!

Well what happened over the past few days, thought it was me.

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I'm wondering the same thing about my Wise account. Fortunately it's a problem for next year.

Following my successful appearance as an extra in "The Origin of Evil (L'Origine du mal)" (funeral scene, suited gentleman left hand side of church) my second appearance as a moving extra is now available. Mme Holmes TF1 Series 1 Episode 4. Garden party in London scene, fully visible. My agent is handling all new requests for interviews, autographs, new roles etc. 😁

For the same reason we keep our RBS account, though they will not let us open any savings accounts. However, I have a Revolut sterling account which is paying me 4.07% interest daily on my "secret nest egg" I have only had this (not guaranteed) account for less than a year and am interested to see how the FISC treat it when we do our declaration.

I wonder if the one on offer is the one on Amazon at €250? I would go with the old adage about things being too good to be true. What do you want a mini PC for? At this stage of your life, if you have a real need for one, get a proper one which will perform better. Or if its just for general surfing a Samsun tablet with an 11 inch screen (for example). Less likely to end up in landfill in the short term. Just my two pennies worth. If you do go ahead, let us know, always happy to be proved wrong.

DL my chap says the machine is "good enough" which should mean it'll work! So next I take the letter of offer into the bank and ask them if they sent it and the offer was genuine. If all kosher, I will choose the cheapest monthly magazine on offer so as not to expend too much dosh and hope the machine will at least be usable! As ever, thanks again for your help.

Thanks, DL. The nah-nah's certainly outnumber the aye-aye's. With some of the negative opinions though, I do wonder if the users were setting it up correctly. I think that because the 5-star opinions were very positive though there weren't many of those. Don't know if I'll bother but then it wouldn't be costing me anything and the magazine I have chosen le Point is one that I do read from time to time. I reflect that I probably pay more than the subscription for the magazine in the secondhand book shop I use frequently. I await the final opinion of my "nerd" (fond name for the chap who comes and sorts out our computers and TV when need arises) before I commit. Just don't want the hassle if it doesn't work and I have to find the special dump. to get rid of it

Have a look at these reviews. https://fr.trustpilot.com/review/danew.fr

The gift horse is a "mini ordinateur portable DANEW". Apparently, I have been chosen to receive a present of one of these by la Banque Postale (of which I am a client) in exchange for my subscription of a magazine for a minimum of 10 months. I looked up this notebook on Amazon. It is a French product and retails for just under 250€ on the French site. If it works and it's not a Trojan horse, it would be good! BUT is it too good to be true? Has anyone banking with la Banque Postale also been "selected" for this cadeau? Everyone here who has an idea of my technological expertise will appreciate that I am in great need fo your advice/opinion. Thanks.

Yes, Lehaut, I did have a shock seeing the "vast" (ha!ha!) amounts we had inadvertantly accummulated! It's just mostly bank savings accounts that I was afraid to close as we can, of course, no longer open new accounts. I also have a couple of national savings accounts which pay useful amounts but by no means huge amounts! Didn't expect much and only check once a year when filling in the tax return. I don't know whether they are more diligent with us than with the French. I can only say that I have never been "controlled". I do trawl through everything and try not to forget anything but then I am sure I am perfectly capable of making the odd mistake, more through ignorance in the early years, than anything else.

Does anyone remember that video of Ivanka Trump trying to interject at the G20 into a conversation between Theresa May, Christine Lagarde, and Justin Trudeau. Lots of words but saying nothing. For some reason I've been reminded of it recently. Has anyone got a theory as to why we seem to be attracting our own Ivankas ?

I just stumbled upon your post and had to chime in—house renovations can be a wild ride! You've definitely got your work cut out for you, but it sounds like you're ready to roll up your sleeves and dive in. One tip I'd offer is to plan out your budget and timeline like there's no tomorrow. You'll thank yourself later when unexpected hiccups pop up.

I assume this thread relates to interest on UK bank accounts? We don't have any in the UK now, but several years ago we "forgot" to declare £345 interest sitting in a UK account in the name of my wife. She was controlled and had to pay the social charges on it! Always wondered afterwards if they are a diligent with the more affluent members of French society.

Oops, sorry sir, please sir, I was only answerin' betise's question, honest!

In this universe 😉

Is David Lister your REAL name?

If Belves or Corrin were to meet the mod DaveLister, what question would you ask him?