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[quote user="Hoddy"] We clearly have a difference of opinion John. [/quote] Yes we have. Almost the first words I remember from Mercantile Law are "caveat emptor" and I try to do just that. Others will do what they do. John
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[quote user="idun"] So what do you 'have to have'. [/quote] My parents were addicted to nicotine and it killed them. This possibly why I am not addicted to anything AFAIK. Though I confess to a liking for Earl Gray tea and Marmite (but not together). Boring of N Lot
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Or you could pay £1 and register for a month - sufficient time ? John
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[quote user="Hoddy"] It has ben reported Sud-Ouest that there is a cheese seller at Sarlat market whose average price for cheese is E39.95. This is ordinary cheese not claimed to be of a particularly fine quality. ............. I should add of course that most of the traders are honest people and dislike these 'rogues' as much as anyone else does. Hoddy [/quote] Why is this trader a "rogue"? He is not claiming that his cheese is something that it is not so he seems to me to be a sensible businessman taking advantage of an opportunity. Hardly his fault if some customers have more money than sense. John
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Why, has Michael Jackson returned ? John
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And then you moved it. John (I'm not a builder)
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Another day, another smidgin of knowledge acquired. Until now I thought cup sizes were measured alphabetically. John
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Any apparent similarity between the above and the original Iceni is purely imaginary. John
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[quote user="idun"] Cornfield as you make up your own products. I have a series of something like tiny drops of curry stains, on a pure wool jumper any suggestion as to how to get these tiny marks off without damaging the wool please? [/quote] No idea how to sort out this set of dribbles but in future wear a bib or remove your upper garments. Such stains are removed easily from skin. John
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Telephone Etiquette - am I getting VERY old-fashioned?
Iceni replied to Martin963's topic in The Complete France Post Bag
I always answer in English. If a French caller does not identify him/herself as representing an organisation I know (or is a friend) I respond with "I don't speak French, there is no-one here that speaks French. Good bye" and hang up. Works for me. John -
What would you add to this list of 'banned' phrases?
Iceni replied to woolybanana's topic in Other Topics
Add to the list of non-existent - 12 a.m. and 12 p.m. Most, if not all, phrases used by Americans, Australians and others claiming to speak English - beginning with fill out. John -
I hoped to read that CC had been dropped from a great height. Why do you build up my hopes like this? it's sooo cruel. John
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[quote user="knee gel"] If you want to take the cash from any winnings it has to be paid into a UK bank account otherwise reinvest in more bonds. Chris [/quote] Surely the NS&I cheques have to be paid into a GBP account (but not necessarily in the UK)? Though I confess that I have never found the need to try to open one so have no idea of the hurdles placed in the name of money laundry. John
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Search Google with your headline above and there 'tis. John
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[quote user="idun"] And no, I wouldn't go anywhere without gifts. [/quote] When I first arrived here I was living in a small caravan on-site while working on the conversion so had little space to keep things. When invited out to dine in a French home I had no idea what to take but having been advised that it is better to take something I had made or grown I took a bowl of radishes. They were pounced upon by my host, washed and returned to the table within minutes, each one sliced open with a small snip of butter inserted. When I tried to apologise for not bringing something a bit grander I was informed "but these are so much better than just going into a shop and buying something that we probably don't need or want". Aren't the French strange? John