Anton Redman II
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[quote user="AnOther"]Anton I think you know better than that. 183 days is one factor in determining residency however if you moved with the intent of living here you became resident on day 1.
Tax free lump sums are definitely a very grey area:
http://www.frenchentree.com/retiring-to-france/displayarticle.asp?id=30433
http://france.angloinfo.com/countries/france/pensions_uk.asp
http://www.livingfrance.com/expert-advice-finance-tax-tax-how-pensions-are-affected-by-french-tax-laws--5046
http://france.assetz.co.uk/french-tax-taxation-guide-living-in-france.htm
[/quote]Residence is a question of fact in France. I am not going to banter about this but my reading of the legislaton is that your Worldwide assets can be assesed if the French authorities deem you to be resident if your centre of fiscal interests are in France but they go after the sharks not the minnows . However there are a probably one hundred wealthy French people living in Switzerland for every wealthy citizen of the UK living there.
The only English Language text book on French taxation which I have paid serious money for agrees the situation, on tax free lump sums, is confused but recommends having them paid before you move to France.
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By my calculations you were in France for less than 183 days in the French Tax and Calender year therefore were not resident.
As far as I am aware 'UK Pension Tax Free Sums' are taxable in France if you are resident.
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I would broady say that any French bank had arrived in the 20th century would allow you to turn up on line and transfer money to somebody elses account.
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One other suggestion turn off / delete all autoview and series link programmes and start again
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One correction sorry it was 110 versus 90. Both Car and Autocar tested the same car. Autocar did what they normally do in the circumstances which is to publish another roadtest some months later with the corrected figures. Car owned up to it three months later. Check out the original performance figures for the E type Jaguar and ask if that car was not gas flowed and blue printed. The first time I am aware of this happening was the Ford Cortina 1600 where the 1600 GT struggled to equal the original road test and low and behold a revised an lower set of figures quitely arrived four months latter. 50 to 110 mph in top gear works as a test of power but I could never persuade myself to do what is neccesary to equal road test acceleration figures on any road car I have built.
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It depends who you are travelling with P & O - Dover Calais did not charge when I picked up a couple of French hitchhikers at Canterbury and carried on to Limoges about ten years ago. I think the Western crossing where you have to pay for seats or cabin may be more of a problem.
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Astra 2A,2B and 2D are relatively close together at 28.2 East. Hotbird is at 28.5 but can be pickup with a dish alligned for the other three. Short answer no problem a properly aligned dish in France will receive all four.
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Tell them you have been reliably informed that a series about Italien housewifes comparing budget underware has just been launched on Astra 2
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If it now works I would leave well alone. The figures for quality should mean an improvement in the day to day picture quality and performance during heavy rain. It is well over 40 years since looked at conic sections but I suspect that you have needed to lengthen the arm ( the LNB should be all the way in) to compensate for droop due to the heavier LNB.
If the arm can be lifted/rocked I might try washers to lock it in the higher position and retry the LNB movement Failing that unless you have trees or building in the way I would try a a larger dish mounted lower. The satelites are thousands of miles away 15 feet does not make any difference.
Once you have found the right cluster of satelites I do not find that Sat Finder helps. Optimising on a weak signal like Classic FM can help.
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True but they claimed 90 for the road test.
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One very sick one - why is a Skoda safer than a Mercedes Benz - Lady Di would not have been seen dead in a Skoda.
What do you call a convertable Skoda - a Skip
The heated rear window one is fun. The Skoda rally team who won the RAC small capacity for over a decade used to fit the heated rear window to the windscreen as Skodas of than vintage used the same glass front and rear to save tooling costs. I used to autocross with John Haugland
Skoda also put a ringer in for an Autocar roadtest post VW takeover and new models. They somehow build an Octavia with the Audi 130 BHP lump only possible explanation for the roadtest figures. VAG could neither admit it or deny it.
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On the Distaff side :
By the time you are as far south as Bordeaux you need a well aligned 80 cms dish to avoid drop outs during periods of heavy rain. A 60 cm dish with a significant percentage of its face obscured by 3 LNBs and the brackets will probably not cut it. The only time I would choose to use three LNBs and one dish was if there was a legal or physical restraint on mounting a second dish. I am pretty sure that any members of the forum whose maths is good enough to align an offset LNB knew it was possible and have chosen not to do so.
I have yet to see a 7 day EPG on any receiver other than Sky or Freesat for UK TV. They may exist but I have not seen one. The cheap digital receiver which I discarded in favour a second hand skybox, an Optex 9510 Digital Satellite Receiver, would only ever list now and next and did not have series link or autoview that a Skybox provides. There is a good amount of work setting up an off the shelf digital receiver. This is not a one off process. Between Sky and Freesat there have been fairly regular reshuffles. The appearence of ITV1 HD and the close of Men and Motors being the last one I am aware of. Other interesting bits and pieces include CBBC and Cbees changing into BBC3 and BBC4 at 7 each evening UK time.
Short comment - you either knew all about it and had the technical knowledge to set it up before the post or you need to invest a lot of time and some money learning enough to properly evaluate it.
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PVA is much cheaper in UK but it is water soluble. If you have not used the green hydrofuge water repellant board I would find a dedicated sealer or check the instructions on the tile cement.
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Everything grey = 100 % , half way = 50% . I suspect Sky opted for the lines so they did not have people ringing up who only had 50% etc. If the guide is on its way back and the movie channels were OK I would not mess with it.
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Rather long post but try the checks on signal quality. At a guess the alignment of the LNB on the arm is no longer quite correct. It may be marginally to close or too far from the dish. Also it should be pointing to about 7 pm rather than vertical (NB some Quad LNBs do need to be vertical). Take a note of signal strength and quality using Services (green oval button) – 4 System set up – 6 signal test. Broadly if signal quality is above 50 % you will get a picture. I normally aim to reach over 90 % for quality.
Swop the two coaxial leads round on the digibox and see if that has any impact. Ideally see how your digibox behaves on another dish which is set up for UK TV and try another digibox on your set up
Try the channels 319 to 325 to see what quality picture you see – here are some fairly grotty movies but broadcast at low power so a good check on disk alignment.
Have a look at signal strength and quality using another transponder rather than the default.
Use the following sequence on the remote control
Services (green oval button)
4 System Set Up
0 1 Select ( NB nothing is shown on screen till you press Select)
2 Default transponder
The Default Transponder Menu Looks like this
Frequency (GHz) 11.778
Polarisation V
Symbol Rate (Mbaud) 27.5
FEQ 2/3
Save New Settings
For ITV1 you change the setting to
Frequency (GHz) 10.758
Polarisation V
Symbol Rate (Mbaud) 22.0
FEQ 5/6
Save New Settings
For BBC 1
Frequency (GHz) 10.773
Polarisation H
Symbol Rate (Mbaud) 22.0
FEQ 5/6
Save New Settings
For Classic FM
Frequency 12.523
Polarisation V
Symbol Rate (Mbaud ) SR 27.5
FEC 2/3
Save New Settings
After you have saved the settings recheck strength and quality as above and finally restore the default settings.Parameters for other channels
http://www.lyngsat.com/packages/skyuk.html
Best of luck
Notes on fine tuning dish alignment as below :
Fine tuning the dish alignment. Before you start moving anything. Mark the elevation on the dish with a paint line or scratch so that you can recover the same position if everything goes wrong. Walk down the garden at least 10 metres and stand so that the LNB arm is aimed straight at you, hammer a stake into the ground so you can find the exact angle if anything goes wrong. Wait for a dry day if possible and take you digibox and a small portable TV outside so that you can see them as you move the dish by minute amounts. Maximise the signal strength then quality on the default transponder: Move the dish up and down and left to right by minute amounts first maximising strength then quality. Lock the position then move the LNB clockwise or anticlockwise and also in and out again concentrating on quality. If moving the dish does not change quality the digibox has locked. You need to unplug it, or switch off at the mains, then switch/plug it back and wait for it to boot up.
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Only if you believe borrowing money at 5 % to lend at 1 % and wrecking you currency in the process is sound
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[quote user="Swissie"]Have you ever tried a San Antonio? If you think you are fluent, and that your French vernacular is quite good - try it. You'll find 10000s on book stalls - bonne chance.
Slang, invented and distorted words and expressions (especially English style. Can you guess what 'dans l'cul Paris Match' = ? Or proverbs like 'vieux motard que j'aimais' for ' mieux vaut tard que jamais'). Not for the faint hearted or beginners.
[/quote]I think I can guess two out of three. But it is a bit like mentioning the office bike in English. Or dropping yuor pants in German
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Mostly catalogues etc in French - Odd legal bits about development, rules about plumbing and electricity etc. It is very hard work for me to read for relaxation in French. Some Jules Verne because I like early science fiction. Like reading C.S.Forester and Conan Doyle in French in part because I know the plots well and so do not have to worry about the specialist vocab. Any Chester Himes I can get my hands on - will read James Baldwin - but find him very hard to empathise with - read Giovanni's Room when I was about 14. Henri de Montfried and any thing by Antonne St Expury except 'The Little Prince'
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Those interlock and form a water proof layer with only on tile
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are you sure there is an Italian equivalent ?
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http://www.imerys-toiture.com/famille-de-tuile/canal/tuile-canal.asp
Respectfully suggest you read through the description in the link above. You can ridge in canal tiles but ridge tiles with parallel sides, which was what was requested are available. I am sure somebody can make a better pass at the French than me.
C’est la tuile Canal qui est la plus ancienne des tuiles.
Inventée par les romains, elle se compose d’une tuile de courant (dessous) et d’une tuile de couvert (dessus), chacun des éléments étant de forme conique. Ces tuiles se bloquent elles-mêmes par glissement
The Canal tile is the oldest form of tile.
Invented by the Romans, they are composed of running/ under tiles and covering/top tiles each of these is in a conical (not semi circular form). The tiles block each other against slipping.
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Suggest having a search on faitage which is the roof ridge.
http://www.toiturelegere.fr/faitieres-faitieres-rondes-xsl-250_259_270.html
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[quote user="LEO"][quote user="margie"]Does anyone know if a handshake agreement is legal in France?
About 2 years ago our neighbour offered us about 3 hectares of land which adjoins our garden on 2 sides. We went with the neighbour to the notaire to make a purchase but the neighbour was told that he couldn't sell the land to us because it was under a rental agreement to a local farmer which had not expired. However we made the handshake agreement that when the land became free we could then purchase it. Now we have just found out that the neighbour is selling a portion of the land directly in front of our house to be built on.
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Would a handshake agreement be legal in any country?
[/quote]Legal - anywhere - enforceable difficult - however I have worked in parts of the world where if you give your word you had better deliver and in broad terms I prefer them to sophism you find in the West these days.
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[quote user="Gastines"]Tried this and visited UK branch but they couldn't resolve problem.Will try again on next UK trip.[/quote]
They resolved it for me over the 'phone but I suspect my file is anotated 'OK for the money but makes Wilco Johnson seem easy to deal with'
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[quote user="hakunamatata"]Before coming to France get your teeth sorted out before you come. I have already paid a bill of 3,000 Euros for work and now I have been given another for 8,000 Its a joke, so if you are retiring here get your teeth done in UK even under a private dentist there is not way it will cost that much. Needless to say I would rather be toothless than pay 8,000 - and I probably will be the old crone of the village!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/quote]
I am not sure where you are having your dental work done ? In the England unless you were very poor it was almost impossible to find an NHS dentist. Broadly I pay about a quarter for similar quality work in France to the work I had done in outer London