DraytonBoy
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Re-registering of UK van now approved and I've got a provisional CG. Took a total of five weeks so better than I thought.
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True Grit, either version.
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After see Darkest Hour last night I was intrigued to learn that Churchill was almost persuaded to negotiate for peace just before Dunkirk but changed his mind, thank god he did.I read a piece in the New Statesman written by one of the leaders of the cafe protest and it seems they were protesting in general about Britain's colonial past and used Churchill's own words to highlight that he should be reviled not revered. To balance that there was an article in The Guardian about the cafe itself and it turns out that it is actually part of a charity that supports the local diverse community and offers help to start-up busnesses.The great ironies of this protest were that it targetted a business that only acknowledged not celebrated Churchill as a great leader and if it weren't for the likes of Churchill the protesters probably wouldn't have the freedom to protest in the first place.
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There have been many films and documentaries about Winnie that have highlighted his faults/weaknesses as well as his leadership in WW2. As for being an 'icon' show me one that is/was flawless.
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So we should applaud the outing of Churchill as a racist whilst continuing to give air time and column inches to the lovely Mr Blair.
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IMO we should learn from the past not try and erase it nor judge leaders from history with 21st century eyes.
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I wonder what ALBF will make of the news.
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It's Bullingdon not Bullington!
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Current cost of our Sanispeed is 550E if bought on the internet.If it were me I'd get a plumber round and ask him if it's feasible to use a pump and go from there.
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The product info from Saniflo states that the pipes from the pump to the fosse need a decent fall (1.100 minimum) when used horizontally.
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We installed our pump when we renovated the house so cut a small (50mm) channel in the floor and re-tiled, the biggest issue was getting a decent fall as the distance is 10m from sink to 100mm mains waste pipe which then goes into the fosse.
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Legally no as the waste has to be dealt with properly.What about a very small fosse in the back garden?
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We have a Saniflo pump that pumps waste from our kitchen sink and dishwasher (at the front of the house) to the fosse at the back, apart from cleaning the pump reservoir every couple of years it's maintenance free.
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We have bought and renovated two houses here and 90% of the materials have been sourced here, the other 10% has come form the UK or elsewhere in the EU. Things like paint, light fittings, blinds, taps and any power tools are cheaper and of better quality in the UK or say Germany so it would be nuts (IMO) not to take advantage of that. A case in point - needed to replace the kitchen tap last week, Mr Bricolage wanted 145E for the same tap that we found on Amazon.fr (German import) for 62E.
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Dealing with the sale of the van via ANTS was easy, re-registering my new UK replacement is taking much longer as I'm still waiting to learn whether the documents I scanned to them are acceptable.
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Sorry Richard but this is laughable unless the EU comes down hard on the likes of Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg,it could almost be seen as helping the above-named to attract even more dodgy money.
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The actual care you receive is world class, however WHEN you receive it is the current problem with a lack of beds and staff pretty much everywhere in the country. I'm not sure that Mrs May actually believes there's a funding/staff shortage within the NHS despite the daily horror stories of patients being treated on stretchers in corridors etc.
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Am I the only one that thinks ALBF should get out more?
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My son registered his car purchase and I did the same for the sale of my van. Worked okay for both in the end but the issue of special 'code numbers' when you were half way through the process was a bit confusing.
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We're the same, still getting cards that were posted well before Christmas, I suspect the problem is the UK end.
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Sorry Mint but I have to agree with Betty. I used to attend shoots in the UK every week and we never ever went on public land or private gardens let alone flashed the guns in view of the general public, here we've had dogs in the garden and shot rain down on the roof despite the so called 150 metre limit and we cannot walk the chemins on shoot days as the risk is just too great.
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There is the myth that the UK is just a concrete jungle with a few bits of green when in reality just 2% of the land mass is built on, of course you've got forests and lakes but there are still hundreds of square miles of rural idyll to move to IF you've got the money.
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Urbanisation in the UK is roughly 83% and 80% for France.As for rural communities dying it's happening here far more than the UK. France has a massive housing stock lying empty which is concentrated in small towns and villages with no facilities or jobs. The UK on the other hand has a housing shortage so even in rural areas with no facilities properties are not empty but occupied by commuters or the ever growing retired population.
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Not sure about that Richard, I thought it was only at check-in.
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