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  1. [quote user="mint"]So, by your "logic", Rabbie, you'd give the vote to a retired teacher in France but not a retired nurse? Needless to say, I disagree profoundly with your point of view[geek] [/quote]That is your perogative. I would hope we could disagree on something without falling out. My point is that votes should be for the people they affect. I agree that the referendum is a special case and if it were up to me I would allow British citizens in other EU countries to take part but I can see no reason to allow UK citizens who are permanently resident in other countries to take part. By the same logic I do not want my UK taxes affected by the votes of those who do not pay any and do not live in the country and are not affected by the result..
  2. Mint and others. To clarify my views on this. Only British residents and those British citizens who pay British tax should have the right to vote in UK elections. Those who have moved to another country and who have no fiscal connection with the U.K. should not have a vote in my opinion. This is because I believe that voters should have to face up to the consequences of their vote. The vote for people living abroad was only brought in in 1980 because Thatcher believed they would to large extent vote Conservative. Prior to that they had no vote.
  3. In my opinion the only people who should be allowed to vote are those who are resident in the country and those British citizens who are paying tax on their pensions to the UK. People should have to take some responsibility for their vote and by paying tax or being resident then you have to live with the consequences
  4. Sounds similar to England where the deeds show who is responsible for each boundary. However a word of caution. Our deeds clearly showed that the non-existent fence between one of our fields  and a neighbouring estate which was woodland was their responsibility. A quick chat with our solicitor made it clear that it was our responsibilty to make sure thet any animals we had in the field could not get out so we had to make sure the field is adequately  fenced so I would check exactly what your situation is
  5. Having just had to replace a computer with one which had Windows 10 installed I solved the browser problem by continuing to use Firefox. As regards to not accepting updates I can understand why people choose not to accept them but I certainly want to have the ones which block security holes.  But IMO this is a decision people nmust make for themselves and accept the consequences of their decision.
  6. I managed the change without problems at the age of 7 and I doubt there will be any problems when another change is needed. Perhaps the UK should follow the example of Norway and have a Nation Anthem and a special song for the King. Funnily enough the Norwegian king's song has the the same tune as our national anthem. We should have a completion firstly for a good rousing tune for our new British Anthem and then one for the words. As a start perhaps the English rugby supporters could find something from nearer home to replace the American spiritual they sing now.
  7. Perhaps in these days of gender equality we should no longer change our names on marriage. It always seems a little weird that women should drop there name while men very rarely do. Perhaps this is a reason for some people to hyphenate both names
  8. For me fatherland is a good translation of Patrie which derives from the Latin word for father.
  9. A bird - yes. Wise - from her  posts i would say yes. Old - not for me to say[:)]
  10. Luckily we are all different and want different things and places to live otherwise there would be even more crowded areas and empty areas. What is right for one is not necessarily right for another so IMO we should celebrate the differences and accept that there are many different ways of doing things
  11. [quote user="Chancer"]They would have you believe that its 2.5%, that is the starting rate for me as a private individual to have a credit card terminal to be used once in a blue moon, companys pay less and the more they take by card the less they pay hence the enlightened ones in the UK allowing you to pay 25p by card and the opposite reaction in France.[/quote] Here in the UK our local ironmonger will not accept credit card payments for amounts less than £5 so it is not just in France that smaller businesses have these restrictions.
  12. Mrs Rabbie has just returned from a holiday in her native Sweden with a good assortment of goodies all paid for in cash so things have not gone so far there yet. But I agree that nowadays it is not difficult to use very little cash and pay for most things by credit/debit card. Indeed I very rarely now use cash on a regular basis for payments over £5.
  13. Now Betty, how can you doubt the accuracy of something in the Daily Mail. We all know this is a paper of high repute that would never distort the truth just to make a point. If the DM says that one hungarian has obtained an EHIC under false pretences then it follows (at least by DM logic) that all hungarians are doing the same and almost certainly all their Romanian and Bulgarian neighbours are doing the same. It's in the DM so it must be true.[6] Now I know why I feel that the UK that I know and love is no longer the country I grew up in.
  14. Some of us who contribute this forum do so because we are planning to move to France when we find the right property. It is not a question of France at any price, it is more finding the right place where we can have the lifestyle we want at an affordable price. Life for me is a question of choices and finding the right balance. Hopefully we will find the right property at the right price. I do agree with Chancer that Southern England is becoming increasingly more and more crowded with all the associated problems that brings. I am also concerned with the rise of extremism in the UK but this seems to be a general problem across Europe so I do not think it possible to avoid.
  15. in real terms we have negative interest rates at present even with low inflation. Mind you people can lend me money at negative rates if they want.
  16. [quote user="lindal1000"]I think all banks can after the 60000€ protected limit. I got a letter from Barclays UK saying they can only protect funds up the £56000.[/quote]I got a similar letter from my bank (NatWest) and this was referring to the UK government guarantee if the bank went bust. Nothing to do with the bank being able to help themselves which of course they can by means of charges etc. The only other way would be if the government decided to put a levy on all accounts over a certain amount as a result of a financial crisis. I can't see Cameron/Osbourne doing this in the UK as it would hurt them and their friends.
  17. I think his full name was Papapacha or something like that. IIRC he was banned after a series of controversial posts several years ago.
  18. A really good match but I disagree that the score flattered NZ. Australia could only compete successfully when NZ had a man in the bin.  Players of the tournament? I agree with your choices but woud add Biggar(wales) and Alyn Wynn Jones(wales). To be fare both Scotland and Wales were not beaten by much by Australia.
  19. Idun don't worry . I am sure th that english spelling reform won't happen in the next hundred years. I would hate for regional differences to disappear. The only spelling reforms I would be in favour of are for those words ending in "ough". I t was be very confusing for foreigners and for children learning to read. I mean you have rough, through, thorough, though all with a different sound. And if you are irish then you have "lough" as well. YCCMB, I accept your point about Finnish. Please accept my apologies
  20. [quote user="You can call me Betty"]Finnish is an easy language to pick up in the sense that it is written exactly as it is pronounced ( that doesn't mean the grammar is easy, though, I suspect!) One of the many reasons that some people in education got a bit tetchy about press reports that Finnish children start school later than British children, yet they can write and read to a better level much more quickly. The language is much more straightforward to read and write than English or French, 'cos WYSIWYG.[/quote]Finnish an easy language? May be because the pronounciation and spelling are in sync but the grammar and syntax are completely different as it is not an indo-european language. The only other languages related to it is Hungarian, Estonian and some Sami dialects. Sweden has also had fairly recent spelling reforms to make the spelling match the pronounciation which certainly helps  children to learn to read and write. I think there is probably a good case to made for an English Spelling reform but given the wide spread of English I am sure this won't happen
  21. By coincidence there was a discussion of this issue on BBC Radio 4 yesterday. The advice given was to ask for your pension statement to see what the DHSS considered your position to be  and to take advice from an expert once you had all the relevant data. It did emerge that there are two components to your UK state pension One related to the number of contribution years and the other part based on your level of earnings. Hopefully the pension statement will clarify what your current position is and whether it is worth paying the top up. If you have been working in France and paying social charges surely you will be entitled to some sort of French pension as well.
  22. My thoughts on the subject after the dust has died down. Scotland put up a great performance but the margin would have wider had Foley not missed so many kicks. I do not blame the referee for giving a penalty. He could only act on what he saw in real time. He did not have the option to go to the TMO however rediculous that rule may be in the circumstance. However I do agree with Matt Dawson that he should not have rushed off the field at the end but should have stayed to shake hands with the players afterwqards as is the usual way. I can just imagine the fuss that would have been made if any player had refused to shake hands with him. Furthermore I do not think it was helpful of World Rugby to publicly criticise the penalty decision. The referee made his decision and we have to live with it
  23. Three out of four forecasts correct. Not bad. A very good performance by Argentina. Should be an interesting semi between them and Australia. I was very proud of the Scottish performance but just not quite enough. Still a big improvement on the 6 Nations performance.
  24. [quote user="Gardian"]The Appeal Committee found that the tackles were not dangerous & therefore did not constitute foul play.[/quote]Interestingly the Scottish appeal was against the length of the ban rather than whether an offence had been committed. There was an interesting article yesterday in the Daily Telegraph showing that teams rated in the top 8 received shorter bans than teams ranked below them even if the offences were similar. The Irish player banned for 1 game for punching an opponent was given credit for his charity work
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