Rabbie
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Idun, don't be so hard on yourself. You seem to have a good grasp of English grammar in practical usage even if you don't know the names of the tenses and other technical terms. I am sure the same applies to your French. Anyone who listens to French TV and conversed so much with their French neighbours for as long as you did must have a pretty good grasp of the language. After all that is the way we all learn our mother tongue.
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[quote user="Patf"]I wonder if dry rot isn't specified in the diagnostics because it's a fungus, not a creature?I should think it would be visible, so maybe a case of caveat emptor?[/quote]Dry rot is quite often NOT visible occuring in hidden timber. When we bought our present house they found some dry rot when they weree removing an internal wall. It was very easily dealt with and there have been no problems after that.
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I support NickP's point. There is no place for thuggery or clearly dangerous play. It might be better if the TMO could alert the referee to these incidents when they occur so they could be dealt with at the time and not afterwards. But they clearly must be dealt with so IMO better late than never but even better if they can handled straight away.
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Now we know the quarter finalists who do you think will make it to the semis.My forecast is New Zealand (unless France can pull something out of the bag), Australia, South Africa and Ireland.Lets hear what you others think
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I have just ploughed through this at time contentious thread and Ithink there are valid points on both sides of the argument. For me it is common sense that if you live in a country you should try to speak its language. A simple courtesy if nothing else.Having spent ten years of my working life in Sweden I picked up a working knowledge of the language despite many swedes being very fluent in English. Despite having returned to the UK over 25 years ago and only speaking Swedish on the the infrequent occasions we have Swedish guests or are visiting Sweden I find that I still have no problems in picking it up again so I am a little baffled by those who lose a language.I was never particulary gifted at learning languages at school so I do not think I have any special talents in that direction and take the view that anyone can learn a language if they just make the effort.
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Scant consolation I am sure. The real problem was having the draw 3 years before the tournament. Teams relative strengths have altered a lot since then and the seedings in the groups does not reflect current form.Hopefully lessons will be learnt before the next RWC in Japan.
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An exciting match to watch. A draw would have been a fair result but all credit to England for taking the gamble. Just a pity that poor execution let them down at the end.
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In the pool matches all that really matters is the win and bonus point so an excellent result for England. I agreed with Sir Clive Woodward that the referee should not have gone to the TMO after awarding the disallowed Fifi try. IMO he should not have allowed the try but referred it before making a decision. I feel sorry for Uruguay in that group as they will just be sacrificial lambs. Still it is was an enjoyable first match so let's hope we see some more rugby like it over the next weeks
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Our front loading Miele is very reliable and gets the washing really clean. No problems with unpleasant smells either
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Well done! WB. I hope everything goes smoothly for you
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There was an article in the Guardian about people thinking of taking out dual nationality in the event of a Brexit. This seemed to be both EU citizens living in the UK and UK citizens living in other EU countries.I just wondered how people on this forum who might be affected by the referendum result are planning to do.Link to the article is http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/17/dual-nationality-passports-eu-migrants-fear-brexit-european-union-referendumSorry the new forum software wont let me make it clickable
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In the many visits I have made to France in the last 15 years I have never had to fill in a form or show my passport at any hotel I have stayed in. I do remember filling out the form in 1974 but things seem to have progressed since then.
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[quote user="JeanS"] Some of the comments made after the viewings make me cross. I'm sure the last couple were ' professionaal' house viewers. Complete waste of time.
[/quote]Sorry to hear about your problems in selling. However there are always two sides to every conflict and having spent a lot of time looking at houses to buy in Normandy it is not always the viewers that are the time wasters. We have looked at a great number of properties where reality and the published details did not exactly match. Others were considerably overpriced for what they were. In one case we made an offer at about 70% of the asking price which provoked a long tirade on another forum about time wasters and insulting offers. About 18 months later I saw it it advertised on the web for less than we had offered marked as sold subject to contract. In that period the pound had gone up against the euro so they had lost out as they were selling to return to the UK. It appeared they had also spent a bit of money doing some much needed refurbishment.As has been stated often on this forum property will sell if you price it realistically but not if you base your price on a combination of your purchase price and restoration costs.
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There is a duty on banks nowadays to check up on where payments come from. Don't blame the banks, blame the governments that make these laws. It does seem like overkill for the vast majority of honest people but then popular demand seems to want to make life difficult for drug dealers and other lowlife.
I would be afraid to withhold information as a direct refusal would arouse suspicion. Better to follow Parsnip's advice and give an honest answer.
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Nice idea, Frederick. But under international law Morocco would be entitled to return them to Spanish territory as illegal immigrants. Not sure Spain would be so keen on the idea then
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What UK inheritance laws? There are significant differences between English and Scottish inheritance laws. For example in Scotland a wife is entitled to half of her husband's estate and the children are entitled to one third shared between them. English inheritance law is at present a little unclear in view of the court ruling referred to by Parsnips.
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An awful lot of young people cannot afford to pay a silly price for a house in the UK especially around London. So they don't have the chance to buy right and sell right. Once you get on the property ladder then the high house prices are not such a problem - it's the initial purchase that is the problem. When I was young it was comparatively easy to buy your first home with just a bit of scrimping and saving. Now it seems to be really difficult to make that first move without help from parents etc.
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[quote user="EuroTrash"]PS I wish you'd start calling the island opposite France Britain, not the UK. Ireland has nothing to do with it.[/quote]Pedants Corner. The island opposite France is actually Great Britain or Britain for short. Ireland is a separate island. That's why the full name of the UK is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. You would have had a point if some had said "The British Isles" because that does include Ireland.
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[quote user="Frederick"]The measure I use and can only speak of the UK Is " are our children and those of people we know better off than we were at their age " The answer is a great big YES ... They have been better educated are in good jobs have travelled far more and are able to spend far more than we ever did . As far as I can see the UK is doing right by them today .[/quote]And how many of them can afford to buy their own homes. How many of them have large student loan debts. Are they really better off than we were. Some are, a lot aren't. I know of several university graudates who are still living at home and are struggling to find a job that uses their qualifications. That must be very frustrating.
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If it is the case then reporting of exports has changed since I was responsible for it in my company. End destination for the sale was always the key, and indeed it was essential to define this correctly because VAT had to be correctly allocated. A sale to an EU country would attract VAT*; a sale outside the EU would not. I cannot believe that UK exporters are c0cking things up and not getting nasty letters from the VAT authorities.
* The VAT is usually recoverable, but is still due and has to be collected.
[/quote] After asking for advice from HMRC I was advised that for exports to VAT registered customers in EU countries I should not charge them VAT but declare their VAT number and the amount being charged on a HMRC form that was submitted with the VAT return. Hope this clarifies the situation for you. -
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I prefer straight bananas though.
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[quote user="Jonzjob"]Pat, I wonder who you would have felt sorry for if you had had a driving accident? Then both of you would have been out of the picture. If the hand held phone rings then the only things to do is either pull off the road and answer it or ignore it.
Anyone who sticks a phone to their ear whilst driving deserves all they get. Modern cars mainly have systems where you can answer the phone without taking your hands off the wheel.
Sorry to come over hard but these conditions cause a lot of accidents.
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In the words of Corporal Jones "Don't panic". The rise in interest rates was stated yesterday to be small and gradual. A 0.25% rise has been suggested for December/January and then further rise to take the rate to 2.5% by 2020. Mind you with the inflation rate announced earlier this week of 0% there may be no need to raise the rate as much as this.
2.5% seems pretty low to me when I remember rates of up to 15% in the early nineties.
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I would have guessed English on the grounds that that is the language that the laws are written in and the language used in Congress. I do know that there was a proposal in the early days to make German the official language but I don't know what happened to that idea.
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