Noisette
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[quote user="EuroTrash"]It's not an idiom but it kind of follows on from idun's post, about English words becoming part of the French language. By coincidence I've recently come across this "import" in two totally unrelated books that I've read, the first time it seemed so horrible I couldn't quite believe I'd read it, and the second time I started thinking Good grief is this actually becoming common usage. The word is "bodybuildé", to describe a muscular chap - has anyone else come across it?[/quote] Yes, it appears in a Daniel Pennac book. But then every other word in his books is slang (or bastardised English). The first one I read involved paperback in one hand, dico in the other :-)
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That's disgraceful, Norman! Which Préfecture is it? I'd write or call and give them a nudge. What if you want to apply for a CdS?...You'll need your certificates for that.WB, It seems perfectly natural to me, but then it's a bit like transsexuality.....some people are born in the wrong body, some in the wrong country :-) Betty.....true to form ;-)
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Eeek! How do you go about acquiring falsies in deepest, darkest rural France? :-)
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I thought about it, albf, 'cos that's what the French call me anyway ;-) Awww thank you...that's sweet of you. I certainly won't have any fingernails left by next July!x
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Just back from the Préfecture in Bordeaux where we had our long-awaited interviews for French citizenship. The dossiers were submitted in May. The interview was much, much easier than expected. I must give credit for that to the guidelines issued by the Government department itself, the RIFT website and various other sites where previous applicants have posted their experiences. We now have a 10 month wait to see if we're accepted or not. If anyone is considering going down the same route, feel free to PM me for details.
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Hi Pat, gosh that compares well with the price of Friskies! They eat both sachet food and biscuits, as well as controlling the local rodent population! Will check out the co-operative. Thanks.Quite why it's assumed that we 'drink at home' and don't have a social life, I can't imagine, but we've always found that a glass of wine with a meal enhances both. :-)
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I think Linda is the only person who's mentioned 'offers'..i.e. promotions. We live very economically (especially in the summer) by stocking up on pricey foods we like only when they're on promo, by conserving/freezing/drying, and by growing our own fruit and veg. A wide variety of fruit and veg! The biggest single grocery item is cat food, but again, bought in bulk when on promo, it's nearly half the price. Ditto espresso coffee. I do agree with Betty, though, that the other costs of living like taxes, carburant, clothes and eating out have all risen considerably. On the bright side, (sorry, Betty ;-)) the wine is cheap and extremely good. And you can't put a price on happiness :-)
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If you read French, the Rustica website is quite useful. Based on Paris, but they acknowledge regional differences. HTHhttps://www.rustica.fr/articles-jardin/legumes-et-potager/
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[quote user="alittlebitfrench"]Yes, but Idun. If you move to the Dordogne (for example) you will be seen as another 'Anglais' that will come and go.They have seen it all before.[/quote] Try not to generalise, dear ;-) I moved over in 2007 with OH and mother in tow. Fair enough, 'our' village is totally anti-Brit, probably because there are 30+ Brit families here. But then again, they hate the Parisiens and each other too :-) So, I got adopted by a French Gersoise family and spent the next 8 years living a dual life. English during the week, French at weekends. A whole village-full of family and friends. Very rural and no pretensions, no one-up-man-ship. Just warmth, friendship and acceptance. So....try not to generalise, hein?
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Good God! You've converted 15 granges already? And still have the energy to reproduce! Chapeau :-)
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And here it is again tonight....came up blood red and now climbing serenely to illuminate the frogs and cicadas while they do their nightly concert. Beautiful!
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[quote user="You can call me Betty"]Not that I buy them, but French-dwellers, you're being royally ripped off on iceberg lettuce. Even Lidl wants 99 cents for one. 49p in Morrison's.[/quote] It's a long way to go for a lettuce, though :-)
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Sidestepping the political stuff, the reason produce is so dear is more to do with it arriving on the shelves via middlemen. The producers don't get anything like the price the consumers pay as most are forced to sell via grossistes. As an example, a melon grower would get 20 centimes of the €1.65 or whatever.
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Not excited...peed off! It renders this forum unuseable.
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I've got one as part of a heating system. As it was all installed from scratch, it was only moderately more expensive than the alternatives. Mine's refrigerant/water with 500m2 of capteurs at 60cm depth supplying a heat pump which in turn provides 250m2 of wet underfloor heating and a 200l ballon. As said above, it works well until a prolonged spell of minus temps when EDF take the strain ,-) On balance, given the need for some sort of back-up in case of power-cuts, there are more cost-efficient options for HW only.
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Perhaps global warming should be re-named global wetting?
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It all hinges on cheap-rate electricity ? The 45 minute programme fits neatly into the 2 hour slot at lunchtime!
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They embauchent in 47 too :-) But no débaucherie, which is a shame on so many levels.....
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Villandry's not a little bit french..it's the epitome of French gardening ;-) Which is fine if you are interested in fruit and veg or parterres! Us Brits, though, well we have a long history of being able to cultivate a vast range of ornamental plants, to design exciting and imaginative gardens.....Overall it's a much more relaxed style.Les Jardins de Coursiana is French-owned but owes a lot to English influences http://www.jardinsdecoursiana.com/as does Le Vasterival in Normandy.https://www.vasterival.fr/ They're both worth a visit!
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Apart from the Gardeners World show at the NEC, Birmingham and perhaps the Malvern Show, which are more about buying good, cheap plants, most of the RHS shows are pure fantasy vehicules and as Andy says, showcases for garden designers / the super rich.The equivalent to Chelsea used to be at Courson near Paris, now transferred to Chantilly.http://www.domainedechantilly.com/fr/journees-plantes/Then there's a twice-yearly bash at St Jean de Beauregard. http://www.chateaudesaintjeandebeauregard.com/les-rendez-vous/fete-des-plantes-de-printemps/Locally to 47/32/33 we have various rare plant fairs but no show gardens, just plant sales.
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That's what I did with old, established roses that I couldn't bring from the UK garden. Made a slit trench in some reasonably sandy soil in the shade and stuck 15" cuttings, pencil thick, into the trench. Every one rooted and the added bonus is that they don't sucker from a grafted rootstock. That's a common problem with bought roses.
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I see what you mean, Andyh4. The adverts were bad enough but there's not much point to a forum if you can't even read the posts.....
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Aquitaine was well-named, Andy :-) And Lot et Garonne is supposedly one of the drier départements!
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