Chiefluvvie

Wow! What a shameful display and complete lack of compassion on this forum. My heartfelt sympathies go out to the family, friends and colleagues of Jacintha. You know what - in some cultures, personal reputation is a core value that drives behaviour. Sadly, in this case, it resulted in a tragic loss of life. Chiefluvvie

This site is absolutely useless with Chrome. So - use this link to legifrance: http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/rechCodeArticle.do?reprise=true&page=1 Then under ' Recherche d'un article au sein d'un code ' select : Code général des impots Then under ' Numéro d'article ' select 1407 and / or 1459 as appropriate and hit 'Rechercher' Voila! Chiefluvvie :-) bye bye Chancer

Hi If you use McAfee as your Internet Security tool - are you getting these warnings when visiting the Complete France Forum? I am...... Copy of screen text follows.... Whoa! Are you sure you want to go there? http://services.completefrance.com/forums/complete... may be risky to visit. Why were you redirected to this page? When we visited this site, we found it exhibited one or more risky behaviors. Chiefluvvie

Normie - when you say 'looked after' do you mean State handouts ? Chiefluvvie

Well said wooly! If I could get away with not spending one cent more in this country before I leave I'd be over the moon!! Enough of my hard earned cash has been squandered by socialists over my lifetime - enough is enough.....and as for why anyone would want to become a French Citizen beats me! Chiefluvvie

Hi Norman - they need to take a look at the web addresses / links that the Google search is returning and correct the information on those sites. Nothing to do with Google - they just tell you what's out there! Any changes may take a few days to propagate around the web! Chiefluvvie

Hi Steve - when you say 'set-up WiFi' , I'm assuming you simply mean a regular domestic broadband internet / phone / TV service (i.e. not your own Wimax transmitter etc!). If so, your first step should be to ascertain the services available at your house. If you already have a fixed line telephone number you can do this by visiting this site : http://www.degrouptest.com/ Just pop in your details and the system will list all the services currently available or planned for your location - High Speed / Broadband Internet, Phone and TV whether via fixed line or satellite. Your choice of operator will of course depend on what's available and then who is the most reliable in your area - maybe have a chat with your neighbours and see what they use! Chiefluvvie

Oh heck Chancer - you just shattered my illusion - but I guess you're right - as is she! Chiefluvvie

Crikey - can't stick him but... apparently he does have France and the French sussed! Quote from Guardian article 10 Oct 2012: ''Here's a list of things my home country, France, can't do particularly well. Hamburgers. Speaking any foreign language without an accent. Peanut butter. Motels. Customer service of any kind. Genuinely funny comedies (French humour tends to gravitate towards slapstick). Beer. Punk rock. And most importantly, there's one thing the French just don't do, but which the British excel at: being cool." Full article here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/10/johnny-hallyday-king-uncool In fact - when any of my French family, freinds or neighbours mention him I always say 'Who?' just to upset them!! Can't help it..... Chiefluvvie

Incredible! A simple solution turns into a can of worms for the OP fuelled by paranoia about Hadopi - let's do try and get a grip shall we..... The FONERA / FONTENNA set-up could not be more simple - take it or leave it, makes no difference to me. I do hope they don't send me to the Bastille - I don't believe it has wifi access! Chiefluvvie

Mauritius here I come! 4 months and counting...... Chiefluvvie

Actually Clair - not quite right.... you can open up your SFR Neufbox to all FON users as well - not just SFR Clients. You will then also be transmitting an 'SFR Wifi FON' signal / hotspot. Just go into your admin panel and then Hotspot / Configuration. After all - SFR are a FON partner. The beauty for me of the FONERA + FONTENNA set-up is that I'm providing a password secure wifi hotspot just for my gite guests and am effectively 'pointing' a directional wifi ariel at the gites. No wring - dead simple..... and I love simple! Chiefluvvie

Hi Clair - no problems - I'll explain. Once you have the equipment and set up your account on FON.com you will be able to access your 'FON SPOT STAUS' (amongst other things). The website explains the set-up really easily. I give completely free and unlimited access to all my gite guests. Via your 'FON SPOT STATUS' you select 'more' and then 'Friends and Family' where you can allocate up to 5 separate users (e.g. in this case 5 gites maybe?) - giving them each a username and password. I simply use the names of each gite as the username and password - easy in case a paper trail is needed! Strangely, this facility is not available for UK , Portugal and Russia based FONSPOTS! If anyone else happens to be passing close to my FONSPOT (simply my own wireless hotspot) they too can connect to it either by using their existing partner (e.g. BT / SFR ect) free access logins (there are others - see the site) or if not, any other users can pay after their 1 hour / day free access expires. The FONSPOT can also be accessed by Skype Wifi. Essentially absolutely anyone can access your FONSPOT (but never your neufbox / livebox etc - it's a completely separate signal) and have at least 1hr free wifi per day. To pay for continued access the user simply connects to FON_FREE_INTERNET (via PC / mobile etc) and opens their browser. They'll be presented with a log-on and payment page. You receive 50% of anything paid for via your FONSPOT. In return for you providing this facility - as a FON member, you have free access to FONSPOTS throughout the US and Europe. Hope this helps - happy to help with any more questions - as you can tell I'm a complete convert! Gites de France tried to point me in the direction of a wifi company that wanted to charge me around 30€ per month for a similar service!! Rip-off.... Chiefluvvie

Hi - really simple if your gites are only 50m away - ours are at least 150m away and we use a FONERA SIMPL together with a FONTENNA ( a directional booster ariel). They work simply and brilliantly - no issues at all after 2 years of use. Easy to set-up - plug & play! Link here : http://corp.fon.com/en/products/simpl/  The whole lot currently costs 48€ including delivery. Easily linked to your Neufbox / Livebox - cable supplied. (I'm assuming you already have ADSL internet access in your home!) You have the option of providing free or charged (shared revenue with FON) internet access for your guests. Importantly you can also set up seperate log-ons for your gite to get around any Hadopi issues! BT subscribers in the UK and SFR subscribers in France can log-on to any FON-SPOT free of charge using their existing ID's. Simple, effective, cheap and not a rip-off! Loads more info and support on their site. Chiefluvvie

Good one ! I haven't posted for ages - busy flying Summer this year and not quite 'recovered' from being banned by that other Forum :-) Orbital Sander - well I'd let you onboard with it but then I'm not Stanstead security. I can't see how it would be any more dangerous than our full sized drinks bottles in Club and First.......smash and maim. Pretty sure there are no specific regs about Orbital Sanders (!) - down to the security people on the day (as always). Don't you just love consistency..... Chiefluvvie

Paypal charges from 3.4% (+20p transaction charge) but .....Payatrader also have a £99 joining fee (!) and a +30p transaction charge on top of their 2.7%. Both offer descending interest charges based on turnover. Google checkout pretty similar at 3.4% descending + 20p transaction charge and no joining fee. Google and Paypal are of course Global. Chiefluvvie

Or.....just use Paypal and/or Google Checkout / Wallet....dead simple. Accept credit, debit cards and bank transfers. Chiefluvvie

Haven't had ours yet but..... Sounds a bit odd Jazzer - looks like your gite income hasn't been picked up - check your account if you declared on-line. Our figures definitely show in the 'simulation'. There should be a line on your Avis annotated - BIC non prof., régime micro, déclarés Chiefluvvie

Nothing new there Norman ! Those who can pay, pay and those who can't don't - I'm used to it! A good reason for leaving.... Chiefluvvie

Well yes actually - it does make you sad and a moaner. Your interpretation of flags and national anthems ('country specific tunes- - give me strength!) is way, way off mark. Chiefluvvie

Spot on Judith!! I can barely believe some of the miserable comments on this post. It amazes me how some people have a complete aversion to success, pride and positivity - even when it stares them in the face. Chiefluvvie

I feel terribly sorry for those who have never played a sport, been part of a team and won, or lost, on both an individual and shared level. They have seriously missed out on a huge chunk of life experience, emotions and, more than anything else - pure fun. Chiefluvvie

LOL - makes me think of 2000 years BC - or round about that time anyway..... Chiefluvvie

Following on from powerdesal's last post..... Absolutely - the medals are awarded for success and excellence - they are given to WINNERS and guess what ? - there are LOSERS as well in the real world. Most if not all of the losing competitors in London 2012 have shown immense pride and determination in their quest to improve in the future. Medals = success and success is to be celebrated. Something to be so very proud of. Losers are to be encouraged and spurred on to try harder next time. Please tell me some of the posts on this thread are wind-ups - especially the ones from Clair ????? Chiefluvvie

As I said - how very sad.... Chiefluvvie