Miki

I can't remember his name at the moment but am I right to recall, that some chap, maybe Zoot Money even, or someone of his genre, lives around your area Bill and has been known to play at a gig here and there?

Mike, I am not sure what others are paying is the best way to look at it. We all have different places in different regions but having said that, most house insurances are based on Multirisque policies. So I think the best thing, is to get at least 3 or 4 quotes, informing them all what YOU want to be covered and as I said before, be honest (I am sure you will be) so as not to let them have a way out if push comes to shove, so to speak. Our policy, after a few others over the years, was a nice tidy policy with GAN.

C'est vrai prof !

Does he score as much as Cliff (sorry Sir Cliff) ?

What position ?

[quote user="TWINKLE"]I haven't got Sky but there are plenty of music channels on Canalsat. And there's always this[;-)] http://www.butlinsonline.co.uk/index.cfm?page=2689&wt.svl=2004111813312132 [/quote] Well worth it, if only for Zoot Money. Many moons ago, we used to go to Caister for similar events. There used to be a whole bunch of us (we're talking coach here !) great fun.  

Mmm, think I'll give Wednesday a swerve if that's OK [;-)]

Oh alright then Katie, me mate will be upset but.....................so who will Twinks be, Miss Cathcart, Gladys or Yvonne Stuart-Hargreaves? [:)]

No you can sell it, no problems but any potential buyers may not give you the price you want,  if the C.T is less than the specific time. If you really want to get the best price, spend the €50 or so for a new C.T and at least you will have a far better chance to get the price you want. It certainly gives the buyer a little more confidence in buying the car and it also saves the buyer, time and money in getting a new C.T before they register the car in their name.

Luckily for the kids, you are not like Mr Partridge [:)]

You been spying around my photos Mr Smith ? I dressed up as Ted for a charity bash and my mate was Peggy but I think everyone else throught we were Gene Vincent and Brenda Lee[:D]

Thank you Soz, I think we may be able to come up with a few more  perhaps [:)]

[quote] So where does this myth about the elderly in France being so much better off (cared for by the State) than those in the UK come from? Sounds to me that the off-springs being pursued to finance their elderly relatives' care maybe the flip side of the succession laws protecting their rights.  There is some justice there somewhere.[/quote] Well LG, probably the same place that says that all French pensioners get double the UK pension, that life is slower in France, that all the Brits coming here will stay here for life à la "never going back", that no racism exists, that kids are free to roam safely wherever they want, schooling is magnifique that no grafiti exists and on and on...France is great at one thing though, it leads the way in Myths to Brits [;-)]

[quote user="Valleyboy"]Thanks, HTB, you've saved me coming back to make that point! I did ask originally for a rational defence of the opposition to the Poll Tax, but to avoid the risk of this thread being pulled or blocked, I'm going to shut up now! [/quote] And you got a reply and nothing irrational about it but obviously one that you preferred not to agree with, even though it was factual. And TU posts a report on how the elderly would find it here should they need to go in to care. I expect some others of us have witnessed this, I know we have and it shocked the life out of one young family we knew, who brought their parents over with them, so much so, they all decided it would be better to go back to the UK. [quote] At least poll tax was based on your income (i.e. ability to pay) and the use you made of the services (the number in the household) - I see nothing wrong with that. [/quote] Kathie, the poll tax was by far the most unfair tax the country had seen in an awful long time, there was and is, very few economics "experts" who could believe in the the poll tax as it was brought in. Also the poll tax had a fixed tax rate and not based on ability to pay (you could claim if you were poor but it was extremely difficult to get it, ask some of the then trainee Nurses in quarters paying 20% of what they did not have, just for one section) and do read again what I said about services in each council and what actually happened. It does make me laugh, it was quickly scrapped and the reason the government scrapped it, was quite simple, because it was seen to be rubbish, ill judged and ill thought out and simply a last hurrah for a sad Lady who hoped this would see her her gain back favour, it didn't and thankfully the poll tax was quickly seen as totally unworkable. ! But as ever, some will look back with fondness about something that never was, just as Thachersim will still have its supporters, even though her wets and fawning supporters stabbed her in the back and wanted her gone...Makes one wonder, when I hear some people talk, why she is still not in power really !!

Same for Saint Malo sous prefecture, all dealt with there and then but there was a time when you left all the paperwork with them and then a letter was sent to on to tell you to go and pick up your carte grise. Never been to the Prefecture at Rennes for anything to do with our motors. Had to go to DRIRE there often enough though !!

Mmmm, not sure if I would go so far, as going camp to see it though [:)] Hi de Hi Twinks......................Miki can't hear you........................Hi de...........[;-)] I think Dick would make a good Geoffrey Fairbrother, as for Peggy, well......................

True, some would be pleased to hear that message, even at 18 or 80 [:)] But I am assured by a few on here and having heard a tape, you're pretty safe from all that Twinks [;-)]

[quote] As we're finishing to rousing applause,  a bloke comes up to me an shouts in my ear "Could you announce that a grey Renault 25 is blocking someone in?"  [:-))] "No I can't !  Why can't it be a Harley Davidson or a b l o o d y  18 wheeler Kenworth truck that's in the way?  I can't announce that - it wouldn't be right!" [:$] Talk about having your bubble burst. [/quote] Well just be grateful Twinkle it wasn't .................... "Baby crying in chalet 35B" [:)] [;-)]

I have had the same email today. To be honest not sure how we have done through our advert them but at only £35, it might be worth paying anyway. As for lifetime, that is wishful thinking  [:)]

Yes    and    no. Couldn't get in to it to be honest Dick, so went back to me book.

[quote user="Dick Smith"]You mean Baroness Shepherd of Northwold? Made a career of doing precisely what she was told, iirc. [/quote] Wash your keyboard out Dick, I am talking of a real and proper lady here.

[quote user="Russethouse"]Miss Shepherd - The Lady in the Van - Alan Bennett. A quick but good read ! [/quote] Quite right Gay. The same Mrs Shepherd who lived on Bennett's driveway in Camden Town in a dilapidated van for fifteen years. Incredible lady and the stories of her and then her Brother were absolutely fascinating.

The most delightful bag lady of all was Mrs Shepherd, not sure if she had a firm behind though [:)]

[quote user="BJSLIV"]No, its a low cost contract, with no long term tie in, and very little by way of free calls. It will work out cheaper than throwing away minutes on PAYG, as long as you very rarely use the thing! [/quote] So you get billed monthly for calls used in that month ? Think I prefer my contract but then again, it is not available any more, just like EJP with electricity, they stop them if they get too popular and they find other ways to cop more money off you, whilst letting the client think they are still getting a good deal !! [;-)]

Not that simple John. I and many others were there for others basic rights, we also would have been better off, not a lot but I never fell for Thatchers divide and rule policy with its get rich undertones mingled with selfish, me, me, me attitude so many adopted and look after number one, vote Tory and you will get all that as a right....no thanks, even her wets knew this time, it was a step too far. Quite simply the poll tax was unfair, unjust and unworkable but of course, if it meant cheaper payments to some but also meant multitudes others could not afford it ,so what eh !!