richard51
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This thread is very strange. If there is anything to say, why not say it in public rather that using pm all the time. For one, I'd be very interested to see how much one can get out of the common agricultural policy in France (and perhaps see how it compares to other EU countries).
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Many thanks. That is very interesting. Its a shame more of these types of work aren't more easily available in the current language.
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Got that the poem is by William Dunbar and is called Done is a battle. The chorus Surrexit Dominus de sepulchro is also along the lines that "the lord is risen from the tomb". Can anybody translate the rest - google can't cope.
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Thanks. I was genuinely in the dark as I was not aware of the previous discussions. I was wondering, though, if it was anything to do with the Greek Philosopher named Diogenes who lived in barrel (actually a huge clay pot).
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Got even more confused when "Barrique Neuve" translated to "Newfoundland Barrel", but now its all Greek to me. Enjoy.
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What a bizarre thread. Haven't even bothered to ask OH as she would again wax lyrical about Private vs Public sector jobs, including the rights and wrongs.Eurotrash summed it up very early on.Richard.
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NB: I've been, in the past, convince that a problem can be rectified by doing X, Y or Z by talking to experts, but in the end the problem has been solved by something totally unexpected.
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Zzzzz, from your previous post . You are obviously very aware and knowledgeable about the system installed. However, as you are probably already acutely aware, whenever there are multiple people involved things take a little while to get right.
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Sorry to be so totally ignorant but I have google translated both "blochaus" and "barrel" and come up with the same word for both. Medical, Scientific and Engineering terms I can deal with, but I still obviously still struggle with French. Also, given the colour in my garden borders, I also can't understand how such a beautiful display can be produced without human intervention. Mine in England is a lovely display, but presently all yellow with daffodils. I have yet to attack the garden in France ( chose about 1,000 sq metres rather than the massive amounts that were the norm to buy at the time (2007)), which I'm sure could be wonderful but I always seem to have missed the best bit!Given that we are now of a certain age, hopefully we can start to enjoy the French house - we certainly will loose financially otherwise. NB We are quite active in house exchange and we have noted that recently more people are wanting to exchange with our English house rather than the French one, even though the English one is in a depressed industrial area compared to a tourist area in France. Richard.NB I describe flowers by colour, whereas OH will wax lyrical over the incomprehensible official names.
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From what I can see French overseas regions do not observe daylight saving time (DST).
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The link below seems to make sense.https://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130326064925AAKiOo3I also suspect that where the source of light is placed in the room will make a big difference at night.As for amount of net required, I would suspect, though have no experience, that the net hole size/ thickness would be a considerable factor as well as the length of curtain.
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And the T2, T3 etc designations of the accommodation quoted has adequately been covered somewhere on this forum recently.Being cynical, it may be quite difficult to get an extra job in France. There are lots of hoops to jump through. Again equally well discussed here (definitely not advertising). It will be an exciting time for her. And probably worrying for you.
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To be fair, Balls did respond, in a none too clever way, to the autumn statement last year.
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There we go again. The written word totally opposite to what I saw.
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I agree that its not a very good joke.However, I was one of the sad people who watched the budget live and my reaction to the pictures of those two laughing at the opposition response to the budget did make me angry and reminded me very much of old films showing the antics of "toffs". It was the attitude of s*d you, we can do what we want.Although the press condemned Miliband for a poor performance ( not sure where I read it), I thought he, for once, gave a good response. NB: Really going off the original post, to illustrate differences between my and the press response to events, I do recall an FA cup football match between Port Vale and Manchester United quite a while ago. PV had got a long way.I watched that match (as a Port Vale supporter) and was absolutely dumbfounded that Bryan Robson of Man U had not been sent off for the number of dirty fouls he had committed. I'd certainly seen a few PV players in their league sent off for much lesser tackles. Driving home from the match I was astonished to listen to the post match review which said how wonderful the midfield dynamo Robson was and how his incisive tackles had nibbled at the opposition and he had dominated the mid field. .In my view, the press really do twist facts sometimes.
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Idun, many thanks for your comments which are spot on. The English expression "horses for courses" in terms of prices springs to mind.Sorry, but I'm going to be political. House prices do follow where the jobs are and variations are really the same in both France and the UK. Whilst both countries are governed by the monied "elite" then we will continue to see the absurd price differences which are really not justified when considering the power of the internet nowadays. Why on earth would people want to live in the London/Paris conurbations otherwise. Rural living nowadays is only an hour or two from these centres if there is an absolutely necessary need for face to face meetings. Big cities should really be for tourists.. Big company headquarters should be spread throughout the UK (except Scotland of course) Really being contentious, monied foreign immigrants may like the idea of living throughout the UK if there was less concentration in London/Paris .To the opening post - if you have no use for it, then its really an investment and sometimes you have to just accept your losses, or accept that there has not been a profit.
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"as she is just a single girl hot water usage would be less than with a couple or a group."From daughter experience, not necessarily true . Chancer has really explained it well. Hope you can sort out the accommodation. Will the employers be able to provide some leads?
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Have filled in form. Seems a better set of questions than quite a few questionnaires I was requested to fill in during my time before retirement. I got to the stage of receiving at least a dozen each week during term time and must admit eventually gave up answering them.Can you please promise to return and summarise your conclusions. Could be quite interesting.
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She was one of the privileged class who was also academic and I think wanted to leave a mark on this world. She has, and I applaud her for the fact that she did it her way. Wooly, with your command of Greek (usually acquired through a privileged background), I am a little surprised that you are somewhat against another member of the privileged class (A Benn) who did it his way.My profound apologies if I have read too much into your comment.
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Not sure how this applies to French city centres, but in UK these pop-up shops, giving a return of £600 pounds for 2 months over christmas, are hardly going to revive declining city centres. Unless they are in "historic" areas, any city centres hoping to bring better fortune should knock down the slums and either create open space or build new shopping complexes. Outside the complexes there should also be renewed residential areas on brown field sites. Budding enterprises can always sell their wares in the local markets. As an amusing aside (for me anyway), a little while ago my youngest son broke his mobile phone in the UK. I went to a stall in the indoor market of our local city centre which is underneath a 20 yr old shopping centere and they suggested that I visited their "repair" shop just outside the market in a old terraced shop. They could not fix it, but suggested a repair shop the other side of the city centre (again a dilapidated building). They decided that it was beyond economic repair and offered a reconditioned one for £60 which I accepted. They could not process my card and so they sent me to the shop 2 doors away in the same dilapidated terrace that had a machine that could process my card. This was duly processed and my youngest son now has a mobile phone similar to the one that he broke.I'm sure that in Perigueux, the equivalent city centre for our French home, with its markets, the process is a lot simpler. If not then certainly more enjoyable to walk around.
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The names white cells and leukocytes are really synonymous. The same as for red cells and erythrocytes. Reports from haematology quote results for leukocytes or erythrocytes. Medical staff will probably discuss using white cell or red cell terminology. As Norman says, there are other types of cell too. Hope this helps.
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If you google "citizens advice bureau France" there appears to be some leads there. May help.
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I think the post says more about the poster. To confirm - s/he knows nothing about me - evident from the gross factual inaccuracies in his / her post. I work full time - at senior executive level in a UK high street bank. A mutual and not one of those bailed out - before anyone jumps in with more derogatory comments.Mrs R51Edit Rereading this thread reminds me why I left these forums.
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Please read my reference re google about e-mail. Your code of conduct also touches on this. I'm surprised as a moderator you have not picked this up before.
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