lindal1000
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I don't know how they are calculating it for people on pensions, but for us, who have always fallen below the tax threshold and have a fluctuating income, they are not deducting anything from us for next year, and I assume we will still do a tax form as per usual.. For this year we have some CSG to pay on our bank interest from the UK.
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Quite what Stephen Yaxley-Lennon and his criminal record has to do with getting a Carte de Sejour I don't know.
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UK rental income is only taxable in the UK, so although you declare it, because it is already declared and taxed in the UK (even if it is below the threshold for tax) then all that happens in france is it is part of your total income and may affect the tax bracket you are placed in. I know this because we have recently had an 'issue' with our UK rental income and have had to sort it out with the French tax office.
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31% of executioners go on to develop post traumatic stress disorder as a result of their job.
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That pretty much describes most farmers round here Betty. The land is not suitable for large scale operations, with the exception of some vingnobles. We have noticed that in recent years the smaller grape growers have sold out to a couple of large producers, but there are still several who grow their own grapes, produce their own wine and sell locally. Some sell it direct to the local cooperative. The rest are mixed beef/dairy (very few of them left) and crop farmers. They work all the hours under the sun and never take a holiday.
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Maybe it is all about money for the farmers but on this I don't blame them either. It's crazy to import palm oil from halfway around the world and it's crazy for farmers to have to take out hectares of land just for Total to keep process low. Farmers barely make a living anyway..the average pension of a farmer, after however many semesters you need for a full pension, is 600 euros a month..We may have to pay more for fuel.
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I think some of it is used to produce biodiesel. I'm with the protesters on this one. Palm oil production on the scale that is being carried out at the moment, is responsible for the destruction of one the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world, the extermination of species of animals, especially some of the great apes, and the eviction of many indigenous people from their land and livelihood, that has sustained them for centuries..no one should be buying it, although it is difficult to avoid as it is in most processed foods.
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I don't think anyone has successfully managed to secure borders in the mountain regions. They never managed in world war 2 and I doubt they'd manage now. Borders between countries in mainland Europe are flexible and temporary affairs, erected by politicians, but often of little relevance to the people who live closest to them. Ask people in Alsace, many of whom identify as German but are technically French. Or in the Italian Tyroll, where the 'Italians' feel as much Austrian as Italian.. or in Switzerland, where you can be German, French or Italian, or in Belgium where you are either Walloon or Flemish, or in Northern Spain and South West France where you are Basque/Catalan. (Or even in Ireland, which was once one country but now has a border along the top North Eastern part). What exactly are you defending and from who..? I don't think the pensioner who killed the burglar was intending to do so.. unless you're particularly nasty having the death of another human being on your hands is not something most of us would chose. However I would agree that he had no choice but to defend himself and in those circumstances the difference between killing and wounding someone is very hard to judge. I shouldn't think he's sleeping peacefully anymore and that's the sad thing.
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So sorry about this on so many levels.. I think the children need some special counselling though. There is a well researched link between people who do violent things to animals and then go on to do similar things to people. There is a chance this can be prevented from developing further if the children get help now.
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I think some of the older sun blocks used to sit on the skin and make you look really pale. The newer stuff is much lighter and more comfortable to use and doesn't make you look like a ghost, and you can rub it in. For general use I use the amber solaire factor 50 for sensitive skin. I've also used the MIXA one, again factor 50 and for sensitive skin. The amber solaire one comes in a bottle with a pump spray. I sometimes use it on my face as well with no problems. Only downside is it isn't tinted.
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I don't detect any great support in this area for the strikers. There have been so many strikes over the years that most people who are dependent on the services have other plans for getting to work (working from home, driving, car shares). The farmers haven't got much time for the strikers here because they have their own issues. My colleagues were a bit cynical of Macron when he first got in, but on the whole they are quite positive now.
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Apologies for delay in replying. I have to use total sun block all year round and have experimented with all sorts. I wear a tinted one as without everyone tells me I look ill. By far the best one, in my opinion is by La Roche Posay..factor 50 + tinted fluid. It comes in tinted or white and you can get it from most pharmacists for around 14 euros. It is well worth the money. It seems to last most of the day, isn't too sticky and doesn't clog the skin.https://www.escentual.com/la-roche-posay/sun-care/face/larocheposay073/
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There's still a lot of money about in some parts of the UK."I think what always surprises me is that people don't think twice about spending £6.00 on a cappuccino and a cake, or £20 on breakfast for the whole family. I don't know whether it's because there's a lot of money around or whether it's because the streets are littered with temptation. I sometimes miss that here, but on the rare occasions I get a craving there isn't a decent coffee shop for several miles so I don't bother. In UK just walking to the station I would be confronted by at least two!
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Are you now back in UK PaftF? I think your experiences are not unique. I lived in Canada for two years..before the internet so my contact with the UK was limited to a weekly phone call and the papers that my mum sent. When I return to Uk I was completed culture shocked as it felt so different to what I remembered. If you live in a place then you adapt to those changes as they happen. In the 7 years since we've been in this part of France it's changed considerably..got busier, more cars, more shops, etc.and houses being built everywhere.
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I haven't read the whole thread but does any of this matter? The man belonged to a different era and is long dead. I'm not sure that I care that much about him , what he did or what he was like. We've got plenty of modern day despots to worry about.
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I read a few quitling sights and occasionally comment. It's been interesting to see who is in and out of favour with them and who they have in mind as their new Messiah who will lead them to the brexit promised land. For quite a while it was Farage and UKIP, but although Farage from time to time talks of reappearing they seem to have lost hope in him. Similarly UKIP are finished to all but a hard core, being unable to find anyone to lead them. They were happy with TM for a while but their support waxes and wanes depending on the latest headline in the Express. The beginning of the week they were accusing her of being a traitor but yesterday they had mellowed a bit. Such is their fickle nature. Boris was a favourite for a while but even they can't take him seriously, and no one really knows what he believes anyway. Smoggy has been arrived at because there is literally no one else they can pin their hopes on. Their adoration won't last though as, apart from being decidedly weird (the man who takes his former nanny with him on the campaign trail), his fundamental flaw for the DUP who are keeping the government in power, is that he is a Roman Catholic. Personally I'm not convinced he really wants the job either. In fact none of the quitling Messiahs seem that keen on the role. Bizarrely, the only one who probably does want the job and out of the EU is Corbyn... and therein lies the brexiters dilemma.
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Yes, I read it as Sky wanting to extend it's services, not replace satellite. Freesat , free to view and free to air channels would not be affected. Sky also said that the internet services would be available in other European countries.
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We had a similar experience with agents and our rental property. The agent swore blind that there was no one suitable..we refused to renew her mandate, advertised on LBC and had house rented in 2 weeks.
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We do that though.. not married but been together now 13 years..Still no joint bank account, no shared savings or investments.
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From what I understand of latest research they are now looking at treatments that can be modified dependent on the genetic make up of the patient and the cancer. Past treatments have used the principal that if it works in 60% of cases then it's worth trying, but up until now no one has really understood why it doesn't work for the other 40%. Now scientists are beginning to unravel the complexities of genetics some treatments seem to be able to be targeted specifically to the individual. I'm sure in 20 years time we'll look back in amazement at how diseases were treated the same way for all people.
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But would it reduce demand, which seems to be what people are suggesting. As I said, I'm not necessarily opposed to it but I just can't see it would solve much, apart from add in another layer of administration. I have and ALD and I saw my doctor 3 months ago and I paid up front. Maybe it will be different next time I go. The only thing I don't pay up front for is medication.
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Do you think making people pay up front will solve the problem though? When I was unwell in UK I spent weeks trying to convince myself that I didn't need to see a doctor, and then I had to go back several times because they didn't know what was wrong..That would have cost a fortune if I had to pay each time and wasn't really my fault. Point is, now I pay up front I don't go any less. The danger is you get plenty of visits from the worried well with money who probably don't need to see a doctor and people who probably should see a doctor just put it off because they don't want to bother anyone and then it becomes an emergency. I'm not against the idea of a small fee for a consultation but it certainly doesn't mean the doctors are less busy and you will be able to have a half hour consultation. Most likely outcome would be that you pay for the same overstretched service.
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My sister's GP rakes in quite a good additional income from running a private Botox clinic out of surgery hours. As GPs are technically small businesses would all that income have come from NHS work and thus from public money? Some have other interests and sources of income. Betty, your uncle sounds like most of the patients I remember! Seriously though, as a general point setting up a care package in many cases is not always an easy thing to do for many of the reasons you describe.I agree with Idun about the driving.
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Those things are nothing new though, I'm not justifying them but I remember trying to get everyone together to work out a solution was a very difficult job. It's okay until you get an emergency case to deal with and then everything else gets forgotten. And even if it had all gone smoothly 6 weeks sounds about right for organising a care package for someone with dementia. There is often a waiting list for care staff.. especially those who are experienced in providing dementia care..and if nursing home care is needed you are looking at months not weeks. It's a broken and under funded system and has been for years and it's sadly the older people that suffer the most. Social services and health have always worked at loggerheads rather than together. I can remember arguing with someone about who would pay for a bed for a patient. He needed a new one as he couldn't get out of his current one and it couldn't be adapted. Health said it was a social need, social services said it was a health need, the man himself had no family or money so he was stuck in hospital until someone could find some organisation willing to buy him a new bed. (The alternative would have been expensive hoists and care staff coming in three times a day to get him in and out of bed). Those are the sorts of things that delay discharge.. funding has to be approved if the person can't fund themselves , equipment provided, care staff employed, or re deployed..
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