betise
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Oh yippee, we're back!
You don't know what you've got til it's gone, do you?
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If Belves or Corrin were to meet the mod DaveLister, what question would you ask him?
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I have a sneaking suspicion that we may have an AI bot posting somewhere on this, and other threads.
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If you can find powdered quails eggs, try them. Mr Betise suffers from horrible hay fever, but since he started taking 3 tablets par jour, he no longer has to take antihistamines, and despite often being in our garden, cutting the lawn etc (and we live in a very rural setting) he can live a normal life. We pooh poohed the idea, but it really does work for him.
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Yes, sad times. Our Super U mini has just got rid of the self checkout stations, due to people cheating on their vegetables! Apparently they would weigh, and get a ticket, for a cheap veg, and then refill the bag with something of the same weight, but more expensive! Whatever you think of the rights and wrongs of self checkout, it is a sad sign of the times.
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1 hour ago, anotherbanana said:
Anyone remember Christine Animal; she slipped me a dog from her refuge in the Niort Station car park many years ago. Dog lasted until 17.
Yes, I mentioned her in an earlier post here, she was the animal welfare expert, but hasn't posted here in over 10 years. I wonder what happened to her?
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4 minutes ago, alittlebitfrench said:
What is the point of the ´connection France’ newspaper….🤔
I have no idea, and to think that people pay to receive it!
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I think that all of Europe are in agreement about doing away with the phantom hour, the problem is that no one can agree about whether we stay in Central European Time, or in CET+1. And so it goes on ...
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47 minutes ago, DaveLister said:
Good reminder to all of us.
Always read the t&c's.
I think I probably know them by heart, unless they've changed recently. I didn't mention the other forum. But maybe you're referencing the right of Archant to make whatever use they see fit of anything that is is posted on the forum?
Out of interest where ARE the t & cs now, can't find 'em.
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5 hours ago, Lori said:
I remember Possumgirl. I wonder how she is doing.
Didn't she go off in a bit of a huff about one of the France magazines publishing something she posted here, without her permission? I think she started her own forum. She last posted here in 2007.
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Idun last posted on the forum January 1st of this year, to wish everyone a happy new year. She said she hoped to have more time this year to be able to post here again.
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Oh yes, of course Claire, who I did meet in person, IRL as people like to say now, before we "met" each other again on the forum. Although it did take me a while to realise that they were one and the same person. She had the patience of a saint.
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On 25/03/2024 at 07:29, DaveLister said:
CooperLola. I was thinking about her only yesterday. The way she took the lead during the CPAM crisis. I know there were other groups involved but what she and other members of this forum did was amazing and instrumental in changing the UK government's position. If it hadn't been for them I wouldn't still be in France.
I helped Coops a bit with that, contacting ministers and journalists, and also with the dreaded tax FAQs for the forum. Sadly I never got to meet her in person, although I know that some forum members did meet her, on the itchy feet tour.
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3 hours ago, Le Petomane said:
Anyone remember chris pp? He was the forum's David Attenborough. If something bizarre with six legs appeared in your home he could identify it.
Yes, or crispy pea (in my head). He was the wildlife expert, and Christine Animal was the animal welfare queen. I remember Chris Head and his amazing chainsaw totem poles. And Teapot, and Bugbear, and 5element and Catalpa and Tresco were all favourites of mine. It would be wonderful to hear how they are all doing now, unless they are back, but posting under different names?
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2 hours ago, AnOther said:
It's a car forum, nowt at all to do with France. Briskoda.net - Yeti section.
BTW you can find the date you joined by clicking on your own profile icon.
Hello Ernie *waves*! Lovely to see you posting. Do you still have your lean, green, machine?
Unfortunately, the forum software was changed in 2004, so anyone who joined before that is stuck with that date now.
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4 hours ago, DaveLister said:
**** Smith had a sparring partner I seem to remember. Used to run a B&B in Brittany. Anyone remember his name?
Cassis? I remember also Sunday Driver, always so helpful.
EDIT, no, it was Mikkie!
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47 minutes ago, DaveLister said:
Mmm me thinks a touch of sour grapes.
Fortunately whoever was concerned isn't the only person who knows how to edit a Wikipedia entry.😉
Bravo Mr Lister! 👏
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I joined in 2004, although due to a forgotten password and change of email address, I had to re-join later, at that time it was a thriving forum. Changing email address was always problematic, as forum profiles were glued to the address.
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1 hour ago, cajal said:
Last Wednesday we signed an Acte de Vente for an appartment we intend to downsize too in the next couple of years.
We originally made a verbal offer to the agent which was rejected and the sellers propsed a higher offer price which we rejected. The following day the agent accepted our original offer on behalf of the sellers and requested the offer to be made in writing. We declined the request to use the sellers notaire.
This is an edited copy of the offer we made via email.
Objet: offre d’achat au prix concernant un bien immobilier situé à Résidence.... Full address.
Madame, Monsieur,
Nous souhaitons faire une offre d'achat pour Résidence ....Full address
Les acquéreurs:
Monsieur Full name, résidant à Full address, né Date andPlace of birth.
Madame Full name, résidant à Full address, née Date and Place of birth.
s’engagent à acheter le bien immobilier dont les caractéristiques sont les suivantes :
Appartement (avec terrace,garage et cellier)
Full address
xxx m², type x
Notre offre d’achat s’élève au prix de €xxxxxxx, offre text euros . Conformément à l’article 1583 du Code civil, le vendeur et l’acheteur sont réciproquement engagés lorsqu’il y a un accord entre les deux parties sur la chose et le prix.
Le prix mentionné dans cette offre vous sera versé lors de la signature, chez le notaire, de l’acte authentique de vente.
Dans l’attente d’une réponse positive de votre part, nous vous prions, Madame, Monsieur, d’agréer l’expression de nos sentiments distingués.
Monsieur Full name et Madame Full name.
The reason we included the terrace as a separate, independent plot was because the original purchasers/owners at the construction stage purchased the two top floor plots but only had an apartment constructed on one plot and the 2nd plot was constructed as a terrace but still retains its individual plot number.
Do your research and your homework. Good Luck.
I notice that you made no reference to how you would finance the deal. If it is dependant on the sale of your current home, there would need to be a clause suspensive, which some sellers would be adverse to.
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I really like topinambour, but the resulting gas could fell a small army in the next village for around 2 days! I love aubergines though, grilled with olive oil and garlic, or made into aubergine caviar, yum. And celeriac is another favourite, so I must be Mint's evil, opposing twin.
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I contacted HMRC several times before getting the answer I was looking for. I duly sent off the forms late last year, and I had an email to tell me that I should expect a reply in August this year. So I now mustn't pop my clogs before another 4 years have passed.
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25 minutes ago, DaveLister said:
On the subject of cheese, Camembert could soon be a thing of the past.
Sacré bleu!
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We are currently half-way through a lovely Morbier from SuperU. So far so good...
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When you say based on genetics ALBF, do you mean if our ancient ancestors were of a particular nationality?
Exchange rate for this year's tax return, svps
in French Finance
Posted · Edited by betise
clarity
We did ours yesterday too, I dread it, it always ends in an argument!
Mr Betise has (nearly) all of the figures on a spreadsheet on his computer, and I sit at mine and input them into the impots online forms. He shouts a figure at me, I tell him it's not the one I need, he then can't find the right one, I start to quietly despair. Eventually there is more heated shouting (not by me) and I tell him that if he's going to shout he can put the bloody figures in himself. Every year (sigh).