DaveLister
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2 hours ago, Ken said:
Then we disagree. I doubt if I were to accuse you of having an 'addled brain' you would take it as a compliment! That I used it to describe myself in a light fashion doesn't give licence to people to use it as an insult. You think differently.
You ask if I was the person on another thread accusing people of being sanctimonious. I honestly cannot remember if I had but if I had it would have been based on something said to me. Is stating something using correct language being rude, I don't think so.
Your comment was attached to another, not addressed specifically at you, and certainly not sanctimonious. It was made only yesterday. I would have expected you to remember it.
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11 hours ago, ssomon said:
In the past it has been most economical to heat with the pellet stove once the weather gets too cold for our heat pumps to perform efficiently.
However, as pellet prices have risen this year by up to 90% compared with a hike in electricity prices of around 25% I have decided to rely solely on electricity, using our heat pumps, together with oil filled radiators when necessary, until the price of pellets becomes viable again.
At least I won't have to clean out the pellet stove so often
At the risk of being accused of thread drift, can I ask at what temperature you have found your heat pumps become inefficient. I know there's plenty of research online but I'd like to hear some real life experience.
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Regarding your response to SSimon Ken. I don't think he/she was being rude at all. He/she was merely using the term you had used to describe yourself when starting this thread.
On the subject of being rude, weren't you the person on another thread accusing people of being sanctimonious?
SanctimoniousMaking a show of sanctity; affecting saintliness; hypocritically devout or pious.Isn't that being rude?-
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The whole 'rights restriction' opt out is done automatically and is as simple as someone in the office pressing a single key probably weeks in advance. Your unexpected commentary could simply be down to a typo. I would very much doubt there's anyone actually monitoring the overseas output specifically for rights breaches. Just enjoy it when it happens.
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2 hours ago, anotherbanana said:
How long does butter keep in the freezer, svp?
Officially a year but I've kept it for much longer than that.
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Interesting. I'd never think to do that either. Thanks for the tip.
Hope everything is going well with you.
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16 hours ago, Ken said:
Native tongues! There is only one native tongue. It's called English! many local accents of course but all speak English. Perhaps you are referring to immigrants who haven't learnt 'the native tongue' yet? The same immigrants have brought their religion with them, in the same way they did hundreds of years ago.
Your culture and traditions, you say, are totally different to mine so I must I asssume that you are an immigrant to the British isles and understandably not proud of being British in the same way as an indigenous Britain.
And with that, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury. I rest my case??
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5 hours ago, Ken said:
Native tongues! There is only one native tongue. It's called English!
I thought I'd have a little look and see how many native tongues are still alive today in Britain. Below is the first line of the Lords prayer translated into most of the tongues of Britain ( I know of a few others but can't find instances of them reciting the prayer online )
Our Father who art in heaven ( English )
Ar n-Athair a tha air nèamh (Scottish Gaelic )
Ár n-Athair, atá ar neamh ( Irish Gaelic )
Ayr ain t'ayns niau, ( Manx )
Ein Tad, yr hwn wyt ( Welsh )
Agan Tas ni, eus y’n nev ( Cornish )
Nouot' Péthe qu'es au ciel ( Jerriais )
Note this is just a list of languages from the British Isles, move to the overseas territories and the list grows proportionately.
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19 minutes ago, alittlebitfrench said:
St Pancras or Gard du Nord ?
Lidl UK or Lidl France ?
Sorry?
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I've just realised I am proud to be British ( or should I more correctly say Anglo Norman ).
I am proud of the fact that my noble sovereign lord still lives in the castle built by my ancestors.
I am proud of the fact that in this day and age I can still stand tall and shout
Haro! Haro! Haro! À l'aide, mon Prince, on me fait tort.
(Yes I know I should be down on one knee but bear with me I'm swelling with pride here)
Oh I feel quite overcome
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Gotcha!!!!
I must admit I felt a little bad as I did my shopping at lunchtime. I remembered that, as a child, we always used to take the p155 out of the English when they come over on holiday. We would pretend not to understand them when they tried to pronounce placenames and send them off in the wrong direction. Then, when I got older and had a Saturday job we would look for any excuse to wind them up. For example most 'englanders' wouldn't want local currency mixed up with their change as it wasn't legal tender in the UK. If they asked nicely we would exchange it but if they said something like 'oh I don't want any of that foreign money' we would apologise, retrieve the change and replace it completely with local currency. When they complained we would simply say 'but you said you didn't want any foreign money'. When they complained further we'd say "well at least our pound is worth a pound, yours is only worth 50p as 25p belongs to the Arabs for the oil and 25p belongs to the IMF for the loan.?
Funnily enough I once had a Scotsman in who looked at the 20p piece I gave him and asked if I could change a 50p into local currency as he wanted to take it home and give it to his son as a gift.
We were taught at school about our constitutional relationship with the crown, how the Queen wasn't our queen, how Westminster had no jurisdiction and most of us were proud of the fact that our ancestors helped conquer the country in 1066. Although 'technically' you could argue we were more British than anyone other than the anglo saxons, when the hordes of tourists weren't there, we didn't give the United Kingdom much thought. We had our own laws, our own parliament, our own taxes, and yes our own language.
Oh and the main religion is Methodism.
Truth is Ken being British encompasses a whole range of people. Don't confuse it with just being English.
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I don't think you can use culture to define Britishness. Far too broad a church. How many different 'native tongues' are there? How many religions? How many different laws of the land. I guarantee you, despite being British, my culture and traditions are totally different to yours.
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Sorry I've never got the point of National pride. I have never served in the armed forces, never been a member of the civil service, never stood for parliment. Why should I claim credit for things I took no active part in? There are shining lights in Britains history along with dark times. Should I spend my life being ashamed of the dark times because of my place of birth? In my life I have been fortunate enough to have taken part in events that have made me proud to be a human being. That'll do.
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I'm with EuroTrash, it is what it is. I hardly had a say in the matter. I do, however, like Ken make the distinction between being British and being English ( I'm the former ). Ironically I was called a 'foreigner' more times when I lived in the UK than I've ever been in France.
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1 hour ago, Ken said:
The problem, I believe, in being 'frank' is that the person being 'frank' considers that he/she is right with no real thought or consideration to others point of view! This is the only forum I look at, primarily because I start my day very early, around 5o/c, and have to wait for the sun to come up before I can do anything! 'Frankly' the thought of looking at several of these sites makes me wonder what sort of lives people are living! I do appreciate that for many this sort of 'media' is their life but for me it is a light diversion before I start my day. It is rather arrogant and insulting to suggest that for some posters this is their last opportunity to be a 'big man'! For me, and I suspect for most, a decent discussion or argument (as long as it doesn't get personal!) is what is wanted. Pizzas, gardening, even a concrete drive can elicit some good posts but political comments, including Brexit, Macron etc. shouldn't be knocked because they appear regularly. Obviously some people feel those subjects are more important than concrete drives and pizzas!
That might be your interpretation of the phrase 'being frank' but my definition is that it is a precursor to an honest opinion as opposed to a comment meant to inflame or initiate a response. Everyone on this forum has the right to agree or disagree. I was responding to ALBF's somewhat threatening comment "Choose wisely my friend" which implied there may be consequences if I decided to visit another forum. I repeat, we are talking message boards here not picking sides for WW3 ( although it sometimes feels like it ).
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Just to confirm the above. We moved to France the middle of November and still had to complete a tax return for the six weeks we were resident prior to the end of the year.
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"Choose wisely my friend"
Why?
We're talking internet forum's FFS.
Sure, there will always be a number of posters on any forum I wouldn't want to invite to a dinner party. Life's rich tapestry as they say.
If I may be frank, the problem on this forum is that there are now a small number of posters to whom this is all there is. If I wanted to 'sort out the world's problems' I'll do it with my peers. People I know and respect. People who's friendship or mentorship I've appreciated over years. I'm not going to waste my time shouting into the ether at strangers.
Sadly it seems to me there are some posters to whom this forum is their last opportunity to be 'the big man'.
I feel sorry for them but it's not going to stop me visiting this or any other forum when I fancy a diversion.
Life's too short.
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ET - thank you, thank you, thank you.
I have found myself getting more and more turned off by the perpetual whinging on here but kept coming back as I hadn't found an alternative and hoped, one day, things might improve.
Your pizza hint has lead me to another forum which I have just joined.
See you on the other side?
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I don't think it's you. When I originally wrote to you the software wouldn't allow me to enter any text, just attachments which I now find even I can't open. I've rewritten much of what I wanted to say into our 'conversation' which you may or may not be able to pick up. With the number of gateway errors and timeouts I'm getting on the forum at the moment it wouldn't surprise me if you couldn't pick that up either.
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Chrissie,
I have sent you a PM
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Chrissie,
I have sent you a PM
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I've just glanced at the code de la route. Vehicles are required to show hazards when their speed is 'strongly reduced'. When part of a queue only the last vehicle is required to show hazards. There is also an overarching ruling that hazards should be used to alert of an obstruction whether the vehicle itself or something else. Failure to do so can invoke a fine. So I suspect most people are leaning to the side of caution. If you end up rear ended you want to make sure there's no way you can partly be blamed.
Code de la route Articles R416-18/19
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Happens round my way as well. Normal lights are higher and tend to have good line of site. I tend to judge the situation by how easy it is to see the obstruction from afar and the general speed of the road. I also keep my foot on the brake at normal lights until the car behind has stopped. Haven't been rear ended but did once have a car once overtake the line of traffic thinking we all were parked.
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Ken, sweetie I would forgive you almost anything😘
I'm happy to rewrite as requested.
Votre commentaire était joint à un autre, il ne s'adressait pas spécifiquement à vous et n'était certainement pas moralisateur. Il a été fait hier seulement. Je me serais attendu à ce que vous vous en souveniez.