Suandpete

Hi We will need to travel from north Deux-Sevres up to central Paris to go to the Chinese embassy to get visas.  I realise that we can easily get a TGV from Poitiers but we are also considering driving up and leaving the car near a metro station in the south west of Paris - can anyone suggest a station with nearby parking? Thanks in advance Su

Why not buy online?   When my husband smoked a pipe he bought on line for years. http://www.e-tobaccos.com/buy-cigars/amber-leaf-50g-bags-p-75447.html

I never met Debs but have been following her posts on here for years.  She was an amazing lady.  Our thoughts are with you at this awful time.

Have you looked at the Special Offers page on cheznous.com - plenty of bargains to be had there.

Yes it is - and non-sucré is evaporated.

Have a look at staysure.co.uk - I've never used them but have bought their insurance for a trip later this year.  It looks as if they may cover your situation.

And Cabernet d'Anjou is even sweeter and very pleasant as a light summer drink.

No it's not a public holiday - should be open as usual.

Wonderful!   That's what it was.  Thanks very much Clair.

It's very odd cos it's working fine on my husbands PC.

Hi Suddenly I have a problem with viewing the adverts on this site.  I can see the "annonces a la une" on the right hand side but the left hand side of the page says 1-35 but apart from that it's blank.  I have hunted through the FAQ's etc but can't find a way of altering it.  This has just happened over the last couple of days and as far as I know I haven't changed any settings.  No problems with any other site and I am using Firefox. Any ideas anyone?   Anyone else with the same problem?

I just followed a hint from "another place" and it works here too - just hold down control and use the wheel on the mouse to enlarge the text and you can then fill the page and eliminate the lavender plants.

It works in Firefox okay for me - I like it too.

I wondered why it was so quiet - we are in the centre of Saint-Varent and there is usually a fair amount of "quarry lorries" - but not today!

Possibly at some places but not at RAF Shawbury - the Met Department there was actually run by Civvies from the Met Office.

I remember 1981/2 well - we were actually living in a married quarter on the base at RAF Shawbury. There was a single lads accomodation block opposite housing maybe 40 or 50 lads and their heating pipes froze so each man was given an electric convector fire - which not surprisingly was far too much for the electrical system to cope with.!   They were not happy bunnies.  We had thick ice on the inside of all our windows for over two weeks and our dog (a yellow Lab) just refused to go outside at all and had to be dragged into the garden.  One thing that I do remember is that when the temp goes below -20 the inside of your nose begins to freeze - really not very pleasant.

Yes, when they're in the coop I'm sure that they are okay - but during the day they only go in to lay; I don't think they are bright enough to think - I'd like some water, I'll just pop into the coop!

Has anyone got any ideas on how to stop the hens water from freezing?    We change it a couple of times a day but they certainly don't have water always available which is what I would prefer.   OH breaks the ice in their pond daily and their drinking water is renewed first thing, 3 hours later and again part way through the afternoon.  Do hens actually need constant water?  With the temperatures as they are now and are forecast to be for the next week we would have to change it every 30 minutes or so......

Make sure that you take comfy shoes - we walked and walked and walked! Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

Bon courage!  hope it all goes well. and bonne récuperation!

Where did you find it?

Well, this morning it is back to normal - and I did nothing to my Firefox.   Odd....

I thought (until today) that I had always taken the updates......

I'm on Firefox 3 6 6 and have the same problem - text only and just happened since I went into it for the first time today.

We have found that the only way to get rid of them is to pick them off and squidge them.  Don't forget to keep an eye on your aubergines as well and to a lesser extent your tomatoes.  They are all the same family. Bon courage!