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Ebaynut wrote: (However, I must confess, that knowing a certain Ex mod on here gets an email notice which p1sses them off, every time someone does hit the report button, I do find it hard to resist now) ;-) When this was pointed out a few weeks ago I contacted admin and they have assured me that this has now been stopped. I am little surprised that it was allowed to go on so long.

When we bought our house there was no mention of the bidet on casters in one of the bedrooms.

According to the OED the word 'curry' first appeared in an English cookery book in 1747. If I gave my opinion of Ms Butler's comments I would have to delete my own post.

How long is it since it rained in your neck of the woods ? Sometimes the ground gets too hard for them to dig.

Not completely yet.

This is my first June in England for sixteen years. They have flies here too.

I find a hoof pick useful for getting between the slabs. I suppose it depends on what your terrace is made of.

This is getting tiresome. May I remind everyone yet again that we do not discuss other forums on this one ? I really don't want to have to delete another thread.

We bought the house as joint owners in 2002.

We are planning to sell our house in France. We are not married. Will this affect our tax liability ? Would it be less if we married ?

Well it is quite obviously 'scown' and I don't care where the jam goes as long as they leave Melton pies and Stilton cheese alone.

I've never been to a football match although I do recall my dad and my uncle talking about 'Stanley from Hanley'. Where I grew up we lived near the River Dove (rhymes with Hove). When I was eight we moved ten miles to a place where the river was called Dove as in the bird. I was quite a big girl before I realised it was the same river.

Richard51 - I wonder if you get as irritated as I do by the portrayal of the Potteries accent on TV ? Even if they're doing something by Arnold Bennet the best they can do is a sort of generic 'oop north' accent which is really wrong. I think the Potteries accent has a lot of charm.

Richards51 - that's Stoke. I canna do it if i anna gor an oatcake in mi gob.

Sarlat supermarkets : LeClerc, Carrefour, Lidl, Casino, LeaderPrice. It can be very cold in winter it even snows sometimes, but the snow doesn’t really lie for days as it does in colder climes. Rainfall is about the same as the UK - it’s just that it rains on fewer days and we have spectacular thunderstorms. Be aware that it is quite a poor area - something that tourists tend to miss. There are very few jobs and I believe unemployment is high which makes prices high at the end of July/beginning of August. The local markets are excellent. When I first went I used to go early and follow older ladies who had shopping bags at the ready. I don’t believe you will find better strawberries anywhere in the world. In my commune a few miles south of Sarlat I am only aware of one other Englishwoman and she has been in France so long that it is easier for me to speak to her in French because she’s sort of forgotten her English. I think you need to be further west to find some English associations. I avoid Sarlat itself during the height of the tourist season because it is so busy. At other times it is quite wonderful.

I think I might apply. I'm quite a good shot and a long time member of the NUT (now NEU).

I have deleted a post from this thread. Unfortunately the forum software decided to take the one below it too. It was this from BritinBretagne - My post makes perfect sense. I picked up the forms from my local prefecture and they gave me a list of things to include with the application. The list states quite clearly that I must send photocopies not original documents. What part of that don’t you understand? It could not be clearer. On other sites I use there are several people still waiting after more than three months. There is a backlog.

ALBF the original poster wrote "In order to avoid a major re-painting excercise," It's not helpful to tell her about other kinds of paint or to mention a relatively new poster's photo.

I wonder if any other long-time members of the forum can remember someone posting about their surprise at their children being taught at a French driving school to 'keep up' with the vehicle in front ? The original poster, brought up in England, unlike his/her children was worried about this. Maybe it really is a French thing.

If it was the South Yorkshire Police you would have cause to worry.

There are lots of calcaire drives and paths round here. They are fine when it's dry, but turn into a kind unset cement when it's wet which isn't too bad on your tyres, but is difficult to get off your shoes.

Chancer have you contacted Forum Admin about your problems ?

I was brought up by parents who almost worshipped "good old Winne". Recent history was not on the syllabus at school. When I first met my late husband's maiden great-aunts who lived in a small farm on the edge of the moors in the West Riding and were very straight-laced old-fashioned Liberals, I was shocked that they always referred to Churchill as 'that turncoat". As Brit said different times different values. This is doing the rounds this morning - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhHB0dOVOYs

Eurotrash - oxters is Scottish for armpits.

I would like to remind everyone again that we do not discuss other forums on this one. Thank you.