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    quel que soit

    in French Language

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    As I understand it there are several ways of saying whatever (normal tone = nothing important, anything goes etc)
    at the end of a statement, red or blue whatever (normal tone = it doesn't matter what colour etc)
    and of course ''what . . ev. .er'' (dismissive, raising tone at end = what you have to say is irrelevant) !

     

    Re: The songs we are singing

    in The Lighter Side

    Posted

    Right on Weedon, don't what happened to the link, try. . .

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAZ--tLYdcw or

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukth2wuJ8ao&feature=related

    Actually 5am is a pretty good time anytime, quiet usually and not too many crowds around!,
    get up if you're not coming home, and watch the dawn, it reminds you why its good to be alive!

    [8-|] Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.

    Re: The songs we are singing

    in The Lighter Side

    Posted

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXgbN81zNG8  This may not be the best version but great combination, Lou Reed and 'just a perfect day' or sweet jane, http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/AddPost.aspx?PostID=1179963 or most anything by Velvet underground or lou, or bruce or tamla or even the white album.  oh! too many songs to have a permanent favourite.

    [8-|] Dance… even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

     

    Notification of Bereavement of spouse

    in French Legal Issues

    Posted

    Thanks once again Clark, succinct must be your middle name, I shall now feel that I can at least go prepared to meet the notaire; your last couple of paragraphs bear a frightening resemblance to my own position, Sue was the motivation for many things in our life not least playing the matriarch in ensuring our sprogs would be attending family dinners outings, holidays in france etc even placing flowers on family graves became a family event and I have to say I will endeavour to continue in that vein and accept the challenge. Being helped by others in the same situation and being able to discuss it have been the best therapy for me, but it has also shown me how others shrink away and were it not that this is all new to me I would probably shut up and slink away somewhere. I feel so many people facing this situation need the opposite and require some focus point, even an event where they could find advice, discuss others account or saga and meet new people. I have found it therapeutically cathartic to broaden my circle of acquintances especially with people of similar experiences. Sues gone, not completely, and life must get better than this.

    Thanks once again, for your response which I know is braver than most.

    Notification of Bereavement of spouse

    in French Legal Issues

    Posted

    Thanks indeed Clark, exactly our situation, very succinct, apart from the death certificate did you need any additional documents? House docs or passport etc?

    It is a pity there isn't a bereavement sector on these sites, there must be a growing number of Widows and Widowers in our demographic. Perhaps its due for an article in Living France. 

    How have you got on, did you change your life, please do tell.

    My condolences to you, Thanks again

    Notification of Bereavement of spouse

    in French Legal Issues

    Posted

    Thanks for your reply Clair; the site you sent is quite useful for understanding some of the documentation required, but our is a holiday home that we intended to partially retire to, we were not resident so do not have Le livret de famille ou une pièce d'identité appartenant au défunt (la carte de séjour pour les étrangers)
    as such I wonder what the procedure is for People with second homes and hope someone who already been through this process can advise what the Notaire will require. I don't want to contact the Notaire until I am able to go to France in a couple of months time.

                         

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