Keni

Sorry - in Uk we have sun and blue skies at moment.

Cheers Leo & AnOther - thought it might be like that. So that's yet another (sorry no pun intended), item that looks like it will continue to be shipped over.

We also had problems with Loures? I gather they are about as big as large rats and love gnawing things, such as wiring and wood. They sound like mice in hobnails as you said and their wee smells like tomcats gone very wrong! You only have to go up into the loft to know if you have them because of the smell.

Can you get haggis in France yet as I am always being asked to bring it over for friends, they are around £2 in UK.

It literally means sanitary state - state of your sanitary goods/ etc - so mains or fosse/ modern or old = I believe!?

Doing the L120 Open University Intermediate French Course . Have just received the Assignment 3 results. TMA01 =48, TMA02 = 65 and TMA03 = 70!!! Going up, one more to go plus finals!!!

...And of course in America # the 'hash symbol = apartment - therefore #3 means APartment 3 - just to totally confuse the siutation....

Nah - they think they have a Klingon cloaking device....

...And has anyone seen the interview on tele (we did) with a local fisherman who was more than happy with the situation - he is being paid 1000 dollars a day because he cannot fish - he says - as compensation, when he said he normally earns 1200 dollars a week!!

On this thread - has anyone had dealings with La Poste and can they say what their problems are?

Just to point out that the next week or so looks to be having quite a bad time for weather around the Perigeux to Limoges area. Check the Meteo but storms are forecast for nearly the whole week - looks like local flooding as well - best to be prepared.

Ok - you earn your money - and it's taxed. What you have left you put into savings to earn interest - in the hope you will have a 'little nest egg' - but it's taxed, so you are being taxed on the remaining money you are trying to save. That's the first thing I'd sort out - stop taxing savings. You gotta live on something and that includes taxing pensions!

Thank you - you have answered my question perfectly. I have an old sky box - had to leave the dish when we moved. The card is no longer valid I fear, so might have to purchase a one-off and then get a dish out in France. My present home is rented and won't allow a dish so I had to break the contract with Sky. Thank you to all for the help.

Thanks Pierre ZFP - I just thought as it was the box and satellite dish it was good value - never having purchased a dish and a box, apart from 'renting' one from S*y. It says it's a Ross HD Satellite Kit with everything you need to receive FREE SATELLITE High Definition TV from anywhere in the UK. •Future proof – As more and more HD channels come on stream, the HD Satellite Kit will receive them. •Provides over 350 channels and 150 Radio stations from Astra2/Eurobird1 SUBSCRIPTION FREE. •Now and Next EPG Guide •Option to receive 1,000’s of FOREIGN Language channels from all over the world. •Save money – No need for expensive Digital HDTV subscriptions. •PVR function for live product recording The Kit includes •HD DVB-S2 Satellite TV Receiver •Remote Control •65cm Diameter Satellite Dish •Roof Terrace/Wall mount •Fully adjustable mounting bracket •HDMI Cable for TV connection •12m F type Satellite Cable, connectors and clips •Single Digital LNB •Full Installation Instructions •Set up guide for finding Astra 2 and Eurobird 1 Satellites If any of that makes sense to you. Just waffle to me.

Homebase have a special offer of a Ross Satellite Dish & box for 89.99. Does anyone know if this is suitable for use in France to get the usual free channels - BBC1 etc., Also is the price good for what you get -and does anyone know this system and think it's pants or works well? Many thanks

From The Times today - Health Tourists' debts costs Britains' millions.... ooops! http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article7144907.ece

The more you have the more come to stay - if you like (and the OH loves cooking and cleaning) feeding and clearing up after a load of visitors, have more bedrooms. If you wish to encourage visitors to stay at local b & b's and not worry about feeding an army. Have 1 or 2. Simples.

Most probably all have Sky anyway!

Krusty - it's cos everything is automatic!

Thanks Cooperlola, Keni here, I knew you would be able to suss it out and make sense for the OH. Thanks also to all who are helping get this sorted out as well!

Yes. I understand France is saying they don't care what the outcome is, the situation won't change. But if they are found to be in breach of regs. what can be done to them - anything?

Friends in the Haute Vienne/Dordogne border have received notification about analogue signals being turned off from June 2nd this year - at least that is how the leaflet has been translated.

I wonder if anyone else has seen the report by a.n.other news reporting service for those who have migrated? It's about an EU Commission investigating France and how they are supposedly breaking EU Regulations in forcing those who wish to move to France from other EU countries to fund their own health care for a determined period? Any thoughts on the powers that be about this?

Calais, Abbeville, Rouen, Evreux, Dreux, (or is it the other way around?), Chartres, Orleans, Vierzon, Limoges. Tolls around 20 euros, slowish traffic on single roads (Dreux, Evreux, Chartres) through smaller villages but usually smooth travel. Last bit to Limoges usually good and clear, - we travel overnight usually. Safe driving.

Yep, Velcorin understood, but I paid for my own pension weekly - as with most railway workers. We were contracted out of the Uk state pension so only qualify for the minimum now, but for my pension I worked overtime and more for 35 years to be abe to bring in what I have. My wife, self-employed did the same for the 20 years she was self-employed, and her pension is a pittance. I was told and brought up to believe the NIS stamp is not really about paying for the NHS - otherwise why would you have to work so many years before you qualify for a pension? (now 30 I believe). Every spare penny I had went to help fund my own pension and I merely stated that I feel for those of an older age group, many who fought in the war to keep the freedom of choice alive, that they should be given all the help they can from a government who owes these generations a lot!