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  1. Can't you just dig a soakaway, rather than connecting to the drain?
  2. Bilbo: There should be no problem getting the insurance using the VIN. You then inform the insurance company once you have the reg'n number.
  3. If you got your MS programs with your Dell computer, then they willl be OEM versions. I think you will find that you can only use them on the machine they were supplied with. The full, paid-for version allows the program to be installed on more than one computer owned by the same person. I suggest that you check the licence agreement. Click on 'Help' then 'About...' in Word and check the EULA.
  4. This old version of the Kerio firewall works with Windows 98. It does not need updating like an anti-virus program - make sure that you untick the "automatic update" box. Link: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ihs/alex/keriopf215.zip
  5. Ty Korrigan wrote: [quote] May I ask how the French define 'poverty'..?  Because the U.K version seems rather 'Rich' to me...[/quote] I believe that the official definition of poverty is based on a proportion of the average wage. Therefore the richer the "average" family is, the more families fall below the poverty level. To me, the figures seem to show that the average wage in UK is higher than that in France. I thought that was well known anyway. I recently heard someone on television define poverty as "not having enough money to do what you wanted"! Regards David
  6. [quote]“Not only have you stolen ‘our’ Olympic Games, you are also shamelessly occupying our towns and countryside,” writes José-Alain Fralon, author of Help, the English are Invading Us, which is shortly to go on sale.[/quote] Says it all really! [quote]"Fralon cites villages such as Couesmes Vauce in the Loire Valley."[/quote] Couesmes Vaucé is in Pays de la Loire and nowhere near the Loire Valley - very well researched! Regards David
  7. Presumably it was brilliant sunshine on the other (southern) bank of the Loire?
  8. [quote user="Brilec"]That shouldn't be so much of a surprise. Since the licences are european, the codes will be universal too.[/quote] My point exactly!
  9. The French put the classes in a different manner, but the result is the same. You can tow a trailer with a class B licence provided that it is not in the E(B) category. ie either the trailer is less than 750kg OR if the weight of the vehicle plus the trailer do not  exceed 3500kg together, provided that the trailer is not heavier than the vehicle. In the UK, anyone who passed their test before, I think, January 1997 automatically got the BE class on their licence. After that you just got B. The pictures on the licence are misleading. You were misinformed when you exchanged your licence. From the Orne Prefecture website http://www.orne.pref.gouv.fr/index2.jsp?pg=17&r=262 "CATEGORIE B Véhicules automobiles ayant un poids total autorisé en charge (PTAC) <= 3500 kg, affectés au transport de personnes et comportant outre le siège du conducteur huit places assises au maximum, ou affectés au transport de marchandises, ainsi que les véhicules qui peuvent être assimilés aux véhicules précédents et dont la liste est fixée par arrêté du ministre chargé des transports. Remorque : OUI dès lors qu'elle n'entraîne pas leur classement dans la catégorie E (B) CATEGORIE E (B) Véhicules relevant de la catégorie B attelés d'une remorque dont le PTAC excède 750 Kg  lorsque le PTAC de la remorque est supérieur au poids à vide du véhicule tracteur ou lorsque le poids total en charge de l'ensemble (tracteur + remorque) est supérieur à 3500 Kg" I have removed the duplication of the phrase "dont le PTAC excède 750 Kg" for clarity. I hope that this helps. Regards David
  10. Alan: My point is that you can tow (within the restrictions mentioned) on an ordinary class B licence. If this is what you were applying for, the question about towing should not have arisen. There is no facility that I know of for prohibiting a B licence holder from towing They could refuse to issue the licence itself without a satisfactory medical but that is nothing to do with placing a ban on towing.
  11. Just out of interest, I was looking at the DVLA website for something else and came across a list of codes on driving licences. The code for 'Exchange of licence' is '70' in the UK. http://www.dvla.gov.uk/drivers/information_codes.htm
  12. [quote user="Alan"]Regards to towing a caravan/trailer if you do decide to change the licence then you will need to have a medical, or you had to in our dept, not saying all depts are the same though without this you cant tow[/quote] No you don't! The classes in France are the same as the UK. If you have a normal car licence (B), you can tow a caravan/trailer within certain limits. Quote from DVLA website " Motor vehicles with a MAM not exceeding 3500kg having  not more than 8 passenger seats with a trailer up to 750kg. Combinations of towing vehicles in category B and a trailer, where the MAM of the combination does not exceed 3500kg and the MAM of the trailer does not exceed the unladen mass of the towing vehicle."  This covers most units except very large caravans and/or large 4x4 towcars. If your unit falls outside these limits, you need B+E which, in France, I believe does require a medical. This is nothing to do with which dept you are in.
  13. I think you will find that the "70 GB" shown on the French licence is a code for having transferred from a British one. I was told that it is nothing to do with age
  14. You cannot tow a UK caravan with a French registered car. I think that you would be OK towing a French registered caravan with a UK car, but I'm not sure what the insurance position would be.
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