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  1. [quote user="Chancer"]I have been fitting out furnished flats here in France and have bought a lot from Ikea, I can just as easily use Lille or Croydon so have been comparing the prices of everything, yes there are differences but not of any significance but it is swings and roundabouts some higher/lower in each country and pretty much evens out. I was looking for mirrors to build into some facades for wallbeds, Ikea list loads, every one had a price difference of up to 12% but it was equally spread between the countries, so mirrors overall cost the same in each country, individually there are variations. One that did stand out though was the set of 4 mirrors called wave I think, they look like wavy lines and are a tesselation for those who recall the geometric term, they are trés tendance in France but now passé in the UK hence they are twice the price at Lille, why? - because they can!!! Mind you they are double that everywhere else in France [/quote] Well over here they were very cheap those mirrors in Brest. They were going for less than 10 euros. So guess we are not fashionably bothered
  2. [quote user="connolls"]Well.................... at last you're right Georgina, I am gay and don't have kids.............but both my parents do (i'm one of them !!!!) Weirdly enough both of them are straight !!...............! Happy Viewing.[/quote] Sorry no offence. They did not watch it, I did not let them. I rest my case ma lord. 
  3. Well.................... at last you're right Georgina, I am gay and don't have kids.............but both my parents do (i'm one of them !!!!) Weirdly enough both of them are straight !!
  4. [quote user="connolls"]YES.................Georgina, as long as they fight against it that makes it acceptable !!! Glad i'm not one of your kids !!!!! But surely enough now of the debate about sex scenes in Tourchwood (although i'm sure no one would be having this debate if it were the same scene between Rex and Esther !!!!) Mind you one of those is technically dead, now there's a whole new debate !!.............(look I can't stop myself)........you either love it or you don't. Anyway, get to get off and sort out Dr Who in my TV planner Mel.[/quote] Well I keep replying what just once after I said I was going???? Glad im not one of your kids either, oh that might because you are gay possibly and don't have any?  But then you would not see that as an insult would you and it was not meant as one???? Touche
  5. [quote user="connolls"]YES.................Georgina, as long as they fight against it that makes it acceptable !!! Glad i'm not one of your kids !!!!! But surely enough now of the debate about sex scenes in Tourchwood (although i'm sure no one would be having this debate if it were the same scene between Rex and Esther !!!!) Mind you one of those is technically dead, now there's a whole new debate !!.............(look I can't stop myself)........you either love it or you don't. Anyway, get to get off and sort out Dr Who in my TV planner Mel.[/quote] No you have interpreted this wrongly, I was dipicting the storyline as them fighting against it, because love won them over, all totally acceptable, but i said that because I did not know the characters' names but the point was that they were not AT IT on telly in front of kids. It is amazing how people can pick a fight on here and totally miss the point.    Sheesh  I give up, I have better things to do. And you are you to say enough, this is not your thread!!!!
  6. [quote user="Catalpa"][quote user="Georgina"]...and the fact that some kids like to watch Torchwood as it is a spin off of Dr Who. [/quote] First define your "kids". Torchwood is classified 15 which means, I believe, that people younger than 15 shouldn't be watching it. I know the obvious retort is: try stopping them. True, but that's the responsibility of parents etc to control so what appears in a program should not be governed by who "might" see it. "Kids" might drink or smoke under the age of 18... that doesn't mean no alcohol should be stronger than 2%... though I might be persuaded into buying into the banning of cigarettes. [6] I do wonder why people get so worked up about sex when violence goes unremarked. What's worse in this series - several homosexual encounters or the repeated killing of Jack a few episodes ago? Or the murder of the doctor in the oven? Depiction of severe violence should always more controversial than sex between consenting adults, gender irrespective, but so often it doesn't seem to be. [quote user="Georgina"]...except that gays are to be portrayed as  normal??? [/quote] You sound as if you don't think they are. That's really not what you meant. Is it? [/quote] Just think you are clouding the issues with other rubbish not related to this.
  7. [quote user="Mr Coeur de Lion"]John Barrowman has to be one of the most irritating people on UK tv. Don't care what his sexuality is, (although he does make it overly obvious where his sexual orientations lie, not that it makes any difference), but imo he comes across as being so fake. I remember when Torchwood came on, Barrowman was on pretty much every other show produced by the BBC. It was like when Little Britain was popular for a while, everything was about Lucas and Walliams. He is irritating to the max.[/quote] Gosh yeah, he is so full of it........ he is portraying himself as some kind of gay icon
  8. [quote user="Catalpa"][quote user="Georgina"]...and the fact that some kids like to watch Torchwood as it is a spin off of Dr Who. [/quote] First define your "kids". Torchwood is classified 15 which means, I believe, that people younger than 15 shouldn't be watching it. I know the obvious retort is: try stopping them. True, but that's the responsibility of parents etc to control so what appears in a program should not be governed by who "might" see it. "Kids" might drink or smoke under the age of 18... that doesn't mean no alcohol should be stronger than 2%... though I might be persuaded into buying into the banning of cigarettes. [6] I do wonder why people get so worked up about sex when violence goes unremarked. What's worse in this series - several homosexual encounters or the repeated killing of Jack a few episodes ago? Or the murder of the doctor in the oven? Depiction of severe violence should always more controversial than sex between consenting adults, gender irrespective, but so often it doesn't seem to be. [quote user="Georgina"]...except that gays are to be portrayed as  normal??? [/quote] You sound as if you don't think they are. That's really not what you meant. Is it? [/quote] Yes me and millions of others who are supposed to keep our gob shut about what we want our kids (15 or otherwise) exposed to.  I don't want it on my telly thanks.  They can do what they like and I will treat them as the same as anyone, but I dont want to see it and neither do a lot of other people who are too scared in our ridiculously PC England to admit it, I am not Can I just clarify that the gay scenes in East Enders where the two guys fall in love and fight against it were actually compelling viewing, but we did not see them at it!!!  But my kids are at a difficult age where all they talk about are gays, not girls and I don't want sex with other men to be construed as in any way  normal when they have not seen heterosexual sex.  Incidentally I don't recall seeing that in a while hahah.. Nor do I want them joking about gays which really is what happens when they see this.
  9. Apparently the BBC has gone out of its way to show gays scenes on telly, some have complained about it really not being necessary and the fact that some kids like to watch Torchwood as it is a spin off of Dr Who. I don't really know what they are trying to prove, except that gays are to be portrayed as  normal??? 
  10. What puzzles me is, why can't people say who they were? So come on........ admit it.
  11. Well I am still me, and I came back after a bit, to see what has happened to everyone. But I was so grateful for this forum as it is more intellectual than the others and there is always someone with the answer, be it right or wrong, I can now sort out the wheat from the chaff. [:D]
  12. NOw what I do see from time to time are those unmarked white vans and they come to your house and look into your garden.  But here the neighbours are always in, so that fails
  13. But you can't get cash from a depot vente for goods can you? I thought they pay you a cheque at the end of the sale and send it to your home.  So how can the burglars take it there?  Even if they did, they would be unlikely to use the local one
  14. Just checked Condor Ferries and it is E89!!! Might as well go to England instead.
  15. Cheers everyone, I know I could rely on you. [:)]
  16. Sorry to post this in general but I was wanting someone with any knowledge of how to book this, who could give me a link.  And some info.  Have trolled for hours on the internet.  I know there is a cheap flight, has anyone done it? Cheers
  17. Conclusion: I am in the wrong part of France [:(]
  18. Right, that is the limit. I carefully check prices wherever I go and I shop at all the supermarkets daily.   Today I saw the same potatoes I bought last week at 3.99E for 7,18E for just 5kg.  I checked with Netto and the price was correct.  Needless to say the basket was completely full and nobody was buying them.  I can live without potatoes. I have not been buying cabbages at 3E and more for some time either. Cooking oil has risen 30% in the last year.  Coffee also. When people bring me newspapers from England and I see what we can get, vegetables for next to nothing, it is really scary. I don't care what the hell they taste like anymore. Cost of food is crazy. What the hell is going on.  If there were fish and chip shops over here they would go out of business.  Fish and steak are beyond me. (By the way always check your receipts because they are nearly always wrong everywhere).
  19. Sorry to stereo type, I have not lived that close to a French person BUT i have lived that close to a builder who stashed his stuff against my property  Don't fall out with him, you are not there all the time.
  20. I have rented many cars and I find this excess business an absolute carte blanche for the company to charge you whatever they like, regardless of the damage.  You really have to argue with them.  The excess nowadays are phenomenal in order to make the car hire charges smaller, and it is worth insuring against it, not with the company but with a private insurance. Some of the bigger firms are more reasonable generally.  But some companies like Eurocar took the deposit from my credit card BEFORE I even hired the car and then gave it back on return.  I know this is barn door, but really worth knowing.
  21. [quote user="Val_2"]In 21years of France, its the first time I have ever heard of a private company doing this sort of thing unless its one of those hold your hand because you are foreign setups who charge an arm and a leg for info you can get on here! Anything to do with vehicle legalities is usually the local Impôts especially the TVA and import dept,the Prefecture for here which is Brest for new carte grise or replacements etc. As SD says, the local mairie will do all your paperwork for you anyway if you can't go in person. Years ago there was a woman who started up a business inthis area helping house buyers with all sorts of things from signing at the notaire to buying a car - her cost was €750 a pop and she soon went out of business when someone we met who had asked for her help, told her to take a running jump if she thought he was going to pay that sort of fee for an hour's work.[/quote] Well in 21 years things change and will change more.  She told me she got a fee for sending the papers and she did not speak a word of English so no hand holding, quite the reverse. It may or may not be private, I really dont give a monkeys anymore, that was not my problem, they send the papers to Brest anyway so that was all that mattered. But hey Intermarche is opening on Sundays here and some other shops do and lunch hours at school changed a couple of years ago, and well, some things do change, albeit rather slooooowly. Anyway I guess we are missing the point of my post, zzzzzzzzzzzzz talk about hair splitting.
  22. Yes, I was. told by the authorities. through this enterprise.  They refused the application on the grounds that the certificate was not an original and this woman got in a huff and puff phah with me when I told her it was not true that the original was required LOL. In retrospect, I would willingly have driven to Brest
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