Juswundrin

Hi I don't suppose anyone knows of any online sellers of ex-Army clothing in France? Thanks

Just noticed they're giving themselves a letout clause, though: "Vous pourrez émettre et recevoir des appels pendant une durée de 6 mois à compter de tout appel émis facturé. Si, après cette période, vous n'avez émis aucun appel facturé, NRJ mobile se réserve le droit de résilier votre ligne."

I believe credit on the "NRJ mobile" service doesn't expire.

Not much. "Moneybookers is regulated by the Financial Services Authority of the United Kingdom (FSA). FSA regulation means that Moneybookers must comply with a whole set of regulatory requirements regarding asset/liability and float management, consumer protection and risk prevention." Whatever that means; unlike banks, they're certainly not covered by the FSA's guarantee to cover all of the first £2000, plus 90% of the next 30-odd thousand. I'm happy to transfer spending money, and we used them for a few thousand to buy our car, but I'd never risk using them as a substitute for the currency house when, for example, buying a property.

Got it, thanks very much for that.

"there has to be some upside to using la poste!" Best network and lowest charges aside you mean? Thanks Anton, that's great. We're pretty sure the funds are there (we know the payer), but... shouldn't 2 come before 1 ?

Hi As I forgot to ask at the Post Office at the time, and can't see anything about it on the website, does anyone know how many days it takes for a cheque (from Credit Agricole) to clear into a La Poste current account? Thanks

Hi If you mean advertise it on this forum, you can't - no advertising is permitted. It's allowed at http://www.totalfrance.com, also at angloinfo.com if there's one for your area - but then as it's LHD you could just advertise locally (freesheet, noticeboards, for example?)

"Just been reading the small print for opening a Bradford & Bingley offhore account they want copies of utility or bank statements in English , how if you live in France ?" They told me: "If you are opening the account under your French address then a french utility bill will suffice - providing it confirms your residential address." (I assume they mean "French language utility bill") Hope that helps.

The T&C state that the account is for UK residents only, so yes, you theoretically have to inform them. I would have thought that if you didn't, and they found out, they'd do nothing more than close your account. Assuming all income is declared, you're not breaking the law, just their rules. (You will need a UK address, though; if any mail is returned they put a block on the account until you phone them).

"These are hard times." All the more reason for people to be tolerant and not start scapegoating, generalising and making assumptions. "Anyone holding UK citizenship and a UK passport who conspires or participates in terrorism, including a person who’s ancestry is British beyond reproach, should be stripped of their citizenship and passport then thrown out." Where to? A random country of your choosing? Most or all of those arrested yesterday are, I believe, British. Holding British passports. Many born in Britain. As British as you are. I believe it is you who is confusing religion with nationality. "As to the guy on the tube wearing a padded jacket who jumped over the ticket barrier and ran from police, there is no case to answer the policemen who shot him repeatedly in the head honestly believed he was a suicide bomber and unless you personally can prove otherwise you have to take their word for it, because they're the police and they don't lie. It's sad that they got it wrong but if they got it right they would have been hero's. Calling it murder is just stupid, law has been applied and it says you are wrong." Ah yes, I'd forgotten that the Police had found the Police entirely blameless.

"Juswundrin – I am not sure where you are coming from only to say he didn’t so it’s emotive" I'm sure it is... whatever you mean. I'm not banging any drums for Outcast by any stretch, but if someone with his track record had said "If they dont like it, send 'em back where they come from" he'd have been called a racist, or thereabouts. Whereas a moderat&r saying it obviously makes it OK. "If they don't like it here" "We are far to 'politically correct', we have no free speech in the UK" I'm confused, I thought you lived in France? Mary, out of interest, would you still be saying that murdering an innocent man was the right thing if JCdeM had been white? English? Haven't you found that being an immigrant yourself has changed your perspective ?

"If they don't like it here... just strip them of their citizen ship and passport and ship them out." And if Outcast had made that comment?

Interesting... Out of curiosity, did Opas delete her own (absolutely correct) post?

Hi We use, and can recommend, http://www.telerabais.com/index2.php No contracts, no prepayment, dead simple. Cost to the UK is the cost of a local call.

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How about getting those keypad locks, which use a PIN rather than a key? This sort of thing - http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/pro.jsp?cId=100645&ts=05267&id=17415 Personally, I much prefer them to carrying around a bloody great keyfob all day.

Hi In terms of care, I don't think they're very different from the other currants. I did a spot of Googling when I worked out what they actually were, and this: http://www.ext.colostate.edu/PUBS/GARDEN/07005.html is the page I used for pruning. Frankly, it didn't help as I couldn't work out which branches were 1, 2 and 3 years old (you may find it easier as you're starting from scratch), so I just cut out any crossed/dodgy-looking branches. They're seriously prolific, anyway. HTH

"A neighbour has given me a cutting of something she calls a casseiller. She says it's a cross between a blackcurrant (cassis) and a redcurrant (groseiller)" Could it be a cross between a blackcurrant and a gooseberry - which is a Jostaberry. We've got several, and the fruit makes fantastic jam. Coincidentally, I keep meaning to post in the "Language" section to find out the French for Jostaberry, so you might have just saved me a post!

Hi Dick Actually, when I gave up on Safari it was pretty much a toss-up between Firefox & Opera; but Opera's built-in email client pipped it for me,

"Is that because you're in IE7? It's a nuisance, isn't it? You lose the functionality of half the forum tools in Explorer7" I'm surprised at that; I thought this forum software was a Microsoft product? No, I'm using Opera 9 (Mac)... no link icon, no smilies, no quote function...

Or for those of us who don't get to see the 'link icon', there's always: http://makeashorterlink.com/index.php

"SVP ... have good prices but poor customer service in my opinion" mmm, yes, I'm getting the same impression... Many thanks to all for the info.

Thanks Dick I don't know whether you're using them on the Mac or a DVD recorder, but have you found many compatibility problems with different brands of blank disc? My internet research suggests it's all a bit hit & miss as to which devices a given brand will work on... (We'll be recording on an LG machine and playing, potentially, on Toshiba and Samsung players).

Thanks all. Funny, I never think of checking ebay.co.uk these days (but as I can't abide Paypal my choice is often limited). vmax, thanks I've bookmarked that one. Didn't know about the blank media levy, though I remember the UK industry lobbying for similar years ago (it seems to cross the EU's radar occasionally, too). Thanks again for all the help.