Mme Basset"Wherever you go, there you are."

I aways hear my mom talk about using old catalogs and such......but she is only 62 yrs old.

Walking.... Lots of Walking

[quote]Has anyone got experience of filling in the forms?I got a leter saying my French registered car was photograped on the motorway at 160kph in a 130 limit.It could have been anyone one of three people d...[/quote] Oh yeah!  My hubby just got one of those in the mail too!  128 in a 90 (work zone he didn't know was 90....there were about 6 cones on the road and this equaled a work zone????)  We call that a speed trap in the States.  Eh well....we were in the states when it arrived so it was about a month late....I only bought the 90 euros stamp from the tabac.  Guess they'll be coming after us if they want more.   ....this is his 2nd ticket in 10 months. 5 points off his liscense.  The first was for no seat belt.  He was getting in and out of our moving van and forgot to fasten it one time.   Vive la France.

[quote]Hi Dawn, welcome. We bicker and insult occasionally, but most folk do it on a topic by topic basis and so the "members" on each side of a disagreement differ depending on what we are discussing (bicke...[/quote] LOL!  Yes, I know we can all disagree occasionally (the above mentioned forum is overrun by three or four members who despise each other and don't even acknowledge a question if a newbie shows up.....you'd have to see it to know what I mean )  Anyway....Glad to find one with some valuable give and take.   Weather here is a bit rainy today...but has been simply wonderful the past week.    What areas are you all from?   Dawn

[quote]It's true and I've got the bruises to prove it.. We spent the day at the beach ( not normal for us in August). and at least 15+ women hit on me, some very sexy, given I'm mid 30's, is this normal beha...[/quote] An old friend  got that alot....but we figured out the women thought he was the family dog because he was so hairy.  You know how the French love dogs.

HI! My name is Dawn and I live in France.  Moved here about 10 months ago from the US with my husband and two kids.  We are in the vosges and enjoying it very much.   (I was very happy to find this forum.....after seeing the France forum at Expatica was a complete cesspool of constant insults and bickering...this seems quite refreshing!!   Good day to all   Dawn