Tresco
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[quote user="bodie"].. Friends?[/quote]Yep![:D] We aren't really free to lapse into chit chat in serious threads, but as I said before, it happens from time to time. I understand it must look like gobbledygook to someone who just happens across it, though.[;-)]
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[quote user="groslard"]I think you underestimate the separation betweenChurch and State in France, which goes back to the Revolution in itsroots, and to the law of the 9th of December, 1905.Many of my French friends would be unhappy to speak of religion in a definition of what is French.Obviously with the established Church in the UK, British peoplehere often have difficulty in understanding that, asking for examplewhy there is no carol service at the local school, or wondering whysometimes Easter isn't at the centre of the holidays.These are a trivial examples, but no French person politician wouldsay "God save la France" or "God save the Président"..and it shocksthem to hear GWB say "God save America" or talk of praying.In short I think that Anglophones tend to bring a differentattitude to religion, which is much closer to that of Islam that thatof the French.[/quote]I think you're reaching too far with this one, Groslard. The majority of the UK population has nothing active to do with any religion, and don't want to hear politicians invoking it, either. It may be that most of the Brit immigrants you've met here fall into an older age group, which has a higher number of practicing Christians (for example), in which case it's understandable that they would seek to continue attending services, but that does not equate with them trying to 'impose' their religion on the French, any more than the 4,000 or so Rastafarians are 'imposing' their religion on others in Britain. BTW the separation of Church and State was one thing I did know about. I read it in about thirty books before I came to live here. [;-)] It does tickle me to see some people on forums bewailing the so called 'banning' of Nativity Plays etc. in UK, and citing such things among the reasons they're moving to France though.
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[quote user="caroline"]...I would be very interested to contact someone else who could tell me if the tiles are worth something.[/quote]Hi Caroline.[:)]I may be missing something here, but wouldn't you be better off asking the builder to save and re-use as many tiles as possible for the new roof you need?
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[quote user="Dick Smith"]The Return of the Jedi?[/quote]I wish a Jedi Knight would call round here sometime, rather than the Jehovas Witnesses.There are a lot of people who claim to be of the Jedi ilk in UK. I suppose some of them have moved here and may be trying to 'impose' their 'religion' on the French. Sorry Groslard...I know your post was serious but I'm having trouble with that part of it, (about religion), in particular.
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Nope, just lying low.I have read your Tales of Brave Adventure though. Your trip sounded great, and your bank account must be empty![:D]I'm retiring now. Sleep well!
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[quote user="groslard"]I have seen these problems in France:...A refusal to accept the French principal of laïcité, and attemptsto impose an alien religion and observances on their communities intheir own language[/quote]What have I missed here? What have Brits been up to in this regard?
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Hello Katie.[:)]
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[quote user="bodie"]...Should i be looking at this forum in a different way?[/quote]Perhaps accepting that thread drift sometimes happens after the topic has been adressed seriously would be a start.Insulting several forum members at once isn't advisable either.[;-)]
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Some things will remain, forever, mysterious!Welcome to the forum.[:D]
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Was this his symbol? [6]Sob...wail...sniffYes. Seeing his 'mark'/symbol makes me sad now. How can we help his memory live on? I know! [:-))]How about you adopting it, WB'sB? Go on. Say you will!
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[quote user="Christine Animal"]No, I really doubt his brother has as much [6] in him. [6][/quote]Could anyone, really? Such a loss.
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[quote user="Christine Animal"]He could certainly never replace him, but he can have a jolly good [6][/quote]I'll really miss seeing that [6], now WB has gone. I did wonder though. I could have sworn the ears of the [6] were getting a little less pointy recently, perhaps from over use? We'll never know now.
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When you said 'brother', did you really mean 'Identical Twin?Just wondering....[Www][:D]
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I do sympathise, WB/B/2I'm sure we all do. Of course there'll always be the odd flaky person who'll say they quite liked WB.
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Hey Ho! No probs. We all loathed that woolybanana. [6]
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[quote user="Jacqui Too "]
Wall paper partly stripped now
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John was abrupt, (and a little free with the salt), but he did give some good advice, which was to get legal help.Best of luck, Steve.
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[quote user="Frenchie"]yeahhh, so that explains my initial question..[/quote]
The answer is no. If someone posts or edits a post, their 'ball' lights up, but it only lasts a few minutes, and they may be gone before you notice.
That's it. There's no other way of telling if someone is online.
Unless the mods know different.[6]This is the only forum in the owl wild world (to borrow an expresion from Mr Nix) that has such limited information for forum members.I will resist the temptation to mention the rubbish search function (again).Oooops. -
[quote user="Jacqui Too "]I'm off to the paper striping now promise[/quote]Are stripes in this year then? [:D]
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[quote user="FairyNuff"]...next time I should really be less lazy and check what I'm buying![:$][/quote]We still make the odd mistake. The last was a chicken (which we roasted) that couldn't be cut into and bounced off the plate at every attempt. It was meant to be boiled for several hundred hours (or something).Oh well, it saved me polishing the floor for a while.[:D]
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[quote user="triciajh"]...There's an awful lot of negativity floating around on this thread. Of course you have to be realistic but a little bit of positivity doesn't hurt![/quote]Hi Tricia.There's a lot of positivity here too. I think it's quite natural that people will discuss/debate the less than 'dreamy' aspects of living here. As you said, when you went to USA with your children, you were at least fluent in the language (both written and spoken). That probably made a fundamental difference to your ability to not only support yourself financially, but to help your children with school/homework, and of course for all of you to build up friendships/relationships with neighbours, etc. These things make a huge difference, and shouldn't be underestimated by anyone.
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[quote user="mazza"]Tresco.. I am not attracted to the French education system...it's just that we are planning to move....my husband has a job....[/quote]Sorry Mazza. I got mixed up reading so many threads about people moving with children last night. [:$]
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[quote user="Clair"]na na nana naah [:P] [:D][/quote][:D]Your accent was impeccable when you said that, Clair.[:)]
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[quote user="Clair"]... au confluent de la Sarthe et du Sarthon, Saint-Céneri-le-Gérei(120 hab., 386 ha) a une belle église romane à peintures murales, unsite et des maisons qui lui ont valu d'être classé parmi les «plusbeaux villages de France»; il a pour originalité d'élire un mairebritannique, fixé dans la commune en 1970 et conseil en exportation,qui y a créé dès 1998 le premier centre d'appels du département."http://tresordesregions.mgm.fr/[/quote]Drat, you virtual French person. You beat me to it. I actually googled in French to come up with this!http://www.jeremyjosephs.com/english_mayor_in_france.htmTo heal my pain, will you fix my link?[:)]
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