Tresco
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Some of the people who don't live in France know far more about France and its foibles than I do. I would never discount someones advice or opinion because of where they live or have lived.
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Mazza, I agree it's sad for a child to feel that way. I would have been really sad if my 12 year old had said that. He's all grown up now though.What is it about the French education system that attracts you to France, though, rather than any other country?
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I thought Mike was impying the house was like a shed, not that there was a shed too...that makes all the difference!Still, I have learnt that accent now (and swiftly edited to add it)
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Hi Mike.I too think it's a good price (on the face of it) but I wonder if you've looked on the internet for other property, or land in the area? I've been approached a couple of times by people with tumbledown houses nearby, asking me do I know any English who will buy. When I've sussed things out (because at one point I was helping someone look for land/property here) it was a terrible rip off, once I started to add up the cost of importing/improving utilities, and even getting the land staked out for the cadastral plan can add thousands of Euros if its a big plot.I would never have bought a house in England without comparing and contrasting prices/what was on offer and wouldn't advise it here either. P.S; Goats are ten a penny. Do not be swayed by Goats, no matter how cute or strong they are. No offence to the Goats of the Vendée intended (but I do prefer Irish ones).[:)]
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[:D]Mrs Animal, you should stay up late every night.
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Joshua, what a horrible experience that must have been for you, even if you were expecting it.[:(]I really hope you and all people in similar situations aren't left with this anxiety for long.
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[quote user="Goldfish"]...It's under offer & has been since before Christmas but no one decided to update the site [:(] [/quote]That happens a lot I'm afraid. It's sometimes because a house is for sale with more than one agent, and they don't keep each other informed. Whatever the reason it's very disappointing.Now you know and won't get caught out again, giving your heart away and all that.[:)]Are you planning a trip over?ETA; That last picture. I can see they might get the car in, but how on earth would they get it out again?
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LOL Ahhhh Ceeceeeeeliaaarrrrgh[:-))]
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[quote user="Ian"]He looked sober.[/quote]He looked young, too. Perhaps this clip recorded the start of his kareoke addiction. [6]
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[quote user="Panda "]...One other point to note, I seem to recall some one posting that the area Midi-Pyrenees is one of the worst for not having provision for older kids who do not speak the language and have at times refused entry on the grounds that they could not cope with a non-French speaker... [/quote]I recall Jura saying quite emphatically that if the childs French (both written and spoken) is not up to standard, they will not be accepted for post 16 education, but that was dept. 66.Of course the same thing my apply to Midi P too.
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[quote user="jon"]...The Gironde is puntuated with all types of scenery, cities and towns.[/quote]Don't forget the 4 Nuclear Power stations.[6][;-)]
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[quote user="Christine Animal"]...Mrs. Tresco, there's your ploughman above ![/quote]On the ball as ever, Mts A.[:D]However we have all been very norty. I hope the OP (who seems to have a sunny disposition) will forgive (or even enjoy) the merry-making in the thread he/she started.
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[quote user="Gardian"]
Ever felt that, somehow you hadn't got your question across?
[/quote][:D]I asked the OP a serious, pertinent and sensible question, Guardian. I don't know why mad people follow me wherever I go![;-)] -
[quote user="Weedon"]Is this the type you mean nix? I fitted some windows to it the other day...what do you think?[/quote]Crikey, that's dreadful.[:'(]
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[quote user="FurryKnickers "]Evening Mrs Tresco[/quote][:D][kiss]Toulouse is like that too. It's not red stone but definitely rosé.
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[quote user="Goldfish"]...a beautiful house in the Limousin [:)] I found it by accident as I was sure that Normandy was the best place for us to live. But I'm in love with the house and grounds & after spending literally all weekend reading up on the Limousin & more importantly Lac de Saint-Pardoux I am sure this is the place we need to be.
[/quote]Can I ask, have you been to the Limousin, or did you see the house on a website?
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It's in the Telegraph. It's only 'a source close to the President' at the moment'.[;-)]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/14/wsarko114.xml
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[quote user="Just Katie"]
Sorry Tresc.
I could tell you about the Paris thing but I only have 3 mins left on the pay as you go at the hotel. It will wait. [:D]
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I can't understand all this jumping over walls or entering through any other building. People are making it sound as though the village and the museum are somehow 'joined'. They aren't.I was there on the 28th of December, and walked straight in through the gate. I never even saw the museum.
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[quote user="Mackyfrance"]Sorry to be a bit negative.
[/quote]Don't worry about it Macky.
People asking questions about something that has no 'definte' answer should expect to hear a wide range of views, including 'negative' ones.
I've heard precisely the things you say (on this and other forums, but also from people I know in real life) about how different things are, and how very difficult it is for both children and parents to adjust, so you (and your children) aren't alone in your experiences.
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[quote user="jon"]... I am not an accomplished typist or computor excpert....and my capitals arear "willy nilly "as I write.I am not shouting.
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Hi Jon.RH was giving you good advice. In terms of internet ettiquette (netiquette) Caps are deemed to be shouting, and so are best avoided, unless you intend to 'shout'.[:)] -
[quote user="oakbri"]...I don't know Tresco, could it be that they are the group most predominant in trying it on. [/quote]They could be, but as the vast majority of individual cases of people testing their employers/conditions of service never make it into the public domaine, how would we say for sure?Cases involving individual Muslims seem to be the most 'newsworthy', I'll give you that.[;-)]
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...I don't remember anyone implying that the only chancers are non-white, in fact a couple of posts have mentioned that the Sainsbury decision could, for example, pave the way for Catholics to refuse to serve birth control, many catholics are white.No you didn't state that.[:)]All the quotes and current incidences you and others cite, which are reported by various sections of the media, are about Muslims though. You don't think there is anything odd about that?
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[quote user="Deimos"]...Are the various religious "groups" just pushing to see how far they can go. [/quote]If every single member of a religious group was trying to wriggle out of the job they had signed up to do, I could understand the persistance with which people are using the term (or implying it). Given that they aren't, and that the vast majority of employed people in UK are likely to be 'white'/Brits, I would imagine they constitute the largest group of 'chancers'.This is certainly the case with employers (two of them my siblings) of my acquaintence.
When la Rochelle or Poitiers / Liverpool ?
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