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  1. My views on this are similar to Idun's. As you've described it, it doesn't match with our experiences at all. Especially all 4 of you for the compromis. Sounds strange. Is your immo french? We sold 2 houses in France. The first stage was agreement on price, after some bartering. This was all done via the immo, not face to face. Who then sent us a document with the agreed price, but this has little legal value.The next step, signing the compromis, was between the buyer and the immo  plus notaire - we weren't there. The buyer then has 10 days to reconsider , and if still in agreement, pays the agreed deposit. That's when you can be fairly confident about the sale Then a final date is agreed on via the immo, and we're all there plus the notaire for signing the Acte.I can't remember at what stage the clauses suspensives are written in.
  2. I agree Betty he was relatively harmless as a mayor, and exploited his gift for personal charm to the full. But running a country is another thing.I read the link - the thing that's so strange to me is that pro Brexit people are either well off or from poor areas. such as Tyneside. Mostly the elderly here who want to bring back the good old days when we stood and fought on our own. And traditionally Labour voters.It's puzzling.
  3. Yet there are people in London, and probably the rest of the country, who think he's great.A London man came on LBC this morning and said what a fantastic mayor he'd been. He has a 'magic' quality about him, which none of the others have.In spite of Nick Ferrari, who is definitely rightwing, pointing out Boris' failings in his time as mayor, and foreign secretary, this man brushed it all off. So that's the kind of person who would be voting.Having said that, maybe MP's and Tory constituency members vision is just as clouded.
  4. I thought the buyer has 7 days to consider before confirming? Are you sure it was the Compromis and not the Acte? Otherwise , if you really want to sell, make a counter offer, between the 2 prices.Crossed posts with pomme - 10 days not 7. There's also the matter of the deposit - has it been paid?
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    Just to show what inspired me in those days:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB6oI04sMc4
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    I liked the bit about the boy who wanted to be a jockey. I was a bit like that myself, having seen the film National Velvet. I used to ride on a pony (not mine) and gallop on the hard sand at our beach, imagining I was Velvet.I grew out of it though, went onto other things.
  7. That was a trick question Richard. I'm not getting involved in the Israel/Palestine discussion.
  8. In the english legal system common law came first. I suppose that's like natural law.Don't know about other countries.
  9. oemodm - as I said before, ask a local. If you don't speak french, get someone to help you who does.
  10. You're right Norman! Just tried it.
  11. Down in the SW they've had a lot of rain and the farmers are happy. Especially the cerialiers. Last year they were worried after a few years of low rainfall.Tony - links don't work on here. But you can get them if you copy and paste in your browser.
  12. OK Richard I give in .Mine are the goodies and yours are the baddies.Oops! I mean mine are the the baddies and yours are the goodies.
  13. Very interesting Richard, but not surprising. But should we believe it?I'm getting more and more cynical about what's printed in the newspapers. More important than what they print is what they leave out. They must have to select from the vast amount of news coming in so we can never know the whole picture. Israeli press is also selective in what they print. And no doubt the Palestinian press, if we could read arabic. TV and radio reports are even more selective.I still can't resist reading newspapers online.
  14. "Not exactly unbiased is he."None of us is unbiased. That's the problem.
  15. But you carefully avoid another side of the story:https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/07/alex-titus-israel-siege/The biased reporting on both sides makes it impossible to arrive at the truth - whatever the truth is.I think there has been a temporary ceasefire since the date of this report, 7th May 2019.
  16. Well done John and Hoddy. I know the one you mean now -spikes of purpley blue flowers.Lots of those too in the Gers - they look good in a wild flower arrangement.
  17. We often saw wild chicory at the roadside. It was grown as a crop too:https://www.ediblewildfood.com/chicory.aspx
  18. Me too Betty.I wish I'd been there - we live not so far away, the other side of the river. Someone on a local forum compared his visit to that of Moseley in Cable St. in the 1930s.
  19. I've got a few long skirts too - but partly to hide my 'sparrers ankles'.As for dressing up smart in the Gers, most of my best things were from the 90s when I was working. I wore those to go shopping etc, and found that the farming locals wore the same styles. If you shopped in the morning when the oldies were out. In the afternoon and evening it was more the young people who wore uptodate fashion.
  20. Idun - another memory of formalities from the old days - When you buy a house and settle in a commune in France ingratiate yourself by taking a bottle of whisky etc to the Mairie, and introduce yourself to the Maire (or Mairesse as the case might be.)ps I never did that. Our first Maire was a social climber, but his secretary was nice.The second was a sweet gentle man who didn't need any bribes.
  21. I never knew about that, but usually changed clothes before going out to meet the public. eg shopping.One very important formality though was greeting people. Shake hands , 'Bonjour - ca va?' etc. Before launching into the main issue of the conversation. Even when they were doing manual work they would offer their forearm instead of their soiled hand.I like that custom, and try it here sometimes.There was also this thing about kissing which french people do with their close friends and families. There's a whole ritual. But I never felt comfortable about it. 
  22. idun - my husband speaks a few words of french, and understands it quite well. But because he's dyslexic he has no idea of reading or writing it. So could never have coped with the bureaucracy etc if I died before him..We were like you and your husband Mogs, and decided to leave - reluctantly - before it was too late.The actual move, and the months building up to it, were very difficult. Wouldn't, couldn't go through it again. Still tying up loose ends now, after 15 months back here.
  23. "The Non-Resident Landlords' Scheme"Thanks for the explanation frexpt. We knew about this when we first rented out our UK house, but I was rather confused about it, as husband (I ) had completed self assessment for him for several years.The main thing being we had declared our liability for tax assessment on property to the HMRC.
  24. Look in your local yellow pages - they're listed under each profession. I'm not sure what type you need? Then if registered they show their Siret number as proof.Gardener would come under jardinage etc.
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