Richard-R
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Here is the website: http://www.soifdecoeur.com/ but my wife decided to do a quick recycling run after lunch, so the bottles vanished into the 'Big Green Bin'
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I picked up an interesting bottle of plonk in Carrefour today. Siof de Coeur. Nothing unusual until to read the back and find out it is a romance wine. On the inside of the front label is a code you enter on their website and get to meet other people who have purchased the same wine in the same area. It is the best mareting idea I seen for a couple of years in France. Just a shame the wine is bland, but then it did cost less then 3Euros.[IMG]http://wine.the-world-in-focus.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/p10100042.jpg[/IMG]
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[quote user="valB"]I LOVE IT, Richard, what a great pic. [/quote]Thanks, I try and do 'offbeat pics' for my wine blog.[IMG]http://wine.the-world-in-focus.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/p10100022.jpg[/IMG]
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Wine[IMG]http://wine.the-world-in-focus.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/p10100023.jpg[/IMG]
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A collection of my French videos on you, most are from around Aude/Corbieres:http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A9BCEC735D7A231C
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Crack'ling is next I bet :-)
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Mobile Horse meat!!![IMG]http://france.the-world-in-focus.com/Resources/sm2.jpeg[/IMG]Mobile butchers van in Saint Marcel sur Aude
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It is common here in the rural south (Languedoc) for you see mobile horse butchers come around once a week, and there are a few shops still going. Needless to say there are always a few 'cuts' in the supermarkets.[IMG]http://france.the-world-in-focus.com/Resources/oz1.jpeg[/IMG]Shop in Olonzac
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I've only found 2 decent food shops. Grand Frais for a wonderful selection of fresh fruit and veg (and the meat is not bad)and Picards for frozen veg, meat ect. Picards even sell such exotic items, like frozen sweetcorn!!!!!For a nation that loves meat, the meat you find in the supermarket is dire (and often out of date). You have to go to a decent butchers shop and pay the earth. Unless you are near a kosher or halal butcher.
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You will find that EdF are ripping of us in France even more. Thier profit margin here are very high and being used to fund thier global expansion. There was a report in Le Monde a while ago, stating that we over pay by about 20% on our power bills.
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The CRS police go undercover during the summer and become lifeguards on southern French beaches. Just imagine, you are playing volley ball/football and it is in a forbidden area, and the next thing you know is the tear gas grenades exploding at your feet. Swimming in a red zone, you will find out when a rubber bullets hits the back of your head. If you have ever seens these guys in action, you will think twice about dropping litter on the beach!!!!!!!YouTube Video of the Baywatch CRS
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"Ah, could you be closer to the truth than you realise. Was it really a tornado? Look at the damage. It is too extreme for a European tornado. I reckon the government knows more than they are letting on."Well there is the matter of all that missing semtex, oh and bomb makers in Limoux......
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There are more TdF pics and a video on the South East France section of this forum. http://www.completefrance.com/cs/forums/1318144/ShowPost.aspx
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I would drive there now, if not for the fact that the local wine makers are turning the hand to making bombs!
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All may be silent in parts of the south, but they are now selling Strongbow cider in the little supermarket in Durban Corbieres, making one very happy English chap, dance with joy. Who says life is not exciting in rural Aude!!!!!
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A good option would be to donate it to a charity for a fixed period (5-10 years). With the stipulation that they maintain it to its current standard. They can then rent it out to earn income and will pay all local taxes etc. We have done this with a house we own in Rome, which is now used by a charity which runs pilgrimages for disabled persons to the Vatican. It is a good way have a tax free investment because you can offset any capital gains againt the market value of the donation. Plus you may even get a tax refund :) with this kind of asset storage when you decide to sell it.
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Are Picassa web albums the way that google populates 'google images' ?
PS.The image I posted from Photobucket last night was a copy/paste but the size had been pre adjusted.
[/quote]Yes and No. Any image, on any website with an 'alt' or 'title' tag will get listed on Google Images, but it can take a while. If you do not want your images listed there but have them on sharing sites (flickr etc.), title and tag them with gibberish i.e. ^*^&^% if the site does not let you leave out titles and tags. -
Good old hemp. You would need to smoke about 50kgs to get any kind of buzz, and have you ever tried rolling a joint that big ;) ;)[IMG]http://www.undercurrents.org/images/spliff.jpg[/IMG]
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Cheers Mod, I was just about to resize the image.
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A few pics of the tour passing through our village.[IMG]http://life-in-france.the-world-in-focus.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/p1010071_2.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://life-in-france.the-world-in-focus.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/p1010075_2.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://life-in-france.the-world-in-focus.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/p1010015.jpg[/IMG]Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbmKmjQJc50picture size edited by a mod...
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You can post a photo from any location. This image is hosted by me. If you use firefox, put the cursor over an image on a webpage, click the right mouse button and pick 'copy image location' and then pop back here write (IMG)(/IMG) using [] instead of () and paste the image link between the 2 tags (IMG)http://life-in-france.the-world-in-focus.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/p1010101.jpg(/IMG) and it will appear like the image below.[IMG]http://life-in-france.the-world-in-focus.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/p1010101.jpg[/IMG]
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Don't expect to see many crowd shots, they (China) are not letting many overseas vistors in, in case they hold 'Free Tibet' banners. The games will be a farce, with crowds of 'volunteers' forced at gun point to cheer for the cameras. I would imagine this will have sone effect on those taking part, so will make for a rather dull and controlled games.
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