Stew

[quote]This one's too easy... Monsieur et Madame Tare ont un fils, comment il s'appelle?[/quote] OK I'll bite - Guy Tare Monsieur et Madame Amaitroteau ont un fils, comment il s'appelle?

And I thought Neil's Petit Anne Nonce was better than my intended Jeanne Nonce (j'annonce) Stew (racking his brains for a new starter)

[quote]So if you go for a GP type problem but the person is also an acupuncturist you get 20 euros back, but if you go just to get the needles put in it is less? Sounds kind of unfair on the doctor that one...[/quote] just part of a general pattern towards scientific rationalism. A Good Thing in my book. Stew (if it can't be consistantly and repeatedly proven under lab conditions, I'm not all that keen)

What Honda is it by the way? 400/4? GS1100? before they becam known as (shudder) GoldWings I have a 1958 Panther Model 100. Its a 600cc single. I haven't yet gotten a carte grise for it. It WILL HAVE to have black/silver plates. And some friends recently brought over my old faithful 1982 Kawasaki GT750. A lovely plodding shaft drive taht never, never gives any trouble. Stew (because I'm white, middle class, anglo saxon and male, I ride motor bikes so that I can belong to SOME kind of oppressed minority)

We had a 3 month wait for an opthalmologist in Angouleme for my 7 year old son, whereas all his appointments in the UK were very quick less than a week. I popped in to a highh street optician in Roumazieres for new glasses and he couldn't do it with out a scriot from an ophtalmo. Even tho I had the numbers written down from my last pair. Seems that unlike in the UK French opticians are techies that fit lenses rather than operat the machines that look into your eyes to figure out lens strength Stew (still looking thru badly scratched lenses)

on the other hand their plat de jour on weekdays is great too, and no need to book. 10 euros gets you 4 or 5 courses and vin de table. But you gets what you gets, and sometimes it differs from table to table. Stew

voila - Monsieur et Madame Nonce ont une fille, comment elle s'appelle?

A. Annie (Annie Zetofray = anisette au frais) ?? give me a few minutes to think of the next starter . . . . Stew

The Vauxhall Cavalier I came over in a year ago is on its last legs. Rust, shot bearings, very nasty. I just want rid of it. I've been very slack and not informed DVLA. I still have the log book, but it is no longer MOT'd or UK taxed. There are 2 car breakers near me here in Charente. Will they take a car without a carte grise? I certainly don't want to pay heaps of dosh to the Prefecture to to get a carte gris so I can scrap it. Stew (wishing he'd bought a left hand drive car in the UK before leaving) I tried searching on this topic, but the search results I got were anything but!!

"one does get the odd rare Beamer driver who doesn't carve up other motorists and overtake on solid white lines on blind bends." . . . and park in the handicap spaces in car parks Stew (proud owner of a collapsed Cavalier, a Rover which leaks steering fluid and a petit cent-six)

You are effectively extending the 125mm outlet that the fire already has. I don't see how expanding the flue to a larger diameter will have any beneficial effect as a wider pipe, say 200mm will already be choked by the 125mm outlet. I reckon it will be fine. Wait to see if some highly qualified heating engineer posts a reply explaining how a wider pipe will have some venturi effect and pull the smoke out! Stew (wondering if, since wooden windows can warp so that they no longer close properly, could they be induced to warp back again if soaked wet and clamped shut for a bit)

What's the matter with you people? Andouilletes are gorgeous! They do smell a bit ripe, and my wife insists I cook them outside on the barbie, but the good thing is I get to eat them all to myself. yum. I find them great comfort food, especially in winter. And on a summer picnic, anduillette on a tordu loaf - yum yum. But then I'm a militant carnivore, and if there's something suspicious at the deli counter I'll buy it and bite it. The french in the Charante seem to have this attitude to wildlife - if its dangerous, kill it. If its not dangerous, kill it and eat it. I always loved the Blackadder episode about the Scarlett Pimpernell and the French arsitos eating "hugely suspicious sausages" made from horses willies. Stew (fooling about on this site because my acetelyne tank has run out, and its a Sunday, so my central heating installation has ground to a halt)

"when I turn on my cold tap, my windmill sails go round" Its because these days all the decrepit windmills have already been bought by English people talking schoolboy french!. Stew

Cherves Chatelars between Chassenieul and Montemboef Stew

My wife Fiona is a professional mural artist. She's done a lot of work in the UK and has already done a mural for the maternelle at Villebois Lavelette We live near Chassenieul, not a million miles away. If you still need the work doing we can exchange phone numbers via the private mail Stew