Teamedup
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Ah, don't like the sound of his recipes/food (and yes I know what he won) and they do sound like they are done in a laboratory, although I seem to remember some of the kitchen in my son's cooking college were called laboratorys too.
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Yes, I think that Charallais's daughter would have been allowed in under the old rules, as long as her parents made some sort of guarantee to take responsibilty for her.
I am pretty sure that EU laws still state that no one should move country to freeload when they get there. Have I misread the the text below? It looks clear to me.
Is it a wonder that people like me get annoyed, I won't say irritated, when the laws are flaunted, with, might I add the strange complicity of the french authorites, or so it seems.
I agree if someone moves to France and later has problems when they are in the system then at some point where one lives comes in to play and entitlement.
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Les ressources visées sont suffisantes lorsqu'elles sont supérieures au niveau de ressources en deçà duquel une assistance sociale peut être accordée par l'État membre d'accueil à ses ressortissants ou, si ce critère ne peut s'appliquer, lorsqu’elles lorsqu'elles sont supérieures au niveau de la pension minimale de sécurité sociale versée par l'État membre d'accueil.
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You've got me there RH, don't know who Heston would be.[8-)]
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Well only your 7 year old 'has' to go to school. What has your Mairie said, in our village it was always the Mairie and never the conseil generale who organised transport and sorted out any problems.
Also what has the associations parents d'eleves said and done, they usually try and sort something out in such circumstances.
You haven't mentioned the actual distance to the bus stop, how far is it? My kids used to have a 20 minute walk to school every day and some kids had to walk further than us, as you said in all weathers as we didn't have two cars. The good thing is that waterproofs and warm weather clothing is good these days, ie a cagoule doesn't have to leave you as wet on the inside as it is on the outside.
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I remember it well, a scientist friend of mine watching me cook and ignoring the recipe book, which I had open. He said that cooking was a science and I laughed and said 'only in little ways, good cooking is an art'. He was a lousy cook and followed all recipes to the letter.
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What about the train from Barcelona to Nice when you get back. Probably take all day, but should be a pleasant ride.
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The ladies here, when they put on weight get rounded bottoms, then when they lose it their bots are flat and not like that dangerous gal in the photo.
I remember when I was young my friends eyeing up some blokes at a rugby club and one friend saying 'nice bum'. I am an 'eye' person myself and was surprised about that at the time.
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[:)] I was just trying to be clearer. Sometimes I'm not.[:$]
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Bobh, I'm not bothered about the accents, but in some ways changing the 'title' of this made it worse.
You saw that everyone was in agreement that the word you wanted wasn't soiree, it means an evening out, a pleasant evening, that sort of thing and nothing to do with house/region hunting. Sounds to me like you should have said sortie, which would mean recce, a mosey round. There is a whole language to learn, and a suggestion, when people are telling you you have it wrong, maybe you should listen, otherwise it is going to be very hard.
Can you just see the scene in England, you say to your friends, 'I'm going off to France for a pleasant evening out' 'What are you going to do' they ask. You reply 'house hunting of course'. Add Renee's voice to that and the reproachful you stupid person or some such thing as you reply and it will do nicely.
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I'm sure that Carrefour, even Super U and I imagine most other of the bigger supermarkets do most sizes including the bigger ones these days and you can try them on there.
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We had a pie the other day which was a speciality of a region in l'Indre, it was meat, tasted like sausage mixed with mince and hard boiled egg. Very nice it was too. For some reason my friends here thought that I would be tasting something very unusual and very special. They thought it very funny that we found it tres brittanique.
I love pies. I made some chicken and mushroom pies for a do we were going to and one of the bloke was wandering round telling everyone that the torte I had made was riz de veau and excellent. Sometimes I wonder about people. Who would make a pie with riz de veau?
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Friends caught the ferry from Barcelona to Palma.
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Try 3suisses, I 'm sure that they are available everywhere though. My friend takes an f and has few problems these days, even getting pretty ones.
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I didn't say, it's UK general elections, and french local elections and french candidates for european elections. I don't think that that is bad for those of us who like to vote.
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We have lived in France for 26 years so yes, our cash is helping you. And as I said, when we leave we will still have to pay into the french system, we have no choice in this. We'll also be paying in the UK, but not as much I esteem we should if they got everything as we'll be living there.
The carte de sejour stopped a couple of years ago. To get one we had to prove income and we had to prove that we had minimum amounts to live on in France. We had to prove that we could support ourselves properly or go. It was not unreasonable.
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It isn't just retired people here. We have paid into this system for 26 years and will continue to do so when we leave. As far as I can ascertain for the moment we can't get around that. We would rather pay where we live.
Getting benefits in the UK is not a piece of cake, I know enough about it to know that. I'm sure that some will manage to wangle the system, but they aren't just throwing money at most people.
Traci, make no mistake, the money you get from the French is from the French, there is no EU fund for special cases who move to France or any where else. What a life you have lead, I've never been able to afford school fees for my kids and yet our money is helping you out now, do you know how used it makes me feel. And don't think that I'm against helping those in need. But really, this is just toooo much for me.
My son earns crap money and pays everything in France, he can't afford to buy anywhere, he doesn't have a holiday home he can escape to to scrounge, he is rather like most french people leading their ordinary lives.
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[quote user="Patf"]Could it be an exaggerated example of the new law about the government taking tax off interest at source from some savings accounts? To avoid this you move your money to the type of account that isn't subject to this law. Pat.
[/quote]No it wasn't that at all. And Monique was on about something else where she had to pay excessive charges to get her own money back that had been 'taken'. I missed half of that completely and would have like to know what had been taken and why and when. It was a very animated evening last night. Cacophony comes to mind.
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What would anyone do. Well in the past we just couldn't move to France 'like that' with no means of support as Traci said. We wouldn't have been eligible for a carte de sejour and therefore had no right to stay in France. Also the health cover was NOT there either in the past. It was not unreasonable to tell people to go home, France owes no one anything.
Even in the past if parents were up for supporting their children/grandchildren then I suppose they may have been allowed to stay. However, it boils down to who is keeping someone.
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My condolences Mops.
Sorry I can't help you, you really need to talk to at least one notaire.
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We we ended up having a Happy Pie Day yesterday, I made a chicken and mushroom pie and it was delicious.
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What a good question. I have always not wanted to die in France as a french resident. I wouldn't like to die on holiday somewhere either, as it must be quite a waff on for those who are left, not that it would be my problem, but I would still rather not that 'mine' have such an awkward situation to deal with. So the UK would be the best place for me really.
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ROFL, I have often thought exactly the same Patf.
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Cinq-E the ladies round here have definitely got flatish bottoms when they are thin. The bigger ones have bigger bottoms, but you are right about the thin legs, even the bigger ladies seem to have thin legs. My now retired hair dresser was very thin and fit too, doing her 'footing' every day. I remember her telling me one day that she would hate to lose her bottom, truthfully she has a flatter bottom that most men I know.
Shoes, I went up a size after each child was born. I used to take, depending on the make a 51/2 or 6, so when I came here took a 38 or 39. Then I went up to 40 then 41, but it depends on the make. If in doubt I look on the labels inside trainers, they usually have UK and french sizes marked in them.
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[quote user="Iceni"]
Youth = 4 supple limbs + 1 stiff
Old age = 4 stiff + 1 supple
John
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Glucosamine? Chondroitine? VitaminD?
Have you tried rattling instead of being stiff.
Should I be adding one more comprimé to that list.......... bleu peut-être[6]
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It was one of the main things we did as the parents group, sort out transport scolaire. We are a km from our school, on the flat it took 20 minutes when the kids were little, many kids had up to 2kms to walk or be driven. I really don't know how far those kids who were on the school bus would have had to walk to get to the bus, no one mentioned it. Our village has many lieu dit and hamlets up the mountain and there were central pick up points in each.
Re the weather, well a combinaison de ski is usually waterproof and warm and lots of the kids around here will go to school in them along with warm boots in mid winter. Apart from this winter, which hasn't been in any way normal, then we get cold winters too.
As you live so far out, why don't you have two cars, wasn't this always going to be a problem wasn't it, as usually people have to go to work and when they are in a rural setting use a car. Public transport in rural France can be pretty bad if not non existent. It is one of the things that everyone always says on here when people are planning a move to rural France, preview two cars.
EDIT When I said we sorted out the transport scolaire, it was with our mairie. So contact the Parent d'Eleves and the Mairie. The Mairie would be the ones to ask the Conseil General for an extra arret bus which is closer to your home.