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  1. Ditto, Dave, Joined in 2003 and used to receive the magazine. Long time ago, but this forum has served us well, and hope that we have been able to help others. Vive le forum!!
  2. We have been in touch via e-mail with URSSAF - again!! Don't ask.........😀 They took 3 weeks to reply, as usual, to just one simple question. You're right Menthe about signing off. To have to put the more traditional business type ending of " veuillez recevoir Monsieur/Madame mes salutations distinguées" does not reflect my thoughts at all as I am hitting the keyboard harder than usual, finishing off with resounding thump on the return/send button. (Often accompanied by a selection of verbal expletives) The sign off I would like to use would not be published on this forum, and wouldn't win me any friends at URSSAF😄
  3. The ubiquitous courgette................Only way I ever enjoyed one was burnt to death on a plancha - it could have been anything really, but I did see a slice or two go on the plancha. Tried many recipes since and courgettes are a filler/carrier of proper flavours😉
  4. My apologies to all who enjoy the Olympics, they leave me cold. I notice that rolling around on the floor or on your head with a hand in the air AKA "break dancing" is making its entrance this year..........what next?................. car washing, ironing, pie eating 🤣With apologies to any break dancers of course.😉
  5. 20 years ago, when buying our first very old farmhouse here (sold it many years ago), we contacted a UK surveyor who at the time wanted 2 grand, plus hotel accommodation and travel costs to and from the airport...........we declined. The French gentleman at the time who was doing the normal diagnostics gave us an in depth structural survey for 500€*, which included the diagnostics report. Whether or not the new diagnostics guys - who seem to use a laptop and a range of gadgets - can offer this service, I don't know. * But, the house with no sanitation, cold water feed only and one fuse on the wall, he didn't have a lot to do. He didn't notice anything that we hadn't already seen in the structure, but it did reassure us that we hadn't missed anything. Caveat emptor
  6. We're with you albf, on both counts😀 Our countertop oven /grill heats up to operating temperature in a fraction of the time that our old conventional oven took-and has just three twisty knobs - perfect! Despite our age, both 60+, we call it our student oven.
  7. I have fond memories of "Watch with Mother ",does that count?😉
  8. Well, before the indigenous Indian people were all but eradicated.....................
  9. The fishermen.............hard to be kept at the quayside for a month.........on the other hand, I see the point ref the dolphins. https://www.sudouest.fr/environnement/mer/protection-des-dauphins-pourquoi-500-navires-de-peche-sont-a-l-arret-ce-lundi-dans-le-golfe-de-gascogne-18167077.php
  10. I gave 110%.............impossible surely. Rizz - whatever that is? There must be more.
  11. Edel, Great to see someone arrive on the forum, ask some good questions, get some good answers AND say thank you! Sadly not all do that. Good luck with whichever decision you make.
  12. Yes, and the ubiquitous "like " and "went" not often used correctly in the modern UK parlance, as in "I was like,and he was like and he went and so I went" total nonsense!! What has happened to the English language? Lazy brains..........too many TV people talking in that fashion (could have said like that, but well you know...). Speaking of which, "erm well you know I mean"...I know it's a phrase and not a word, but just taking the opportunity to vent my spleen - init! 😉
  13. Hi, This site should have your info - somewhere. https://www.lassuranceretraite.fr/portail-info/home.html Sign up for an "espace personnel" to access your contributions etc. Hope it helps. Cheers!
  14. We wish people, particularly UK TV presenters, etc would STOP saying "Amazing"!!!!!!!!!!! It is infuriating their lack of vocabulary!!
  15. Peace on Earth. Merry Christmas all.
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