Le martin-pêcheur
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Me, fish, chips and mushy peas at the harbour at Looe Cornwall................many years ago😀
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Why Titanic?............ because the performance "went down well" Sorry couldn't resist that one!😉
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The joke of all this football nonsense is that.............do a quick wage comparison on Google if you like............... between footballers, brain or heart surgeons, doctors, airline pilots, air traffic controllers - the list is endless of all those people who do a lot more than kick a ball around a field, or dare I say it, whack a small green ball across a net to each other for hours on end. Of course Nike do not sponsor surgeons, pilots etc. do they?😉
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Menthe,
I obviously don't know which laboratory does the blood tests for your husband, however, I thought it may be worth mentioning, for you and other members that Astralabs laboratory will send you the results by e-mail. Normally the same day and sent as pdf file. Our nurse gave us the option of e-mail so may be worth asking. Hope that helps.
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Whilst the recall for Citroën could be serious and I thank Harnser for alerting people, I couldn't resist placing this picture that could affect Renault owners 😀
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Talking of music...........I wish people would stop putting the words "rap" and "music" in the same phrase. IMHO rap is not music, it is not even a sound it is a noise!! Just sayin' 🙂
Many of my generation (no reference to the Who song🙂) learned to play instruments, played in bands and wrote songs with meaningful content. Not sure what is happening these days
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Yes, and the skill levels of snooker players are not remunerated as well as the footballers! When you look at the size of a goalmouth in relation to the size of the football - how do they miss so often and get paid millions to do so!!!! Obscene amounts of money that could be better spent elsewhere in the world. Football stopped being a sport many moons ago and became a massive money making racket..........just my opinion😉
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Try a quick search on ebay.fr or similar and grab a "stylus for phone". Just over a euro from China. I use one a lot as my chubby fingers were not designed for precision typing on a smartphone😉
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Thanks to Dave Lister and no doubt anotherbanana for persevering with the powers that be, looks like we're live again.
I hope so, as this forum is too greater resource for so many contributors, past, present and future to be lost.
Vive le forum!
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Hi,
If you can receive ITV4+1 you'll be able to see the snooker. We've had to do this this afternoon as most HD channels on our system are ..........not the best, but they are free.
Hope it helps
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Nope, I saw one bird changing his watch this morning, he must have forgotten to do it last night😀
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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!!
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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😄
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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😉
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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.😉
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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
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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.
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I have fond memories of "Watch with Mother ",does that count?😉
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Well, before the indigenous Indian people were all but eradicated.....................
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The fishermen.............hard to be kept at the quayside for a month.........on the other hand, I see the point ref the dolphins.
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I gave 110%.............impossible surely.
Rizz - whatever that is?
There must be more.
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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.
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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! 😉
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EV's?
in The Complete France Post Bag
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Wire you blaming Mrs C, its not her volt😉