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[quote user="Will "] It's just the way that a certain element, which seems plentiful in Basse Normandie, moves to another country (it's worse still apparently in Spain, parts of Brittany, and certain areas further south in France) and flatly refuses to even understand, let alone take in, the local culture and manners. [/quote] Oi!  You talkin' 'bout me mate?  I know all about local cultcha.  I et a Yogurt today.

Brilliant! [:D] [:D] [:D]

That's a great deal, Bob.  Does everyone buy wood already dried and ready to use (4-5 years stacked and dried under a tarp before use) or does anyone buy green wood and keep it until it is ready?  Around here if you buy green it is between 5 -10 euros  a stère cheaper.  The ready to use stuff is 38 euros per stère for oak and chestnut cut to 50cm and delivered.  So we've been buying some of each this year and eventually plan to be just buying green. PS The suppliers are talking about prices going up next year as they've been the same here for good while now.

[quote user="ChezShells"] I urge everyone to visit the area around Brantome, by far the best (IMO) area I have seen of France[/quote] Bit of a sweeping statement, Chez!

A chip in the mouth is worth two on the shoulder, as we say oop north.

Normandy is so wonderful that the Ancinnois where we live consider themselves Normans - even though Ancinnes is a couple of km over the border in the Pays de la Loire!

Just for you, Angela. [img]http://www.donaldswann.co.uk/hat5.jpg[/img] Linked to Donald Swann's website.

I remember French and Flanders - a female comedy double act, weren't they?  Or was that Saunders and Simpson?

Don't do the Ibis - please!  I was forced to stay there once during a dock blockade and it was awful, plastic and soulless.  Maybe it has changed? Have a look here for recommendations - it's a good site. http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g196632-Boulogne_sur_Mer_Nord_Pas_de_Calais-Hotels.html

I think they are of a type.

Or with Jude ....

So if I used your feet for earrings .... [Www]

My ears?  Fruity?  We're not talking about your feet here, you know! [:D]

I find that when it is hot and both hands are occupied with a job, like lawnmowing or hoeing, that flies always go for my ears.  What's that all about, then?

There was an old lady who swallowed a dog. What a hog! To swallow a dog! She swallowed the dog to catch the cat... She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ... She swallowed the bird to catch the spider That wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. But I dunno why she swallowed that fly Perhaps she'll die. Maybe she does not have sufficient cover.

Perhaps as long as she does not attempt to swallow a cat she will recover.

Perhaps she'll die.

We've been invaded by tiny spiders.  Their webs are everywhere in the garden today, on the ground, in the air, over your wine glass.  Should keep the flies off, though!

Too late! [:D]

As I get older the years get shorter.  Can't remember the last long year!

I found this on Yahoo: http://www.herage.org/vienne_lparoisses.php?insee=86106&nom=Gl%E9nouze So if that is right, it seems to be the Eglise de Notre Dame.

So whatever it was (what was it?) wasn't me, then? [8-)]

Oi!  Would someone mind telling me what I'm being blamed for here?  What am I supposed to have done, m'lud?  Do I get a chance to defend myself? [8-)] EDIT: "Unfortunately the thread was hi-jacked by a rude, pompous, arrogant, bombastic, boastful, patronising and really just plain out of order person."  Hmmm.  Does sound like me.  Maybe I'm guilty of whatever it is?

[quote user="weliveinhope"]What a strange quibble. I wonder if your first post(s), or the first posts of most members for that matter, was full of useful information for the other members or was it,as many first posts inevitably are, seeking information?  [/quote] What a strange post. I wonder if you got hold of the wrong end of the stick when you made this post.  That's usually my job. [:D]

The previous owners had been running the CH boiler on Leclerc oil for 15 years, it was they who told us where to buy.  We had the burner serviced last year and the ch plumber did not report any problems.  That said, we have now switched to running the boiler on wood because it is a lot cheaper! PS They do 2 grades - always buy the superior grade.