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  1. Can anyone explain what degroupage actually means and what is its significance with regard to an ADSL connection.
  2. Laura I am sorry if I clouded the issue but I think Johns suggestion may be the easiest. I had assumed you were on dialup in UK and were going to ADSL for the first time. My idea was only in case the LIVEBOX didn't allow any connection but I think that will be unlikely.  
  3. Laura In my earlier post I said you can use a dialup modem with your ADSL setup by using the normal telephone port. I forgot to mention that although you can use the ADSL at the same time. The ADSL takes priority and so will cut the modem speed to 9600 which is very slow and almost unusable but it's there. However if the livebox is unplugged then you should get a modem connect speed of about 34000. This is of course only if you cant get any other support. You should be able to dial the UK Wanadoo dial up number 00448450796699 and supply your old ID and Password and you will at least be able to connect to your old account. This will obviously be expensive but is there if you need it. I suspect you wont have any problems as Wanadoo seem to have sorted out their earlier hassles. Hope this helps.
  4. I have decided that I need to change my signature but keep getting the following. Server Error in '/cs' Application. Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'UserId', table 'LCommunityServer.dbo.aspnet_Profile'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails. The statement has been terminated.I can't see anything wrong with what is entered in the page and I have tried Maxthon and Firefox to make the changes. Does anyone know what can be the problem?
  5. Wanadoo provide a NoTies service like UK. It's something like 1.5cents a minute so it isn't too expensive for short times on the net and/or reading email. I suspect though that as Wanadoo have already ADSL'd your French line that you will have ADSL up and running fairly quickly.
  6. Laura Yes. A lot of questions. The good news. Your email won't be difficult to setup to whatever you have already set. The bad news is that I suspect it will be hard to cancel the contract if you find you wish to go with someone else. Although Wanadoo don't always provide the best ADSL in certain areas. I'm sure it can be got working. The best solutioon for you is to wait till you come over and bring a normal dial up modem with you. You can then use that to talk to the forum. I'm in 33. Ste Foy La Grande. Hope that helps
  7. [quote user="daniel"]I'm french and I must say that reading this thread was great fun ! A few things : nobody cares about the académie française here. It takes them 50 years to go through the dictionnary from A to Z so that when they come back to A, the language has changed so much that the next run will last a century. But they are part of the paysage, just like the garde républicaine, the 14 juillet and the pétanque. There are a few people who master the whole academic french. Maybe two or three ! But these are professionals who practice everyday for the "dictée de Pivot" competition. We don't even know if the English we (try to) use is English, American or Martian, and just as for the académie : who cares. It would be fun to see a Brit speaking perfect canadian french but I have little hope. Don't bother, just make sure you can order a pastis at the bar and you'll be happy with your englishish french. [/quote] Daniel It is nice to hear from a French person who doesn't take it all too seriously. My French is very definately Englishish French. I think the biggest problem has been my not grasping the fact that I just can't string together a few words and something meaningfull will register with the person I'm speaking to. I have found out that if you're trying to buy something then any words will do and in fact the other person may even break into English, which rather spoils all my effort. I never did learn French at school and didn't even do terribly well with my English. As they say. Life is too short. I'm off to order a Pastis.  
  8. I just looked at their web-site to try to find out more info and that doesn't seem to work properly either. Maybe they're having an off day. http://www.netbysky.com/satellite/faq.php?q=5    
  9. I do agree with TeamedUp as to the benefits of French TV. We struggled with it for quite some time but our listening French is now adequate and you do get a bit of an education as to French attitudes. I still watch good things on BBC, ITV etc... but French TV has helped enormously with the language.
  10. Can anyone recommend a good French (France) dictionary. Not a bilingual one but a pure correct French Dictionary. Examples of grammar would be useful too.
  11. I think that us Brits should just get used to Americanised English. The fact that the French are having to accept English in any form should indicate to us that we should accept changes as well. It is worth learning all the differences anyway. On the subject of languages. I have long been searching for a good dictionary for finding out the meaning of French words. I have always found that the bilingual dictionaries don't have all the French words that I have found written in French documents. I am thinking that maybe I should purchase a good French Dictionary and simply read through the French descriptions. My French is not that good but at least it may enable me to find the words. Can anyone suggest a really good French (France) Dictionary.
  12. I suspect that entertainment takes priority over facts.
  13. We sold our house in France October just gone. It was purchased in 89 and had been our secondary residence up until we left UK about two and a half years ago. The notaire calculated that we didn't owe any CGT due to the fact that we had owned the property since 89 but told us to hang on to any bills that would show proof of residency for the period stated. Will I fall under the new UK tax rules for CGT for this sale?
  14. [quote user="McJules"] We have just bought a vineyard in South West France.....does anyone have any tips for us on running it?? We have never had any involvement in the industry before but feel sure that it can't be that difficult. What should we be doing with our vines at this time of year? Can anyone give us any tips on potential pitfalls?? [/quote] I love the optimism.  
  15. [quote user="cheminot"] Can I ask those who have used HIFX how long the money took to transfer? The last time I sent some via them they held it for six weeks before putting it in my CA account and the rate was nothing special either. I know it is common practice for 'no-fee' exchange or transfer companies to hold on to the money for a while to gain interest, but in this instance I can only conclude that they did not feel that my continued custom was to their advantage. Cheminot [/quote] I have very uneasy feelings about third party foreign exchange companies handling my money. If they go t*ts up. So does your money. I always use Natwest. I then don't loose any sleep.
  16. I don't know the answer but it might be woth reading through this thread. http://forums.livingfrance.com/shwmessage.aspx?ForumID=285&MessageID=190289&TopicPage=1  
  17. [quote user="Suandpete"]I can't understand this at all - my husband is ex military and in receipt of a pension paid and taxed in Uk - I am ex Civil Service and in a similar position. We complete a tax form here each year and send in copies of the pension details - and yet we have had no problem at all affiliating with CPAM.  It almost sounds as if they think you are still serving. [/quote] Is your husband under 65?
  18. [quote user="Agenais"]Yes, it is the same, highly refined and hence not cheap for the ones that are sans odour.  In a small space they do build up moisture, fortunately our house is very old, quite large, with very high ceilings and a miriad of weeny gaps for air to get in,  so it dissipates quite well.  Have been noseying at the gas ones too. [/quote] We too use a petrole heater. It's a Zibro Kamin fan assisted model and we run it on the 15euros per 20litres stuff. It doesn't smell and works quite efficiently. It cost about Euros 460 about three years ago but has been brilliant for our heating needs. The reason I quoted your item Agenais is that the environment factors you mentioned are very important when choosing one of these heaters. It costs us around 12 to 14 bidons (240  to 280 litres) per year. Around Euros 200 per year. The nice thing too is when you come in you press one button to start it. When it's time to go out or go to bed you just press the same button again to switch it off. You can also take it with you when you move house.
  19. [quote user="Brilec"] No it doesn't, there is a gap round Rouen. The bit from Le Mans to Tours will open on 16th December, so not long to wait. From Calais, follow the signs to Rouen. When you get there, follow the signs firstly to Paris/Caen, then just Caen and Le Mans/Alencon. Rouen is a lovely place to get lost in, ask anyone. [/quote] We always used to call it "The road to ruin". One time we went through there and got so lost we went past the industrial area over cobbles for a long way and ended up on a small ferry that crossed the river. It was very interesting and a good job we weren't in a hurry. But we did eventually get to Dieppe and catch the real ferry. I've now learnt that the trick is to keep right as you get near Rouen from the South.
  20. Paul / Punch I had forgotten that Windows has a built in tool for making changes to BOOT.INI. Just do the following. Goto Control Panel / System / Advanced / Startup Recovery and make the changes there. There is a dropdown list to choose your new entry and your old deleted entry. You can also change the timeout value to 0.  
  21. Punch I do appologize for jumping in with my solution as I thought it would be right for your setup. I was not aware that changing the drive sequence in BIOS could acheive the resolution to your problem. Oh well I hope you try that first before editing BOOT.INI.      
  22. [quote user="Gyn_Paul"]Punch, Are the different OS's on different drives? If so it's a simple matter of going into the bios and changing the order that it looks at the drives to boot up. Good luck (I'm off back to the freezing barn to continue the exciting CH installation!).  p [PS - where's your avitar gone?] [/quote] Punch It's not quite that simple and you will have to edit a file. There is a small file called Boot.ini that sits in your first drive C:\. The black screen that you see comes from whatever is in this file and it will look something like this. I have changed it to possibly look a bit like yours. [boot loader] timeout=30    default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Drive C Windows XP home edition" /fastdetect multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINNT="Drive D Windows XP Family edition" /fastdetect In order to edit it you will need to make it visible and also remove the read only attributes. Do that from windows explorer. I would advise making a copy of Boot.ini before you start editing anything. Call it Boot.ini.orig The bits you need to change are on the default line. Go to the third bracketed zero (0) and change the 0 to a 1. This will now ensure that you default will start the new operating system on drive D. Save this change and then reboot to check that it works. If all OK then you can make another couple of changes to make everything normal again. Edit the Boot.ini again and change the timeout value form 30 to 0. This will make the black screen disapear at startup. I hope this helps.
  23. They are commercial packets of seed purchased from a shop in WA. WA is paranoid about plants etc..which is why I thought they should be OK. They are Kangaroo paw, Bottle Brush and one other I can't remember.
  24. I have some seeds from Australia and apart from the fact that they may not grow here anyway. Does anyone know if it is allowed to plant and grow seeds from Australia etc..
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