[woodburners.How Big?]

Deimos,

That must be one humongous woodburner, I thought I had a big room at

5.25 x 5.3 x 2.3 m and thats about one fifth of your stove rating. What

size room have you???????????????????

[Morning folks..................]

Theres no answer to that one!!!!!!! - YET

[Whether to bring a cooker from uk?]

Agreed, The weak point is the gland nut at the valve outlet plus the

tube joint on the spigot which is usually a jubilee type clip. The

problem is a very small leak which leads to a gas build up at low level

followed by a flash off. Age of the rubber tubing is also an issue,

most people dont really look at the need for change and you get

cracking with small leakage eventually. You would have to be seriously

destructive to damage a cylinder but the valves can snap off if hit in

the right way ( or wrong way in this case!). You then have an

uncontrolled and uncontrollable gas release which only needs an

ignition source, this leads to a totally spoilt day!!!!

[woodburners.How Big?]

How accurate do you want to be?

The 'crude & dirty' way is, I believe, 5 cu m / kw but its more

cost effective to do the maths and work out the heat transfer

(leakeage) through the fabric of the walls + ceiling + floor. This

involves knowing the 'U' value of each surface, the temperature you

actually want to achieve, the assumed minimum outside (usually -1 deg

C), the area of each surface. Its not particularly difficult, just a

bit of research, measurement and number crunching.

Its a bit late at night to go into more detail, plus typing and

bacardi/coke dont really go together. Google search under Central

Heating Design will give you a feel for the type of calcs needed for

any particular room.

Regards

[Whether to bring a cooker from uk?]

I suppose I must be chicken really, the thought of a 'flash - burn'

suntan just does not appeal, I've seen it once and it wasn't pretty. I

will carry on being 'abnormal' by French standards, and have my gas

cylinders outside. Must have been an entertaining programme though, I

wonder what the failure / loss rate is?

Regards

[Whether to bring a cooker from uk?]

Dick,

I would never normally disagree with you but.... the concept of having

a gas cylinder in the house, in a cupboard or not, strikes me as a very

dangerous thing to do. Outside storage is really the best solution and

piped with a length of 'proper' flexi gas pipe still allows movement

for decorating. Only my own opinion of course - each to his/her own!

Regards

[Morning folks..................]

Whats with this ...'women, multi tasking thing'....Is it because you

cant concentrate on the job in hand or what???? Is it a conspiracy?, in

the genes, women all over the World seem to have the same idea.

We men ( or at least me!) can multi task, I can drink, smoke and watch

TV all at the same time, even have a conversation simultaneously, now

THATS multi-tasking !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Regards

ps I can even iron shirts

[Why keep a dog]

Regarding the chocolate fireguard, There is a much cruder version in common 'building type site' use which

involves the word Bull which I am sure no-one would dream of quoting on

a family forum.

[Astra and its many satellites]

Further to Antons 'at least 220 kg' there is the empty weight on top

which means probably nearer 300 kg, you need SERIOUSLY meaty wall

brackets if you dont go the tripod (quadpod????) route.

A 'falling off the wall water heater' can seriously spoil your whole day!!!

[What is John Prescott actually for ?]

A policeman's patrol car is the equivalent of his office whilst he is

on the job (ooops) and his consensuel partner was not a fellow employee

yet he was severely disciplined (cant remember the punishment) I

somehow can't see the DPM being treated in the same way, heis one of

Tony's mates!!!!!!

[weather forum]

We have high of 41, low of 27 and 63% humidity. Count your blessings when you see rain!!!!!!

ps same day before and before and before......

Will be hotter tomorrow - probably

[my first ever poison pen......]

It was there 4 hrs ago...Ah, its Monday

[The Lounge]

Does anyone actually iron sheets???????????

[SkypeOut Mobile Calls]

I think you will find that .02 Euro is 2 cents and .0236 Euro is almost 2.5 cents

[toal cost of house buy]

As a quick example, we paid an additional 12.1% total over the price accepted by the vendor. Through a notaire, no agency fees.

[Re: Why Did You Relocate to France?]

Ty,

I am not being argumentative but why the assumption that old people

will end up in an old folks home, I would suggest that the majority of

'old' people actually live out their days in their own homes, why

should France be any different?

Regards

[Blue zone Parking Regs.]

I got mine in Nelson some years ago, havent been back there for a long

long time. It had changed so much from the town that I grew up in that

I was like a stranger. They have even closed down my old secondary

school (Edge End)

[Le Stère]

Darned good exercise though!!!!!!

[Elecrical wiring]

A quick question that may be relevent, can anyone confirm (or

otherwise) that double insulated cable type FR-N 05 VV-U or R, A05 VV-F

can be used without being in gaine necessarily.

[Blue zone Parking Regs.]

We tried to get one from the newsagents in Villedieu ( near the traffic

lights opposite the church) were told they have been discontinued, just

write your time of arrival on a piece of paper and put it on the

dashboard !!!!!

Not sur if my Pendle Council blue disc will be accepted !

Regards

[french - english translation]

Bannon,

I certainly agree that as a European Union all the members should be

more liberal with the acceptance of the language of the other members.

I just dont see it happening quickly in France as I sense a ''fear''

that the French language may be sidelined, as in fact it is in major

businesses.

I deal daily with a major French company and very rarely have to change

from English, even in meetings in Paris (just as well as my French is

not really up to it by any stretch of anyones imagination!!!).

I take your point about Wales, my UK licence paper copy is still in

Welsh + English and I never got beyond the extreme basics. My daughter

is however fluent in Welsh as are (some) of my grandchildren. I believe

its due to Category A schooling that was supposedly bi-lingual ( but

meaning Welsh first!!)

Regards

[french - english translation]

Bannon,

Would you really expect official documents in UK to be available in French? Urdu and Hindi yes, but not French. It is not realistic to expect French documents to be in English, any that are should be looked on as a bonus. In France the language is, of course, French and it is up to us to learn it.

Regards

[Banks - love 'em and hate 'em]

Why do my icons not show up properly????????

[Banks - love 'em and hate 'em]

Don't know about the love them part, but hate for sure in respect of Lloyds -TSB.

Order over net for £600 of kit on visa card. TSB bounce the request for

payment, when asked (after going through the robotic press this answer

that syndrome ) was told ' it was unusual usage', of course it was, I

dont know many  (or any!) people who spend £600 daily on their

credit card. They agreed that the card limit was substantially more

than needed but they were not going to inform us of their actions. What

exactly is the point of a credit card? and how does such action impact

on personal credit rating in the future?

It got sorted out after numerous overseas phone calls (£1 a minute !!!!)

BTW this was second time by TSB in last 4 months.

Conclusion:- they are a waste of rations with zero customer relations skills.

[The pound]

Zeb,

I sincerely hope not, at least whilst I still have financial assets in pounds !

My hope is a strong dollar (US) as thats effectively what I am paid in.

The Euro can be as strong as anything after retirement but until then - please no!!!!!