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[quote user="J.R."]Actually went there today for the first time in a year and it was chock full of hardwood and oak front doors from a very nice one on promo at E229 to ones with sidelights at over E1000. I think that I did look last year for their website to find how to get there, that was all that it did but at least they had one! [/quote] Do you have a picture of the one at €229.00.

I have the problem of being on Windows 2000. IE7 isn't supported and so Firefox is for me. Microsoft said that they will support Windows 2000 till 2010 and so I won't/can't be changing.

[quote user="Ron Avery"]Fulcrum said "Are you saying that, although THEY recognise the same card at each store, that THEY don't hold one account. My understanding was that THEY do add up all the points for any store visited"  Bloody hell talk about confusing!!  Who are THEY ?? If you mean Leclerc --WRONG  see other posts explaining this , if you mean Super/Hyper U --You are correct [/quote] I was meaning Leclerec by my use of "they". I thought that Leclerec was the subject of the thread even though other stores were mentioned. Appologies for any confusion.

[quote user="Ron Avery"]Not sure how Intermarche works but at Leclerc it is "cash" back against your shopping bill, you have a bank type card or a small bar code card which is read each time you shop and you have to put in your personal code at the card reader, BUT,   BUT it ain't a Tesco card and you only get the money earned at the shop that you spend it at, so if you have three Leclerc's that you use,  you have an account at each, they are NOT interchangeable..  They will tell you how much you have and you can keep it or have it knocked off your bill. SuperU/ Hyper U are different again you can earn points but as with Leclerc not on fags or petrol, but these points can be gained at any branch of U and are exchangeable against a catalogue of gifts. [/quote] Are you saying that, although they recognise the same card at each store, that they don't hold one account. My understanding was that they do add up all the points for any store visited.

[quote user="J.R."]Fulcrum Now you have the answer to your question can you tell me about your book "installation electrique"? I have been using a small book "Electricity pas a pas" and a few photocopies from the normes but the extract quoted from your book certainly seems more detailed. I am currently waiting for a Consuel visit to find out at least some of the things that I am ignorant of, would you recommend your book? does it have any sections on supplies and distribution for multiple occupancy (colonnes collectifs) and lastly an ISBN number if you recommend it. Many thanks [/quote] The book is called "LOCAUX D'HABITATION Installation Electrique" ISBN: 2-915673-07-1 and is from PROMOTELEC which is the organisation responsible for advising on electrical installations in France. I find that although the book may be factual. It does require a lot of reading. There are better books that I have purchased as follows. "L'installation Electrique" by Thiery Gallauziaux & David Fedullo. ISBN: 2-212-11431-1 This is an excellent book to get a good overall view of what is required. It has many good diagrams and tables and I would recommend this book as essential reading. This book does have references to the GTL (Gaine Technique de Logement) which is probably what you need with regard to "Collones Collectifs". "Les evolutions de la norme electrique" by the same authors. ISBN: 2-212-11516-4. It gives a quick reference, by means of clear colour pictures, to standard normes as per NF C 15-100 but I don't think it is essential reading if you have the above book. I bought it as it was reasonably inexpensive and I figured that it would complement the other books. "Memento de schemas electriques" by the same authors. ISBN: 2-212-11498-2. Is a quick reference, in colour, showing the correct circuit diagrams for each type of circuit. I would say that this book is very usefull as it gives allowable colours for use in lighting circuits. Hope this helps.

Thanks Andy. That makes a bit more sense. Thanks Cathy for the Wikipedia item on inequality. Very usefull.

Thanks for all the replies but I can't seem to put a picture in my message to give an example. I will try to type what is written in the example I'm refering to. I am well aware of the < and > symbols and also >= or <= as used in programming and Excel spreadsheets. I seem to remember in my distant past that a line under a greater than or less than symbol meant "not" ie; > with a line under meant not greater than. I am wondering if there is a misprint in the text as it doesn't make sense as it is. The text is about cutting grooves into walls and partitions to allow the embedding of cables. The range of wall thicknesses allowed for certain grooves is where the use of the symbols occurs. For example the text in the table, under the heading "Epaisseur de la paroi finie (mm), is written as the following three examples. 1.    110 < e < 140. The second less than has a line underneath. 2.    65 < e < 100. The second less than has a line underneath 3.   70 < e < 150. The second less than has a line underneath. They don't make sense as they are written.

[quote user="More2Learn"]I was looking around my local Brico, the DIY store in Sainte Foy La Grande. In the section on TV and phone connectors I saw the French male telephone sockets with different leads and outlets as well as a variety of extension leads of differnet lengths. There were some that came out with a lead to that tiny plastic connector, think it's known as an RJ45. That is the one that seems to be in the body of my BT phone in the UK. Also there were some adaptors that had the RJ45 as a tiny socket in the French male connector. Looks like connections are getting easier to obtain in France. Does any know of any problems trying to connect phones in France especially the mobile ones with a base station and multiple handsets, do they all ring properly for instance. More2Learn. [/quote] RJ11 is the correct name for the telephone type connectors. RJ45 is for ethernet connections on computer networks.

I did try to post an image that may have caused the "little coloured box" problem. I have now removed it.

I am trying to decypher the greater than, not greater than, less than, not less than symbols used in tables in "Installation Electrique", page 45. Can anyone explain the meaning of the text using these symbols. Although I can sort of guess at them. They appear to be different to ones used in programming. Does anyone know of a reference list that explains their meanings.

[quote user="pigeonnier"]No chance of broadband here until about the next century. So, have just signed up with a satellite company (not part of Murdoch's empire) for 9.99 euros a month. Deal includes free sat dish and all the other hardware and software necessary to connect. Several friends have used this for a while and are all delighted with it. Yes, we can only download on broadband but that is a vast improvement over what we have now. [/quote] What is the name of the company that provides your satellite internet. Thanks

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Norauto is another.

In France it is very hard to work out how prices are arrived at. Be it cars, houses or even items at the bricolage shops. I think the rule is. Think of a price and double it and see who is interested.

[quote user="Adriana"]Solved! Windows ME cu\ouldn't handle the high level of encryption I had used. Now that I have put a WEP 128 bit on, everything is fine. [/quote] Glad you solved it but I didn't think there was anything higher than WEP 128 bit.

[quote user="Adriana"]Solved! Windows ME cu\ouldn't handle the high level of encryption I had used. Now that I have put a WEP 128 bit on, everything is fine. [/quote] Glad you solved it but I didn't think there was anything higher than WEP 128 bit.

[quote user="JeanS"]Ended up painting over them - quite a good result.  [/quote] I have thought of doing that but was worried about the type of paint. Does emulsion type stuff work?

[quote user="Will "] Imagine any English person who came to France talking like the proverbial vache espagnole landing a job like that. [/quote] I wish that most French people would understand yhat as a rule we are more tollerant in UK for people coming there and not knowing the language. I was in central London a few years ago and a French couple came up to me to ask directions. I sensed that they were French and even though my French was crap I tried to direct them in French. They were very appreciative that I knew any French but I wonder if the even appreciated how much effort I had put into speaking the small amount of French that I had used.

One thing I have learnt about deposits is to ask the person, demanding the deposit, as to how it will be refunded. Most times you don't even think of this as you are so interested in just paying it to secure your item. However it is very important to know the method and medium of a refund. For example if you pay by credit card, will it be refunded by credit card, cheque etc...

I was interested in a Livebox and visited a dealer who supplied Liveboxes. He told me to rent and not buy. His explanation was that if you rent and the Livebox doesn't work then you have grounds for getting a replacement box whearas if you buy outright then you are on your own. I have since lost interest in a Livebox as I now have a Thomson Speedtouch that works fine with my ADSL 1Mega setup.

Does anyone know if lead paintwork has to be got rid of before selling a house. I seem to remember reading recently that the regs have changed this year and that owners now have to remove affected paintwork prior to selling.

Ann It seems that the Sagem Fast 800 is a USB modem so it's worth checking that the USB ports are enabled. There is one setting in the BIOS and another in the operating system settings.

[quote user="cooperlola"]That's a very short thread, Monika but is interesting.  Anybody used this stuff, you read dire warnings about how dodgy lime is to work with?[/quote] Certainly you should wear eye and hand protection.

If you take your car to a reputable garage they will tell you what the problem is.

I think Windows ME is not that different to Windows 95 or 2000 for TCP/IP settings. I always use fixed settings and not DHCP. The following is maybe a bit different to ME but should be sort of similar. If you know your modem IP address then do the following. From the ME PC Start menu select. Settings / Network and Dial up Connections. Double click on / Local Area Connection. Select Properties and then Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then click the Properties button. Select Use the following IP address and type in your new address. I hope this will help.