Judith
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I used 1.15, as advised by my financial advisor, who by chance, I talked to last week.
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47 minutes ago, menthe said:
Judith, I saw a documentaire recently about that museum and it's supposed to be the last word, in museums that is.
NOT the LAST word from any of us here on the forum, is it?
DL even if you are not the miracle worker, you deserve tons of credit for keeping us informed and motivated.
So come ON, eveybody, put your shoulder to the wheel or mettre la main à la pâte or simply just come and post in DROVES!
The forum rules, OK?
It was good, but sadly, I could find ways of improving it .. more seats, and a café, for example! A tiring place to walk around. Totaly agree, come on folks, POST!! Keep this forum alive!!
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Thanks Dave, yes, it's good to get away from everything for one day. I went with a friend to NarboVia, a newish museum, in Narbonne, evidently, all about Roman Narbonne. She drives, which is so relaxing for me, we always find a good place to have a good lunch, and do something interesting. She's been to the museum several times before, but says she sees something new everytime. €9 entry, but as it happened, as I got my card out to pay, my carte mobilité incusion could be seen (NormanH will certainly know what one of those is), and when he had checked it was stil valid, said, it's free for you!! Such a pleasant surprise! Well worth a visit if anyone is in the area! What with travelling on the télépherique in Toulouse for the first time on Saturday, as well, I've been more of a tourist these last few days than I've been for some time. So nice!
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Been out all day (enjoying myself, lovely weather too!), and came back to the news that we were back live! Thanks to those who kept us informed ... great stuff .. fingers crossed we keep going ..
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Menthe, I must admit, I was working on our tax form last night and had got to savings, and on checking got quite a surprise how much there was .. not excessive, but after a miserable year before, like you it was a minor shock ...
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At lunch with my ladies group today, one of the ladies was searching for her glasses .. she thought she must have left them in the car ... we told her she did have a pair of glasses on her head (hair not forehead .. but) was it those? It was! We all had to laugh (she has lovely thick hair by the way, so not entirely a surprise that she couldn't feel them). I couldn't carry them like hat even if I wished to do so with expensive prescription glasses as my head is the wrong shape to do so, but it does seem to be a popular place to keep them even if it can't be doing the fit any good I always think!
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Gardian, I vey much sympathise with both of you. As you say, she looks as though she's been lucky and is getting some life to live still, but impossible to push trolley and wheelchair .. I've tried pushing a trolley with only one hand after a hand op .. impossible, so the fact that you've managed what you have for so long is amazing! Such excellent news, because it gives you both independence, as she will be able to do so much more with the electric chair, which is of benefit to both too ... I've been unable to walk any real distance without a stick for some time now, and yes, such seemingly trivial things (not being able to do the speed or the distance I once did without thinking about it), does becoome imcredibly important once you cannot do it!. Even slight improvements take on incredible importance too.
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I've just mamaged to change the hour forward, twice now in 2 days .. as I'm back in France. Arrived at the hotel last night and said, what time is it please? Tunnel was late, which didn't help! Maybe by the time I'm home - 2 more days - I'll have sorted myself out!!
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I'm in the UK longest, wettest spell I can rememebr for a very long time, in both countries. Maybe had 2 or 3 warm and sunny days, several cloudy but with no rain, though never warm, and like today showers and sunny spells .. I was hoping it would improve as I come south this week, but evidently not from what you are all saying. Botheration!
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Suspect I joined in about 2004/5, when the idea of moving to France when retirement was close enough to make it viable, but it might have been sooner, as I'd been thinking of it for sometime before it became a feasible option. Since we came in 2005 (or OH did, I had to wait to retire so was behind him), in 2005, it was certainly by then. As for the names, they are to conjure wiith. SD helped with tax affairs as well as many other topics, Copperlola, RH and other all remembered fondly here .. but as to when it actually started, qui le sait???
I'm currently on hols and family visiting it the UK, so late to seeing, responding and even posting in my own right!. Tant pis!! Suspect other forums ie FB might have thought to replace this one, but do you know, it doesn't do the same job at all!
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Hubby came into the kitchen after the Eng / Ire match and said, I've just been put through the wringer! I suspect the same for the earlier match. I don't watch it - love the game, but can't stand the tension! I always say, it isn't over til the final whistle! Please to see Italy moving upwards, since they joined the group, they have steadily, if slowly improved I think.
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I will eat most veg, if I have to, but there are several I would prefer not to .. artichokes, squashes (OK in soups), the rest I can like, depending on how cooked. The French overcook most veg (and undercook most meat!) I find. I buy few veg as OH won't eat enough of them to keep a mouse alive, so I buy my preferences, and don't bother with the rest. Ratatouile is alwysy over cooked as are most veg, I prefer the individual vegetables raw, courgettes I prefer raw to cooked, same problem with lots of the fruits as well.
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Don't snack between meals, a little like the French??
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One of our favourite cities ... we watched the Vienna Boys Choir int he Musicverein once, and also managed to get to see the Lippzaners perfom - spellbinding!
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Thank you, Norman H. All so very true as we both know. Here in France, we are so, so fortunate to be able to use the services of Cancer Support France, helping Anglophones and their families through the cancer maze - and yes is does feel like that at times. I have been so well supported by my local group in the Herault, though I literally live on the edge of the department, with the greatest kindness and thoughtfulness both by having an active listener here at home who is at the end of a phone at almost any time if needed, and also another listener for my language help when having teatment or reviews. Even though I speak adequate French, the language disappears when you are stressed. It has been a life saver for me at times.
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Agree on the washing machine, ABLF, I only use the Express 30 on mine, and when necessary (if really NOT dirty) the 15 min one. Works perfectly every time!
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I'd just like to say how nice it has been to have such an informative posting, with really excellent discussions. Such a nice change from some of the more usual exchanges.
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11 hours ago, Loiseau said:
Well, I betook myself to the Wallace Collection today in the rain and, indeed, found a magnificent shiny fountain, adorned with muscular caryatids.
After a pleasant wander through the first-floor galleries (my goodness, that guy just didn't know where to stop with his collection of paintings!), I ducked into the shop and saw on the very first shelf the guidebook mentioned above. French-published, and in two languages, it contains suggested walks around Paris to find all the fountains. Looks great fun, though at £11.95 a copy I thought I wouldn't invest in it just yet. Better wait till a trip to Paris is in the offing.
Thank you so much, Loiseau. I must have seen it, but probably never stopped to read the sign, so never realised that there so many other fountains in Paris. I think you'll find the book is even more expensive in Paris!
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1 hour ago, Lehaut said:
Might not be yours but we visited it in 2008 (where do the years go!) Our eldest (then 14) enjoyed trying on the armour, shocked by the weight!
Indeed, for kids it's a dream .. and is a very important collection, I believe. I did look the first time I went, but ignored that floor from then on, apart from visiting the loos, as described above, as I'd see enough armour, and preferred lovely the pictures on the first floor grand gallery.
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2 hours ago, DaveLister said:
Well I have to admit I'd never heard of Wallace or his fountains before this thread. I'm off to London for Easter and, following Loiseau's and Judith's reviews, I think I'll make a visit to the museum. According to the website there's supposed to be one in Uzes so I may try and hunt that one down as well.
There are some famous pictures in it, well worth seeing.. but I won't tell you what the are and spoil the surprise ...
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DL, thanks, I didn't hunt down the London side of things .. well it was certainly there when I used to visit, but either I walked past it without seeing it, or thought it was just another fountain of which there are plenty in London, but though I visited the meseum a lot, I do not remember seeing anything about the fountain ..and I did not know about the Wallace Fountains either. I'm not an historian by profession - just an interested amateur. Mind you in those days (before the extension at the back was built and they brought in professional PR people) it might not have had anything said about it. I used to love going in, ignoring the armour (sorry - not my thing) but loved the long gallery, and the Victorian toilets had to be seen to be believed. I think they are now replaced by modern monstrocities in the above mentioned extension where the rather expensive restaurant now is. I only ever ate there when with friends - I lived close enough to walk home to eat!!
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8 hours ago, Loiseau said:
Aha, found a fuzzy photo on which the London one appears:
Thanks Loiseau, I really have no memory of seeing that there, and I went so many times when I lived in London (it was about 10-15 minsutes walk from us). But is it a fountain, or just a statue - impossible to tell from that photo and there is no mention of it at all that I could find on the Wallace Collection page. More research, I think!
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More about the fountains on this site:
https://www.wallacecollection.org/explore/collection/history-collection/
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2 hours ago, Hectorsdad said:
I can see it on the satellite image which is probably quite recent. It is the green blob to the right of the main entrance as you look at it from outside.
Couldn't see it on the map I looked at. Or on the Wallace Collection web page. Any chance of a link??
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Menthe,
I presume you can change keyboards (ie French or English, or something else) I find that helps .. also if you turn the phone on its side, the letters get larger!! At least they do on mine! Good luck.