Meg

We went to the manufacturer to get a certificate. This came back as a 'partial' one so we had to go to the DRIRE  anyway! We went in person, but it all took many letters and weeks until it was all sorted! From start to finish our car took over 6 months until we finally got the Carte Gris! This was issued by the prefecture when we finally presented all the correct paperwork! This can vary, so we originally went to them and they gave us a list of the papers required. Look on http://www.pagesjaunes.fr  and enter prefecture and your department number. Good luck Louise

I know someone who used to work at a Bernard Matthews Turkey factory if that counts!!! [:D] Louise

No cheesy disco is complete without a very drunken dance to 'Dancing Queen'. Loud singing and limb flailing obligatory. [:D] Also i do like a bit of  Blondie! Louise

When all else fails, read the directions. He who laughs last probably doesn't understand the joke. Never hit a guy with glasses. Always use your fists. True friends always stab you in the front. Teamwork is essential, it gives them someone else to shoot at. It's not an optical illusion, it just looks like one. Honesty is the best policy. But insanity is a better defense. Forgive your enemies, but remember their names. Louise [:)]

oooh ale, yummy! i shall force me-self to drink it on your behalf Chris! Must try and locate a pint of 'Tea' Hogsback brewery, lovely stuff. As for the glass..........as long as its water-tight, that'll do. (.........although none of this half pint nonsense.) Laters all, [B] Louise

[quote user="Cassis"]Back in the days before electric washing machines, there were things called poss sticks which were used to agitate the washing in the tub - some looked like a small 3-legged stool on the end of a shaft with a handle.  I have no idea where I am going with this ... [:$] [/quote] That's what you get from being a cannibal i believe! Think it's called mad sausage disease or something. Off to UK tomorrow, Pub is top of the list! How much is a pint now?? Must be getting on for for a tenner a pint now surely! [B] Louise

 Blow torch................?? Louise

Yes it's your mobile number followed by the code. I can't remember how i got mine but they sent it in an email......I'll have a think. Edit. If you click on 'Code oublie ou non recu' under where you put in your mobile number/ code (top RHS) and then enter your phone number,  they will send your code via SMS. Louise

[quote user="Jonzjob"]I'm afraid that working with metal and big 'ammers ain't for me. It upsets me hangover........... John. [/quote] Nothing shifts a hangover faster!! On the subject of metal, are there any other metalworkers out there in Forum land?............. i want to pick someones brain about tools, metal supplies etc. Louise

 Steve, are you getting desperate for the Creme de menthe!! Looks good Chris, how long did it take start to finish?? Louise

 Another clue??....................... pllleeeeaaassseeee! Louise

 [kiss] Cheers Twinkle..............not that i'm intending to act it though, but it's a start [:D] Now as for Le Gifs.............. maybe its an acronym?? Or maybe Chris is starting his own 'movement'!? Nope, no idea, and i sooooo fancied a pint of Creme de Menthe. Louise

 The only time i have stayed in a gite was for 1 weeks house hunting over here. We didn't bring towels, i think i just assumed that there would be some! It never occurred to me. Also we were having a bit of a 'who can have the tiniest luggage competition'. (and as we were house hunting, no posh frocks required!) For the first day we ended up using him-self's t-shirt to dry ourselves on, then when we went to the very small supermarket, we were shocked by the price of towels and were too darn stingy to pay that much, so ended up with 2 very small hand towels for the rest of the week! So if you decided not to supply them can you put it in capital letters, underlined and highlighted for dippy sorts like me! [:D] Louise

 After sitting and squinting at it for 5 mins, something is not quite right with the 'L'. The bottom left tail bit i think...........although it looks right  how it fits above the 'g'. hummm........could be the angle of the piccy but it might look a bit too 'I' like. Yet in relation to the other letters it fits well. ????? Louise

 Still for me i found it interesting to see things from a different viewpoint. It made me think. But as i said before there is too much propaganda going on on all sides. I haven't read this properly yet, but will be interesting now i have seen the film. http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/index.htm Louise

 Sadly that isn't a piccies of one of my cats, they would never be sensible enough to use an official post, not when the kitchen table legs are available.......I've given up trying to stop them! I envy your position Chris, i'd love to be in the same situation..........maybe one day..........! But your right it's not the money that's important it's doing something you love. I wish more people in the world thought along those lines. Money can't buy happiness.....and thank goodness for that (i'd be a miserable old bag!) [:D] Louise

[quote user="Will "]  The two countries, though different in many respects, are close enough geographically, politically and culturally that they stand a very high chance of developing along similar lines.[/quote] I agree that France will possibly become more like Britain, but, due to the fact that there is a similar population to the UK in France, it is spread over a much larger area. I wonder if some of the problems in the UK are due to living so closely to others. Maybe it won't get as bad over here for this reason. Louise

 Here's a cat in training to catch woodworm John! It also leaves an interesting texture on the wood. [:D] [img]http://www.lovethatcat.com/images/albertpost27.jpg[/img] Chris 875, that sounds like a bargain, everyone will be asking you for a bed now! Out of interest how much is the cost of the wood alone? And how much would it cost in the UK?? (or am i being too nosey!) We got some huge oak beams a while ago and were shocked by how cheap it was over here! Louise

[quote] But PATH TO 9/11 was far worse than any docudrama in recent memory. For example, it shows a scene in which Clinton National Security Adviser Sandy Berger refuses to give the order to capture or kill bin Laden, even though the spooks had him in their sights. Only problem: it never happened. Another example (of many): the movie blames American Airlines for ignoring a warning on their computers about Mohammad Atta boarding their flight. But in fact the warning came up on US Airways' computers for his Portland flight; American at Logan had nothing to do with it. [/quote] Problem is MH, how do we know what the truth is. How do we know that such things never happened? Just because the American government said so?? This is what made it interesting, seeing it from a different perspective. Louise

Yes but they would say that! It also had a disclaimer at the start and end of the film. It wasn't a documentary, so i wasn't taking it all as 100% accurate. It's was just interesting about how much we didnt know about, even if events were not entirely as shown, there was still a lot going on. Chances are we never will know the exact story. Too much propaganda going on, from all sides. Louise

Some other gardening websites which may be of use, http://www.willemsefrance.fr/ http://www.plantes-et-jardins.com/index.asp?bc=1 http://www.jacques-briant.fr/ http://www.bakker.fr/ http://www.graines-baumaux.fr/ Louise

  Did anyone watch the first part of 'The path to 9/11' last night. It was very long and complex but at the same time shocking. All the info of what was going on before hand that we didn't even know about, going back to 1993. Glad i recorded it as i think i need to watch it again. The second part is on tonight. (BBC2) Louise

 I think you can drive bigger vans/trucks on a UK licence. (or so Himself tells me.) I wonder if there are other advantages to have a UK licence?? Louise

I felt it my duty to teach the cats self defence..............they don't only throw pine cones you know......... [img]http://static.flickr.com/21/24476631_3e556ff8b3_m.jpg[/img] Keep away from the windows John, you never know...... [:D] Louise ps, i think it would be cruel to sell my cats to the circus so i shall remain a pauper!

 I might ask chris to make a bed with holes large enough for John's feet...................... then get my cats to throw pine cones at him [:D] Louise