cooperlola
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Moscovici commented on this today on RTL:
http://www.parti-socialiste.fr/articles/pierre-moscovici-la-csg-naugmentera-pas-en-2013
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I'm assuming that the Lords' proposals/ideas wouldn't affect satellite broadcasts? It's hard to tell from this report whether the suggestion is to replace ALLpresent broadcasts with internet, or just those via a conventional aerial. Interesting times.
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Thanks for that - not at all the picture I get. I still have 8cms of fadedf photo either side, plus 6 for the poster's name and details, then another 2 either side within the posting box,which - on a total width of 48 - leaves just (by my poor arithmetic) 20 cms for the actual meat of the post. It looks the same on my netbook and my laptop. The only place this doesn't happen is the Android phone, thank goodness, as it's already pretty tiny!
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Sadly, CherryB, there are some very young kids there. Anyway, the logistics sound very difficult. However, I'll pm you with some details when I get back from Belgium in 10 days' time and at least they might be able to suggest somewhere closer who could give it a deserving home should you have no response on here.
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At the risk of being shot, I think it's quite right and proper that sport should be funded by commercial interest - I cannot see any decent argument for its being paid for out of taxpayers' money, except on the most basic level of keeping the population fit and healthy.
The torch carrying thing is a great shame though because some of the carriers are people who have extrarodinary stories to tell and who clearly have been allowed to do this as a reward for their (often selfless) contributions to their communities, so if sponsors' interests overshadow this then it's very poor, I quite agree, Paul. Not that I've watched any of it but Mr C does know personally, one particularly heroic woman who has participated.
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Sorry I cannot help, Paul, but for sheer Location, Location, Location THIS ONE has to be the best in France! Oh, and the food's not bad either, so if you're ever in this neck of the woods, give it a go.[:)]
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[quote user="NickP"][quote user="cooperlola"]
At the risk of starting all this up again, I still don't accept that I should change to a browser I dislike just because the software doesn't work well for the most popular browser in the world. I reckon the techies have now just put it in the too difficult pile and ignored we IE users. Fair enough - I just restrict my forum use these days but it's a pity 'cos apart from its look, I like the forum a lot.
As an aside, Sue, are you telling me that you don't have the (now-faded) border either side of the forum on Firefox?
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I use IE Coops and I'm having no problems with the forum
[/quote]What do you (and Sue for that matter) mean by "no problems"? Do you still have a margin either side of the forum with a (faded) photo on it, or does the forum stretch to fit the whole page, as it did during the temporary aberration which I encountered the other day and seem unable to duplicate now.[:(]
I'll have a look at my forum preferences, Clair, but I've tried loads of the fixes suggested on here and the best I could come up with was the scrolling thing Judith mentions which makes other parts of the forum (the posting facility, for instance where the print size is perfect) far too big on my large screen. Whatever it is, it's unique to this forum. The others I use are fine and even those other websites which are similarly centred and have margins either side (the Guardian, for instance) have sensibly sized print for normal use.
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All I can tell you is that a very good friend of mine spent a fortnight in hospital here when staying with us (well, that had been the plan.) A couple of months later she got a bill for her stay - about 10k in all. The UK coughed up the lot, including the "hotel" portion, which I know no CPAM would have done.
There seems to be evidence that both methods work (whatever the official line may be in both countries) but in general I would say that if you are in a hurry for the cash, go to the CPAM, but if you can wait you'll probably get more back if you use the UK for your reimburesment after the fact.
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[quote user="Russethouse"]what resolution is your screen ?[/quote]I haven't got a clue!
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At the risk of starting all this up again, I still don't accept that I should change to a browser I dislike just because the software doesn't work well for the most popular browser in the world. I reckon the techies have now just put it in the too difficult pile and ignored we IE users. Fair enough - I just restrict my forum use these days but it's a pity 'cos apart from its look, I like the forum a lot.
As an aside, Sue, are you telling me that you don't have the (now-faded) border either side of the forum on Firefox?
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Mr C had no idea what Ms Knightley looks like so I showed him a pic. "Oh, no, far too skinny" was his predictable response. Each to their own. I, on the other hand like skinny men (if you ever met Mr C you'd see what I mean) - I guess opposites attract.[:D]
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Lovely offer. If you have no takers I can offer it to my rehab' centre which has a lot of young people who cannot afford such luxuries, coming through its doors. I'm away on and off until September but if you still want to give it away then I'll come and collect it or we can meet half way.
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As Idun point out, much depends upon who is the heavier user and, iirc, you run a business, so it may well be that the owner could claim, as Idun and her neighbours did, that you benefit more than he does. For sure, I would see a notaire.
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[quote user="Sc"]
For sheer pretty I like the 904GTS
[/quote]As it happens, I have one in front of me on my desk. Lovely.Keira, however, does nothing for me (although I saw her in the Children's Hour on stage last year and she was superb). Raymond Narac, on the other hand, is gorgeous and has a Porsche (or several) so will do fine for me, thanks[:P]
Oh, and yes, you can:
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I remember in Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore making the suggestion that there be a prohibitive tax on bullets (much like there is on fags in Europe). Struck me as an excellent notion. Yes, there would be a black market but the bad guys will be bad guys whatever you do.
I don't know the answer but I do know that these incidents seem to be more common in the US than anywhere else in the Western World even Canada, where there are loads of guns about but far, far less gun crime.
A very sad business, whatever.
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.. for once, at least for those of us who get paid from the UK. I confess I don't often click the moving banner on this site but today I did.
http://www.completefrance.com/french-property/news/pound_hits_four_year_high_1_1453861
This used to be a regular topic of conversation but obviously most of those who fall into this category have already gone back to the UK in disgust (perhaps prematurely!)
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I don't know the answer to your question but do check your house insurance policy. You may have protection juridique (I think that's what it's called but can't be too accurate without getting my policy out) which will possibly help you with the costs of an avocat. Worth a look/try.
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Well, as I've mentioned on here before, Idun, we had two 'vans on the field next to us in Kent : a man and his wife plus his widowed daughter and her daughter. They were far better neighbours than the money-grubbing old **w who bought the field from him afterwards and proceeded to fence our house in totally with an 8' high close-boarded fence to prevent us from looking at the dobbins she put on the land the travellers had formerly occupied.
Yes, I think you could fairly have described the bloke as a bit of a rogue but they were great neighbours - always friendly and helpful to us and they kept their site spotless.
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[quote user="Quillan"]
(I am too probably).[/quote]Surely not!
I'm not saying that I approve of the way in which Bookings appears to have conducted their business, nor that it's better than booking direct - of course it isn't, so long as your place is easy to find when I do a search - simply that I do like to be able to book on line. What's more, if you're doing a booking in a "foreign" language, it's a good deal easier than over the phone or via e-mail or letter, to figure out all you need to know about when rooms are available and how to reserve them.
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I agree with you , Chief Luvvie. I never book any other way now - why spend hours on the phone just to be told a place is full/won't take my card etc, etc, if I can go up the road and book on line? Give personal service, be unique, warm and welcoming by all means but what's the point of alienating huge numbers of customers by not having a facility which - looking at some of the owners' postings anyway -is relatively easy to provide?
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The forum's been playing up for an hour or two - chucking me out, going "slimline" etc, and then suddenly, for a few seconds only, it was perfect - filled the entire width of the page, decent sized print, you name it! If you techie bods are out there and were experimenting then that was bang on,if I may say so. Pity it's gone back to mini-print,headache inducing normality again now.[:(]
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Oh, I don't know, sounds like fairly typical evangelical behaviour to me.
Our local site seems to be used in a very odd way - it is full for two or three months and then empty/nearly so for another couple of months. I guess they're down your way picking fruit or something, Pickles?
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watching the Tour de France on the TV [/quote]Sorry.[:$]
Thoughts on Booking/paying online
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I've used Hotels de Charme - nice easy site to use - and got me a smashing place to stay in the Vendee.
When renovating/updating, please consider those of us with mobility problems. You cannot imagine the frustration of finding the perfect hotel, only to discover that the only showers available there are in baths and that there are no grab handles anywhere. Pretty please![:)] ~At the very least, can you show the bathrooms in your pics so we know what we're in for?