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Am sure we'd now all like to know who Jon D and Deimos's insurers are...
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evidemment!
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The same way I felt about the old UK giro account I used to have until somebody sold it to A&L - hopefully that won't happen here! Only responded as I did as Samantha asked for an English speaking branch. Don't know where she's moving to so have no idea if the counter staff at her post office speak our lingo.[:)]
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Paul, I am now picturing your washing machine running round a field with a load of other washing machines.[:D]
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[quote user="Cassis"]Hi Ecossais
I decided to give it a go last night with my wife's 3410 - and this one unlocked first time with one of the codes! As you say, there must be the odd reluctant phone like my first 3410.
At least we've got one of them done - that'll do fine. Thanks to you and the others who replied on the original thread.
[/quote]From memory I think Orange will unlock your phone when you ring them but only after a year - or something like that. Sorry I'm a bit vague but ditched them ages ago. The terms and conditions for unlocking the phone were with the original instructions. -
Right. My letter from the DVLA says this, and I quote "Drivers who take up residence in another EC/EEA country no longer have to exchange their driving licence, but may continue to drive using their own national licence for as long as it remains valid. It is accepted that drivers who move to another part of the EC/EEA could be holding a driving licence showing an incorrect address. You can complete the back of your licence with your correct address. This is permissible under the terms of the EC Directive on Driving Licences." So there.
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Beware because some of these things tell you not to use them on a lined chimney - can't remember which metals were specified but we couldn't use them in ours.
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My Laden top loader is both hot and cold fill (although I only cold fill it as the water tends to be always too hot for the hoses - several degrees above the recomended - so It was advised against by my French plumber friend). Excellent thing. Spin is much better on the top loader and I find I can get more stuff in it.
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[quote user="Russethouse"]
I can see what has happened - when we delete posts it sometimes happens that the one below it gets deleted too - I'll insert the text into your post above Cooperlola!
Sorry !
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35 minute in the tunnel - and you never leave your pets alone.
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[quote user="Stevehudson"]
Fair point, but there must still be people using a UK licence with an invalid address.
My question related to these people.
Steve
[/quote]I wrote to the DVLA on this subject when I moved here. They wrote and said quite categorically that it was not a problem but that I should fill in the change of address box on the licence. I have kept the letter in case of problems and carry it around with my licence. I shall copy the link above also and carry that round too. -
[quote user="Cassis"]Probably the safest option, Debs. I don't know if some French insurers are as weasley as some UK insurers when it comes to ducking a claim and I can't imagine it would affect anything other than a fire claim arising from a chimney fire, but better safe etc.
When are you off across the water, by the way?
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[quote user="hamlets_shrink"] Thanks Russethouse, yes I understand that, this would be my only home thus CGT exempt. There were a total of 6 replies a little while ago, all fairly inoccuos, just wondering why they've disappeared ? trying to understand the protocols of this site.
[/quote]Mine's gone!Edit - here is the text:
Suggest to them that they don't come over with company vans with the names of UK outfits emblazoned on the side! Agree with tetley on this though. I know a few brits out here who have used, or said they'd use, British "friends" but it's surprising how they don't actually materialise in spite of being offered "a bit of money" for their help. Projects which would long ago have been finished if they'd used locals, of whatever nationality, remain unfinished. You're really lucky if they all turn up and I hope they do, for your sake.
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I agree totally info gypsy but it's not always easy to plan a move here without a bank account in place already which I think is Samantha's problem. What we did (see above) was to open a french bank account with the help of the estate agent for setting up, then later I opened another more convenient one in my own name. Sorted.
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[quote user="Deimos"]Re: The farming fields thing A local farmer cuts two of my grass fields each year (making and taking the hay). However, I pay him for doing this - thereby (I believe) he acquires no rights. Although I pay him cash (without receipt) I reckon that if he ever tried the "I have rights ..." and I start "I paid you cash, did you not declare it ..." he will have more of a problem with tax people than gains from a couple of extra hectares. Ian[/quote]Useful comment Ian, thanks.
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I don't know about this specific question but my nieghbour who has recently moved in has a 2 hectare field which this year was planted and farmed for her by another farmer. Other farmers have advised her not to let him do this more than once as if she gives permission for more than a year, he could claim rites in perpetuity. I know farming is different but maybe you could agree to let him park there, as suggested above, for a set number of months but ask that it be removed after that. Will certainly set you up with a good basis for a freindly relationship with your neighbour which in my experience is something money can't buy.
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Cassis, as ever, has a point. French banks are a rip off and some of their practices positevly stone age! We are lucky enough to have a pension each. I have mine paid directly into my French bank account and the old man has his paid into a Nationwide Flexaccount in the UK (both incomes are taxable here but that's not a problem for our accountant). We use the French account to pay all the direct debits and get cash out direct from the UK by sticking the Flexaccount card in a hole in the wall. Nationwide because they give you BANK rate, not commercial or tourist, and they don't charge a fee. You also get a bit of interest from their current account - something which the French don't provide, as far as I've been able to ascertain. I think we have probably saved hundred each year by doing this. It also means when you visit the UK you aren't paying twice to change your money. Also, NI contributions, if you still pay them, get paid in stirling, straight from a UK account.
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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?
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Possibly best to check with your own insurance company as presumably these vary? In the UK my insurance policy clearly stated that my chimney must be swept by a certified sweep every year. Must look up my French one.....
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The Belkin surge protectors which I have are not expensive and include sockets for both phone and aerial. They come with insuance cover so if they fail you can claim from them. Unplugging should work fine too.
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Could/did this person claim the money back retrospectively?
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[quote user="davieszak"][quote user="beryl"]
French is a hard language, even my French friends acknowledge that, but if you try you will find that most French people will meet you at least half way.
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True, and I have found many French people very accommodating with my French, but what do I do if they don't even try to speak French back to me but launch straight into English? Is it a sign that my French is so bad, are they trying to be friendly and spare me the trouble, are they doing it to show me their superiority in linguistic skills or simply to annoy me?! And I never know after that if I should stick to my French (which is not so bad after all) or to revert to English (which is not my mother tongue anyway!). Do you get similar problems when visiting France?
[/quote]No, it's not you. They're the same as us in my experience - they want to practice English too. Many's the conversation I get involved in where they're speaking English and I'm speaking French and we usually have a good giggle about it afterwards. I used to go to a pub in England with a French chef and we amused the locals on a regular basis with this kind of "backwards" conversation. -
[quote user="Cassis"][quote user="Ian Horn"]
This is a 'bloke' thread (though anyone can join in, I suppose).
Things like cars, trains, aircraft - that sort of thing. As opposed to dolls, jam, that sort of stuff.
Since it seems to be 'the thing' to ask James for, can we have a 'blokey' type Section?
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Best hope Cooperlola doesn't get wind of this post as well, Ian! [:D]
[/quote]Just have. Fume....And I just don't get the railway bit either, having spent a good time of my life working for them and discussing trains for years. One of our barns is a small part of the US railroad and I think between us, Mr and Mrs Cooperlola have about 500 model cars.
True story : Mr Cooperlola once bought me a 1:24 scale 'vette C5 and proudly showed it to his colleagues at work. "You didn't buy it for your wife, did you? - it's really for you." Wrong! Came back from a holiday in the UK to find a David Piper signed scale model of a Lola T70. Flowers... pooh.
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