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Am I allowed to ask why this thread was censored. regards colin

Ron can you tell me where le bouffons post is either abusive or gives offence, if this post was by anyone else I feel it would have passed without comment regards colin

 Hi Fay Thanks for the info. I can live with the Folkstone/Calais times but its coming back that its difficult, I did look at the speedferry frequent traveller but my car is to high by 3cm . regards colin

Hi Fay Could you please tell me if the off peak fares are still available up until 05:59 as when I cross I have such a long drive I like to get a crossing at about 3 am. regards colin

I would just like to say in my defence that before we brought our property for a great many years nothing was put into the local economy from this property as it lay empty and drifting into ruin. Before we purchased ,the property was for sale for many years and none of the local people were interested. Since then we have spent many thousands of Euro in the local economy firstly by paying local artisans to renovate and lately paying for regular maintenance, as for spending money in the local stores we would love to except there arn`t any and before someone says this is the result of to many holiday homes to the best of my knowledge our hamlet has never been blessed with local shops. regards colin.

Hi all I would like to ask Val 2 how you can keep saying that holiday homes add nothing to the local ecconomy for most of the year. I pay EDF a standing charge for electricity when I am not there. I pay the water company a standing charge for water when I am not there. I pay a very large ammount to have my rubbish collected when I am not there. I pay tax D`habitation and Fonciere just like ererybody else even though I am not there. It seems to me that I do contribute very much to the local ecconomy even though for the most part I do not take anything out.

[quote]All this talk of "control panel" and "private messaging" !!!!!!I've never been able to see any link to access either and I still can't. I can only assume that the whole software thing isn't Firefox fr...[/quote] I use Firefox and at present seem to have access to all the features regards colin p.s except spell check.

Thank you Miki for answering Mark24 better than I could have done. I was not going to post here but I have just been watching the tributes for George on sky sports and have been moved to tears by the scenes at English football grounds where fans have been giving one minutes silence for the great man (total silence) Thank you George rest in peace.

I have just heard on the radio that doctors are saying that George has only Hours of life left. May I ask that anybody with a few moments to spare offer a quiet prayer for this troubled genius. regards colin

Hi Ron The CA bank I refer to is Centre Ouest regards colin

We opened an account with Credit Agrecole in 2003 without them wanting a deposit, they charge for everything else though including checking account on internet regards colin

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. [In regione caecorum rex est luscus.] Desiderius Erasmus (1466 - 1536), Adagia (III, IV, 96)

[quote]Can anybody around La Rochelle area advise me to use a 600cm or 800cm Satellite dish. I would prefer 600 if the reception is good. Thanks.[/quote] Hi DAVEF I think you will find that in most of France a 60cm dish will surfice. regards colin  

You could try `morethan` I have more or less the same car covered for less than £90 a year. They also do health insurance but in our case the AA where cheaper regards colin

Thats not what it says here http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-legal/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=1908 regards colin

[quote]But there is a sting in the tail, do that and when you come to sell under the new regs you will have to pay 33.33% as EU holiday home owner from outside France as opposed to 16% by letting them think ...[/quote] Hi Quillan I am not shaw or the facts here but havn`t you got these figures the wrong way round.(thats if its capital gains tax you refer to.) regards colin  

Hi baz sorry if the post caused problem,which looking at it ,it must have done but it looked perfectly normal when I previewed it before posting. regards colin

I have been having trouble logging on to site all day. keep getting following message. Server Error in '/' Application. Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding. Source Error: An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below. Stack Trace: [SqlException: Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding.] System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream) +742 System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteNonQuery() +194InstantASP.InstantForum.Logic.UpdateLastLoginDate(Int32 UserID) +221 InstantASP.InstantForum.Logic.UserLogin(Int32 userID) +983InstantASP.InstantForum.WebSite.Global.Session_OnStart(Object Sender, EventArgs E)System.Web.SessionState.SessionStateModule.RaiseOnStart(EventArgs e) +132System.Web.SessionState.SessionStateModule.CompleteAcquireState() +512System.Web.SessionState.SessionStateModule.BeginAcquireState(Object source, EventArgs e, AsyncCallback cb, Object extraData) +693System.Web.AsyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication+IExecutionStep.Execute() +66System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +173 regards colin

[quote]Colin You could try going into your internet security options, "allow" this Forum in options/internet security/web content. Then highlight this forum and then uncheck default settings on the right a...[/quote] Thanks Ron all seems to be back to normal now regards colin.

[quote]Pat, Thanks for sticking your neck out! Sounds like I need to not cancel my UK mobile contract till I have made this call. Would you know if I could just stick my Freesat card in someone's digibox h...[/quote] Hi Paolo As far as I am aware your freesat card can be activated from any digibox ( not sure about sky+ box). When my first digibox died I just purchased secondhand box put my freesat card in and it worked just fine. regards colin p.s If you do not use your card/box for some time you may have to wait a while for all the channels to become available.

I see what you are saying Will but from the day I joined up until this morning I had these facilities available to me.When I changed browsers earlier this morning they where available on firefox, when I logged back on again they were not. Nothing has been changed on my computer. regards colin

You`re right Ron changing browsers was a temp fix as now I have no control panel or author showing on any browser. I have tried everything suggested in previous threads but to no avail, I will just have to hope that all returns to normal as quickly as it failed regards colin

On Internet explorer I am not seeing the authors name or the control panel. I switched to use firefox browser and all is well. regards colin

What part of the A20 would this be, the part I use is toll free regards colin

Quote. We have once a fortnight if you are lucky, and if you trundle down to the hamlet collection point And for that we pay about 60 euros p.a. separate poubelle bill. We get the same service but ours costs 63 euros every six months for our holiday home regards colin