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[quote user="P2"]Need to buy some petrol for garden tools. Are there any peculiarities in France or would I be ok using the normal types of container that are used in the UK? Paul [/quote] Bizarre! We have filled our red French fuel can up many many times at various fuel stations, & not once has anyone questioned it. If it's illegal, then why would the cans be on sale everywhere & how on earth is anyone expected to fuel up their garden machinery?

President Sarkozy did say in his speech this week, that no person in France would lose even 1 euro of their savings. How much we can rely on that promise i'm not sure! Does the Post Office savings account have the same 70,000 euro guarantee & how much can one put in there please?

Oooerr! I see the food Police are out in force! What's wrong with eating Beef & mint sauce, Lamb & mustard? If you like it, then good on you I say, just enjoy!

[quote user="Rose"]Ok... I'm thinking about wine now for the party... I would like something bubbly, a red or two and a couple of whites... Basic menu will be mixed Hors D'oeuvres when folks arrive, foie gras, suckling pig, cheese and selection of puddings... Anyone have any ideas about what could be a good choice to serve... and also what I shouldn't serve or buy! thanks [:)] p.s. we're not looking to spend a fortune, good value I think sums up our budget [:$]     [/quote] SUCKLING PIG! I wish I was a friend of yours .... MMMMMMMMMMMMM!!

I totally agree about the Leclerq problem. We purchased two kettles from the Limoges branch, both were faulty after a couple of uses. They exchanged the first one, but the second time, they insisted that we used the refund on buying groceries from their store. I thought that under the EU rules, any faulty goods were due a refund.

Has anyone a cheap 4x4 for sale please? Old land rover or Toyota pick up, anything that will tow a twin horse trailer. Haute Vienne region.

Looks like  a Yucca or Spanish Bayonet Plant, info ...... #265 Yucca aloifolia Common Names: Spanish bayonet, dagger plant Family: Agavaceae (agave Family) Get link to this Profile or click for data record #265 e-mail this page     This impressive clump of Spanish bayonet thrives in the hostile environs of a dry dusty bait shop parking lot in Woodville, Florida. Description Spanish bayonet has an erect trunk, 3-5 in (7.6-12.7 cm) in diameter, reaching up to 5-20 ft (1.5-6.1 m) tall before it becomes top heavy and topples over. When that happens, the tip turns upward and keeps on growing. The trunk is armed with sharp pointed straplike leaves each about 2 in (0.6 ft) long. The young leaves near the growing tip stand erect; older ones are reflexed downward, and the oldest wither and turn brown, hanging around the lower trunk like an Hawaiian skirt. Eventually the tip of the trunk develops a 2 ft (0.6 m) long spike of white, purplish-tinged flowers, each blossom about 4 in (12.7 cm) across. After flowering, the trunk stops growing, but one or more lateral buds are soon formed, and the uppermost becomes a new terminal shoot. Any other buds become branches, but these are usually few, and the plant has an open, airy habit. Spanish bayonet also produces new buds, or offshoots, near the base of the trunk, forming a thicket. There are several cultivars available, including 'Marginata' with yellow margined leaves and a variety (var. draconis) with a branching trunk and wider, recurved leaves. Spanish bayonet is similar to Spanish dagger or mound lily (Y. gloriosa) but the latter can be recognized by its more branched, interlaced habit which creates an overall moundlike appearance, and by its leaves which are: bluish-green instead of dark green; less rigid, tending to bend downward at the middle; wider and longer; and with smooth instead or rough margins.

Does anyone know if there is restricted access to your funds with the Livret A account please, or is it instant access?

We went for lunch to our French friends home & she had slow cooked a chicken in a big pan with a lid on the gas ring for about 4 hours. It was delicious, & she poured a very weak looking mixture over it that I took to be gravy. It was however, just the meat juice & water, but it tasted fantastic & moh who usually loves his gravy thick, couldn't get enough of it. So much for making English gravy!

Thank you for this suggestion. It's something worth asking about.

That's a thought, thanks for the suggestion.

I agree, We've just renewed ours at the consulate in Paris, posted Saturday morning, received new ones one week later, no problem.

Hi, Sorry, It was just a quick enquiry as she is such a lovely dog. I would love her, but I can't just at the moment, I do know someone who might though & I'll give her the info. Thanks for the reply.

Just wondered if Grenadine had found a good home Christine. She looks so gorgeous!

Hello We are in dept 87 and we can buy French News  and Connexion, to be found each month in all French newsagents.  There are all sorts of classifieds and helpful pieces of advice to be found here as well as the national news.    

  Hello We are moving from Spain hopefully to lead a quieter life in Charente. Can anyone tell me where we can find a truck for self drive hire in the Limoges area? We need it for 5 days in July to drive down to Spain & back, it must be bigger than a Luton Box van (to take 35m3 of furniture) and we need to be able to drive it on a car license. I know someone knows the answer to this...the question is will they tell me???