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I am pulling my hair out while attempting to do our tax return, and wonder about others who may be in exactly the same particular situation.
- Husband's income is from British pension, taxable in France. He has an S1, so no CSG/CRDS
- My main income is from British pension too, but since I have a tiny French pension I was automatically propelled out of S1 and medical care being paid for by the UK. I became "à la charge du French health system" - which means that I should/must pay CSG and now, also CRDS?
But... we are taxed jointly as a couple we are a foyer fiscal, and so have a Revenu Fiscal de Reference which is for both our incomes.
Last year (first year in that configuration) I specified that we were both "a la charge" of a different health system, and just entered my own British income in 2047 VIII with a note. I reported the sum in 8TL of the blue form (not even sure if that was right, but it passed!)
This year, with the novelty of my income being additionally subjected to CRDS as well as CSG, and with exonerations calculated from the JOINT RFR 2009, I am concerned that we may end up having to pay CRDS and CSG on our joint income - which is not right, since my husband has an S1.
Also, with the changes in the forms themselves, I am not sure if I have to write anything on 2042 8 (Divers), line TK maybe? I know I have to enter my British income in VIII of 2047, lines 8TL and again 8TX.
Sorry if this seems very confused - I thought there must be other mixed (i.e. different health care) couples with similar difficulties, but with perhaps a much better understanding than I seem to possess....with me being French, it is even more infuriating and humiliating to be so dense about all this.[:'(]
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[quote user="Christine Animal"]
In one of the interviews Ashleigh said he is a Bichon/Chinese Crested/Border Collie cross. [8-)]
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It seems such an odd parentage!!! (but I know very little about canine breeding!)
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Ah, that's where it had gone! Thank you Norman, for your research.[:D]
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Stan, I have just had a colonoscopy about 10 days ago (second time here in France). By far the worst is the preparation, which you have to adhere to very strictly for 3 days before the procedure itself. It is usually done under general anaesthetic by a gastro-enterologue, as the exploration involves the entire length of the colon, right up to the ileo-caecal valve on the right of your lower abdomen.
The prep involves a strict "sans résidue" diet which is horrid if you like veg and fruit etc... but it's only for 3 days. And the worst is the purging regimen, as it involves drinking 2 liters of water with some powder diluted in them, makes you feel pregnant and a little nauseous, and it does mean that you have to spend the evening before the procedure at home, mostly sitting on the toilet!
You usually have a brief appointment with an anesthesist who can answer your queries about a general. It is a very light anaesthesia, the colonoscopy itself lasts about 15 minutes.
I live locally so I arrived in a 2-bed room at 12 midday, the other patient had already gone to theatre, and she had a lady sitting by the empty bed, who had evidently accompanied her. I was the last patient to go through that procedure on that day - undressed, a gown on, lying on a trolley I was wheeled in the recovery room right by theatre. Next to me was another patient who was still sedated, she had just come out. Between us was a loudspeaker, with FUN MUSIC radio playing quite loud. I understood why: the procedure involves pumping air in your colon so as to make the walls perfectly separate and visible, just like you would blow the inner tube of a bicycle (!). Once it is over, some of the air is still around...and as the patient wakes up, you are told to evacuate it - and some people are a little self-conscious about farting in public I guess, hence Fun Radio full blast (heavy bass too usually.[:D] ).
Eventually I was wheeled in at about 1.00 pm (had had a catheter put into my hand, painless) - the anaesthesist came over, fiddled with it for a second...and next thing I knew, I was still in theatre, everyone gone home except the nurse clearing it who kindly said to take my time waking up. I felt absolutely fine, no sequels at all. Wheeled back to my room, waited for the doc to come around and to tell me results (all OK), and I was collected at 3pm - strict instructions that someone should collect you and that you do not drive even if you feel OK - just in case the anaesthetic does strange things to you.
So, altogether, only 3 hours in the clinic. All done very efficiently, painlessly, competently, and all the medical personnel was really kind and considerate. Good luck, you should be just fine!
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A bichon non frisé then?
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Wonderful! Please excuse my ignorance, but what dog breed is Pudsy exactly?
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That is so sad - and perhaps very scary. I am not surprised: for years now, a scientific journalist, Vincent Tardieu, has been studying the disappearance of bees and has given many talks on this for quite a while
http://lesilencedesabeilles.over-blog.com/
I know he is not the only one (thankfully!) but his work is particularly interesting to me because he just lives up the road - and is therefore fairly local to you as well, Norman.
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The médecin traitant is unlikely to process ALD registration unless the patient has consulted the specialist for that medical condition. Anyway the specialist himself/herself can do the ALD registration for the ailment that concerns him/her...Cardiologists can be found just by looking in the yellow pages directory under "Médecins- cardiologie"...unless you get a personal recommendation for a specific cardiologist...
If I had a heart condition, I would want to be sure to be monitored by a local cardiologist in the area where I live, whatever it takes...
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If your father has had a heart attack, then he should see a cardiologist here in France (with or without a letter from UK doctor). It does surprise me that your GP doesn't at least refer him to one.
However, you can still make an appointment for your father with a cardiologist, it is not strictly necessary (just cheaper) to do it without a GP's referral. All you have to do is to ring up a cardiologist, and say you want an appointment (not like in the UK where you MUST be referred by a GP!) The cardiologist should then be able to pick up the heart trouble, and the ALD can be sorted out in that way - have you actually ASKED the medecin traitant to give you a letter for a cardiologist appointment?
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[quote user="NormanH"]
(My personal Bête noire is Guéant...)
[/quote]Ha, we all have to have one (at least)![:D]
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Le rassemblement bleu marine is extending hands to various UMP members, urging them to join forces for the legislatives, now that the UMP has imploded (which was their avowed aim all along), they see themselves as the only credible right now.
Scary times?
As long as we don't have to see more of Jean-François Copé. I don't quite know why I should loathe him so much.
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I just hope (against all hope) that there might be one day, before I die, an election result which is worth getting wildly excited about.
Obama getting elected might be the most exciting I will have ever lived, and probably only because of his skin colour.
How depressing. [:(]
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I love the thinly disguised code, ie. Pays-Bas vs. Hongrie [:D] here: http://presidentielles2012.rtl.be/rtlutils/others/presidentielles2012/
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Surely no need to spread the news, if we just know a link we can click on, then it's up to the individual???[blink]
Especially if, for instance, I asked for someone to PM me a link I can use. That is not illegal is it?
So...does anyone know....?
EDIT: it's OK, no need now. [6]
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Luv' it!!! Thanks Christine. [:D]
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I second that.
The programme is really worth watching: it challenges the stereotypes about who are the NF voters.
In the Loiret family above, the Congolese sister-in-law cannot vote as she is not French, but she nods in agreement with the rest of the family about their views, although she states her awareness that if the NF was in power, it is quite possible she would be "sent back" to Congo, as she has been chômeuse for a year. The matriarch of the family defends the fact that they are Restos du Coeur beneficiaries and RMIstes as they are in exceptional circumstances, something that they can't help, unlike the majority of other "assistés". It is riveting, they really believe they are special cases, and that the others are just layabouts, and have to be stopped. [:'(]
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[quote user="Georgina"]Do you know Idun, whenever I have posted on here (rarely), you always post in a negative manner and totally unhelpful.
. I should introduce you to my neighbour you would get on well.
[/quote]I have followed this thread with some interest and at first, had sympathy for Georgina. But the above comment (following a couple of other slightly OTT ones) is just a nasty personal attack, really bitchy. I am glad I don't have your neighbour Georgina, but I am also glad you are not MY neighbour either.
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Remplissable doesn't exist (or maybe it does?????) (although one would understand what you mean!)
Chancer, I only have a bicycle and a shopping trolley, so I don't have fuel in either.[:P] But it's true, you "remplis" the tank. If you "remplis" it full, it is "faire le plein!"
Rechargeable is for cartridge, but also for batteries!
edit: "remplissable" does exist now, the word has been invented in relation to pdf files!
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I am quite stunned by the number of negative reactions to the notion of massage - surely, it is not to massage in general, but to those pseudo relaxing massages, which are superficial, and probably good insofar as they provide a "me" space for someone who needs it - but also when a person just needs some good old human physical contact (I am thinking of the very old, who often have no human physical contact at all, and people who live alone and stay alone most of the time).
There are so many different kinds of massage! Surely, just having a random massage by a random person, is not going to give a very complete and accurate representation of massage! Look at athletes, how much they value their "soigneur" - nothing like a good massage to ease many aches and pains - provided the masseur/masseuse really know what they are doing.
Massage (even if it's only foot massage) is also wonderful for the very ill, it can be used when a person's body is too damaged for any other kind of body massage. It is so therapeutic, in all sorts of circumstances. It is and has been used for centuries all over the world, in most cultures! I am with Sprogster here!
OK, I will own up, I love massage (not the wimpy kind, but the therapeutic kind!), with a well-trained, experienced, sensitive masseur/masseuse who really knows their job. [:)]
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I only vaguely understand what you are talking about Chancer (you are usually a little too technical for me [:D] ) but "refillable" is definitely "rechargeable" - whether it's gas or liquid.
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Folding fitted sheets, just like changing the duvet cover, those are two jobs I loathe with a vengeance, and am hopeless at.
Someone showed me how to do both though. I can now do the duvet cover changing (putting it inside out, hold the corners, and whoosh) whereas before I used to have to get inside and on several occasions it got rather claustrophibic, like a diver who can't find the right way up [:'(]
The folded fitted sheet I have never been able to master, even though it looked so simple when someone else was doing it.
Patf, if I did it your way, I would have to hoover the floor first, so that's yet another job![:D]
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Nothing new at all and I am not convinced that it is particularly French? In fact, my dear husband (not French) has been trying to give me this for years and I always end up saying no thank you - although I am sure I would love it, in the end I do think it is such a waste of money...
Mind you, I remember my niece's boyfriend (both French) presented her with a "relooking" voucher for her 26th or 27th birthday (!!!!!). Afterwards they took photos of her tarted up (she ended up looking not at all like herself: instead of a naturally beautiful, vibrant, mischievous, young woman, after the "relooking" all her features had been smoothed out so that she was looking like a little Barbie doll) - it was all very odd how pleased they all were.
Now, ten years and 3 daughters later, I am sure she would love a day at a spa!!!
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Very informative article, thanks Clair! Sweden seems to have the right idea, Francois Bayrou was close with his idea of really counting blank votes (even though he would like to make voting compulsory for all). But we are not in Sweden, and it seems that blank votes are seen the same as abstaining, insofar as not turning up counts the same as if I voted blank (unless I am misunderstanding something)
"Le vote nul est un vote non réglementaire, le vote blanc consiste à mettre un bulletin blanc dans l'enveloppe.
Dans les deux cas, le vote est comptabilisé dans l'abstention"A practical point though: do you have to bring with you, your own blank paper, as no "bulletin blanc" is available in the voting office?[:)] since crossing out a name is a spoilt vote, i.e. the same as "vote nul"?
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Yes, I can see. Up to now I had never given much thought to voting blank, as I thought it was the same as staying home! But clearly, not quite the case. Hmmmm....now what shall I do?
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