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    Uk car insurance to cover extended period in France

    in Driving in France

    Posted

    When we arrived here we with (then) Norwich, which is now Aviva I believe. We needed just a few extra days before we completed the registration of our car in France but the broker said that Norwich would not extend the period by so much as 2 weeks. Someone made the point that you would not get much back on a pre-paid premium. The insurer paid back all of the remaining 4(ish) months but the broker took most of it as a "handling fee". Lucky broker, we would have been paying monthly except that we had had trouble opening a UK band account (money laundering regs.) and so could not give a direct debit.

    Tax Returns - Help from English speaking tax inspectors

    in French Finance

    Posted

    Last year two really helpful English speaking tax inspectors visited my local tax office and went through my already completed tax return with me, corrected, to my advantage, one bit then just took it off with them - done and dusted.  Today, I have just received an email from one of them telling me which days they will be in my area and offering to make an appointment for me.  Now isn't that kind and helpful.  Can't see anyone from HMRC doing that, can you?

    Brave Dog Buddy

    in Pets

    Posted

    [quote user="Polly"]Dogs are not dumb animals, give them plenty of physical and mental exercise (just like humans) and they flourish.

    Leave them all alone, even in a posh house or garden, and they suffer and become destructive.

    Love them, give them plenty of physical and mental exercise and you have the best friends ever for life.

    How does an assistance dog or a police dog get to be so 'clever'? Answer: not only the breeding, but lots of attention, care, love & exercise.

    [/quote]

    I saw something on TV some months ago, forgotten exactly the programme but I am sure many of you saw it.  It was specifically about dogs and I was struck about a point the presenter made.  It would appear that dogs, from their long association with humans, have learnt about pointing and they are the only animal which will look, and go,  in the direction in which you point because, whilst pointing a finger is totally irrelevant to other animals,  dogs instinctively know that it means, "look there".  I have experimented with Val (who is utterly brilliant anyway[:P]) and it works every time, even when the object is not in sight but, for e.g., "over there" but behind a wall or hedge.  Those of you with trained dogs will know that their dog will follow a pointed finger, but try it if your dog is not super-trained and see what happens.

    brico leclerc

    in Shopping

    Posted

    Good morning, I see that you were up as early as me.   If you go to the Brico E leclerc website, go to the "find your local store" bit and in the postcode type in 72000 it will  show you a map with the locations of 5 stores to choose from.

    Edited Sorry,  I obviously was up too early.[:$]  I was too late to delete but went back to the site and see that I should have checked the Brico box and that the 5 stores are just normal supermarkets.  With the Brico box checked and the postcode 72000 it says that there are none in the Department.

    Brave Dog Buddy

    in Pets

    Posted

    [quote user="Pads"]I have just seen this on the news ... and had me blubbing as its so tipical loyal German Shepherd behavoir..

    http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2946482/Brave-Buddy-to-the-rescue.html[/quote]

    Me too................. it's just what I would expect from my lovely, clever Val. (He's cheeky too).[:D]

    EHIC am I the first ?

    in Health

    Posted

    Ooooooooooooops,  are those the green forms that have been lying somewhere on my desk for a couple of months or more for some health card or other?  Are they important?  Perhaps I should dig them out and fill them in.  As I remember, they at least are in English.

    Can anyone help this poor lady?

    in Animal Welfare, Rescue & Protection

    Posted

    Hi Lisa

    This all sounds quite exciting for Michael and perhaps one of the cats.  I have been worried about Michael and the cats 'cause time could be running out for Jo where she is.  I have Connie, Jo's Great Dane and she is adorable and just so well mannered - well almost[:D], she pinched OH's mousse de canard lunch the other day but then she can with a head higher than an average worktop and I should have known better than to leave it there[:D].

    Help please, I can't even fix a fuse

    in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone

    Posted

    Thanks everyone.  It's OK about the cover on the box - I have good self-preservation instincts so I always turn off the power before I touch the electrics, even when I change a bulb as who knows, OH may switch it on by mistake (or not by mistake on a bad day?[:-))])   Since I have no idea what I am doing I reckon that overly safe is better than terminally sorry.  I had hoped that it was just a matter of knowing what to pull, push or unscrew.  There are boxes of those cylindrical ceramic fuses nearby and it hadn't occurred  to me that there was a new system that didn't use them. I have tried the couple of suggestions (thanks again) but I am afraid that neither worked.  I do think that it is possible that the electrics are a bit old.  We rent the house and when we moved in one of the (other) lights was just bare wire as the previous tenants must have taken the light fittings.  I got on my little ladder (with the power off[:D])and put on a plastic bulb fitting and noticed that the sleeving on the wires had the texture of cheese.  It just sort of crumbled away.  Perhaps it is time I spoke to the landlady, I haven't bothered her in a couple of years knowing that the recession had probably hit them  but perhaps the time has come.............................

    Help please, I can't even fix a fuse

    in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone

    Posted

    I know it isn't a TV etc query but didn't know where else to ask it.  I know that a lot of you clued up types are found here.  I seem to have a fuse of sorts gone and I think it isn't exactly a 'call in an electrician' problem.  Two lights don't work and I have changed bulbs etc  without any luck.  Down in the sous sol I have this box, see pic 

    [IMG]http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h15/miggimeggi/IMGP0079.jpg[/IMG]      

    As you will see, the last switch on the bottom bank in down and it will not stay up.  In the past I have just pushed a switch up to fix something but I think that this time I need to change a fuse but I am afraid I don't know how to do it.  I have opened the box using the screws at either side but I looks far to 'electrical' for me to want to touch it without some instruction.  I do know where to switch off all the power but then what???????

    Please, please, help someone even if it is just to tell me to call in an electrician.  One of the lights is in the loo and my husband has Alzheimer's.    You don't need a lot of imagination to see what problems arise there. [+o(]         

    Cost of spaying/castration please?

    in Pets

    Posted

    [quote user="PeterG"]

    My wife had me done last week for nothing. She just used two large bricks. It doesn't hurt, unless of course, you trap your fingers between the bricks...........................

    The old ones are the best

    [/quote]

    Thank you Peter G, if not for your reply there, my day, so far, would

    certainly have been wasted.[:D]

    Swissie,

    I would have replied sooner but I have not had a girl dog spayed recently, however, I had Utopie spayed in the Dordogne just over 4 years ago and then it cost 160 euros.

    Rabies Jab and all other jabs

    in Pets

    Posted

    Ooooooops, [:$] [:$]reading the post following this, it would seem that I am talking through my hat and that a rabies jab is not a legal requirement in France.  I was told back in 2001 by an  import agent when I imported a dog that it was a requirement and I have just assumed that they were correct.  Really sorry for talking such guff though I hope that the email from Carole in DEFRA is useful.[:$]

    Steam Cleaners

    in Shopping

    Posted

    [quote user="confused of chalus"]I've got a teeny hand held one (shaped like a penguin) and its the best thing ever for kitchen and bathroom tiles, grout and horrible cookers. Also works well on stains in carpets and car upholstery and does a very quick freezer defrost. When I have (eventually ) got my renovated house with tiles over the ground floor i'll go for the full size version. But in the meantime it's amazing what the baby version can do.

    [/quote]

    Mmmmm, (thinks......) I've got one of those, bought off the tools truck a couple of years ago for about 35 euros and only used once.  I noticed it lying in the garage last week.  I think I will give it another try and with a more positive attitude.  Thanks Confused.[:)]

    Rabies Jab and all other jabs

    in Pets

    Posted

    Sorry, I had thought that you meant that it would be one year this month since his last booster which would have made it OK for the French resident dogs' requirements and also for the passport.   I would guess (but it is only a guess) that so long as you have the booster done here before the expiry date of the current one, you will be OK, except of course for the French requirement.  If your vet is willing to complete the passport 'valid to' date then all should be well.  I have copied and pasted the reply which I received from DEFRA when I emailed them with pretty much the same question to yours.  You could copy and print the DEFRA reply to show your vet if he is unsure.  Hope this helps.

    Dear Anne

    Further to our telephone conversation of today and your subsequent email

    received today.

     I can

    confirm for pets to be eligible for the Pet Travel Scheme (PETS) they

    must have

    a valid rabies vaccination. Booster vaccinations are given as per the

    manufacturers data sheet provided with the vaccine. This can be between 1

    to 3

    years depending on the vaccine administered.  Booster vaccinations are

    valid for entry to the UK and other EU countries from the date given

    provided

    they are given on time (according to the instructions in the vaccine

    manufacturer’s data sheet where the previous vaccination was given). Please

    note

    that it is the "valid until" date written in the passport which

    is taken into account when travelling under the Pet Travel Scheme    . 

    If

    the revaccination date is missed the pet will not meet the conditions of

    the

    scheme and will have to be vaccinated and, for entry to the UK, blood

    tested

    again. The 6 month rule will then apply from the date the new blood

    sample is

    taken assuming the blood test result is satisfactory. If your pet always

    has

    the booster on time, it will not need a further

    blood test, or be subject to a

    further 6 months wait, provided your pet does not enter an unlisted

    country.

    Please

    note,  in some EU countries annual rabies vaccinations are required if

    a pet is resident in that country, but it is the "valid until date"

    in the passport that is taken into account when travelling under

    PETS.

    http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quarantine/pets/procedures/support-info/vacci.htm

     I hope this has answered your question. Should you require further

    information

    you may wish to:

    · Check our website www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/quarantine/index.htm

    · Or contact The PETS Helpline on 0870 2411710

    · Or send an e-mail to [email protected]

    Rabies Jab and all other jabs

    in Pets

    Posted

    I enquired about this when I brought Ollie and Utopie back to France a couple of years ago.  They both had passports showing a date about 2 years hence and according to DEFRA the date on the passport is the date that will be accepted - however, in France it is a legal requirement that the rabies jab is given every year and so if they are going to remain in France after their latest jab is a year old you should have an annual booster done.  I would suggest, if it is not too late, that you be absolutely sure and have the booster done before  it would expire if it had been a French passport.

    URGENT Beautiful German Shepherd SPA Carcassonne

    in Animal Welfare, Rescue & Protection

    Posted

    Please somebody, help Rowan find this lovely boy  a home.  I had never had a GSD until, thanks to this forum, I adopted Val last July.  I just didn't know what I had been missing.  He is a wonderful, loving and loyal friend and I wouldn't be without him.  I am sure that  this boy will be just as great a dog as my Val is.  If you have never had a GSD before, and if he is even a quarter as lovely as Val, you just couldn't do better.  This forum has a huge number of members, there must be someone out there who could love this doggie.

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