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Vindolanda

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  1. Getting the car here as you said is the easy bit. Getting it on the road is a long process and an expensive one. Unless you are particularly attached to the car, your life will be much simpler if you buy something over here.

    That said, we used  a firm  in Paris,  Parts Plus( http://www.partsplus.fr/) Contact Mr Allanne Tel 01 39 31 13 13.

     It took a long time to get everything done, with much delay and prodding, but we got there in the end with old Fox Mustang .

  2. We were similarly  confounded  when, a year or two ago,  we saw our neighbour here transplanting young carrot s which he had thinned from the rows   in his potager.  It seemed to work fine for him. Although  anything he touches seems to grow. If he shoves a stick into the ground it sprouts !

  3. So sorry.  We all know the day will come when we first let our pets into our lives. But that never makes it any easier when the time eventually comes.  Although it will now seem unlikely,  there will be a time when you are able once more to remember fondly all the good times you have shared. 

  4. Hi Sweet 17.

    We have been using our bread machine for about one year now.  We too have  sometimes found it  difficult to get the bread out.  From experience we have found the best way is to invert the tin (either when cool or straight out of the machine) and give one corner a sharp knock on the work top and the loaf will normally slide out with the aid of a few shakes. The paddles very often stay in the loaf and can be picked out with a little extractor tool that came with the machine. We find it is best to do this after the loaf has cooled.

    To make life a little easier I lightly grease (or oil) the post and paddles before using the machine again.

    I hope this helps.

  5. Hi. For what is worth, I do not think that plumstones will be a problem,. We have several plum trees in the garden which are generally heavy croppers and our two "mange tout" Labradors have now survived several years of excess  plum consumption without any evident bother - apart from around the waistline.

  6. Hi, It should be ok. Ours is starting to flower now and the leaves will come later. It is ok to prune in Feb which is when the experts recommend the second prune of the year is done. Your first pruning for a while might set it back a bit but I agree with OH you cannot kill them!

     

     

  7. We have just obtained a Moulinex which is very good. Multilingual instructions include English and recipe book includes various breads,  jams, compote as well as pasta and pizza dough. We are very satisfied with the machine and have used a readymix pack for  multi grain bread (Leclerc) with good results.
  8. I have been having exactly the same problems for the last few days. Your second paragraph precisely describes my situation ( except for the make of computer). I was unable to type up a reply to your post on Aol. Going through IE has at least enabled me to frame a reply. I hope I can actually send it.

     

    So no answers I am afraid but perhaps sympathy from a fellow suffere helps. Maybe it is time I bit the bullet and changed from AOL. I wonder if getting a Neuf Box might help? at least that way I could keep my existing  e mail address?

    Good luck.

  9.  We have one clump of daffodils in the garden which sometimes have flowered for Christmas. This year the first bud opened fully on 6 December. 

     Our bit of the Orne is not renowned for a balmy micro climate. Has anyone else seen any signs of climate change in their garden?

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