KathyF
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[quote user="AnOther"]One more to add to the already long list of reasons not to be on there [;-)][/quote]
For me too, AnO. Also, do I really want to know what a friend or family member had for dinner or their "status" every few hours?
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For a woman, it's bad enough to be lumbered (usually) with the name of her father, only to be changed for the name of her husband. It is possible to acquire our own name (in the UK it is possible at least, where name changes are easy, by deed poll) but in France, it is such a production, and most of the time, downright impossible. [/quote]
You surprise me, 5-element. As a woman and the owner of our little French house (in my name only) I had real difficulty getting the powers that be to put everything under my married name in their records, rather than using my maiden name.I understood that legally all French women retained this life-long, even after marriage. You live and learn....[:D]
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The silly thing about using "Yes, she has got one" is that you're actually adding a completely unnecessary word to the perfectly serviceable verb "to have".
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Sorry, Cendrillon - probably didn't read your post carefully enough.....[:)]
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Cendrillon, in the UK family and friends normally only come for the weekend and most people wouldn't mind funding that. I certainly don't. They also normally come under their own steam and don't need ferrying about everywhere. If they come for a week or a fortnight I for one would expect a decent contribution, even in the UK. I'm retired and they are mostly still earning. 'Nuff said.....
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MOH and I celebrated our 43rd wedding anniversary in April and for at least 3/4 of that time we have had separate bedrooms. MOH is a light sleeper who falls asleep instantly and snores, but is also very easily disturbed and then can't fall asleep again. I like to read in bed before going to sleep and I simply can't fall asleep next to someone who snores! He likes lots of bedding and an electric blanket, whereas I prefer lighter bedding and a hot-water bottle. [:D]
We tried separate beds in the same bedroom for a while, but the disturbance problems were still there so separate bedrooms it was. It took a bit of getting used to, but now neither of us can imagine ever sharing a room again. We've never made a secret of it and our children and grandchildren take it completely for granted.
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Oh yes they are - I just remembered to refresh the Compatibility View settings. [:D]
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When our family members visit (we haven't had friends so far, pehaps because we're not in France all the time) they always insist on paying their share of food costs - even our two children and their families. That way they know they will always be welcome and we know they won't eat us out of house and home.Minor whinge - my smilies aren't working.....
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The great advanatage of living nearer to a channel port than an airport.......
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[quote user="Frederick"]Nomoss writes " Almost everyone "unofficially" lets out their place to friends and family. Of course.you don't do you ? . Why do some people think those of us who have a second home in France HAVE to be on the fiddle with their taxes ? In reply to your question Of course you do don't you .... No I bl***y well dont ![/quote]
Nor do I. No-one stays in our house unless we are there, which means they are always our guests. This goes for most of the second-home owners I know personally. When we are here it's our home and I don't let out my home to other people.
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[quote user="5-element"]
The French press has some interesting articles on the topic. For those who read French, the following article questions both the validity and wisdom of such a measure: "une nouvelle mauvaise idée"
http://www.lecri.fr/2011/05/10/la-taxation-de-la-residence-secondaire-des-etrangers/23432 [/quote]
Fascinating, 5-element. The writer fairly tears the idea to shreds, doesn't he?
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[quote user="5-element"]
The French press has some interesting articles on the topic. For those who read French, the following article questions both the validity and wisdom of such a measure: "une nouvelle mauvaise idée"
http://www.lecri.fr/2011/05/10/la-taxation-de-la-residence-secondaire-des-etrangers/23432 [/quote]
Fascinating, 5-element. The wirter fairly tears the idea to shreds, doesn't he?
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[quote user="woolybanana"]Those I have asked were rural folk, and they replied simply that they kept their heads down and survived.....[/quote]
The same in our bit of southern Manche, Wooly. The little commune our house is in was hammered to bits during the German counter-attack in August 1944, as testified to by the civilian names on the war memorial. Our cottage, just outside the bourg, was hit by a shell during a tank battle and burnt out inside. Our elderly neighbour was a teenager than and remembers vividly just trying to keep going....
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[quote user="Joe"]I have only cherry buds at the moment.Am I missing something?
[/quote]Joe, you're much further north than Nectarine, so your (and our) cherries ripen much later. Every year we arrive Normandy for the summer in the middle of June and we always find our early cherry tree in full fruit, with the other two (each a different vaeriety) still in the process of ripening. It may be that with this year's warm spring things will be a bit more advanced this time, but in northern France the cherry month is normally June (into July) not May.
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[quote user="woolybanana"]I am your humble follower, Kathy![/quote]
[:P] [;-)] [:D]
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Hi Wooly,
Thanks for adding yourself as one of my followers. I'm putting your blog on my blog-list, so you may find yourself garnering more visits from elsewhere. When I began my blog in February, someone kindly put it on her blog-list to make it visible and it all went from there.
Kathy
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But this wouldn't be just individual injustice, but widespread injustice against (I would hasard a guess) the majority of Spanish women involved in divorce. I would be extremely surprised to learn that most Spanish women earn as much as their husbands.
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Sounds fair enough if women in Spain earn as much as men, otherwise it seems grossly unfair to me.
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Wooly, you can open comments to anyone, not just those with Google accounts, but you have to change a setting in Blogger to do so. Changing comment settings is something I had to learn early on with my own blog, as my daughter wanted to be able to comment without opening a Google account. This is all you need to do:
Go to your Dashboard and click on Settings.
On the new page click on Comments.
When that page opens, under the second heading Who Can Comment, select the top option Anyone.
Go to the bottom of the page and click on the orange button Save Settings.
After that anyone can comment without being able to be contacted themselves.Comments are a lovely part of blogging and it must be hard work carrying on blogging if you never get any comments. A bit like talking when you don't know whether anyone is listening - though MOH would say that's never stopped me yet. [:D]
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In my experience, the lower the price, the higher the fees (both agent's and notaire's) as a proportion of that price. I'm guessing it's probably because there is about the same amount of work involved whatever the price.
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In that case, I think it means he fancies you.
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The literal meaninjg is sweet or cute. I'll leave it to the native French speakers or long-term residents to explain any nuances. [:)]
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[quote user="gardengirl "]Nor do we, Cendrillon; like you, lots of reading and music.[/quote]
Snap! [:D] In my case it's always French talk radio, which helps enormously with the language. The books are usually in English though. [:)]
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