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[quote user="Quillan"] I love it, smugness of people on this forum. It wouldn't be so bad if people put their case by stating facts and not fiction that they have read in newspapers that get some form of satisfaction in winding people up.[/quote]   You asked for evidence........ [quote user="Quillan"] I know from the work my wife has done that the amount of appeals against deportation of immigrants has gone up in leaps and bounds over the last few years. In fact it would be true to say that there is like a whole new industry of solicitors now who specialise in these cases. I could quote statistics but if they don't meet peoples beliefs then they are of course not to be trusted so I won't bother. [/quote]   Why has your wife's workload increased so much? [8-)] I don't need to trawl through endless conflicting reports until I find one 'I like', surely you have provided more than enough evidence to contradict your own statements! [:P][:D]  

[quote user="Quillan"] . Don't forget that in the case of Spain most of it was under Muslim rule from between 711ad and 1492ad when King Fernando and Queen Isabel got the last lot out. [/quote] Funny you bringing  this up, we were just discussing how relevant this is to the situation in the UK today. [8-)]

[quote user="sweet 17"] Panda, the voice of reason..........bravo!  Very well spoken.  I don't believe for one moment that people leave their homes, their countries, families and friends just to live illegally in someone else's country, to cheat their systems, to attract the hostility of the natives, to bring the full force of the law on their heads, etc. They do those things in the full belief that they can lead a better life or indeed any kind of life at all. [/quote] Yes indeed, a better life which countless generations of British people have worked to give us. Why should people whose ancestors did not work hard building a future for their children, come here for what our parents grandparents etc. have worked and died for, and expect the same as us ?????

[quote user="NormanH"]1) It would be much more difficult to get rid of squatters in France than in Britain, [/quote] Especially the Germans I hear. [:-))]  

[quote user="Quillan"] OK prove me wrong, get the official immigration figure for the UK for the last 10 years year by year, then get me the figures for those expelled or refused entry for the same period and put them in the thread, if you can of course. [:P] [/quote] Would that be the "official" figures handed out by the Labour party you are asking for? [I]

[quote user="Quillan"] As to claims that under Labour immigration as gone up is somewhat farcical. [/quote] I would not be too concerned if your diabetes will entitle you to a few Euros/Pounds off your new glasses if I was you. If you have been to the UK lately and really believe this statement , you need to get to Specsavers ASAP. [;-)]

[quote user="elamessa"]Powerdesal I totally agree with your sentiments. Dog should be ignored then maybe he will go away and annoy some other forum [/quote] I think he was here before you, so perhaps if you dont like his comments you should go and post elsewhere. If someone does not agree with you why should they have to "go away"?

I agree Dog, I think the bikers should have rode to Tony Blairs home and voiced their contempt for his bl00dy war!!!!!! But I guess the powers in charge  would not have allowed that in our "free land" and the Police would have put a stop to it.

[quote user="AnOther"]Nothing ventured - nothing gained [;-)] [/quote] Nothing ventured- nothing lost !!!!

[quote user="Bugsy"]Can anyone help with this before I throw my computer through the window. [/quote] Please be sure to complete your customer survey email from Paypal that you will receive soon. [Www]

I would think that 225 Euros a day is a fair price. If he is charging 25 Euros an hour, I guess he is working nine hour days. Out of this he will  have to pay for a van, fuel and repairs ( tyres, brakes and servicing etc), plus brushes trays thinners, dust cloths , insurance etc. He may accidently knock some paint over, you would expect this put right. He has to spend more time travelling to your place and back to his after. Then the government "suits" (you know, the leeches who do no real work all day except shuffle useless bits of paper around) will take about 50% of his earned money. So I guess he will be left with about 100 ish Euros for his days labour. You think that is too much for him to earn? Do you question a solicitor or notaries' when he charges you thousands for looking at a few bits of paper and writing on them, no you don't, you shake his hand and thank him. What is wrong with some people thinking this is too much for a painter to charge you. Either do it yourself, don't have it done, pay someone on the black or employ someone who speaks Polish, but please don't imply that this man who you state is recommended by a very good builder and is  playing by the rules, is somehow robbing you.

[quote user="Benjamin"] Being in receipt of UK Incapacity Benefit does not entitle you to 100% cover. If the reason for the incapacity is on the List of 30 (which is now around 34) you can, via your French doctor, apply for ALD (affection longue durée). If granted you are then reimbursed 100% but only for that particular ailment(s)...... [/quote]   A comprehensive translated list of ALD's can be found HERE   

Kill everyone who does not want peace. [:-))]

We live in a hard water area in the UK (Suffolk) and I installed a water softener approx ten years ago after discovering as you have the state of my HW tank and pipes. It was the best investment I have made in the house. The water is totally transformed with one fitted. In fact we had taken it for granted until just before Christmas when it developed a problem with the electronic regenerator unit. After fitting a new electronic unit all is back to normal, less soaps, shampoos etc used as with the soft water it lathers up with hardly any of the product being required, nicer to bathe in and no build up of lime scale on the taps and inside the tank. If fact I am still using the same emersion heater fitted ten years ago. Regarding having a separate tap for drinking water, this is a must. Don't  forget that an outside tap must also be left hard water. This does not mean a special tap, but just plumb your original so it is left hard. Softened water has a relatively high sodium content, so it is best not to drink it or cook from it, and most important that powered baby milk is not mixed with softened water. Apart from a monthly refill of salt tablets at about £5 a bag, the electronic unit is the first expense in ten years we have had. I would never be without a water softner ever again if I was in a hard water area. Please be with out any doubt, you MUST leave your drinking tap hard. Hope this helps.    

[quote user="Russethouse"] Some posts have ben removed from this thread. Please adhere to the Code of Conduct when posting [/quote] Who is Ben ??????  [geek]

[quote user="Bugsy"]Wonderful news, just wonderful. . [/quote] Funny enough, I was quite pleased also. [;-)]

[quote user="AnOther"] Tax avoidance/evasion is a national obsession in France isn't it ? When it comes to most professional jobs you can nearly always get a 'cash' price. My car is in one of the main agent garages for a bit of body repair work (don't ask !) and the difference between an official job with a factura and cash was €295 so no prizes for guessing which I've gone for [blink] Ask me if I feel guilty [;-)] [/quote] "Let's call a spade a spade, this gentleman, and many others like him, take up token foreign residencies to avoid paying tax, nothing more nothing less". Does this comment ring a bell ???? [Www]

[quote user="MedievalCastle"] I think its a master stroke on the part of the French government, once people enter the system with AE they can give their business a go, [/quote] I fail to see this as a "master stroke", all they are doing is the same as the UK, where you pay tax and N.I based on your profit. The French government should be ashamed at the way it treats its citizens regarding earning money. No wonder they (mostly) just don't bother even to try. Working is not a privilege granted by the government, it is a persons RIGHT.

[quote user="nounours"]  and get on building my summer house by the beach in the Vendée[:P]. [/quote] Sounds nice, perhaps it might be a good venue for a rideout.  [:-))]

Nounours, Clearly with your great knowledge on this forums history, and the fact that you only joined on  28-1-2010, I again ask the question.   Why have you rejoined this forum using another user name?   I doubt you have been watching this forum for years and not posting on it. I like Bugbears posts, and if you think this forum is just for new members to join who would like to find out more about  France, I am puzzled as to why you have "just joined" ? [;-)]    

[quote user="nounours"]Anyone know when the last Catholic copper was jailed?  I really don't see what his religeon or original nationality has to do with this, does anyone else?[8-)][/quote] I don't think anyone has suggested it has. The fact is that a person in his senior position within the Met, should have been above what he has engaged in.   BTW Nounours, why have you changed your user name and re joined the forum ?????

[quote user="dragonrouge"] He will be kept in solitary of that I can assure you. [/quote] Why would that be I wonder ????? Is it because he is an ex police officer, or another reason maybe????  [8-)]

I am sure he will be VERY popular in the showers in his new "home".  [geek]

[quote user="AnOther"] When you have a spare 47 minutes................... [/quote] We don't all work on oil rigs you know....... [:-))]

[quote user="Martin963"]A really excellent illustration,   amplifies a similar one I saw in the French language,   but yours is more comprehensive. Can I add this one,  which "explains" how Quantitative Easing works.   "It is a slow day in a small Florida town and streets are deserted. Times are tough, everybody is in debt, and everybody is living on credit. A rich tourist drives through town, stops at the motel, and lays a $100 bill on the desk saying he wants to inspect the rooms upstairs to pick one for the night. As soon as he walks upstairs, the motel owner grabs the bill and runs next door to pay his debt to the butcher. The butcher takes the $100 and runs down the street to retire his debt to the pig farmer. The pig farmer takes the $100 and heads off to pay his bill to his supplier, .the Farmer's Co-op The guy at the Farmer's Co-op takes the $100 and runs to pay his debt to the local prostitute, who has also been facing hard times and has had to offer her "services" on credit. The hooker rushes to the hotel and pays off her room bill with the hotel owner. The hotel proprietor then places the $100 back on the counter so the rich traveler will not suspect anything. At that moment the traveler comes down the stairs, states that the rooms are not satisfactory, picks up the $100 bill and leaves town. No one produced anything. No one earned anything. However, the whole town is now out of debt and now looks to the future with a lot more optimism. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how the United States Government is conducting business today" Source:  Bob Copeland in a Telegraph comment. [/quote] I guess it is just as well no one owed any money to the banker and paid him,because if they did, he would have just kept the $100 as a "bonus" and the recession would have continued in this small Florida town. [Www]