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AnOther, Thanks for the ideas. We had thought of perhaps Gites, never did fancy CDH, (I really don't wish to have strangers in my house), but under the current circumstances it means we would HAVE to run them rather than doing them as a side line, just for the health cover, which others like Dexter can enjoy for a small outlay each month on insurance. And as for all the running around to comply with Monsieur jobs worth who needs everything in triplicate to comply with some strange rule, I think it would all be too much. After reading as I do, posts on here from people who do run Gites and tails of woe, from members like Dave's "I am giving up Gites" thread, although very funny  to read, I wonder if I even wish to try this. All we wished to do was move to France, like the OP is doing, not get involved with a whole new set of rules regarding running a business we are not really interested in. I don't blame France for changing the Healthcare rules, I just wish the UK would do the same.    

[quote user="AnOther"][quote user="ebaynut"]Well done Ernie [I][/quote]Apologies for pointing out the blindingly obvious but it was to counter your erroneous statement: "we cannot move at present and if we did move to France it would be against the law" [;-)] [/quote] Well OK,  [:D]  perhaps I should have replied to Dexter,   " At least you can still move to France permanently  as an early retiree without it being against the law, unlike us."   With regard the other points you raise, and I have to agree with Norman about it being a well balanced post, having read the threads on this and other forums  about starting a business in France, with all the problems and such small returns, if this was the only way that your wife's future healthcare could be covered, with the risks involved, would you consider it?  I think I would prefer your journey to work. [;-)] Even Norman said in his post on another thread this morning,  (no pun intended), and I quote,   [quote user="NormanH"] I can't imagine anyone moving to rural France to make a living, unless in some countryside- related business. [/quote]

[quote user="AnOther"]If you are entitled to an E106 then you can move to France tomorrow, the problem will come when it runs out in Jan 2012. [/quote] Well done Ernie [I]

[quote user="NormanH"]"I started to look for PHI last night and the only site that would give me an immediate quote was AXA, that came in at £120 per month. It certainly makes you think a bit more about your finances when you add that amount on,and that was a discounted introductory rate." In any case you would have to pay a contribution towards the cost of your health care, based on your pension  plus a "Mutuelle" (mine is about 70 euros a month) I think £120 a month looks cheap. eBay I don't understand your point about it being illegal for you to move to France. [/quote] To comply with French residency rules, we would need three years private health cover before we could join the French system, ( I have paid stamps so would be entitled to an E106 for the first two years) unfortunately due to my wife's condition this would not be an option as no company would cover her with her problems. So we cannot move at present and if we did  move to France it would be against the law.

Perhaps you should consider yourself lucky that you can still make the move. We would be more than happy to pay the private healthcare insurance premium you speak of, but due to my wife's long term disability, it is now against the law for us to move to France, due to the changes introduced two years ago. Our house at that stage had a buyer, we had found a house we wanted, then the change in the rules. Don't talk to me about discrimination against the disabled, we are more than aware of it.  

The one good thing to come out of all of this is that, that 'orrible thread about the BNP has been deleted. [:D]  

[quote user="Russethouse"]  I'm sorry eBaynut but no you cannot. If you refer to the Code of Conduct it says : Comments or questions regarding the general administration of the forum should be made by "private message" or using the "Report" link to the moderators or direct to Forum Admin. Such comments or questions should not be posted in the open forum. There are good reasons for this, so further discussion will result in the thread being locked [/quote] DoooooooH, and I had the "steak knives" thread all lined up as well.  [Www]

No problem, we can move it to another thread if that happens. [I]

[quote user="Quillan"] In another thread now locked you have claimed that a moderator and I suspect you were referring to me took the deleted thread off topic. The thread went of topic some time back then got back on topic and drifted to a halt as threads do. Odile actually reopened the thread on the 30th (July) nearly a week after the last post. Her first post was about Leicester but shortly after (11 minutes to be exact) made a post about masons, there is no gap or post between the two. It was Odile who took the thread off subject and nobody else. It's strange how you bring this up after the thread has been deleted when other forum members do not have the ability to check to see if you are telling the truth. Fortunately the thread is still available to the moderators so I can check. Yet again you are not telling the truth and manipulating things to make you appear right and others wrong. You don't seem to care who you hurt, I have just seen message from a very distraught widow whose departed husband was a mason and she has taken deep offence at your comments and in particular "I have yet to meet an honest mason". You have effectively called this ladies husband dishonest, she is very, very, upset. [/quote] And no doubt Odile is very upset at that your post which I have pasted below from the now deleted thread.   Jay Jay - I think everyone is flogging a dead horse with regards to Odile (and Dog, a world of his own totally apart from the rest of us mortals). I think she makes too many assumptions, does not read or listen and never, ever answers a question unless it suits her. I have no idea what profession she once held, I dread to think. One things for sure she would not be the type of person I would employ, nothing to do with masons I hasten to add but more to do with the way she behaves and thinks in general. An extremely ill informed and single minded woman with the ability never to listen to reason even when pointed to the truth.    

[quote user="Dog"] It may be of interest that the thread was taken off topic by a moderator. [/quote] That had not escaped my attention also.

[quote user="Russethouse"] On the contrary Christine, it was pulled because Dog and possibly Odiles posts were contrary to the Code of Conduct. [/quote]   I was wondering why the whole thread was pulled and not just the posts which did not comply with forum code? After all, the whole thread had gone completely off topic, so why was it not just pruned back to where either  (A) the posts that did not comply were removed, or (B) the subject changed so completely from the title of the thread? Many people contributed to a thread that was then taken off subject, and because of this change of topic and the posts made by the people who took this off topic, it was complete removed. There may be a good reason for this, perhaps you could enlighten me. Thanks.

  QUOTE. Thanks for that, you learn something every day! Not that I give a damn what N° is on any of my cars or bikes - and yes, we do have classics - but it's useful knowledge to have for club members. But from reading the DVLA website, the n° has to go somewhere after 3 years....so if the OPs bikes are kept in France doesn't he need to find UK vehicles to put the numbers on after 3 years?   You will find that when (if) you come to resell any of your classics, it will affect the value of them if they do not have the correct reg number. That, like matching frame/engine numbers it does make a large difference to the price achieved.[:-))]

For those who are interested, the Fees & application form is 'here'.

[quote user="Weedon"]Back in May I made sure that I locked all the doors in my camper before entering Calais on the way to the ferry port. I had a stick ready to beat off the dozens of illegals that I imagined would be clinging limpet-like to the sides of the vehicle and I contemplated putting a mirror on a stick to check underneath for stowaways once I got to the port.  It must have the off-season  though for I never saw signs of illegal people or their camps, it can't all be newspaper talk can it?[/quote] Perhaps it was between 12.00 and 3.00 when you entered Calais, in which case they would have been at lunch.

Puzzled, Just a guess, but you don't agree with me then do you?????

[quote user="Frenchie"] It is forbidden to accomodate them in France. Anyway, what they want is THE UK, not France. They know here it is really difficult to get papers, a job, benefits, and they ve been told your country was a real eldorado.. Who s to blame ? [/quote] I guess the current UK government is to blame. Perhaps the reasons you list above as to why they cannot stay in France is something that attracts people from the UK to France.

Puzzled, Perhaps, as you seem so keen to defend those people who "rob the Brits at Calais", and  seem to value them so highly, perhaps you could accommodate a few in your property in France. I am sure the Great British public would indeed be most grateful to you. I would see this as a win win situation, you would be living with the people you love, they would have a nice place to live, and us in the UK, well you don't have to be a rocket scientist to guess the next line in this sentence. [;-)]

[quote user="puzzled"] The point is if Mr Griffin thinks it it ok to sink boats full of immigrants at sea, how do you think he would deal with immigrants at Calais? Fairly? Humanely? Legally? I certainly don't. [/quote] The title of this thread is  " Calais immigrants stop/rob Brits". What has sinking boats to do with this ???? As to how he would deal with them, positively would I guess be a good word to use. Do you think it is OK for them ( immigrants) to act in this way at Calais then????

[quote user="puzzled"]Let me guess, one led by the same chap who advocates the sinking of boats full of men women and children ? [/quote]   I don't see any women and children at Calais, only young men.

[quote user="Frenchmama"] Actually she lives in St Leonards, which for those of us who come from  Hastings is not the same thing at all.!   [/quote] Is St Leonards more "up market" then ??????  [;-)]

[quote user="Keni "]---for heavens sake, no wonder most countries look at us in disgust![/quote] Which countries look at us in disgust and why ?

There is one political party in the UK which would deal with this problem in a positive way. [:)]

This cant be true, those nice immigrants would not be so naughty surely?  [;-)]

If he is for real, then if I lived in Doncaster, he would have my vote. [8-|]

[quote user="Gardian"] I just say to myself, why on earth don't these people get their *** in gear and do some marketing and try a bit harder? There are vacant shops in the village (which is mobbed with tourists just now) where one could be taken on for the Summer season.  Lazy opening hours + an unwillingness to try something like that, is symptomatic of a total absence of a selling culture, i.e. they have no other important customers. OK, it's a dog eat dog world, survival of the fittest, etc.  All true, but it stirs one's (former) business instincts, doesn't it?  You feel as though you could do 10x better with your eyes blindfolded, don't you?    [/quote] Why not take one of these shops on yourself, and perhaps in a year or two you could post on here letting us all know how its not worth starting up a business in France with all the costs and paperwork. [Www]