banyuls diver
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I know you can use symbols or special software to write a document in French in WORD on a qwerty keyboard. Anyone know how to write an e-mail in French using gravs,acutes etc.?
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Is there any exemption after reaching a certain age for owners of a holiday home or will the tax always be due for both elements i.e. house and television?
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Madeira Jon - symbols are fine in a WORD document - but you can't access them for an e-mail. This was my problem. Have now added the Avistoft software and it works fine on my WINDOWS XP operating system.
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Merci pour ça!
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When I write a word document I can use "symbols" to obtain French characters with accents such as acute, circumflex - but I don;t know how to invoke "symbols" when writing an e-mail with my qwerty keyboard. Can anyone offer any info regarding writing e-mails on a U.K. keyboard?
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Why don't you contact the DVLA? Unlike France, this is a "pne-stop shop". As a start to contact them, do you still have the Btitish registration number?
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For the men: this is the link re prostate cancer - news.bbc.co.uk/2/health/5132546.stm
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Thanks for that, Clair. I've had a look in pages jaunes and now found a few to try not too far from our French base.
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I haven't noticed any health food shops during previous visits to the Elne/Argeles area. Without naming business names can anyone confirm that they exist in this area?
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For the men out there - it is also deemed to be very benefitial in preventing and slowing prostate cancer. There are several threads on this if you google "pomegranite juice"+"prostate cancer".
Will try the health food shops when we come out. Thank you for that.
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My husband swears by Pomegranite juice. We're coming over to Argeles area again in a few weeks time. Do we have to bring some out in a hold bag or can it be bought locally?
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There is a theory that drinking pomegranate juice regularly is good as a preventative against prostate cancer - but can it be bought anywhere near Argeles?
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Super-U in Port Vendres sell them
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Le Grand Bazaar in Elne has now sadly closed. I bought some very useful things there including some cosy "couverture polaire". Any ideas where I can buy this brand now?
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Glaad to say we've been to France and back with no problems regarding the walking stick.
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Thats good to hear.
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We don't need a wheelchair, just the walking stick. We only have cabin bags to avoid the standing in the check-in queue. We have checked in on-line so have received priority boarding passes, so hopefully the journey won't be too bad.
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Thank you for all your replies. The walking stick is one of the collapsable type. We'll take it with us to Birmingham tomorrow as it will make life sooo much easier. Mum is 88 but looking forward to a break at our "other home" in the P.O.
Will let you know how we get on.
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I'm flying out to France tomorrow with dear old Ryanair. Neither their British or Irish help line seems to work(I've been trying to ring them all week!)Thing is I'm bringing my elderly mum with me. She is still reasonably fit but airports mean a lot of walking which would be a lot easier if she's allowed to bring her walking stick. Can't find any reference to walking sticks on the Ryanair web site and can't e-mail or talk to anyone. Does anyone on the forum know the answer?
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No-one out there interested in the Banyyuls reserve it seems?
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Are there any fellow BSAC divers in the Banyuls/Argeles area?
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Do I still need to rent the line from France Telecom or does Teleconnect include line rental?
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Will check with Perpignan airport and speak to the mairie next time I'm over. I just thought there may have been other forum users in the same position as myself and wondered how they had resolved the problem.
Gardian - I thought from the responses that most of the forum users were actually France resident - not secondaires like myself.
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Sunday Driver- Thanks for that.
AS I said, I intend bringing the car LEGALLY into France and insuring it - just trying to make sure there's somewhere safe to leave it if I do - and not where it may inconvenience others. Would rather have my main home in France - but domestic duties (looking after mum) mean I can't make the move just yet. Lucky those already in the sun permanently! For the moment, I pay my local taxes and service charges which I believe allows me to own a car in France?
As I've only recently bought my maison secondaire I could at best afford a "banger" in France - that's why I'm thinking of importing a known reliable car which I don't need in the U.K. now that I'm no longer working. It would be better to use it if I can.
P.S. It does strike me that a lot of cars in France have bumps and scratches. Is this something to do with the way people drive out there? I'd definately want to have French insurance cover.
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