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Being fairly thick I don't see that a reference to our hearing impaired brethren is useful when linked to speech sync. Is the delay significantly shorter than the free service from Skype and the free service provided by Microsoft(Messenger)?
Is there anyone else out there who has:-
(A) Benefited significantly from a switch to ooVoo I do not need a multi way conversation-- too confusing--?
(B)Any knowlege of the takeup of this system?
I for one have no wish to fill my hard drive with another program of limited use.
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Ok , I've got Skype and windows messanger and both suffer from an incredible time lag reminiscent of Apollo landings beep and speak are all our calls routed via houston?
is OOVoo or WHY any better?
ps I only ring computer to computer and messanger is free for that, little brother is a Mac user and uses Skype for some reason
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Hi , Like Jo Jo we have also just finished a new build in the North of Dordogneshire and after a couple of warm summer holidays here decided that a pool was a must have. Neither of us are serious swimmers so an 8X4 pool with a set of roman steps was ordered and has now been installed ready for the winter. plenty of water to keep us refreshed, at 1 metre to 1.7 metres deep ok for us and the grandkids and the occasional keep fitters will be supplied with a length of bungee to stop them running out of pool length.
The total cost of pool, terrassement, pumps, sterilisor and safety cover was €19500 ready to swim, I am providing my own plage as a quote for c€5500 for 40m2 of slabs etc was considered as far too expensive and because the zone surrounding the pool was made up ground from the build, the pool is on a solid rock base, I believe that at least a year or so must go by while the ground settles before the final landscaping can be completed and this arrangement will allow the soil to settle against the walls rather than the builders method of a reinforced concrete ledge under which the soil would have continued to settle leaving a void.
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Retread, not wishing to undermine your calm and well reasoned response, I feel I should point out Dame Kiri Te Kanawa is from New Zealand, not Aus.
Sorry but It was midnight here when I posted although the mistake would support other arguments
Wen's comments were a bit of a rant, covering and mixing all manner of partial fact and opinion. They also contained a nasty tinge of metropolitan snobbery about rural communities, which is about as offensive as rascism. I too, as a Brit, support Aus becoming a republic, in the same way as I wish the UK were. And I'm pleased France is one too. I found offensive the comment " Mother England continues to sink; and for those of you who have come to France to escape the social and economic problems there you surely must agree otherwise you are hypocrites". Excessive reading of the Daily Mail methinks!
Welcome to the forum Daniel!
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And just so I should not be misunderstood I have always supported the rights of individuals to freedom and happiness, as a member of a persecuted minority myself I understand.
How would you like to go through life being called 'ginger'.
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As a non Australian following this thread with some interest I wonder if the so called 'racist 'comment was not, in fact, a case of forum shorthand. Perhaps, as a relative newcomer to the Australian way of life, he believed, from common usage, that the words used were a slang description of life before the British and Dutch pillaged the continent. I note that great stress was placed upon the 4000 years of occupation of the content by its aboriginal population but from the same(?) source, after quoting major Australians (Dame Edna, Rolf Harris and a few others if I remember but missing Dame Kirri), then winged on that of course the list would be longer if the countries history spread further back than 1788. And criticising the French Revolution for excess when removing a tyrannical regime (and installing a republic) while not accepting the genocide of the aboriginal inhabitants by the forebears of the writer decidedly placed the author beyond the pale.
The original post was a simple request, a first post, and surely we owe everyone the courtesy of a civil reply, help and understanding. Surely this forum is not the platform for trendy wendies and luney liberals or any other fascist group that tries to belittle well meaning, if occasionally misguided, people.
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Hole in one!!! beers on you. The wood burner is in the kitchen/breakfast room, we are fortunate enough to have room for a summer kitchen with a gas hob and electric oven. sort of posh utility room really but my SOH lives out there, I think.
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Godin also do Cookers with boilers see:-
www.godin.fr and follow cuisine not chauffage. outputs are up to 21 KW and can be fuelled by wood, oil gas or coal.
AGA seem to have forgone solid fuel and now only appeal to townies with all electric kitchens.
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Dear godfather.
Ever thought of cooking with wood also, Godin do several clever stoves with back boilers that should suit. mine runs on wood and coal/lignite.
As for some of the other posts. Insulate and draft proof wherever you can , a friend of mine halved his wood consumption when he put 300mm of fibreglass in the roof space, thinsulate is magic if you don't have the space. Never just increase you boiler capacity without updating your insulation.
Install venting INTO the area beside your stove, a hole in the floor from your sous-sol or vide sanitaire, so you burn cold air from outside not your nice warm stuff and avoid drafts.
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Dear Wen I'm sure Linda and Dicky will not see the humour in your response, but with a typically British sense of fun I find it hilarious that a nations history can be condensed onto an A5 card. Nuff said?
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Only a general note on foreigners in France. we live, at last, in a very rural area of South West France. Our Maire issues a monthly news letter and in one a couple of years back he was commentating on incomers to the area: they bring Money to the local economy, artisans stay in the area, local services are maintained etc, and in general this particular Maire believes that Incomers are a Good Thing.
There are areas where there is a significant percentage of aged Colonels(retd) who only frequent areas with a genuine English tea room and a Cricket Club that serves Marmite sandwiches, but my experience (Elsewhere) is that I have met a lot of hard working people, English, Dutch, Portuguese, Turkish even Aussies etc who have a similar mindset to myself , because we all have a dream and have had the b**ls to try.
Wood burning cooker / cuisiniere
in House Renovations
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I had a look at your Esse page and now realise / assume that you only need one radiator as advertised.
The Godin 'La Grande Chatelaine' Stove (cuisicentral) system is somewhat bigger and would provide central heating and hot water for up to 400 M2, a 50 Litre oven and a large hotplate with boiling area.
PS would cost a lot less than £3000 as well!!!
However it is guaranteed in France, can be serviced and repaired by your local chauffagist and the pipework comes from your local (France) DIY Shed