nomoss
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If you're near to Spain, I think gases and bottles are cheaper there than in France.
I bought my small oxy bottle (85 cm high, don't know the volume) in Spain some time ago, and brought it here when we moved.
I get it filled at a tool supply shop in Figueres, Comercial Borrell, not far from Intermarché. It's so long since I last filled it I can't remember the cost. They sell most industrial gases.
I use propane for welding and brazing, and had no problem buying a regulator to fit the French bottles.
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Why not offer a selection of meat and sausages etc., make up some bowls of salads etc., lay out the tables, and let guests bbq for themselves for a fixed price?
We used to visit a restaurant (in Spain) which did this at weekends. Meat was served from a cold display to avoid people helping themselves to excessive amounts, salads etc. on a self service bar. It was no cheaper than regular restaurants, but very popular, especially with children.
I suppose H&S would prohibit this in UK, as they apparently don't even allow restaurants to put lighted candles on birthday cakes. Don't know about France.
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[quote user="Carole"]I have one of the old green UK paper licences valid for several years yet but with no photograph. Do I need to change it for a French one or can I drive on it until it expires? Sorry about this but there does seem to different replies elsewhere to the same question. Thanks Carole[/quote]
Don't know if it's any help, but my wife recently exchanged her old green UK licence for a French one with no problem.
Seems a better course than arguing the toss with plod at the side of the road.
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Duty and TVA are charged on the landed, CIF price (cost + insurance + freight).
I usually estimate that goods will cost twice their dollar price, and am then happy if it comes out lower.
Sometimes goods by USPS seem to be missed by the douanes.
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Oxalic acid crystals dissolved in water removes rust stains from fibreglass boat hulls.
It may be worth a trial, but might not be effective on masonry.
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A Googlee and Yahoo search produces only an estate agents' blurb containing the description
"Enduit BAAGAR type gouttelette dans toutes les pièces habitables." , so it may be a generally known finish.
Maybe you should ask for information around your local building material suppiers, as some wall finishes can be removed simply by wetting them, much easier - and cleaner! than sanding.
Edit: Whatever you do, you should apply a suitable sealer before the emulsion paint.
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[quote user="sackville"]White days are allowed on a Sunday. They have just sneaked one in tomorow![/quote]
Our house had "Tempo" meter when we bought it in 2000.
The EDF website showed Sunday as "white" on Saturday afternoon. The "colour" of the next day is available there from about 1600.
I received an email from them confirming this at 18.31 on Saturday. (This service is available via their website) :-
Informations sur la couleur de demain
de l'option tarifaire tempo du tarif bleu EDF
Demain dimanche 23/03/2008 la couleur du jour de tempo sera "BLANC"
Expediteur : [email protected]At about 1700 yesterday I went to their site to check today's (Monday's) colour and found that we were, in fact, having a "blue" day.
Very annoying, as my wife had been waiting to do the laundry, and had to start then.
This has happened before, I assume someone forgets to update the site.
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[quote user="Mikey"]
Remember its better to have a bigger stove running on tickover to give the required heat than a smaller stove running flatout to achieve desired temp.
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It may be a good idea to look at the conditions under which the stove's kW rating is measured.
Ours is a Deville insert rated at 11 kW.
I bought it for a much larger room in another house, but never installed it there.
This is stated as being obtained as follows :-
* Under a draw of 10 Pa (I think maybe this should be 10 kPa, which equals 1.45 psi), averaged over 3 hours, with a charge of 9kg of dry non-split logs (hornbeam, oak,....) of approx. 12 cm diameter, being 3 logs.
* To obtain this output, reload onto a bed of embers of approx 500kg, being 4cm deep.
* The stated output is that obtained during this trial of 3 hours.
I tried this; the heat produced was far in excess of any fire we would normally use. We couldn't stand near it!
The problem now is that the thermostat keeps the air inlet closed most of the time, and the chimney and door glass soot up heavily.
If I turn the thermostat higher to burn cleaner, the room is too hot.
I think a smaller fire, burning harder, would be better.
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Possibly the cheapest and one of the biggest in the area is Brico Depot, in the Claira Zone Industrielle, just N of Perpignan.
It is just S of the D83 going E towards the coast (Le Barcarès turning) from A9 interchange No. 41. About 1 Km. from the Autoroute.
It's pretty busy, especially weekends.
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[quote user="Iceni"]
Why won't you go to the shop ? Paranoia or laziness ? [:)]
John
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Neither. Do you have a problem understanding the use of a telephone for an obvious purpose?
I would have thought it is pretty obvious. But :-
I want to compare prices.
The shops are miles away.
I don't want to waste my time driving around shops and queueing up just to ask prices.
I want to let my fingers do the walking.
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I called an electrical supplier recently for a price of an item. They refused to give me a price, said they could not do this over the phone, and told me I have to go there.
I have had a similar problem with batteries.
What are they worried about? Are they paranoid or are their staff just lazy?
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No experience of the tribunal here, although I attended one in Algeria in 1967, where the system was (then) very similar, when a man who allegedly burgled our house was tried. There was a lot of shouting between the avocats, which I found very difficult to follow. I would never attend one again, even as a witness, without a legal advisor.
If you have not yet received written advice from the company you might still be able to obtain Assurance Juridique to cover your costs, although this may not cover events pre-dating the policy.
We have cover up to 20,000€, covering costs over a minimum of 150€, through a Pleins Droits policy through our bank (Crédit Agricole), at a cost of 57.20€ TTC per year.
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I have no emails in my Inbox. I file them in an appropriate folder, together with my replies, as soon as I've read/sent them, so they are easy to find again. I have lots of folders, i.e. "Friends", each of which has sub folders for each contact, plus one catch-all folder, "Other", for infrequent contacts.
If I'm corresponding with several people on a similar topic, say dealing on Ebay, I create a sub folder in, say, "Ebay Sales" for each one, and delete these a few days later it if the deal is not completed.
I use a program (Express Assist) which automatically creates a scheduled backup copy of all my Outlook Express files (I have it set to do this weekly), and allows me to access or restore any of these backed-up messages or folders at any time in the future. About once a month I delete all but the last 2 or 3 of these backups.
As my system results in a rather large number of folders, once every year or so I move the current weekly OE backup to a separate folder on my Backup disc, so I don't accidently delete it.
I then delete all the non active folders, plus all old messages I don't feel I need in the active folders.
I set the folder views to 7, 14, or 35 days, or "View All" as seems individually appropriate, so I only see recent mail.
Occasionally I find I need to refer to a deleted message, e.g. When did Fred say he would come down here?, so it's good to know I can do this quite easily.
Edit. clarify
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I'm afraid I can't see the connection between coming to live in France, or any other EU country (or should that be state?), under the rules of free movement laid down in the 1980's, and being opposed to the current drive towards a Europen Federal State.
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There's a hat museum at Le Someil, Aude. Didn't go in, as the entrance charge was higher than our interest in headwear.
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I apologise for my misleading post. I confused French CGT with that in Spain.
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French CGT changed on 1st January 2004 :-
http://www.frenchentree.com/fe-legal/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=851
http://france.angloinfo.com/countries/france/capitalgain.asp
There is no longer any taper relief for French citizens or residents
Edit: Added more recent link and note
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It's a long time since I saw a tank with no bladder. As you deduced, the tap on the side is for draining excess water.
The problems with this arrangement are :-
1) The tank rusts from the inside, not nice for drinking water, nor indeed for water going into a pool.
2) The air in the tank gradually dissolves in the water, and needs regular replenishment.
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Don't use the pump when the pressure switch is doing this, it will burn the switch contacts, and possibly also damage the pump motor by starting and stopping the motor so rapidly, or burn out the motor if the switch contacts weld together.
It's quite easy to check/replace the rubber bladder in the tank. Switch off the pump, drain all the water pressure by opening a garden tap, and remove the circle of nuts and bolts from the plate holding the bladder in place. It looks a bit like a football bladder, and can be gently pulled out of the tank via the hole.
If the tank is wet inside the bladder has broken. Dry the inside of the tank well before replacing the bladder (to avoid it rusting). Tighten the bolts evenly. Before running the pump, pressurise the tank (around the bladder) with air to about 1 to 1.5 bar by means of the schrader valve in the end of the tank. I have had no problem finding bladders in bricolage or swimming pool shops.
The air pressure in the tank (around the bladder) should be a little less than half the cutout pressure of the switch with the tap open so the bladder can empty - it's no good trying to put air in the tank when the bladder is filled with water and cannot get out.
Edit. Correct description.
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Gluestick wrote
Personally, I can't ever recall seeing French Lamb in UK supermarkets: it's either English (some Welsh mountain lamb) and new Zealand anyway!
You have probably seen similar lamb in UK to that in French supermarkets, though.
A neighbour in Cornwall sent all his lambs, alive, to France. He said that after spending a week or so there they became French by the time they were slaughtered. They obviously came into the country with the intention of residing.
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Judith said :-
"I sometimes think the traffic would flow much better if we got rid of all lights (but then I think well perhaps we should ban them altogether and let the pedestrians take over!!!!!)"
There was a piece on BBC2 Newsnight a couple of weeks ago featuring a town in Holland where traffic lights have been removed.
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2143663,00.html
There have been far fewer accidents on the junctions since this was done, everyone is more tolerant of other road users, pedestrians and motorised. Traffic flows more smoothly and no-one sounds their horns.
There is a campaign in UK to do the same thing
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/7187165.stm
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Do you have an ebay link to substantiate this please?
I have not heard of this, and cannot find any reference to it on either Ebay France or UK.
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Try French Ebay www.ebay.fr/ . Lots of bikes there.
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While going through the documents covering our initial claims our UK pensions, I notice that whereas I requested a Pension Forecast in 2000, my wife simply applied for her Pension in 1998, a month before she was 60, as she had never heard of the existence of a Pension Forecast at that time.
I was told how much Pension I would receive, plus I was sent a list of years and amounts I could back pay, in order to increase my Pension.
My wife did not receive any information at all about making back payments. If she had been informed, as I was, of this option, it seems she could have back paid several years, probably from 1992/3 through to 1996/7, to improve her Pension.
I was offered the possibility of back paying the previous 6 years at that time, so I assume this would have been the case for my wife. Unless this is yet another example of women being treated differently. My wife thinks “victimised” would be a more appropriate term.
Since we are resident in France and have no representation in the UK, maybe we should try to interest our EU representative in this case.
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So how do they remove the air which is contained in the tyres before they inflate them with nitrogen?