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  1. Dyslexia seems to be what people are accused of suffering from when they can't spell words in the conventional way.
    Spelling is nothing more than a convention, which continuously evolves as the years go by, and which is and has been wrongly used as a yardstick for judging peoples' ability, so no-one can really claim to be able to spell properly.
    The same goes for the use of apostrophes, which also seem to be used as another way of suggesting superiority.

    IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU SPELL SOMETHING SO LONG AS IT IS UNDERSTANDABLE.
    Stupid pr*cks who correct others' spelling on this forum please note that this just makes you look dafter than you actually are..
    But you are probably too tick to remember what I just posted..

  2. [quote user="mint"]

     ................ Lucky Danes, they have only had a "handful" of deaths compared to us and so they have the luxury of choice. ...................[/quote]

    Hardly correct. Denmark's cases are 40% of those in France, and four times those in the UK.

    Figures HERE

    EDIT: Sorry, I read cases not deaths. But our son who lives in Copenhagen tells me that popular opinion there is that the policy is to put Covid deaths down to other causes.

    He has two small children, no-one he knows is vaccinated or has the possibility, and they are scared.

  3. [quote user="chessie"] .......................Then you realise how many of the Oxford AZ doses are not being used, held in storage, in the Netherlands; how many doses of the Oxford AZ are being thrown away in european countries - simply because of the ignorant/spiteful/vindictive (choose your own word) attitudes of macron and merkel ................................................[/quote]

    You fail to mention Ursula Gertrud, the failed German politician who is now the EU boss, engineered by the two pals above, who seems determined to wield her power in a way which everyone had hoped went out of fashion many decades ago.......................

  4. We can be complacent because we're old enough to have had both our jabs nearly 2 months ago, but I'm dismayed that France has decided they can't get down to the infection levels of the UK before allowing everyone to more or less do as they want.

    Is it a case of -

    If at first you don't succeed ........................................ Give up?

  5. [quote user="NormanH"]
    In French 'mal éduqué'.. ...........................
    [/quote]

    Yes, I know, but the more usual rendering of "rude" in French is "impoli", which is rather mild.

    I think the Spanish translation "maleducado" is more evocative.

    I do think albf is probably dyselexic. His spelling doesn't bother me.

    Our son was brought up in Spain, and tends to spell English words phonetically, but no-one has problems understanding what he writes. He also speaks Spanish fluently, as well as fairly good French and Danish.

  6. [quote user="idun"]
    After I had been chatting to french friends and their worries

    about AZ AND my son telling me how his friends and collegues were

    talking about it, it felt like there was more than an element of not wanting something perceived that is from the UK.

    This

    is not just articles, this is ordinary people discussing concerns and refusal to have AZ,  because

    of the things they had,  read and seen on tv in France, but mainly on tv.

    But

    it was not the first time that I have noted that oddities have happened, as I said, took 10 years

    to stop aspirin for children........... because the french had not done

    their own research!

    I could give too many other examples, but won't go on.

    [:D]Ah Geordie, who cares if it was a typo or dyslexia ( I have mild dyslexia ), are you the spelling police............. and if you are, I would hope that your french is absolutely 20/20 if you feel you can criticise others.

     Took me four goes to try and type criticise and it says it is OK now, but unless I get the dictionnary on the go, I have no idea........... and it is saying I have misspelled that too, but what the heck! I simply do not care.

    [/quote]

    This forum seems to have gathered more than its share of perfectionists lately, with some convinced of their infallibility.

    Some are also unable to post a reply without being sarcastic and rude, but most of us manage to ignore their lack of education. (EDIT: As in the neat Spanish term "maleducado")

    You know who you are [:)]

  7. [quote user="alittlebitfrench"]Everyone is missing the point.

    Forget extreamists and islamists. That is just one problem.

    France has become a very violent country in recent years. Beating up women, homophobia, drug crime , driving !!! ...etc.

    France is probabaly the most violent country in Europe.

    The question is why.

    Why are people so angry in France ?[/quote]

    I was probably regularly visiting, even living in France before you were born.

    It seems to me that you have just begun to notice what goes on here.

  8. [quote user="Woodrup"]
    The French Pension service only told me they were waiting for a reply from HMRC to explain the delay in starting my French Pension, they hadn't asked me for any details, my UK address, my Nat Ins number, nothing.
    HMRC may have asked me about EU employment, I can't remember, but I would have told them if they asked.
    Anyway, it's looking like I'm getting what's due eventually between the two of them.

    Presumably I didn't need the S1 form because I was covered here because I was working?
    Do you have a Mutuelle complimentary health cover too? Mine is quite expensive, €57 p.m. now and rising to €85 next year and €106 in 2023.

    [/quote]

    I don't think you are entitled to an S1 from the UK for France, as you are already in the French health system.

    We received S1's from the UK, but I don't know how that was decided, as I had made more contributions in Spain, and my wife more in the UK. Maybe nationality is the "tie breaker"

    We have a mutuelle, but pay a reduced amount, as we are entitled to the Complémentaire Santé Solidaire (CSS)

    This depends on income, to which is added a notional amount for house owners.

    Details are HERE

    There is a simulator included, which will tell you if you qualify.

    Prior to obtaining the CSS we were each paying €98 per month for our mutuelle.

    As Idun said, if we were to move back to Spain, which is unlikely, especially after more than 20 years here, we would be covered by the Spanish system, not via S1's, but as pensioners we should have the right of residence there.

  9. [quote user="Woodrup"]
    Thanks for that link nomoss
    I see HMRC say -
    'You can also count relevant social security contributions made in EU countries to meet the qualifying conditions for a UK State Pension.'
    This wasn't done for me as my N.I. record is blank for the years I have lived here.
    Did they make a mistake in not verifying my contributions here? Is there a box I should have ticked somewhere on the HMRC website?[/quote]

    It's years since we applied for our UK pensions, but we were both asked for our previous addresses in the UK and details of employment in the EU (in Spain for us).

    They don't just count contributions since living outside the UK, they count ALL contributions paid in each country.

    These details were used to determine our contribution records in the UK and Spain, and our entitlement to pensions in each country, which we then verified.

    We were automatically sent S1 forms, through which the UK pays for our Health care by reimbursing the French system.

    When we claimed our Spanish pensions they similarly asked for NI details in the UK.

  10. The rules for claiming and receiving pensions from the UK together with EU countries are HERE

    Entitlement to a French pension may also affect the amount of pension paid by the UK if enough payments were not paid in the UK for a full pension there. The UK Pension Service will advise on this.

    As NormanH pointed out, because the effects on taxation in France when claiming a small French pension could outweigh the benefits, it is wise to study the rules, and make the necessary calculations, before claiming it.

  11. [quote user="Lori"]
    I know how you feel Mint.  The talk of lifting restrictions next month is almost laughable. 

    How is it possible, well, if I didn't know where Mr. Macron lived, I'd swear it was in  my neighborhood.  Apathy and no enforcement.  It is no wonder the case loads remain in the 30,000 numbers each day.  But hey oh, today's headlines talk of a stablization of the virus.

    The only happy note I can write is that the weather this week looks to be quite nice.[/quote]

    I think a fire has stabilised once it is burning well.

  12. [quote user="cajal"]

    Perhaps some kind soul would be willing enough to help me out here?

    I watched some highlights and some segments on the news, however my quandary is that QE2, the head of state of the UK and NI and the world's longest serving living monarch was permitted to accommodate 30 mask wearing socially distanced guests to be able to attend the  funeral of her late husband and yet a few miles down the road, the pedestrian and traffic free roads of Soho in London were wall to wall with hundreds, if not thousands of non-mask wearing non-socially distanced revellers, whooping it up like there was no tomorrow.

    What am I missing here?

    [/quote]

    It's quite obvious to me.

    Some people follow the rules and set an example, others totally ignore them.

    The UK police have been criticised and reviled by the media since the beginning for attempting to enforce the rules, and don't have the resources and maybe even the will to do so in any case.

    On another note, I have noticed that a large number of people of a certain age group, on forums and elsewhere, are taking a delight in trivialising and even being insulting about the funeral, the mourners, and the UK in general, despite that some of them are prepared to crawl back there because things in France are getting difficult for them. There is even one nasty little example on here,

    The fact that this will upset those of a generation who know what Phillip represented and what he achieved seems to add to their pleasure. Much like small children who think it is clever to say things to upset their parents or teachers, because it makes them look clever in front of their peers.

    It makes me wonder what sort of an upbringing, if any, they had.

  13. It was impressive, and I believe contained a lot of elements tinged with his humour, such as the Land Rover hearse, all the mourners eventually falling in step with the drum beat, and the Action Stations bugle call.

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