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    Grasp on reality

    in The Complete France Post Bag

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    Sweets, you seriously need a diary or even a rugbyman calendar ( you know the sort, Chabal et al in various states of déshabille). But don't worry - program your phone to remind you as to what you have to do every day. But you're not alone... the Maire telephoned me on Thursday to ask where I was. I had completely forgotten a meeting of the Conseil Municipal. I was, in fact, in front of the telly!!!

    New baby

    in Other Topics

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    Felicitations, Shivy! I'm not yet a grandparent but I'd be so happy to be called simply 'grandma'. When I was growing up I had a great grandmother as well as two grandmothers and to save confusion, great grandma was called 'kleine gran' because she was teeny weeny.

    Things I saw in England....

    in Other Topics

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    Scooby, how can you refer to confit de canard (or pork) as tinned meat? Tinned meat is Spam or corned beef. Confit de canard (fait maison) is love in a jar! I make futures of CdeC and pâté for when my family visit and it's not cheap.

    Having said that, I have been known to pig out on spam fritters....

    Help... how do I open a zipped file?`

    in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone

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    Thanks for your help. The files are photos - .jpg - which arrived by email already zipped. 222 photos and 9074KB'sworth. They are in my documents, but when photobox asks me to find them, they're not there! Now, if I can figure out how to unzip them, will they suddenly appear or should I just pluck them out one at a time.

    Actually, I don't know why I'm even bothering as they are not even interesting piccys - lots of dubious looking guys playing with their boules at a concours de petanque.

    Floor - tiles or laminate?

    in House Renovations

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    [quote user="Rose"]  does it always ending up worn, cheap and looking shabby?  [:$][/quote]

    Rose I had a laminate floor laid onto underfloor heating in my big (72sqM) kitchen/dining/sitting room in 2003.  I bought a swedish brand - Pergo - which was expensive at the time but it hasn't marked at all from wear.  It still looks wonderful and the only reservation I have is that it was laid right up to the fireplace and I have a couple of small burn marks.  Pergo sent me a repair kit to fix the problem.  In my experience, the lighter the colour of the floor, the more it shows the marks.  After having a large room with carreaux de Gironde with all the polishing they required, there is no going back - laminate is mopped with clear water.  

    Advice to gite owners from a guest

    in Gite Owners Forum

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    [quote user="sweet 17"]

    Jen and I plan to start at St Jean Pied de Port, go over the Pyrenees and then follow the classic camino all the way to Compostela.

    I haven't discussed with her whether we will then walk further to the sea where St James' boat was supposed to have come ashore.

    I promised Jen I wouldn't speak on her behalf on the Forum so you'd have to ask her yourself if you are really interested.

    [/quote]

     

    It's OK Sweets... you're so much more articulate than me[Www]. And about those smelly pilgrims, you do realise that the weight of a deodorant means we'll probably leave ours behind?  I think it would be great to continue on to the sea after St. Jacques - assuming of course that our legs will carry us. 

    Do I need to fall in love?

    in The Complete France Post Bag

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    We fell in love with our wreck at first sight.  Stone 'evier', carreaux de gironde, lots of beams, stone walls,three functioning stone fireplaces, no sanitation, nearly no roof but...... the most glorious immense mimosa in full bloom right outside. In addition, it is in a little hamlet where my children could bike safely and there were friends for my children to play with.  Bit by bit we renovated when it was a holiday home and then after a few years it became our permanent home. We loved the house, took care of it, and then it burnt to the ground in a fire.  Our dreams and love of our little house didn't end, they just changed with the building of our new home using the only three stone walls that remained standing.  We have managed to keep an 'old' part of the house but the new part has given our lives a new dimension - it's a huge 72square metre family room with kitchen, dining area and sitting area and windows and doors on all four sides giving light all day long.  In essence, one does fall in love with a home but it is like falling in love with another person - the love will stay as long as you can evolve and accept change.

     

    Nice, congenial small town recommendation, please

    in Finding/Owning French Property

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    Good morning, Sweets...  I'm with Anton on this one.  Libourne is a nice town, near St. Emilion, trains to Bdx and Sarlat plus the TGV line direct to Paris and Lille. It's also not a million miles from where you are and you could still keep in contact with friends already made.Having said that, I wouldn't personally want to live there as I know it too well. How about the Bearn?  Pau is lovely and has a station and airport and the climat is pretty good.  You could also practice your cross country skiing techniques not far from there!

    Perhaps we should start an insomniacs club -AnOther

    in The Complete France Post Bag

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    [quote user="Frenchie"]

    Yes, I will repeat him that at noon when he comes back for lunch.

    Another big thing here, when we have moved, he could not come home for lunch.

    For you and I, no pb with that, but for him it's a big thnig, since he's new in his school, and doesn't have real friends yet.

    [/quote]

    The food might not be as good as at home [:$] but lunch time at school (all two hours of it) is a good time to get to know fellow students and make real friends in a social as opposed to accademic environment. 

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