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  1. Paddy is the side kick of Peter Kaye, in Phoenix Nights he and Paddy were the bouncers. Plod, I too still love the area and am going back next week , I'm lucky enough to still have some work in the area so have a good excuse and someone to pay my fare!
  2. I took a dog to the vet last Sunday for this and there were two people waiting, so seems very common here in the Charente.  I guess if you are struggling to get one nearby you could always stop on the way through!
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    Doggy poop bags!!

    [quote user="Just Katie"] Personally, I think that dogs should be banned from beaches since the day I saw a GSD poo at the edge of the sea which then got lapped up and whoosed against a little toddler. Humans are more important than dogs!! [/quote] Irresponsible owners should be banned, not all dogs.  Same goes for irresponsible parents, ban those too, far more of those on the beaches I've been to. [:D] Most beaches have a a no dogs ban from June to September anyway, so no need for any new regs.  There are some beaches where dogs are allowed all year.
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    Doggy poop bags!!

    [quote user="Frederick"]Why to dog owners think their dogs want  to be on the beach....running into the waves for sticks and balls  ? Its not done  for the dogs benefit  ..Its  so they can show off their pet to people who would rather not have it among them while they try and enjoy  some time on the beach ...   Its the owners who are on display .."Look at me ....look at what I can get this dog to do "   I am sure the dog would rather be in a field  trying to smell out the rabbits and rolling in cow pats as they do and then wiping it off their coats over the car seats and the furniture ....Shaking wet dogs ..sand.... and people covered in sun tan lotion do not go together and consideration for  people comes  first...not dogs ! [/quote] I would much prefer a happy waggy dog than a wailing spoilt brat any day of the week, on the beach, in a field anywhere!  I take my dogs to the beach they love it, nothing to do with showing off, how weird that you would think so.  I always clear up after them, best way for me are scented nappy sacks for obvious reasons.
  5. Wow how odd, so many people from that neck of the woods, I am from the area too!!  Lived in Tetbury, Stroud and Cirencester in my past.  How come we all ended up here?
  6. Hello I lost a chicken to what I think was a bird of prey attack.  I found her dead, breast split open and feathers having been plucked off the entire breast.  So whatever did the deed did not try to take her but had killed her.  The others stayed in their enclosure for days after but now have forgotten about it.  It could have been an eagle, yes really as there is a falconry centre  in the nearest town and I have seen them out looking when one of their huge birds had gone missing!  Panda
  7. Hello I've got two boxes ljust ike Biga, one with card one without the one without is refusing to show 104 same as Biga.  Might try the card in the one refusing to show 104 as the one showing 104 is a newer box,, hmmm. EDIT I swapped the card into the old box and the newer box still has channel 4 old box of course now has channel 4.  Now removed the card from the old box and channel 4 remains.  So the answer for me was to put the card in the old box, have it search for listings and once it's found it you can remove the card.  So I guess the issue for some of us is that the boxes that have not had a card for sometime need this, or is it the age of the box?
  8. [quote user="babcock"]I have been hearing some tales about newcomers being befriended and given lots of help(communications with utilities, banks and translations etc) followed by a bill. I have no problem with this as long as it is known up front. If someone is too nice to you make sure that you understand whether payment is expected.[/quote] Everyone I meet expects me to do these things for nothing... and I do, what a prat I am, I will now write up several bills!  Thye also make it sound like it's a two minute job, it never is..
  9. Flight bookings must be down too, you can still get very cheap flights  for the next two weeks on a usually busy and expensive run. 
  10. Talk about taking the pee, what a cheek!  I think you are being over generous offering them any money back, they must know this is unacceptable! 
  11. I agree that there are some good immo's and nationality wouldn't come into it if you walked in any immo with the required details.  For a lot of Brits the problem is they have no track record in France and no established income stream, this makes them a high risk renter and one the immo's will avoid if they can and who would blame them? EDIT I see you have posted a Wanted Ad, Phil or Louise on AI, it reads really well, I'm sure you will get success with that!
  12. I assume Nell though that you met the normal requirements of income or are you saying these were waived?
  13. There are plenty of Brits prepared to rent to other Brits, see the AngloInfo forums, they are full of them.  They will want the same assurances of income and ability to pay though if they have any sense because threads of people not paying are also rife.  There were actually warnngs about renting to Brits on this forum a while back EDIT As regards the french immo's if you are cash rich having just sold a house but have no income you would not meet the requirements of most agents in France regardless of nationality.  The french law prohibits them taking anything more than a standard deposit so you having money in the bank means nothing.  Perhaps in your case the interest would be taken into account with the normal restriction that the monthly rent must not surpass 30% of your income.  They also need a tax return and often a reference.
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    Any idea..?

    Funny, my horse was doing the same thing this morning, now he really can fart (he's not french, he's dutch) and did, he was fine afterwards! 
  15. My geography is not the best but aren't all those places in the East??? 
  16. At least you live where there is life, around these parts options on a rainy night are telly or paint drying!
  17. HA! Would that be to take her mind off the no TV situation, I believe she did say he was cute, expensive but cute!
  18. [quote user="Just Katie"][quote user="Cat"] Faking the opening ceremony firework display, and now this. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2545387/Beijing-Olympics-Faking-scandal-over-girl-who-sang-in-opening-ceremony.html Oh the cheats!   [/quote] How can these people be so cruel to a child? [:@] [/quote] Totally agree, on the Ten Oclock news last night they showed an iitem on this quoting the chinese media epresentative as saying the child who was actually singing (but not shown) had too many imperfections, the one they chose was perfect, what a great message to send out!  She had a couple of teeth missing, she's 6 for god sake, that's what heppens when you're 6!
  19. [quote user="Mayennaise"] Received this morning - one thing we can't get to grips with though - "Compte tenu des elements que vous avez declares, le montant qui vous sera rembourse (voir verso) est de  ***** Ce remboursement est automatique, vous n'avez acune demarche a faire"       (Energy efficient boiler installed, if you are wondering) I have 'voir verso' but can see nothing that refers to this. I think we are due for a refund but how do we get it?   Cheque?  I take the second para to say that it is automatic and we don't have to do anything, is this correct?. [/quote] Mine comes by cheque but the figure for the return is always written on the form.  I get one every year, did loads of work to rental properties and they very kindly allow the residue to be bought forward each year and offset against my fairly small tax figure, thus always ending in a minus figure.  If your getting something you should get a figure printed IMO. The voir verso is referring to the note on the back of the page that says voir verso (!), if you look in the first section of notes it explains how it will pay the sum to you - soit versee directement etc etc....
  20. I followed Ernies link some time back and I can now access BBCi from France with no problem. No 2.50 or pdf though, what's that about??
  21. [quote user="Nick Trollope"][quote user="Just Katie"]I want to be a train driver.[/quote] I have a friend in the village who is a train driver. His wife is a trucker (and she looks the part...) [/quote] Why's that, is she always munching on a yorkie bar?
  22. Hi Dave You should be on the stage, you conjure up such great images, I loved your gite post too! I agree, had a veggie patch once and that was enough for me, I don't even like my friends giving me those huge dirty lettuces, shame on me I know but there you are! Do as I did get some goats and accidetally let them free range, goodbye all that needs watering!  Panda
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