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  1. 16 hours ago, Lehaut said:

    From I April 2024 no need for the little green slip on the windscreen for your car.

    The scheme has been in place since 2019 which allows visibility of your car insurance in a central data base.  Allegedly you can check to see with the FVA if your details are correct.  Hopefully an automatic scanning system will now be set up that alerts the authorities to those who drive without insurance. 

    If some towns can scan cars to check they have paid for their parking, it should not be too difficult.

     

     You will be issued with a new certificate of insurance, it's called le Mémo Véhicule Assuré. Which you must carry to show to plod should they ask to see it.
     

  2. 8 hours ago, NormanH said:

    That would be a very good thing, but  the fact that those who govern have access to private medicine means that pay only lip  service to the NHS. The same applies to private education. Until the day (which I very much doubt will ever come) when those in power have to use the  facilities that they provide for the plebs, or in King Charles's case his subjects, there is little incentive for improvement.

    My grandson attended a private school, our family couldn't have afforded the fees in any way shape or form, but the lad got a bursary due to his talents. So if you are inclined to work hard the Private education is available to "plebs"

  3. 10 hours ago, menthe said:

    Both Attal and Bardella have been out talking to the agriculteurs and answering questions.  I didn't watch for too long, because I know very little about agriculture.

    In the UK too, there was a feature about farmers in the Lake District and some of them are said to earn no more than 12k a year.

    It must be difficult running a couple of Land Rovers on £12k a year. 😃

  4. 2 hours ago, alittlebitfrench said:

    I had before Uni, during Uni and then a couple of years after Uni.

    And then France.

    i have no payslips or that plastic NI card. That has been lost years ago.

    Just checking online to find your old NI number…..I can’t provide that info.

    My plan of moving back to the UK in 10 years time is looking a tad difficult.

    I worked in the UK  for 55 years I never had a plastic NI card, and I paid full contributions, plus graduated pension during the 1980s, that system only lasted for about 10 years

  5. On 06/01/2024 at 15:07, Hectorsdad said:

    In yesterday’s Times there was an article covering alcohol free or low alcohol wines, spirits and beers. They thought my Guinness is very good so I’m not sure if I should pay any attention to their findings.

    The best no or low-alcohol beers, according to our expert

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/367162ae-01b1-4980-98a2-91997311eaec?shareToken=6e3d25485194b615caaead9100e9c626

    When we go to out to a party with friends I always take a couple of non-alcohol beers with me. This is because i will not drink and drive, not just on responsibility grounds, but if I lost my licence at my advanced age I shudder to think what my car insurance would be. So my favoured beer is 1664 Zero, over the holiday period while in the UK I tasted the Guinness Zero and it was very good. As for French food there is good and bad, but I now don't believe the old saying that France is the gourmet Capital of the world, It might have been years ago, but others have caught up and even surpassed it.

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  6. 13 minutes ago, eric.lange said:

    Hey,

    The process of importing a car registered in the UK to France can be complicated. I think you must have a Certificate of Conformity (COC). I am registering my car on COC-Online. They quickly made a coc citroen  https://www.coc-online.com/fr/produits/certificat-de-conformite-officiel-voiture-citroen/236068000002025032 for me. 100% - my personal recommendation

    Why pay someone else to get a CoC when you can get it easily yourself from the manufacturer. In fact some cars come complete with them , my Mercedes did and for the old runaround VW I applied to VW for one and got it very quickly. There is a guy on social media who specialises in registering UK cars in france, should anybody need his expertise, message me and I will point you in his direction. I might add that I have no commercial interest with him or his business. I'm just a very satisfied customer. 

  7. 25 minutes ago, saim said:

    コマドリの陽気な鳴き声、小鳥の羽ばたき、野原のカラス、さらには銀行口座から政府機関までユーロが競うあまり心地よくない音など、秋の音について楽しい説明をしていただいたようです。 。秋の音について、具体的に相談したいことや聞きたいことはありますか?

    That's easy for you to say.

  8. 17 hours ago, alittlebitfrench said:

    How does it work the other way around? French owners of UK property?

    Is it the 90 day rule ?

    Everytime we go through Border force they quiz us like we are Colombian drug smugglers. Where are you staying…when are you going home ?

    umm…staying with my mum for a couple of days….mate. Is that alright with you ?

     

     

    We have never been questioned in 20 years. Maybe you do look like a Colombian drug smuggler. French can stay in the UK for 180 days

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  9. 27 minutes ago, NormanH said:

    Has anybody any idea why a perfectly good photograph would look so dark here?

    I downloaded your photo and altered the brightness plus lowered the contrast and on my PC it looked fine , but when I tried to upload it to this site it was as dark as you original. So maybe it's the software on Complete France.

  10. 39 minutes ago, Le Petomane said:

    Perhaps we need to remind ourselves that the State of Israel came into being through acts of terrorism. British soldiers and diplomats - British - were shot, bombed and hanged by Zionists. At the time they were described in the House of Commons as terrorists. Now the American President and the British Prime Minister rush across the world to hug them. How times change. This is not hate speech. It's how things were, and are.

    British soldiers were bombed shot and constantly attacked by Irish patriots who are now lauded, as you say how times change, a lot of it depends on your perceptions. Personally I have less fear of the Israelis than I do of Hamas.

  11. A couple of years ago on a social media site there was a discussion about the TV show "Hello Hello". I said it was wonderful because all nationalities were idiots, the Germans, the British, the French and the Italians. I got banned for 3 days for hate speech. 😀

  12. I've had 6 covid vaccinations and last time had covid and flue at the same time. I've just had a letter from the health people reminding me that I'm now entitled to both again. 

  13. There is a guy who runs a site on Social media who is a wiz at doing all the paperwork to register a UK car, he did it for me and for a very reasonable fee. If you should wish to go down that road send me a personal message on here and I will point you in the right direction 

  14. 2 hours ago, menthe said:

    Well, Lori, I did ask!  And, having asked and thinking I might as well go fully-armed with info, I googled.  Here's a list:

    What can brain MRI show?
     
    Some of the conditions a brain MRI can help diagnose or monitor include:
    • A blood clot in your brain.
    • Brain aneurysm.
    • Brain hemorrhage.
    • Brain infections (encephalitis).
    • Brain damage associated with epilepsy.
    • Brain tumors and cysts.
    • Certain chronic neurological conditions, such as multiple sclerosis (MS).
    • Dementia.

    For my money, NOTHING can be worse than breast metastasis in the brain!  Yes, I know, but there is an "avant" and an "après" to life after an agressive cancer that needed "kick-a**" treatment.  So a French and an American friend have said to me.

    OK, I'm STILL laughing.....why not?  Can't go crossing bridges before you come to them, can you?😏

    Please dear Menthe don't do this research, let the doctors tell you what is wrong, you will only stress your self out. Plus best wishes for a good result, and be positive, it really helps. 

  15. 17 hours ago, Gardian said:

    Anyway ........... setting aside the asylum processing system.

    What did everybody think about the the whole Coronation thing?

    My (very personal) view:

    • The Abbey service was too long (by 20 mins or so) and the Archbishop of Canterbury’s sermon was unmemorable
    • The military turnout was exemplary - nothing to add to that
    • Shame about the weather, particularly for the people & the flypast
    • The Concert was really good in parts - Lionel Ritchie & Take That in particular.
    • BBC coverage excellent

     

    Ditto to most of what you said: I thought Lionel Richie wasn't up to his normal standard, Take That? not on my radar.  Andrea Bocelli and Sir Bryn Terfel's performance of YNWA, excellant. I thought the military musicians were superb, and I bet they loved playing in a very different scenario to their daily grind. The BBC do these huge occasions wonderfully well, the whole show was beautifully lit and the lighting effects with the drones towards the end fabulous, a big hats of to the drone operators. A shame that the BBC doesn't do the normal daily shows with the same skill, but there is a reason. For these huge prestigious events they will bring in the best people of all crafts that are available and not worry about the cost. For everyday tele, the bean counters are in charge and often for budgetary reasons inexperienced technicians are used as they are cheaper, and it shows on the screen. I also thought Charles and Camilla plus the family did really well especially little Louis.

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