NormanH
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Something to think about if you have travel plans at the moment: https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2023/10/20/french-government-growing-impatient-over-bomb-alerts-threaten-prison-terms_6190545_7.html
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I had a somewhat different problem with them, in that when I tried to connect to the site ameli.fr it kept coming up in big red letters that my social security number was unknown, un that I was not registered with them.
I contacted the helpline, who said that there was a new system by which you had to go further down the page and press a button as an extra security measure and another code would be sent to your email.
The problem was I couldn't even get down the page to that button.
Fortunately in town we have France Services (https://www.economie.gouv.fr/particuliers/france-services) which is an excellent gatekeeping service with access to all the other ones, such as ameli, the Caf etc.
A very helpful chap took me seriously straight away and the great advantage was I was sitting opposite him while he looked at the site with his computer, so he was able to see for himself the problem I had, rather than having to try to explain over the phone to somebody who doesn't believe you.
Ne said straight away “ah oui ce n’est pas banal ça” and sent an immediate email via the special hotline that France Services has to each of the other services.
At the same time he printed off a copy of an “attestation de droits” in case I had a problem .
a week later I had an audio message from Ameli saying that they had had an IT problem and that now everything was in order.
I also had a call a from the man at France Services to check that everything was settled.
I am one happy customer; and I recommend people to visit their local branch if they have a problem with the administration.
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Going back to the original title they are a local speciality here :
https://www.escapadeslr.com/produits-regionaux-l-oignon-doux-de-lezignan-la-cebe-374.html
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I have an appointment for the same thing.
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Has everyone had the prescription for the double Covid/Flu jab?
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The French lost and now are playing the game of complaining which is the only one at which they are really the World Champions 🤣
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https://www.arte.tv/en/videos/100810-000-A/the-heirs-of-the-paris-commune/
It is in French but subtitled in English
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That is what I heard too cajal, so it wasn't 'illegal' as such. On the other hand the person charging down the ball is supposed to remain behind the try line until the kicker moves and some people were questioning whether he had.
In anycase what's the betting that the Rugby World Cup receives much less attention in the French media from now on 😈
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I am no specialist in the finer points of Rugby as I said in a previous post; but just as French commentators are biassed so French sportspeople tend to crow in Victory and whine in Defeat, more especially since the latter is more often the case than the former.
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Apparently a wash has to be at a minimum of 60°C...or you can put things in the freezer for 3 days at very low temperture
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To be fair CRICKET commentators aren't too bad. I saw a couple of the Ashes tests this summer and they had a neutral commentator (can't remember if he was Indian or Pakistani) plus one from each country
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On 07/10/2023 at 11:27, DaveLister said:
Apparently France is awash with Bed Bugs. Took the bed apart this morning and all I can say is, if spiders eat the things I'm laughing.🕸️🕷️
I'm not sure that 'awash' is quite the appropriate adjective....😏
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I know very little about Rugby but as it is a hot topic in Béziers who in the distant past were Chamions of France 12 times (https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouclier_de_Brennus ) so I have to seem interested. I find the French TV commentators on France 2 and TVI so totally chauvinist (as they are in the Tour de France) that I triad a hack to ITV.... and there a shrill voices HARRIDAN was going on an on so I had to switch ofv...
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It sounds to me as if they haven't given you the allowance against tax paid at source in the UK on your wife's Civil Service pension. They should calculate what would have been paid on that if all had been payable in France then deduct that from your tax bill....
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Did you fill in the separate section 2047 revenus de source étrangère et revenus encaissés à l’étranger (2047) which then is transferred across tp 2042.?
This is explained here: https://www.impots.gouv.fr/particulier/questions/comment-seront-imposes-mes-revenus-percus-de-letranger
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As ssomon said mine is automatically entered on the declaration in any case it would be at 7DB
Best look at official sources as I used to say quite often
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I eat 'out' every day in a few regular haunts and never have a problem.😛
As for
- three weeks’ holiday in Europe (per year) The area in which I live is a major holiday destinantion
- food shops costing £56 per person per week I spend about 75 euros including my eating out
- £1,500 worth of clothes per person annually I doubt I spend more than 300 euros a year
On the other hand there is no mention of such major expenses as a 'mutuelle' which can easily come to nearly 2000 euros a year at my age.
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This is the link to the site that deals with the scheme mente mentioned
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Don't forget that if you have a 'résidence secondaire' either rented or owned you pay taxe d'habitation, and in some places it has been sharpy increased to make up for the loss of income from its abolition on one's main place.https://demarchesadministratives.fr/demarches/residence-secondaire-fiscalite-et-imposition
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9 hours ago, NickP said:
The silence is deafening. So it looks like the idiots have won, what a shame?
That happened a while back now...😈
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As a matter of fact ssomon knows what he is talking about, since he has visited my rental😎
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Yesteeday
Fibre Optic. Who pays for new installation from pole?
in French Satellite TV, French Internet and Telephone
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In my experience the installation is free. The line to the house is done by France Télécom (Orange).
Au niveau de la rue et de l’immuble, les frais de déploiement de la fibre optique sont totalement pris en charge par les opérateurs agréés (Orange, Free, SFR, Bouygues Télécom, Altitude, Covage, Axione et TDF).
Once at the house the rest depends on which operator you have chosen. The fee varies widely.