NormanH

Obviously Doctors in France tend not to give renewable prescriptions because that deprives them of their monthly consultation fee. If I see my Doctor each month he earns €22. If I simply take last month's prescription in marked 'Repeat' he makes nothing. A simple example of the way that the system in France throws money down the drain.

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[quote user="Alma"] I would prefer  NormanH if you kept any  future comments to yourself. . [/quote] Of course I will.It shows that I am the only person who has understood the situation .

[quote user="DorothyJ"]So why is what I say "daft" There is no reason at all it is my own personal take on life. And I cant honestly be bothered to reply I have much more important things on my mind.[/quote] That is to say you have no argument, and no facts .in short you are ignorant of how things work in France and in Europe in general..but you want a wave of sympathy for a situation you have got yourself into.

"The idea that we haven't paid into the French system therefore we are not entitled is just daft" Tell that to anybody who lives in most Health care regimes in Europe, and isn't covered by an E form. When I came over I wasn't entitled to anything for a year until  I had worked and paid enough into the system. The NHS is based on a criterion of residence, but elsewhere the systems are contribution-based. So why is what I say "daft"?

I don't hate anybody. I resent certain types.

"I am seriously feeling that if someone else came onto the scene it wouldn't take too much to put an end to my marraige" sounds like that to me. The 'rich' bit is mine..in that he would have to be to take over the husband's role as breadwinner if the marriage ended.

But an NHS hospital is what people in the UK have paid for. Why do people think they should have the right to be treated in a system where people have contributed much more over many  years, when they themselves have spent all their working life paying cheaply. It's as if someone wants to use a Luncheon voucher to pay for a meal in a good restaurant.

What has 'brave' got to do with anything.? I suggested taking a lover, which reading between the lines is what the OP want to do.

In any case thanks for the tip..I will certainly try it.

But it's true..they have contributed in the UK they know the system and they speak the language. Why would anyone want to take a leap in the dark for something as important?

There is nothing new in the present exchange rate. It is more or less the same as when I came here. There has been a atypical period in which the pound has been ridiculously over-valued. In any case it makes no difference to people who live and work in France, only to those who depend on UK pensions or savings. Perhaps it will be the opportunity to have a good clear out.

I am simply advising the OP to have the operation done in the UK, and then come over. There is no urgent  need to move to France if they are not Health tourists "As it has taken us 2 years to finally decide to move to France we dont want now to put it off" doesn't sound like a very good reason to move straightaway.

That ties in with his reply to me when I raised the same concerns as I posted here: "thanks for contacting me. I hate PayPal as well so there is an option to pay be cheque during check out. I don't wait for the cheque to arrive before posting out orders, I just trust that people will pay - and they always do which is nice" "I don't make a dime on delivery, I simply pass on the cost as la poste charge it to me. Like you said it does look expensive if you just order 1 packet, but believe it or not nobody actually has; firstime buyers usually go for 3 packets and there after anything betwwen 5 and 18 - and I'd say most customes reorder!"

Sounds to me a typical women's point of view. He has the right to go hunting and support me..but I don't want to do anything for him when he comes back tired and hurt by the hunt. Find a rich lover who will support you and ask nothing...if you still have enough to offer in exchange.

Have it done in the UK. That's where you have contributed .

It was with the election of New Labour.

[quote user="Clair"]From a recent comment in another thread, I know this post is not going to be to everyone's liking, but we've just had a jolly tasty butter chicken, cooked at home from a packet bought in France from Packetcurry.com. We do not have an Indian chef at home, the nearest Indian restaurant is over an hour away and this is as close as we're likely to get to a proper curry! I noticed after I had ordered that they are also mentioned in the last issue of Living France. The usual clarification: I have no link to them whatsoever, I am just a happy customer [:)][/quote] But it looks as if you have to pay with PayPal and that is open to abuse...There have been phishing scams I believe And €3,15 for delivery seems steep for a €3,50 curry

Sounds like my neighbours in distinctly non-rural France..The dog always kicks in when he is battering his wife.

Jura: are you the Anglophone person who asked for a Steak Tartare "bien cuit" in a local resto?

A good opportunity for British people on Local Government pensions. As they are are taxed in the UK on these pensions they don't pay Income Tax in France. So they can claim this allowance although well above the intended income level.

"The train my daughter used to take to lycée on a Sunday afternoon (TGV Marseilles to Rennes) was more often than not delayed because of a suicide on the track." Can't quite believe that one. I'm not even sure that there  IS a TGV Marseilles to Rennes

Not a very European mentality.. http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2008/11/14/18256/france-storms-into-shock-first-place-in-european-gdp-final/

keep on getting the 'you have been successfully logged out' notice even  when I just want to go to the next page of a discussion, but even more frustratingly after writing a long reply which is then lost in my computer somewhere.. Is it the Mods editing my posts even before I have sent them[:)] or has anybody else had the same problem?