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Mistral - that looks convincing to me - does it look like a sensible question?? There's another one that's foxing me: Trouve le nom qui correspond: fidele -> sincere-> severe-> tiede-> obese-> Correspond to what? I'm hoping something's missing!? Many thanks.

The question is: Ces mots s'ecrivent avec un accent circonflexe; trouve un mot de la meme famille dans lequel cet accent a ete remplace par un 's'. Sorry I can't get accents on my keyboard, but the words are: fete arret bete vetement baton Any help would be very gratefully received!

That's the one, thanks very much.

The name I was thinking of had something to do with frogs (sorry) kermit? Budget something. Sorry to be vague!.

Is there a particular time of year that's best for treating wood (to keep the woodworm at bay, not already infested.)? I understood that the woodworm were 'on the move' at a certain period in the year. Id this true?

Thanks very much for that. I will have to have a good hard look.

Hi all, the only thing that irks me about France so far is the price of international phone calls. I have seen a link here somewhere for cheaper calls - does anyone have it? And, more importantly does anyone here use it? Thanks.

Has anyone else tried to get a certificate of conformity from Volkswagen France? On my form there is this : Les lettres repers moteur sont composees obligatoirement de un, deux ou trois caracteres. Ces lettres sont frappees a froid sur le bloc moteur. Which means there are 1, 2 or 3 letters stamped onto the engine (as far as I can make out!) It then has a space for me to write the letters thus: Lettres repers moteur *______* Anyone any idea where they would be? My engine is a 2 litre beginning with the letters 'CJ', I'm wondering whether they mean that? The whole number is about 10 digits long after this. Shall I chance it and write CJ?

"Error saving avatar. The file you attempted to upload is not a valid image mime type!" Er...what is then? I've trie duploading an avatar (yes, it's 80 x 80 pixels etc). It's in jpeg format. What am I doing wrong?

If you don't find anyone nearer, we are about 20k North of you in Navarrenx. We'd be very willing to help out if you need anything. Dave.

Many thanks! I'll try to avoid jokes about the optician being able to 'see' me then.

Is an optician used in the same way as in the UK? What I mean is, would you go to see the optician rather than the doctor if you had something wrong with your vision, or would you go first to the doctors and have them send you to an optician? Do you need to register with one or can you just turn up and/or make an appointment? Thanks.

Hello all, we've been living here (France, 64) for 6 months and have only just realised that we haven't sorted out any kind of health insurance or registered with a doctor or anything! Eek! Can someone tell us what is the first thing we have to do? We are a couple (both self-employed - taxed in the UK at the moment) with a 10 yr old daughter. Many thanks in advance.

My tax has just run out on my camper - I don't intend to take it back to the UK and want to register it here with any luck. Do I pay road tax on it until I get it registered here? Can I just fill in a SORN declaration instead?

Is there a book of translated engine parts for cars? I need to know how to buy some carburettors and gaskets and such, but am finding it difficult to find the French words for such things. Anyone know of a mechanics dictionary? Thanks.

Anyone going to stage 12 Castelsarrasin > La Mongie? I'm in 64 with a campervan wanting to go with someone!

I don't know if this is of any use to you, but someone pointed this out to me when I enquired about registering my 1976 VW camper (still haven't done it yet !!) http://riviera.angloinfo.com/information/1/motoregister.asp

I've asked this before when I lived in England, but now I'm here, it's all the more important! I have a 1976 VW campervan, right hand drive that I want to keep and so register on French plates. Firstly, who do I approach? Has anyone else done this? Can I go pre-armed with any paperwork etc? If I can't register it, is it possible to drive around as a GB plated vehicle forever? (don't want to upset the gendarmerie though) Any help would be VERY gratefully received, thanks. Dave.

I've emailed you

You won't do better than down here on the Gave D'Oloron. World class Salmon and Trout fishing. I caught 3 trout yesterday and I'm rubbish! 64