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  1. All in all, I am satisfied with the passport service. I mentioned earlier that I and two other members of my family got the passports back within 12 days of applying, but our son's passport was still missing yesterday, 5 weeks after sending it off for renewal. I was sitting there, worrying what to do, when a most helpful chap from the British consulate rang me out of the blue to ask if I got the passport for my son!  He was going through a long list of passports issued but not delivered by DHL and ringing people around France.  He gave me the DHL office number and the passport tracking reference.  I rang them et voilĂ  - the passport arrived earlier today!
  2. We sent three passports for renewal from France on 2 January and got them back today, on the 12th - a very quick service.  But my son's one, sent separately on 16 December is still not back! I found it useful filling out the electronic form rather than a printed one because if you try to print the former and if you have not ticked a box that was supposed to be ticked, it alerts you to it and does not let you print. I agree with others that the website is confusing and you have to go to far too many links to get the information you need!
  3. Hi I wonder if you had a reaction to the rue plant?  This happened to my daughter a few years ago and I found what it was thanks to this Forum (the local doctor did not know what it could be).  Ever since, she avoids this common plant like the devil.  If touched during the day, the plant can cause phytophotodermatitis in some people. If you are allergic, the skin goes red, then blisters, and then becomes deeply pigmented as if scarred or burned.  This goes away after some time, luckily. 
  4. This is mainly to say that I love your art!  I hope you will be very happy in France if and when you move (you are right - it's either now or never). All the best
  5. Thanks a lot for your reply!  I have sent you a pm.
  6. Hi, would anyone be able to recommend a good, cheap hostel in Paris?  My son (who lives in the UK) is going to visit us at Christmas time and is meeting up with his Canadian girlfriend in Paris first - that is, if they can find any accommodation.  There are loads of hostel websites around but I am after something tried and tested that I could recommend to them.  Thanks a lot in advance!
  7. DZ

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    This is quite heartening, so many people with ear problems - I don't feel alone any more!  Had my ears syringed yesterday, having used the "paint thinner", and now can hear better than I ever did in 10 years.  Maybe I will learn to speak better French now?!
  8. Thanks a lot for this - much appreciated.
  9. Thanks a lot for this link, a useful site.  But I am still confused.  The site states: "You indeed have until the end of your second quarter in business to make your first declaration. So, if you registered after the 31st March, your first compulsory declaration will take place by 31st October." It's probably a very silly question, but can anyone advise me which months of work I need to declare in my first declaration in October, having registered mid-April?  Would it be half April/May/June/ or all the months from mid-April till September?  Many thanks in advance!
  10. A brilliant tip, thank you!
  11. Thanks a lot, Parsnips and Ron.  This is even more complicated than I imagined... A trip to the local tax office looks like a necessity now.   
  12. I am gearing up to filling in my first French tax form and I am not too clear about the "quotient familial".  Does it cover only the people who live under the same roof or does it also extend to people who live outside of France but for whom financial responsibility is assumed  (I am wondering if we can count in our son, who is studying in the UK and does not intend to live in France but who still relies on us financially)?  
  13. Thanks a million, Kathie! Anna
  14. Hi Our wonderful neighbours from London would love to do a house swap with someone in Paris for a few days, as their soon-to-be 80-year-old mother has expressed a wish to celebrate her big birthday in style.  Would anyone in Paris be interested in such a deal? Dates: ideally 28 - 29 July, but fairly flexible (no weekends, though) People wishing to swap: 5 (grandmother, parents, 2 children - 11 and 9, plus possibly - but not necessarily - a dog) Place offered in London: a 3-double bedroom house in a leafy and popular suburb of South East London, a garden, easy connection to the centre by several buses Thanks a lot!
  15. I don't know if the checkout assistant got confused with the price or what but we only paid 6.90 euros for a lovely, old-fashioned (ie needle-dropping, but not yet!) 2m tree in our local Carrefour - is this a record price?!
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