Fritz Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Gotta be a trailer. Blocks, bricks, sand, aggregate, bark chippings, fumier, topsoil, logs, plants, trees (go slowly), pre-formed pond liner, furniture, timber, tiles, cement, motorbike, quad bike, lawnmowers, cement mixer, kitchen units etc, all collected with style. Not forgetting also those countless trips to the dechetterie.I'd recommend the biggest single axle you can afford, perhaps even a pneumatic handpump to tip the flatbed. I think the max weight load is 750 kg but I'm not sure. Overall, a trailer is something you will never regret buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Naw.... it's got to be a corkscrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Trollope Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Money. & pots of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
londontarn Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 a fluent french/ english speaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpprh Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 Trailors, cork screws, translators all have their uses.Old hands know, however, that nothing beats an old electricity bill.Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave&Olive Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 A wife who can push a wheel barrow would be handy Dave about to get killed when she reads this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lautrec Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 How about youth, bags of energy, good looks and a sexy wife? . . . . Well, that lets me out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpprh Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 [quote]How about youth, bags of energy, good looks and a sexy wife? . . . . Well, that lets me out![/quote]If your wife reads this, you may well regret that.Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catalpa Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 ++ Old hands know, however, that nothing beats an old electricity bill. ++Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave&Olive Posted March 7, 2005 Share Posted March 7, 2005 [quote]How about youth, bags of energy, good looks and a sexy wife? . . . . Well, that lets me out![/quote]well ive got 3 out of four !!!! but which 3....???? dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaligoBay Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Old hands know, however, that nothing beats an old electricity bill. And a 40-place wallet to keep all your cartes de fidelité in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opas Posted March 8, 2005 Share Posted March 8, 2005 Plenty of time and a sense of humour to deal with the Functionaires!Got the trailor,lecky bill ,cork screw,chainsaw and he`s got the sexy wife!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 I am making a list from your answers for when I get there this spring/early summer.How about a young, sexy toy-boy with bags of energy? Coral - Halfway to Ariege Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 Apart from all the previously mentioned, a good deal of nouse and a gift of the gab in french with a touch of bluffing to beat those fonctionnaires at their own game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted March 9, 2005 Share Posted March 9, 2005 Hey this is beginning to sound like that game where you have to repeat everything the person before has said and then add your own bit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 How about a lot of patience - comes in very handy when waiting for the fonctionaires, artisans .........! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted March 10, 2005 Share Posted March 10, 2005 An understanding partner.RegardsS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcazar Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Hey this is beginning to sound like that game where you have to repeat everything the person before has said and then add your own bit! And I was always good at that!AlcazarChainsaw, wheelbarrow, SDS drill, and above all, a smile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 For you, Alcazar, a waterproof keyboard would seem to be essential... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC<P><IMG src="http:forums.livingfrance.comimagesline.gif"><BR>Paul, Debbie and Josh, <BR>London & Dept 24<BR><a target=_blank href="http:www.les-brandes.net" target=_blank>http:www.les-brandes.net<A><BR><P> Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 I think your all wrong, the best thing you can have is a large box of "Stuff" in a cupboard somewhere handy.The box may include bulbs, bulb holders, batteries (various), Duck/Elephant/Gaffer Tape (name depends on your home location), string, spare fuses, screws & screw drivers (various), odd plumbing fittings, tap washers, matches/lighter, candles, all the odd keys you found when you moved in, oh and that "thing" that your not sure what it does but looks important (don't all houses come with one of those) It may just be a man thing but I sleep a lot sounder and feel a lot more able to handle any emergency knowing I have a box of "stuff" in the hall cupboard !Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opas Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 If youre not that organised, get yourself a woman that knows just where everything is Mrs O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcazar Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 [quote]For you, Alcazar, a waterproof keyboard would seem to be essential...[/quote]Certainly over recent times, Dick.Regards, Alcazar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athene Posted March 17, 2005 Share Posted March 17, 2005 [quote]If youre not that organised, get yourself a woman that knows just where everything is Mrs O[/quote]Great French neighbours!English television!Supply of good books!Patience with the never ending streams of visitors!Sense of humour - think that should come first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mersons Posted March 20, 2005 Share Posted March 20, 2005 A well in the garden and a pump. In the height of summer when the use of garden hoses connected to the mains water is banned, all those veggies we've worked so hard to grow don't suffer or die. Sheila Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Hoare<br>All the best<br>Ian<br>La Souvigne Corrèze<br>http:www.souvigne.com Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 Hi all,Lovely subject!!Agree about the trailer. (Get the axle strengthened). A good secretaire de Mairie. (She'll sort out those Fonctionnaires)An ever open front door (and an open bottle of red to offer a glass to the neighbours)20 identical passport sized photos each.Harraps Standard 4 volume French<>English ADSL - I wish :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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