One of my neighbours is really really horrible

[Val_2]

[quote user="Chancer"]

Only 8% Val? Lucky you!

27% in my commune and well over 30 in many surrounding ones, she won several outright.

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This is a staunch socialiste region with a few commies thrown in for good measure and wealthy retirees from Paris giving the Sarko vote in second place. The greens and eco types don't get much of a vote here, the farmers rule!

[Georgina]

[quote user="Val_2"]

I live about 12miles from the OP and I know the locals, especially the over 65's are very xenophobic here against everyone who is not a born and bred local Breton. The town the OP lives in got 8% vote for LePen the other sunday, my own commune had an 11% vote and similar around all the other communes in the agglo we come under. On a lighter note, perhaps she had a wartime visit from an Uncle Albert (Fools and Horses special when they went to scatter his ashes in Normandy and found he had been populating the town when he was on the run from the germans).

If I had someone like that living close,I would personally try and found why they behave as they do or just generally rise above it regardless of bonfires etc,they soon get fed trying it on and no one wants to spar with them.

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Hey Val, how you doing, pop round for a coffee sometime.? Yes this is what I am trying to do, understand where she is coming from.

No really she is not that old, not even 60 and she is not Breton, she is not from around here. Actually she is probably from Paris. I noticed that in her street at the back of mine, people keep themselves to themselves even with the French, whereas in my street, everyone speaks. The older neighbours are lovely, yes they are Breton most of the older ones but they have sadly died most of them, but they are certainly not mean at all. It took a while to defrost some of them as they are known to not like foreigners or anyone from another street perhaps lol.  But once you get to know them, they take you into their hearts.

Not about to learn Breton, bl@@dy french was hard enough haha.  Actually I may learn Chinese as the neighbour opposite the mean woman is Chinese and doesn't like her either haha .  Really funny me English him Chinese, speaking French in the street lol

In this area we noticed that the Le Penn posters had been defaced with swartzstickers (spell) so I guess she is not THAT popular either lol

[Rabbie]

[quote user="Chancer"]

So if dogs are allowed off the lead, are you allowed to shoot them if they enter your property and pi55 up your wall?

What about the owners?

[/quote]If dogs are running loose and worrying your sheep then, yes, you are allowed by law to shoot them. I was assured today that this was also the case in France. I suspect you are not allowed to shoot the owners[:D]