Russethouse Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 And how does your current location compare with your French house ?Many people moving to France go for something different, and the two are nor really comparable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 [quote user="Mel"]Sorry, wasn't meaning to get nasty ... [/quote]Mel, you weren't nasty at all - just open and honest. IMO Polly's comment re pink specs was a tad asperic.Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCanary Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Until recently, quite similar and comparable locations. Both houses were on the edge of villages and Norfolk is one of the more rural counties in England - quite similar (even in landscape) to our French village. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 What does "asperic" mean, please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCanary Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 suein56 - that thought did cross my mind...(asperic means 'harsh or rough') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polly Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 So your house is in a flattish part of France?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCanary Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 Err, yes Polly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG MAC Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 I have said it before and doubtless I will say it again........I am a nicer person when I am in France for that and that alone it will be worth moving there.If I could figure out something which I could manufacture while I am there then I would be converting the barn into a workshop now!Joking aside I hope to get some qualifications which would permit me to work a couple of weeks of the month here and spend time over there writing reports etc.If you are finished with those rose tinted specs .....can I borrow them?Coops you are near enough to us for us to look in on you in your dotage!All the very best to the OP.....I suspect that once France is in the blood it may be hard to shake off entirely....is it because I am Scottish?And now back to the grind...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 [quote user="BIG MAC"]All the very best to the OP.....I suspect that once France is in the blood it may be hard to shake off entirely....is it because I am Scottish?And now back to the grind......[/quote]Yes, the b-stewards keep sending me bills even now Im living back in the UK so getting France out of your blood is defo not easy! It was a big issue I had whilst Ive lived in France, bills seem to creep up on you and they are always huge! This last bill sugests I should pay more in NI equiv payments than I earnt last year in France, I closed my micro in April 09! So it means another fight to get that sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velcorin Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 [quote user="BIG MAC"]All the very best to the OP.....I suspect that once France is in the blood it may be hard to shake off entirely....is it because I am Scottish?[/quote]Yep, it's coz you're Scottish[:D]. The missus can't wait to leave. and we've got a queue of nephews and nieces wanting to get to the UK.NB if anyone knows of accomodation in the Newbury/Thatcham area, I've got a (very pretty!) French niece looking, already got a job lined up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 [quote user="5-element"]What does "asperic" mean, please?[/quote]I think perhaps the word was meant to acerbic [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 [quote user="AnOther"][quote user="5-element"]What does "asperic" mean, please?[/quote]I think perhaps the word was meant to acerbic [;-)] [/quote]No it wasn't. But, me being me, I have created 'asperic' to be a totally new grammatical form of asperity - as asperity isn't as strong as acerbity.Sue [;-)][Www][blink] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Asperity is a new word for me, shows you're never to old to learn [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Two equally good words, acerbic and asperity...Sue, it was rather creative to telescope the two - cool! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Asperity, neither in my vocabulary nor dictionary.Wotsitmean please?Is it anything to do with asparagus syndrome? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Ask the pope!Or 'asp', as in the snake and "perity" as in the bite, so a sort of snake bite, as in the kind of treatment meted out by ladies of a certain age and stage of flush in the unemployment offices of UK or France? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Chancer, without looking in the dictionary, asperity is something that sticks out, and is somewhat sharp. (a large pinch of salt might be needed here, as it is my off-the-cuff definition) [:P] (French: aspérité)http://www.linternaute.com/dictionnaire/fr/definition/asperite/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/asperity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 [quote user="Chancer"]Asperity, neither in my vocabulary nor dictionary.Is it anything to do with asparagus syndrome?[/quote]Dunno, not heard of asparagus syndrome; wotsitmean please?Sue [;-)] [Www] [blink]Can't you tell how pleased I am to have my smilies back ? Courtesy of AnOther naturally ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 Is it rather like being artistic? [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keni Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Just dipping in here - good luck Wicce for the future.Mentioned earlier, the problems about pensioners/older people moving and being rural abound here in the UK.I am amazed at the big companies building retirement complexes in villages around this are that have absolutely nothing. So you are 70, buy a place in a lovely rural village, then discover you can no longer drive. There is no bus service and you can end up stuck in four walls going nowhere. Seen it with mother.In the villages we have visited in France, there are 80/90 year olds still hanging on in the village, gardening, growing veg, getting daily meals on wheels and keeping up with the neighbours. The difference is the UK do no longer provide day care - as in the form of somewhere to go -whereas the French get on with talking to and helping each other! That's what I think the retirees from UK like about France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 "In the villages we have visited in France, there are 80/90 year olds still hanging on in the village, gardening, growing veg, getting daily meals on wheels and keeping up with the neighbours. The difference is the UK do no longer provide day care - as in the form of somewhere to go -whereas the French get on with talking to and helping each other! That's what I think the retirees from UK like about France."I am not sure that's the case in all French villages."So you are 70, buy a place in a lovely rural village, then discover you can no longer drive. There is no bus service and you can end up stuck in four walls going nowhere. Seen it with mother."There are no bus services in many parts of rural France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 Definitely not the case around me and there is absolutely zero neighbourly or social contact during les vacances.Look at how many old people died during the canicule a few years ago and whose bodies were not found untill la rentrée, that was the reason for la fête des voisins although I yet to see anyone do anything remotely neighbourly on that day with the exception of my ex when she was living in Amiens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchie Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 My parents do, on " La fête des voisins" they organize a big apéro and nibbles in their local neighbourhood.Everyone brings a mixed salad / quiche, etc; something to drink, they put garden tables outside and have their little do !!! It s soon, by the way !In the small village where I live, people still talk to each other, recently a man lent me his " coupe bordure", another one said I could get some wood from what he had cut I found that was really nice !!I must be lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Keni wrote"whereas the French get on with talking to and helping each other! That's what I think the retirees from UK like about France"Keni, perhaps this is what the French do but if you are a foreigner who has not lived in the same village for most of your life and you don't speak the language well, then I think the situation may be very different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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