alittlebitfrench Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 1 hour ago, menthe said: How you love all these ridiculous generalisations you make. Grow up, do...... I will never grow up..🤫 Life is better if you don’t. Your are a spring chicken like the rest of us Mint. So don’t you start giving me lectures..🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menthe Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Well then, why don't you change your name to Peter Pan? You should teach all the little ALBFs to call you Papa Peter Pan....has a certain ring to it, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norbert Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Half a million euros is a lot of money, what income do you need to have that kinda mortgage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noisette Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Well for a start, you'd deduct the capital from the previous house sale. Mrs ALBF is in banking, isn't she? I'm sure she'll be able to house ALBF in the manner to which he's become accustomed 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 (edited) 14 hours ago, Noisette said: Well for a start, you'd deduct the capital from the previous house sale. Mrs ALBF is in banking, isn't she? I'm sure she'll be able to house ALBF in the manner to which he's become accustomed 😁 Hmmmm.. I very much doubt many people would have gone through what we have done over the last 25 years in terms of hard work. And we started life in France with student debts living in a 15 sq metre flat in Paris. . Not selling a house in the UK and buying your way into a lifestyle. We worked for it. Lets be very clear Mr & Mrs ALBF….are no snowflakes. We have the scars to prove it. And we are not finished yet. Never stand still is my motto in life. Edited February 1 by alittlebitfrench 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggers Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 I’m sure a lot of the people selling houses in the UK would have worked hard to pay for them initially 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Riggers said: I’m sure a lot of the people selling houses in the UK would have worked hard to pay for them initially Of course. When I left uni in 90’s getting on the property ladder was a pipe dream in the UK. Especially with 8k student debts. Today….I guess it is a lot worse and you are tied to a mortgage debt for the rest of your life. The same in France….but you have to work a lot harder. Salaries are not the same as the UK. Swings and roundabouts. My mums 3 bed bungalow in the UK is worth more than my chateaux in France. Very easy to sell a house in the UK…pay off your mortgage….and buy bigger house in France. But now….you have to earn a living. Edited February 1 by alittlebitfrench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menthe Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 ALBF writes: Never stand still is my motto in life. You perhaps have never heard of this well-known poem? Leisure by William Henry Davies Next What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. No time to see, in broad daylight, Streams full of stars, like skies at night. No time to turn at Beauty's glance, And watch her feet, how they can dance. No time to wait till her mouth can Enrich that smile her eyes began. A poor life this if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 25 minutes ago, menthe said: ALBF writes: Never stand still is my motto in life. You perhaps have never heard of this well-known poem? Leisure by William Henry Davies Next What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep or cows. No time to see, when woods we pass, Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass. No time to see, in broad daylight, Streams full of stars, like skies at night. No time to turn at Beauty's glance, And watch her feet, how they can dance. No time to wait till her mouth can Enrich that smile her eyes began. A poor life this if, full of care, We have no time to stand and stare. I bet you I can spot and identify 70 % of birds in France. I stare. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 (edited) The feathered ones Nos. 😂 Plenty of títs in my garden. We have great, blue, crested, longtailed….coal ????????……..all shapes and sizes. Feeding on my nuts. Edited February 1 by alittlebitfrench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noisette Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Behave yourself! 🤣 On the birdie theme, after two weeks I finally managed to capture a colibri (hummingbird) in the gîte garden. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 1 hour ago, Noisette said: Behave yourself! 🤣 On the birdie theme, after two weeks I finally managed to capture a colibri (hummingbird) in the gîte garden. No you did not. Try again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menthe Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Bravo! Very nice and very difficult, I imagine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 33 minutes ago, menthe said: Bravo! Very nice and very difficult, I imagine. Especially when hummingbirds are not found in Europe and they are the size of your little finger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted February 2 Author Share Posted February 2 Ooh hang on a minute. Nos went to Guadelope.😀 I am guessing its male… https://www.oiseaux-birds.com/fiche-colibri-madere.html It is a sub specious of a hummingbird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noisette Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 1 hour ago, menthe said: Bravo! Very nice and very difficult, I imagine. Thanks, menthe. That's why it took me two weeks to get a halfway decent photo....they're soo quick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noisette Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 4 minutes ago, alittlebitfrench said: Ooh hang on a minute. Nos went to Guadelope.😀 I am guessing its male… https://www.oiseaux-birds.com/fiche-colibri-madere.html It is a sub specious of a hummingbird. Yes, judging by the colouring it was a male. It had a beautiful deep red throat but couldn't capture that on a photo 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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