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Should be live link.I believe that strong white flour has more gluten in it, and we can get extra extra strong white flour here, so I suppose that would be with even more gluten.Thing is that I get as good a result with cheap and cheerful. It is the taste if one is eating it as it is, just bread it slightly better with strong flour. But apart from the quignon, I never do. So the bread I eat is dipped in whatever, eaten along with salad with it's sauce, spread upon with pate for example and as mopping up a good sauce on a plate and just on it's own, well, it isn't, as I always spread good butter on it.I know I could buy flour for bread making in France, more expensive. And the link says it is T65, which makes sense, but I am sure that when I used to buy it it did say for 'pain'. As it does here in this live link.Good for you Judith. I was taught at school and then in the 60's there was a bakers strike and I started making it at home. AND then it was about 1976 or 1977 there was another strike and due to our work hours we couldn't get hold of bread, I started baking it again and have donemore or less since that time.I have changed my methods though over the years. And I do like using less yeast and it rising slowly. What I have found with the slowrising, is that I need to allow a full rise the second time, so it triples, because it doesn't rise so much in the oven. Years ago I got caught out with this happening, but not know. I am sure I have more to learn, and take on all knowledge and if it makes sense to me, give it a try and sometimes I give it a whirl anyway.[:D]
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We have never really done the Valentine's Day thing, but one Valentine's day, many years ago, my husband was out with our neighbour at the brico place and the neighbour said whilst they were out, he had to buy his wife something for valentines day.And so, my husband thought it would look odd if he didn't too, and they both bought mini fours as presents.The temptation on my part to throw it at him was great. I was so annoyed that he would buy something so naff, it was naff, and it was for the house........ stuff for the house are not presents for 'me' as far as I am concerned. It went back, as did the neighbour's.We have not done valentine's day since. In fact for all we buy presents for others, we don't buy presents at traditional present times these days. Usually if we want something, we buy it. And sometimes do surprise one another with things we have seen that we think that the other would like, that is a really nice and pleasant present surprise.
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And that is the thing I have never really got over, shop opening hours in the UK.My local High Street in normal times has everything closing by 5. And the butchers seem to close at 3.30. Not helpful to me who likes to shop late afternoon.I know that the supermarkets are opening a long time, but I do try to shop 'locally', Saturday being an example, I was out and about at 4 o'clock, so no hope of our local butchers.I wish that they would start a curfew here too, not sure if 6 would be a good time, maybe around 7 or 7.30.
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Last Saturday, the rayons for steak and cream were just about bare, well they had sour cream, not what I wanted, a few pieces of cuts of steak that I never buy.The few shortages we had, were for such a short amount of time, that I can hardly remember. Flour was being bagged in the supermarkets. Pasta had reduced choice, but that was about it really here.
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Last Saturday after noon I went shopping. Of the things I was looking for, like cream and steak were sold out and there was little choice of quite of few things.So for once, were my fellow citizens making a big day of Valentines Day or, were the shops just short of stock.I would rather it was the former really, as people probably need something to celebrate at the moment.Was it the same in France for those who may have shopped last Saturday, a distinct lack of some food items?
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I always use a very soft brush toothbrush, anything harder and my gums bleed, and I can massage my gums with a soft one. In France I used to order OralB soft ones from the pharmacie, expensive but worth it.Will you go back to harder brushes later, and if you do, pleased explain why?
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Kong, you are more trusting than I am. In spite of labels, I always hand write, everything on packages, including my name and address as well as the address of whoever is receiving it. Still do.Labels are all very well, but too long with so little trust in La Poste and I belt and braces things like this. AND I won't stop doing it. Not that I have much more faith in Royal Mail or Hermes etc these days.
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I never had that problem Kong, suspect someone told me in my very early days to write clearly 'expedier par' and an 'à'. I am sure that someone told me in my very early days to write clearly 'expedier par' and an 'à'.I doubt I would have done that off my own bat.In fact I do it in both languages and still do, so I write:expedier par/sender and à/to.Over the years, many people gave me very good advice and tips, for which I will always be extremely grateful.
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I just spray with any tinned product I am dusting with. Aren't I supposed to?Seems to work, a quick spray and then I wipe over and then again with a clean cloth.And scratched glasses, brought some new ones recently, they were very expensive and for once I am keeping them in their case when not in use....... my others, well, I was told off at the opticians about how scratched were[:$]
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Please, if you are a believer in instant gratification, then so be it, but I am not, sounds like you want everything to suit you and be a marvel within seven weeks, well, think on and a little pragmatism wouldn't go a miss.I realise that many things take time. I expected a rare old mess to put it mildly when the official brexit started. I do not even know how it could have been other wise.Also, I assumed that the french would kick up, and I am not yet sure how much they have. If things get no worse with the french, then I will be amazed.Remember I remember the french highjacking british wagons assaulting one driver there was poisoning and slitting sheep's throats and also burning lambs live......... quelle honte!!! There have been awful scenes like this since too. We have a long history of 'bad' things.So you can think badly of Brexit all you want, but I have never liked us being in Europe since I voted a 'no' in 1975. And in spite of living in France for so long, I never saw one thing that I thought, well, that's just marvellous. I agree there was a lot of things that facilitated movement of people, but I didn't agree with the ease of that either.Ask me in 7 years and if we are a little island on the edge of europe living in mud huts, then, we will be. We will get over it. And we are still getting illegal immigrants risking their lives to get to the UK from France???so why is that????
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I am wondering where people will be able to procure these masks, as for all 0.44cents a mask sounds amazing.The people selling them have to be paid, and the businesses have all their charges too, so how does this work then, or are they french government sponsored, if it says that, I missed it, sorry.
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Yes, two masks, I have heard Dr Faucci in the USA say that doubling masks is good way to do it.I wear a mask and a visor, that feels right to me, and being a spectacles wearer, am getting used to walking around in the fog![Www]
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Did you have any TVA etc to pay on your Amazon UK parcel wooly?Just wondering as I have been holding back on sending a parcel to my son.
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Ken, why so patronising with mint?As far as I read, mint was using the lamentable Don John as an example of the folly shown by those who start believing in his absolute non-sense.Still, as we all know, people can believe in a huge amount of things without proof of them actually being true. That is humans for you, all over the world.
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So sorry to hear this.I do not doubt that it is on going process with the HSBC, my son wanted to open an account with them, he lives in France and it would be a long tale to tell about how difficult it was. Not helped by a completely obtuse clerk who was dealing with him.Good luck!
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I had not heard of the nocebo effect, what a shame if it is medical staff not trusting these vaccines.
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The vote was quite clear about Brexit.Just why is anyone saying that more people in the UK didn't want brexit?Maybe those who couldn't be axxxd to vote are now moaning and whosoever believes that their views now are pertinent, they are not! Is that what you are saying?If that is the case, then I just think, tant pis, if they had wanted to vote they could have done. And I would have accepted whichever vote we ended up with.
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[quote user="NormanH"]Looking at the UK figures it could be the % of the populationVACCINE TRACKERLearn more about vaccines ›Doses Administered15,839,781People Fully Vaccinated539,630% Fully Vaccinated0.81%539,630 is a bit less than 1% of the population 68 million[/quote]NH, Yes, that is what I thought, it must be the full population.And in this case, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE FIRST VACCINATION, otherwise the next one won't be the second one.So yes you have to have the first half of the loaf. The question here is the difference in efficacy when getting the second done sooner or later.We shall see won't we, but I would rather have my first half of my loaf next week, than have to wait months for it, is that just me?
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I agree that schools have become more violent, teachers attacked, that was starting before I left.Prior to this it was more like say 50's England where the teachers hit the kids. Seen it with my own eyes, primary school, a boy who was a very slow learner being clipped around the head and then the male teacher gave him a kick on his backside.My son came home with an expensive jumper torn from neck to waist, because he had bad marks. My son was 15 then, and all I can say is that, that he did not deck that teacher showed remarkable control on the part of my son, he was quite capable of decking just about any man at that time, one way or another.The beheadings well, that is another story of people who have taken on beliefs which were in our past, but are alive and well with some.Domestic violence, attacks on women and children.......... was never news......and there is the Droit de l'Enfance in France. And if you think that the police/gendarmes would truly get involved in a woman being attacked or domestic violence, well, they were loathe to do so.I shall pm you ALBF.
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I liked the link with the figures too. I still do not get those percentages, it says 4.3% forthe USA 4.3% of what.
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Do you really think that France is more violent.......... it was violent from the first day I lived there. Maghreb kids being shot by the police when simply admiring a car. Gangs shooting and killing folk. AND then there were the demonstrations of various types which were violent and destructive. Along with the country being brought to a halt with lorry drivers strikes, because we mustn't for get the strikes too, of which I knew of many!So really, is it worse, or is it just what you are seeing is 'now and recent past' without good reference to say the last fifty odd years, or in my case, 40 years since we moved there. Still I wasn't in France in '68 and they were apparently 'hair raising days too'.
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How could ALBF avoid getting one, he is now an alien resident and pragmatism must prevail.Just the same for alien residents I know in the UK...... they are getting their residence status too[:D]
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Is this because the french are a different morphology or whatever you would call it?About 35 odd years ago we were back in the UK on holiday and one of my kids caught a cold, he was not well and as I was trying to get hold of children's aspirin, the government announced that they were being banned for children and that they should take paracetamol.When I got home I spoke to my MG and he said that there had not been any particular problems in France and that it was safe for my children to take......... at which point, I pointed out that they were not french, and no thanks.Is this the problem.As I have pointed out. I have know a couple of people who were zonked out for about 14 hours, no fever, just fatigue hat first evening and after this big sleep were perfectly fine. And others had arm ache for a day or so. As time goes by I know of more and more people who have been vaccinated and apart from maybe a tiny red, mosquito bite looking mark for a few days, no side effects.IF this was a real problem in the UK and there have been over 15 million vaccinated AND a lot with astra zeneca, surely it would on the news???So are the french suffering from a mild form of mass hysteria? It is either that or that french people are 'different' from those of us in the UK. As with over 50% and more with problems mentioned, if that was actually the case folk'd be dropping like flies over here.
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Without those percentages:What I can say is that in France, only 1,615,914 people have been vaccinated once and 633,771 twice.In the UK 14,524,474 have been vaccinated once and 537,715 twice.And Italy, well, they have done well in some ways........ 425,750 one dose and 1,281,999 twice.All these countries with over 60 million populations.None of us can have the second dose without having had the first, so that first one is very important.And how do they work out those percentages, I have played with the figures and cannot work it out. Maybe on population size, but I cannot find the figures they have used and that doesn't work with the USA, confused.[Www][8-)]
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