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Back in the 1970's - there was a similar period of instability. "However, after a coal miners' strike Heath decided to hold an election to renew his mandate to govern in February 1974 but lost narrowly to Wilson. There was again talk of a military coup, with rumours of Lord Mountbatten as head of an interim administration after Wilson had been deposed. In 1974 the army occupied Heathrow Airport on the grounds of training for possible IRA terrorist action at the airport. Although the military stated that this was a planned military exercise, Downing Street was not informed in advance, and Wilson himself interpreted it as a show of strength, or warning, being made by the army."

Has anyone ever done a cost/benefit analysis on this cgt versus artisanal receipts situation? On most jobs the labour is the bigger cost, which a DIYer supplies for free.

Do it all yourself - if you know what you are doing, do you have any practical skills?

Cannot find any link to the brother's actions, but there is a clue to the slowness/inaction of the authorities here:- "The prosecutor does not rule out any leads, including those of possible racial or religious motivations, knowing that the victim was "probably veiled" and that the crime scene is located in front of a mosque. Renaud Gaudeul showed great caution.“We would be wrong if we did not also investigate in this direction. But no element at this stage allows to accredit these tracks. This is the beginning of a criminal case, and the smallest details naturally interest the investigators" They are probably tiptoeing around the case - afraid of upsetting the members of the mosque. https://www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-loire/nantes-44000/une-femme-poignardee-et-tuee-dans-la-rue-a-nantes-ce-que-l-on-sait-de-cet-homicide-9a38d096-4d66-11ed-8059-c21ebfd52069

Correct - that's how I read it too.

https://www.letelegramme.fr/cotes-darmor/goudelin/goudelin-une-personne-tuee-lors-d-un-accident-de-chasse-16-10-2022-13200749.php And I agree with Menthe's comment - the firearm handling discipline displayed by the average chausseur wandering about at the side of the road is very sloppy.

Particularly as they could be unemployed in France and if they are high earners they don't want to pay french levels of tax.

It looks like it is a Yucca........... https://www.flowersforhealing.com/product/yucca-flower/

"Each agave plant produces several pounds of edible flowers during its final season" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agave#Images_of_species_and_cultivars

This situation can be fraught with problems - your friendly french farmer neighbour probably knows the property laws backwards. Go to a notaire and get proper advice. These rights, once granted, are often a source of later dispute and nuisance between the farmer and the owners of a property. If you do enter into an agreement you would be wise to ensure it specifies, in precise detail, the rights of access, including maintenance responsibilities, security and those permitted access. If there is no consideration for the rights of way, then no legal tenancy is created, but even so, be cautious about entering into any kind of informal agreement with neighbours about use of your land" https://www.french-property.com/guides/france/property-rights/rights-of-way/authorisations/

By "internet boxes" does that mean a person's own router?

The technical problem that will eventually scupper Radio 4 long wave 198 is that the transmitter uses archaic meter high glass valves. They are no longer made or technically supported - when they are done, so is R4.

The telecommand relay that controls the circuit that the washing machine is powered up by, normally has three available selections available for you OFF MAN AUTO According to this news about Linky interfering with the signal to switch on your hot water heating st the lunchtime period, you need to select MAN = "manual" to switch it on at the lunchtime period, but then you need to remember to switch it back to AUTO = "automatic" to catch the evening heating period which linky will not interfere with. The difference in the tariff pleine/creuse is not stated.

From October 15 and until April 15, customers who benefit from a peak hour/off-peak hour tariff will see their cumulus( hot water ballon) in operation at night only, and not during the day. It is therefore the 4.3 million customers in France who recharge their water heater during these hours who are directly concerned. This temporary suspension “will save the equivalent of 2.5 GW at 12:30 p.m. and 1 GW at 1 p.m.,” Enedis explains to BFMTV . The Linky meter cannot detect what type of device is active in the house, it does not differentiate between a television or a computer. But it can disconnect “the automatic switching signal for controlled electrical uses”, explains Enedis. The water heater falls into this category. https://actu.orange.fr/france/crise-energetique-des-ballons-d-eau-chaude-coupes-a-partir-du-15-octobre-magic-CNT000001T7SJT.html

Very few with us up here in Brittany this year, but loads of bees, butterflies and those fascinating humming bird hawk moths on the buddleia.

Why so many mosquitoes this year down your way with a heatwave and drought? They need stagnant water to be able to breed, and the adults don't live that long, 3 - 4 weeks I read. So are they a different type or species?

No, Putin wasn't reported to have been there.

The single one extracts moist warm air, and the double one likewise but in addition pumps in colder air to replace the warm air it extracted. Seems totally counter- intuitive to me. A similar situation we had in our last UK house with a gas fire in the fireplace - regulations stated that we had to have an enormous air vent in the wall which on a cold windy winter's night nearly blew you out of your chair.

I didn't know the difference between them either so I looked it up, now I do know and I don't want one - it's easier and cheaper to open a window when you need ventilation. Here it is in all it's glory - with diagrams! https://www.econology.fr/le-blog/difference-entre-vmc-simple-flux-et-double-flux

If no other solution is available there is a driving school in Paris that specialises in coaching US citizens for the French test. www.frenchlicence.eu and https://www.frenchlicense.eu/about-us/ I know about them because I bought their Code de la Route book in english some years ago.

We have since arriving, after discovering what our tap water does to the kettle, and the smell of the kettle - YUK - always used bottled water from a source fed from the Monts D'Arres in Brittany which is a range of heath moorland hills which is not cultivated, so less chance of glyphosphate contamination. Very little mineral content either, so the kettle stays clean.

Since arriving in France we had a non communicative, miserable postie. Nothing we could say or do would raise his mood to that of a normal human being. He was known by us as Miserable Maurice - never did find out his real name. Apart from when he wanted to flog us the xmas calendars - then we use to get a grunted word or two out of him - and a small smile. OH reckoned it was caused by wind! Then he was absent - he wasn't there any more, casual enquiries at La Poste revealed he had retired, with a knowing smile😁 Now we have cheerful happy female posties. We always try to treat our delivery people well - in other words, get your a r s e out to the gate ASAP so as not to keep them waiting - that's the secret!

No - the fang snatchers over here don't seem to offer the delightfully flavoured disinfectant rinse out to get rid of the rubble.

Nice try at putting words into my mouth that I didn't utter. It will suffice that the lady in question has "p*ssed on her chips" big time - Her Ratner moment!