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I hate to say they still look just like rusty old junk.

I recently disposed of two old mattresses, which were still in reasonable condition, by putting them on Le Bon Coin as donations. They were both collected within 2 days.

That could explain the small number of really bad reviews for establishments which otherwise have a majority of very good ones, and on visiting, seem perfectly reasonable. As well as bad reviews posted by competitors or "enemies", of course.

Or maybe they will recover all the ducks after the race is over? https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/occitanie/gard/nimes/record-pres-de-25-000-canards-en-plastique-font-la-course-au-pied-du-pont-du-gard-au-profit-des-malades-2979581.html#at_medium=5&at_campaign_group=1&at_campaign=occitanie&at_offre=4&at_variant=V2&at_send_date=20240603&at_recipient_id=459386-1651791101-1b2fba3b

I have a suspicion they didn't grab him out of kindness, and that it's unlikely he'll be seen again - by anyone.

We lost the BBC News channel about 2 weeks ago, but can get the news on BBC1. Also lost a few Freeview channels, but can still get some of them on the "+" version. I think this may be due to a plane tree in the road outside having grown somewhat since the dish was professionally reinstalled and aligned a few years ago. Unfortunately the installer is no longer in business; the number of Brits around here seems to have decreased dramatically in the last 3 or 4 years. Nothing to do with Brexit, of course 😉

I use a spreadsheet to arrive at the figures for our tax return, so it is fairly simple to change the rates for foreign exchanges. All our UK income stays there, so I have no actual figures to use. This year I made one calculation at a £ to € rate of 1.138 and another using the daily rates from www.exchangerates.org.uk , which is quite compact to print out. I always keep a copy and a note of the source for my figures, in case of any dispute. The amount of tax payable was slightly lower using the daily rates, and more importantly, just below the next tax band applying to us, so I used those results for our return. This also has the advantage of probably being a more acceptable source than second hand information that is available.

Then he went to the local, put the centipede on the bar and asked the barman "What do you think of this?" "Sorry sir, we get a few of those in here" said the barman as he squashed it flat.

So if you are take care to buy your house where there is very small risk of catastrophies you will pay a premium on your insurance to compensate those who are less careful.

But, judging from TV Police programmes, the average UK cop would spend half an hour or so arguing with them.

Everything was fine years ago; every town had its own time. Then the railways messed things up with their idea of a standard time. Afghanistan has the best setup. GMT plus 4 1/2 hours - and back 600 years.

I'm not completely sure, but I think birds are excused from summer time changes.

Words to dislike? ....... Just about anything said/screamed by Alex Jacques on Channel 4's Formula 1 coverage. His idiotic non-stop gibberish is almost destroying any enjoyment of the programme.

In January I replaced our old Sky digibox with a Manhattan SX Freesat HD Box from Amazon, being the cheapest replacement I could find. We gave up our Sky subscriptions through a third party years ago. The box works very well with our existing 95cm dish, but we find the Menu and programme booking systems confusing and clumsy compared with the Sky box. It also turns itself off when not being used and has to re-initiate when the TV is switched on again, which is annoying. Can someone tell me if the current Sky HD digibox uses a similar system to that of the old non-HD one, or recommend a better box for receiving UK Freesat programmes?

You can use any Notaire you wish. Not necessarily one local to the house you're buying.