andyh4
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Stilton (blue Stilton) is available in our Auchan and also from time to time in Grand Frais. Red Leicester - also available in Grand Frais as Vieux Leicester - looks old and dried out under its plastic wrap - it isn't. Wensleydale, proper crumbly Lancashire or Cheshire - still waiting for the world to change. But they do have Blue Shropshire - not my personal favorite but OK - and little cheddars wrapped in wax - which I will personally avoid. And before ALBF gets on his hobby horse, I also love Danish, Norwegian, French, Italian, Spanish cheeses. They each have a character of their own and we should refrain from saying that A is a good substitute for B or A is as good as B. There are good'uns and not so good'uns [according to your own tastes only] and they all have an individual character.
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Well just for once we seem to be ahead of the curve Mint. We also have prepackaged Wyke Farms which is OK for cooing, but the cheese counter in our Auchan also has blocks of White Cheddar cut to order - Cheddar fremier. - as well as the red. These are also Wyke products but the white cheddar is pretty good. Friends brought out some Cathedral City over the summer, and while the taste was different, if I had been scoring them I would have ended up with very similar scores.And yes for melting onto toast/crumpets or just on top of things, Cheddar is impossible to match.
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Normally in these situations it is the insurance that covers it - but you did not have any. That basically is what insurance is for and if there were other avenues you would not need insurance. I am therefore fairly sure your money is gone.
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I can only relay what our local heating and plumbing engineer said. He used to do the installations but has now taken them off his list of specialities - but will still install if the customer insists.He says that if you have to borrow to pay for the installation, the payback is around 20 years. The "expected" life of the photovoltaic cells is 15 years. There have also been occasions where problems with the electrical side of the installations has caused roof fires (and neighbours of a good friend have suffered this in the UK).He therefore believes that as things stand today, this is nothing more than a con.
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http://tai2.ntu.edu.tw/taiwania/pdf/tai.1999.44.230.pdfRead through the abstract and you will find thunbergiensis. Polypodiidites T.to be exact. Effects of forest management on biodiversity in temperate ... Also this but you will have to purchase the full report to find the specific link:www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S...Effects of forest management on biodiversity in temperate deciduous forests: An overview based on Central European ... and Hymenoptera thunbergiensis on wet sandstone ... You need a better search engine.As to the question is this word proper latin, it depends what you mean by proper latin. If you mean used by the Romans, then most certainly no - along with many/most genus descriptions.Likewise you won't find Sirdavidii in any Latin dictionary (plant named after Davis Attenborough).
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You could declare this in one of two positions.1. Declare this as a pension payment (which it is even if there will never be another one) under the foreign incomes section.2. Declare it as a special payment attracting a flat rate 7.5% income tax.For only £5000, the latter is not likely to be a tax effective method of declaring.
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I would put a clapping smilie Judith only the rubbish software that comprises this board has removed that extravagance since W10 arrived in the world.No wonder Chancer got fed up.
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Mobile/smart-phones are wonderful things - provided you can get a signal.Here it is quite interesting to see the artisans doing work around the village, hanging out of windows with their device in their hand or standing in the middle of the square arm stretched upwards and spinning like a dervish devotee.So no we don't have a French mobile, but do have a UK PAYG one for an emergency.
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I cannot give any chapter and verse on this but I would have thought an emergency appointment with a dentist on Monday (cost max 50€) would be the best and probably quickest course. He might also be able to effect a temporary repair at least leaving the OH with something until a replacement can be constructed.
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My interests are in science Mogs and I am afraid this event was for Europeans an overhyped non-event.As you say the blood red element did not occur over Europe, but a lunar eclipse is something worth seeing. There was one while I was in Germany - probably 15-20 years ago now - and interesting it was.So down to the European bit:Blue moon - well these by definition occur once in a blue moon. But what is it really? A full moon that occurs for a second time in a month. So that is really interesting, except that a month is a man made construct and it took a couple of millennia to get the approximation of months to fit with solar cycles. That is why we have a mismatch of months with 31 days (most likely to have a blue moon), 30 days (less likely to have a blue moon) and 29 and 28 days. The moon circles the Earth at a predictable rate and every 28-29 days there will be a full moon. We treat 2 of these in our artificial construct of months as something special, but it's not. We might just as well drop months and call today for example Earthdate 201833 (day 33 of 2018) and blue moons would instantly disappear.So we are left with the fact that the moon is at its closest approach to the Earth which we perceive as a bigger and brighter moon. Except that most of us don't and couldn't. If it hadn't been plastered across the media, how many people would have known or noticed that it was bigger and brighter?As you found the impact of atmospheric conditions on how bright it is or even if you can see it at all is far more important than how close it is. Its closeness is of interest to those scientists looking at gravitational effects - beyond that it is just media hype - and the lunartics fell for it.
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No one in France will have seen the red bit of the combination since this is caused by a lunar eclipse - which ran from the Western USA to Asia - but not Europe.Just a rather hazy view of the moon, which may or may not have been bigger and or brighter than usual, based on a purely subjective view.Amazing how the world can get wound up about something of little consequence.Bah. Humbug - and all that.
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Rustryhole wrote:Taking the emotion out of it, i reckon that if a contract date has an expiry date then that is enforceable, hence why issue a avenant due to the original expiry if it is none commital? As I wrote above, stop thinking with a UK legal head.The expiry date is there so that if in the event that there is a time waster, the seller has a legal opportunity to put the property back on the market without any redress.You can reckon all you want but if you keep up like this with the notaire please be prepared to lose the deposit and just possibly be chased by the agent for his fees on top.
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RustyholeYour view that because the date in the clause suspensive has passed that the contract does not exist is a very British outlook. Here in France it is Napoleonic code that rules and - well shall we say - interpretations are somewhat different, some might chose to use flexible.IIRC you said early on that you expected a mortgage offer to arrive later this month and that alone may well mean that the compromise is still considered as active. If the agent (you did say you had kept him in the loop), the notaire or the sellers are aware of this potential offer, then I think you could get hung out to dry if you do not proceed when/if the offer is made.The onus is going to be on you to provide documentary proof of your inability to obtain an offer. This is a lot more than just keeping the agent informed. It could well include copies of the application forms you have submitted and the negative responses from the mortgage agencies.Whatever you do, do not make any suggestion that you now have cold feet - for whatever reason, good or bad - because this can and probably will be treated as a sign of bad faith; that you have not fully tried to obtain a mortgage etc..Good luck whichever way it goes.
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Is there one or maybe two particular places where she likes to cross the boundary, or is her crossing a rather random affair?Most cats have routes and if she follows true to form you could probably knock up a protective cover with three bits of wood fixed together in a U shape. Turn upside down and place over the top of the fence at her crossing point(s). Each would probably need to be around 1 - 1.5m long.
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Perhaps also a Scops Owl, which is often confused with the midwife toad.
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PatThere is no official rabies threat in France. I say official because the fox population in parts of France is still AFAIK still being regularly fed inoculated meat to ensure that rabies is controlled and cannot spread.However the big flaw in your argument is that if a dog has rabies an analysis of its blood will show the antibodies for Rabies.If a dog has been inoculated to prevent it having rabies it too will show antibodies for rabies in the blood sample.Ergo the only test for rabies is quarantine and if the dog is still alive after 4 weeks it does not have rabies.
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Why does a French resident have a UK bank account?Well I have UK (GBP) commitments and I have UK income from a number of sources.I could have it all paid into a French account and suffer the exchange charges on being paid in and I could pay out fro the French account and again pay for the privilege - but why should I?So Nick, simple economics and stopping the banks taking even more of my hard earned.
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An interesting point about driving at speed is how little you actually gain in time by driving faster.When I was working in Germany, I regularly had long distance trips to make on the motorway network and perchance many of those journeys were largely on sections of the motorway network where there were no or very few speed restrictions. [70% of the network does have speed restrictions.] When I safely could, I took advantage and used the freedom of no restriction to cover a lot of kms as quickly as possible. My average speed when not hit with heavy traffic or traffic jams was usually in the 105-110kph - peak speeds would usually be in the 160-180kph range). At the same time at weekends I would frequently commute to the Ardeche. On the French motorway system, where I tried to keep to the speed limit, my average speed was again usually in the 105 - 110kph range - possible a tad less than in Germany but still within the same range.So for all my putting my foot down in Germany, I at best gained 5kph on my average speed on what were extensive motorway trips.
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Sorry Mrs B but I cannot help specifically with sourcing a cattery.What I can say is that when we first arrived on the continent we had the same issues. We did find a cattery that had individual pens and after the first short stay there were so appalled that we vowed never to return.The next best was as you describe, a cattery where all the cats roamed together. Despite our hesitancy we tried it out and it worked well. We used this establishment many times afterwards - to the extent of getting rebates. It will seem very daunting putting your beloved cats into a mix of any and all cats, but because this is "neutral" territory the fears I am sure you have are unlikely to become real. If they do, then I am sure the cattery owner will have a way of isolating any cats under stress.
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Not sure why you are blaming the EU Dave.It is the WHO that have identified and published the potential threat.It is France that is pushing for a ban/controlled use by professionals.The EU do get a lot wrong but in this case if anything they might be considered as being inactive.
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Quote Andyh4Nevertheless Glyphosate does appear to be one of the least damaging products around.UnquoteSeems I have to eat my words.Glyphosate is now listed by WHO as being a probable carcinogen in humans.Mme Royale is asking garden centres to stop selling it prior to a planned ban on open sales of all such chemicals in around 7 years.http://www.firstpost.com/fwire/french-minister-calls-on-shops-to-stop-selling-monsantos-roundup-reuters-2295536.htmlThat will be yet another chemical I have bought as being safe and approved, that is no longer deemed as being safe.
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1. My name or vous - although I am not so deeply embedded in French culture to be offended by tu.2. Yes3. Yes4. Solely from what I read about (and therefore highly subjective and probably completely wrong), substance abuse seems relatively common. In big cities this seems to be predominantly controlled or illegal drugs, in the countryside alcohol is widely abused, but seems to result in relatively rare public displays of anti-social behaviour. Smoking is still fairly common despite government attempts to discourage it.5. More and more there is a move from traditional foods to fast food and less healthy pre-prepared foods. I cite the rise in popularity in establishments like McDonalds and the number of restaurants who rather than prepare food themselves buy in pre-prepared foods as frozen or cook chill.6 Not competent to reply7. Not really competent to give a full answer, but some observations:There have been case of contaminated blood resulting in serious illness or death of the recipient. (But that is not restricted to France). Where we are in rural France there is still strong support that the pharmacy should remain the only source of medicaments - self medication is therefore restricted. I could well believe this would not apply in cities and large towns. There seems to be a higher regard for non-Western Traditional cures and homeopathy, acupuncture and other remedies are prescribed by main stream doctors.
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[quote user="Spyder"]I too use glycophosphate but at triple strength on bindweed, nettle and bramble. Seems to have an effect but I don't think you can ever beat it. It says on the bottle of glycophosphate that it is inert once it touches the soil, is that not true? I would be most concerned if that were not the case.[/quote]Strictly as a chemist I do not think it is chemically inert. But to be fair what they mean is that it is no longer effective in killing plants once it has touched the soil and is therefore inert in that respect.What the long term effects of the breakdown products are on the soil, plants and wildlife remains for me a somewhat open question. Nevertheless Glyphosate does appear to be one of the least damaging products around.
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I have been in the same position as Gardengirl and have used Glyphosate, but have to say I have now returned to a more ecological (but more backbreaking as well) solution. Despite heavy (but localised) application with G, the bindweed kept on coming back.
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