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That is interesting Rob Roy, so no inspections etc in France then? Were you able to buy salvage that required extensive repairs, i.e. uneconomic repair write offs? All my vehicles since 1990 up until my present car were salvage that I repaired, a cut-n-shut using donor vehicles from both sides of the channel could be an interesting exercise to get a late low mileage LHD car.

I dont think that I am brave enough any more to get a 3.5 + tonne lorry onto two wheels to do an overtake à la 007 [:D]

No problem bringing over but are you asking about registration? If it is registered in your name no problem, I am assuming that you will do the repairs before submitting it for CT [;-)] If it is not then with a receipt to show that you have bought the vehicle, the tear off part of the V5 or better still the V5 or a photocopy you should be able to register it although a sales receipt that doesnt show the vehicle category/notice of destruction might be advisable if you get my drift [;-)] I keep looking longingly at the damaged repairables in a yard that I pass on the way to Brico-depot, i am not sure what the system is in France but bringing one over would circumvent it if there is one.

Makes my €100 a year cover seem damned expensive although I do have breakdown cover. I dont understand the bit where you say the franchise is more than the yearly premium Dave.

He was indeed partially responsible for the overloading unless he was comatose and was put in the car by others. A tragic affair all round. Tony I think that I understand the times 4 but where does the 13 counts come from? Editted. it is clear now, 3 times 4 plus a speeding.

Blooming heck, 3 of them thrown out of the car whilst it was flipping, one killed three with multiple injuries, only the driver and (front seat I assume) passenger escaped serious injury. Doesnt look like many seat belts were being worn, I wonder if there were two of them on the front passenger seat?

I dont think any of this is likely to come under French jurisdiction unless the family try it on with the vehicle insurers and even the vehicle could turn out to be UK registered and insured.

Quite right too. Its not often I agree with insurance companies decisions. In the scheme of things the cost of repatriation (less than the value of the car probably) is nothing compared to the hospital bills that the family have not been asked to pay.

[quote user="Starless"]  They don't seem to have offered any compensation though, just their apologies, so no money saving there. [/quote] Compensation for what exactly? You would not have received even the apology from French foods in France [:D]

[quote user="Jonzjob"] The fresh milk that we get is not homogenised. It is gently pasturised in a banne marie, or however you spell it. We get it from either of the bio supermarkets here in Carcassonne. they also have raw milk sometimes and that has a shelf life of just a couple of days. Fresh goats milk is there too! The pasturised cows milk always has a nice layer of cream on the top and it is semmi skimmed milk! The problem with homogenised mik is that it is forced through a very fine mesh to break up the fat globules, this is why you will never see cream on the top, and the fat globules are so fine that if you suffer with a 'leaky gut' the globules can pass through the stomatch wall into the blood system. These days we have been trying other things and I really like the 'oat milk', slightly sweet and lovely on proper porrige [8-|] [/quote] My mate tels me that he tried horses milk at a fête at Boulogne sur mer, his French is not good but he is quite intelligent and I dont think he was misled. Re homogenising milk, it is not seived but molecularely (dont even know how to say it!) reduced by high velocity impact, I used to make the homogenisers during my apprenticeship in what was known as the "Homo section" of our factory! The machines resembled a huge stainles steel piston engine but powered by even huger electric motor, the milk was aspirated and on the compression stroke forced at high velocity through a narrow orifice onto a titanium impact ring. As Jonzjob says the fat is still present in its full percentage but no longer visible as cream and cannot be smelt until it is very very sour, when we drink supermarket milk after one week, plus of course its time on the shelf, delivery etc, it is the same as drinking fresh milk from the milkman after 10 days except of course that our palate and taste buds are fooled into not making us puke.

It is not "fresh milk", the only ones lucky enough to still drink this are those that still have a milkman in the UK. For the rest of us "fresh milk" in either UK or French supermarkets is homogenised, that is why we it appears to last all week, in reality after one week it would be the same as "milkmans milk" if it were able to reconstitute, would you drink curdled milkmans milk at that stage? Try closing your eyes and doing a blind smell test of homogenised milk "fresh" from the supermarket and the one that has sat open in the fridge for a week if you need convincing.

Not specifically a French food enquiry but I have recently bought a juicer during an "at that price I must have one!"  moment and would like advice as to how to get the best from it. Dont worry about teaching me to suck eggs as I know naff all about the subject. My theory was to buy the fruit and veg from our local Arab market at 12:30 on Sunday when they virtually give it away and make fruit juices and smoothies etc. I am recovering from what I hope is my last operation and off the drink and want to do that little bit more if I can. I have had a play with apples (with and without skin) apple and kiwi mixed and oranges, again with and without skin. The orange puree with skin looked great but tasted too tart, the apple was fine either way but looked a bit frothy/scummy with the skin and I reckon it would seperate in time. I havn't really thought about introducing veg into the mix and would appreciate comments. Are there any specific rules? i.e. certain fruits must be skinned or cored to avoid blocking the machine etc etc.

What about a book written in French? Even childrens books are challenging and entertaining, if you find something on a subject or topic you are interested in it is much easier to read and keep on reading.