cajal
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[quote user="EuroTrash"]One example: young British musicians and artistes who are facing the prospect not being able to perform anywhere outside the UK and Ireland without a lot of hassle and expense. Touring and meeting other young musicians and other audiences is so important to their development.[/quote]The hastle and expense of having to travel to Hamburg to perform didn't appear to hold the Beatles careers back too much.
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[quote user="Ken"]Perhaps you could help me? I have contacted FF and asked how I can find the list of threads (discussions) on the site. They (it) hasn't replied!!I'm new to this and I have found various discussions but it is a very haphazard way of mowing around. I feel sure that must be some sort of list (threads) but finding it!I would appreciate it if you can help.[/quote]THIS link will take you to an index of the full list of forum catagories and their topics/threads which you will be able to trawl thru'.
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[quote user="mint"]I live in a village of less than 500 and for both local and national elections, the turn-out is between 95 and 98%! That hardly points to a lack of interest does it?[/quote]I don't believe there is a correlation between someone, every few years, placing a cross on a ballot paper and also necessarily having an interest in politics.Just out of interest, how many of the 95% - 98% voting French residents of your village can name a French politician apart from the president?
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[quote user="Mr Huge"]Here in 34 we've had no post all week, although there is a Significant Birthday coming up and there should be lots of cards. Is this just us, or is it a general problem?[/quote]Maybe This will go some way to answering your query?
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[quote user="alittlebitfrench"]Global warming perhaps ?You could not pay me enough to live South of the Loire. It has been a 'tad' cold this year but wait to the summer.Can't go out...and all that. You can go out in the cold.Take your pick. I know I what I would pick. Global warming will economically save the UK in 10 years time.[/quote]Our abode faces southwest. At the height of summer the thermometer regularly breaches50°C although, granted, it is in direct sun on a wall. Heat has never halted me from going about my everyday life.In '78, between tours, colIeagues and I hiked 330 miles from Vegas to Mammoth Lakes via Death Valley and in '86 I repeated the hike with my wife.In '82 after a tour I went on a three week organised trek across the Sahara through Egypt, Libya, Algeria and Morocco.At no time did I stop and think 'wtf am I doing?'.
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[quote user="anotherbanana"]People, my dear Cajal, people.[/quote]That would go some way to explaining it, with me not being a people sort'a person.Strange, when I checked this thread the first time it addressed you by your original name and avatar coupled with an icon as opposed to the term Moderator. I thought "Ah, he's rescued his original details". Apparently not it would now seem. As I said - strange?
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I'm reliably informed by my wife that the snowdrops are long gone and the tulips and hyacinths, both the potted and the beded, are well on their way towards blossoming.As regards to the weather and climate, I've never understood why anyone would want to live in northern France or northern Europe for that matter.
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Let's clear up any misunderstanding here.'He' is President'She' is Chancellor.OK?
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Snagged this afternoon, Pfizer-BioNTech.1st rdv mid May.2nd rdv mid June.
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[quote user="NormanH"]If it is parcels from the UK it is one of the predictable consequences of Brexit that BJ glossed over...[/quote]Why would the citizens of the United Kingdom's decision to withdraw from membership of the EU be at all influenced by the possibility that a parcel delivered to France might be held up and that the Prime Minister had failed to brief the country as to this consequence?Or, would your assertion be just another veiled excuse to decry a decision United Kingdom citizens made which you, as a French citizen, would appear to disagree with?
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My wife held her final 10 year France/EU cds from 2017. In October 2020 she submitted an application, when the renewal site opened, for a 10 year France/UK wag cds.She received an acknowledgement of her application. The next communication, from the prefecture, was an email at the begining of January stating that she would be receiving her new wag cds shortly and that a signature would be required. On the 14th of January the factrice honked her horn and I went and signed for the letter that contained the cds.At no time between October and January was she required to submit any documents or attend any interviews or even return the outdated cds which I am now using to carefully remove old silicon from tiles where I am about to fit a new wash hand basin.To be honest I must acknowledge the fonctionaires, both admin and tax, in our department as whenever our paths have been required to cross they have responded in a professional, courteous and efficient manner.
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If the EU was a multinational, as you refer above, it would have been long shut down for fraud and corruption, even the maffia supports and contributes to worthy causes.The EU has not only well and truly shot its home and global image in the foot, during the past seven days, it has also handed the present United Kingdom government an opportunity to secure at least another follow on term in office.
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[quote user="EuroTr@sh"]But if the two are akin, that suggest that:the UK has signed a trade deal with Google as it has with the EUthe UK has a reciprocal citizens' rights agreement for UK citizens and Google citizensthe UK shares a trade border with Google as it does with the EUEtc.[/quote]It might have escaped your notice that the EU is actually not a country but an economic organisation, vis-à-vis Google.I suspect Google negotiates trade deals in any country where it has a presence.I suspect Google lays out customer terms and conditions and the company's obligations in any country where it has a presence.I suspect Google holds no borders to trade in any country where it has a presence.
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[quote user="AnOther"]Probably do better to petition Bojo to stop being a tw*t over granting the EU ambassador proper diplomatic status![/quote]That would be akin to granting the HR head honcho of Google the same status.
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[quote user="NormanH"]I prefered Engrenages ..[/quote]BBC4 are broadcasting series 8 on Saturday evenings at the moment.
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[quote user="mint"]And this is the message: Tous les rendez-vous de vaccination ont déjà été réservés. De nouvelles disponibilités seront accessibles dans les prochains jours.[/quote]I have just revisited my local centre's site and for 1st vaccination there is the above message. For 2nd vaccinations there are a handfull of appointments at the end of February and begining of March.However, only a couple of weeks ago the government was stating the reason for the slow vaccination rollout in France was due to 46% of french people's resistance to vaccinations. If that is the case, how is it two weeks down the line, when the vaccination programme is up and running, there are no 1st vaccinations available?Shouldn't there be at least 30% to 40% of appointments still available 24 hours after the rollout of the programme or was the governments statement just a propaganda exercise and lame excuse to cover up major inefficiencies in their ability to co-ordinate a national vaccination programme?
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[quote user="nomoss"]I was not aware that it is possible to make a second rdv at this stage. This was not mentioned when I made our rdv's.[/quote]I did a 'dry-run' yesterday to understand the procedure for when I become of age, so to speak.Having entered 'sante.fr' the first page was Lieux de vaccination COVID-19 a scroll down list of departments and their vaccination centres.I selected the local hospital in my department which gave two live links, a phone number and an option to prendre rendez-vous en ligne.I selected the on-line link and was connected to a page which contained a link motif de consultation which when opened gave two choices, 1ere injection vaccin Covid-19 (Pfizer-BioNTec) or 2nde injection vaccin Covid-19 (Pfizer-BioNTec).For 1st injection there was a horizontal list of dates which was devoid of appointments, so I progressed and on the next page there was one appointment available on 25/01 at 14.25.I selected it and then selected the 2nd injection and it took me to dates, two weeks later, in February where each date had appointments available at five minitue intervals from 08.30 until 16.25.I was then obliged to accept the conditions and that I fitted the criteria but declined as I am still, by a few months, too young.
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Another pro-privacy/anonymity search engine in my list that I also use.
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Joe (president elect) Biden. Hmm?Considering he was a state senator from 1973 until 2009, before he went on to serve two terms as vice-president of the United States until 2017, he was in 2018 not the most well known person in Delaware, America's second smallest state, which he represented for 36 years. That accolade fell to Aubrey Plaza, a 33 year old comedienne.All the US achieved on November the 3rd was to deselect one 70+ gadger only to elect another 70+ gadger.I wouldn't be at all suprised if he doesn't get to complete his full term in office but ends his time as just a shoe in for Kamala Harris sometime prior to the 2024 election.As to the original question 'spare a thought', well the above are my thoughts and let's not lose sight of the fact that he chose to take the path he did.
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And meanwhile Mac(r)on has been busy spending €600,000 on flowers for the Elysee Palace even though, as far as I know, it is closed.You could certainly make a dint in the logistics issue with that amount of money."The country will be different with my leadership"Yeah, right.
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If you are to believe anything you read on the internet, that would have to include which platform you obtain your information from and I wouldn't be refering to the high profile commercial platforms in that belief, then Tor is as legitimate as the next browser.It was developed by 3 MIT geeks and funded by the US office of Naval Research in the mid 90's. It is built on open-source software which allows anyone under licence, including you, to develop it and re-distribute it in a similar fashion to the Linux os. The Libre Office suite mentioned above is the same sort of organisation where it was developed using Apache software. Firefox is another open-source program developed by Mozilla.The common denominator of the above organisations is that they are generally staffed by volunteers and funded by donations and subscriptions.If you use a vpn for internet browsing then your information and identity will be encrypted prior to it entering the Tor network where another three layers of encryption are added before being directed, via several different servers/nodes worldwide, to the server of the site you requested.All the servers will know where to send your request to but, because of encryption, will not know from where it came. Each server strips off a layer of encryption until the final push for your requested sites server which will push you onto the site as an un-encrpted user. This is why to access the likes of BBC iplayer etc you need to be un- encrypted from the last server, which must be a UK server, to theirs to enable it to believe you are UK resident. I believe they block any traffic carried by TOR for this reason.
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[quote user="Catalpa"]Continuing to use Windows 8 + IE10(?) may leave you vulnerable to security problems, though. I'm not sure either are supported nowadays. But others will have better knowledge, i'm sure, so I'm happy to be corrected on that.[/quote]Win 7 is no longer supported and although win 8:1 mainstream support ceased in 2018 its operating system support and updates will reach 'end of life' support in January 2023. It should remain secure but will not have any design feature updates.It is still possible to update w8 to w10 free. Microsoft free edition is no longer available but by downloading their 'media creation tool' the upgrade process can be made by use of this tool.[quote user="NormanH"]For search I use[/quote]It is also one of my browser choces. However, if you wish to leave no footprint whatsoever whilst retaining your anonymity, then THIS is the way to go.
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Do you know how to access file explorer?
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[quote user="Tancrède"]'Taking the OP at face value…'I am so glad that you said that, Catalpa. [What I was in fact thinking !][/quote]Understandable. Their handle is, after all, an anagram of - 'f sauternes'.
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