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Posting Photos on the forum

Last post by Hotrodder « Fri May 12, 2023 9:34 am
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by Char » Sat Aug 07, 2021 2:28 pm » in Welcome and Forum User Guides.
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There are two ways you can add a photo to your posts.

To upload a photo via the attachments option you simply click on the attachments tab with you...
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Jean-Marie Le Pen RIP

Last post by MAD87 « Wed Jan 08, 2025 1:12 pm
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by Blaze » Tue Jan 07, 2025 1:55 pm

Jean-Marie Le Pen, well-known far right troublemaker and Holocaust denier, has died aged 96.

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Last post by MAD87
Wed Jan 08, 2025 1:12 pm
forests in France

Last post by Niftyons « Mon Jan 06, 2025 2:39 am
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by Biloute » Sat Jan 04, 2025 2:51 pm

I discovered these maps on the internet:
forets en france.jpg
To my great surprise, forests have increased from 13 to 31% of the French territory...

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Mon Jan 06, 2025 2:39 am
Nuisance phone calls - how to report them

Last post by Blaze « Fri Jan 03, 2025 5:53 pm
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by Blaze » Sat Dec 21, 2024 10:09 am

It seems the government are trying to stop this .... so if you get a nuisance/spam call, you can report it on a computer via this link :

OH has...

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Fri Jan 03, 2025 5:53 pm
Nuclear station in Flammanville

Last post by Polarengineer « Sun Dec 29, 2024 8:09 am
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by Biloute » Sat Dec 21, 2024 9:18 am
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The first EPR reactor in France (Flammanville) should be operational in the coming days:

It will be the 4th in the world after the 2 Chinese ones...
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Sun Dec 29, 2024 8:09 am
New government: save private Macron ?

Last post by Biloute « Thu Dec 26, 2024 2:58 pm
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by Biloute » Tue Dec 24, 2024 10:38 am
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France has a new government. But how long will it last ? Hard to guess...
The distribution of political tendencies among the ministers shows that it...
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Thu Dec 26, 2024 2:58 pm
National Day of Mourning today in France

Last post by niemeyjt « Mon Dec 23, 2024 2:18 pm
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by Biloute » Mon Dec 23, 2024 12:29 pm

National Day of Mourning today in France
The consequences of the cyclone in Mayotte are terrible: we are not even able to count the dead ! Not...

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Mon Dec 23, 2024 2:18 pm
Gisèle Pelicot

Last post by Blaze « Sun Dec 22, 2024 5:22 pm
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by Blaze » Thu Dec 19, 2024 10:02 am
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What a courageous woman. She's gone through months of interrogation in such a calm and dignified manner and should be applauded.
Now we wait for...
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Last post by Blaze
Sun Dec 22, 2024 5:22 pm
electricity bills to decrease ?

Last post by RobertArthur « Sat Dec 21, 2024 1:22 pm
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by Biloute » Sat Dec 21, 2024 1:15 pm

I received a letter from Engie, our electricity supplier, announcing good news: I will pay less in 2025
prix électricité 2025.jpg
from 0.26500 to...

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Last post by RobertArthur
Sat Dec 21, 2024 1:22 pm
Where next?

Last post by Biloute « Mon Dec 16, 2024 10:04 am
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by niemeyjt » Mon Dec 02, 2024 8:17 pm
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So M. Barnier is pushing through the Social Security budget using Article 49.3 - a move both right and left disagree with and threaten a no...
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Last post by Biloute
Mon Dec 16, 2024 10:04 am
Very Sad

Last post by Pathca « Sun Dec 15, 2024 9:10 am
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by Pathca » Sat Dec 14, 2024 7:38 pm

Still breaking but it has been stated there was another victim outside the camp

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Sun Dec 15, 2024 9:10 am
Notre Dame

Last post by RobertArthur « Tue Dec 10, 2024 1:52 pm
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by niemeyjt » Fri Nov 29, 2024 3:52 pm
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Am on phone so cannot post a picture - but the reconstruction looks superb.

Good for the next 600 years.
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Last post by RobertArthur
Tue Dec 10, 2024 1:52 pm
Transporters ??

Last post by Nomoss « Fri Nov 22, 2024 4:05 pm
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by Char » Thu Nov 21, 2024 11:43 am
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My Husband asked me to post the following question.

Hi. I have the opportunity to buy an engine for an old bike that I'm restoring, at a low price....
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Last post by Nomoss
Fri Nov 22, 2024 4:05 pm
Dictionnaire de l’Académie Française - 9th Edition

Last post by L Austin France « Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:43 pm
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by niemeyjt » Fri Nov 15, 2024 6:46 am

Start queuing up at your favourite bookshop!

Sadly, it has taken so long (the 8th edition was done in 1935) it is already out of date. Le...

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Last post by L Austin France
Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:43 pm
Where there is a will

Last post by L Austin France « Thu Nov 14, 2024 1:27 pm
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by hughnique » Wed Nov 13, 2024 1:25 pm
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Don't know if this has been covered before but a visit to the notaire this morning informs us that we are unable to bequeath our estate, upon death,...
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Last post by L Austin France
Thu Nov 14, 2024 1:27 pm
Battling mould

Last post by Headers « Tue Nov 12, 2024 8:44 am
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by Headers » Tue Nov 05, 2024 7:31 pm

I have spent the last week emptying out 2 wardrobes where some of the clothes had become damaged by mould.
A good time to review and get rid of some...

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Last post by Headers
Tue Nov 12, 2024 8:44 am
La Poste strikes again

Last post by Nomoss « Sat Nov 09, 2024 8:21 pm
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by niemeyjt » Fri Nov 08, 2024 8:35 pm

La Poste have returned an item intended for me as the address does not exist. Except it does - my former boss lives there and even Google knows all...

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Last post by Nomoss
Sat Nov 09, 2024 8:21 pm
Drug problem worsening in France

Last post by Pathca « Fri Nov 08, 2024 1:29 pm
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by Blaze » Fri Nov 01, 2024 7:10 pm
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We're used to hearing stories of shootouts between gangs in Marseilles, or the Paris banlieux but the problem is becoming more widespread : even...
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Last post by Pathca
Fri Nov 08, 2024 1:29 pm
Disappointing at least

Last post by L Austin France « Wed Nov 06, 2024 2:26 pm
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by hughnique » Wed Nov 06, 2024 8:26 am
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I needed a valuation on our property so called in a local agent, who measured everything up and came back yesterday with a dossier to give me the...
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Last post by L Austin France
Wed Nov 06, 2024 2:26 pm
Currency exchange

Last post by Hotrodder « Mon Nov 04, 2024 4:18 pm
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by Hotrodder » Wed Oct 23, 2024 5:04 pm
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Sorry if this is in the wrong place. If posting here offends anyone feel free to move it elsewhere.
We have been using Transferwise/Wise to move our...
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Last post by Hotrodder
Mon Nov 04, 2024 4:18 pm
French or English

Last post by Hotrodder « Sun Nov 03, 2024 6:38 pm
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by hughnique » Sat Nov 02, 2024 11:14 am
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Having not let our gite since the onset of covid, we are pondering about letting it out again, however, I am given to believe that English holiday...
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Last post by Hotrodder
Sun Nov 03, 2024 6:38 pm
How many genders in France?

Last post by hughnique « Fri Oct 25, 2024 11:01 am
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by tagh » Thu Oct 24, 2024 3:24 pm

The these antics of the Scottish government made me larf only to be eventually a bit saddened by the thought that pubic money paid for it. Then I...

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Last post by hughnique
Fri Oct 25, 2024 11:01 am
Tucked up again

Last post by hughnique « Tue Oct 22, 2024 1:19 pm
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by hughnique » Wed Oct 09, 2024 1:48 pm
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Notaires yesterday afternoon to sort out a rewrite of our will following the death of one of the main beneficiaries, I thought it could be dealt with...
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Last post by hughnique
Tue Oct 22, 2024 1:19 pm
Weather ... again

Last post by niemeyjt « Sun Oct 20, 2024 10:12 pm
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Most of the time our area in the north of Brittany seems to be sheltered from the terrible weather that we hear about elsewhere.
But today, we are...
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Last post by niemeyjt
Sun Oct 20, 2024 10:12 pm
Northern Lights

Last post by Blaze « Fri Oct 11, 2024 10:54 am
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by exile » Sat May 11, 2024 1:28 am
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A strong anomaly has been reported meaning that the Northern Lights should be visible over much of Northern Europe.

Tonight doing my rounds, I noted...
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Last post by Blaze
Fri Oct 11, 2024 10:54 am
ETIAS or a Schengen Visa from 2024

Last post by elsie « Fri Oct 11, 2024 10:51 am
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I have a British passport. I have a visa to enable me to stay in France, which will convert to a carte du sejour when I have been here 5 years.

If I...
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Fri Oct 11, 2024 10:51 am

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