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Last post by Hotrodder
Fri May 12, 2023 9:34 am
Must have been too cheap
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L Austin France »
Wed Jul 06, 2022 11:07 am
I've just sold my old gyrobroyeur via leboncoin in 2 days.
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Last post by Blaze
Wed Jul 06, 2022 11:11 am
Freedom of Choice Protests hit France
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Bayleaf »
Sun Jul 03, 2022 8:05 am
Following on from the devastating ruling over Abortions in America, the protests have already started in France. My body, My Choice , No Uterus, No...
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Last post by Sparkle
Sun Jul 03, 2022 6:33 pm
Call to reduce energy consumption
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Bayleaf »
Sun Jun 26, 2022 8:44 am
Copied and Google translated from le Sud Ouest this morning (so apologies for minor translation blips!).
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Last post by ajm
Wed Jun 29, 2022 3:32 pm
A week on the French canals
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tagh »
Thu Jun 23, 2022 1:29 pm
Not the Canal du Midi but Nivernais, Centrale and a bit of the southern Loire, just for a week. Reinforces my impressions of the sheer beauty of...
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Last post by tagh
Sat Jun 25, 2022 12:20 pm
Legislatives
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Blaze »
Mon Jun 13, 2022 9:34 am
No real surprises there, with Nupes and Ensemble neck and neck but it doesn't bode well for Macron.
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Last post by Quiksilver
Wed Jun 22, 2022 9:41 am
Why The?
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L Austin France »
Sun Jun 19, 2022 11:31 am
French departments talked about here & other similar places often have their names preceded with 'The' for example The Var & The Lot, from memory,...
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Last post by Chappers51
Sun Jun 19, 2022 1:14 pm
French sayings
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Char »
Thu Jun 16, 2022 11:20 am
My g/d comes out with some strange things sometimes - she asked me the other day why I was 'léger comme une plume' that one was easy enough but then...
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Last post by Nomoss
Thu Jun 16, 2022 12:40 pm
OUCH!
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ajm »
Tue Jun 14, 2022 11:26 am
A fuel delivery driver at a Geant Casino in Nouvelle Aquitaine put diesel in the petrol tank and petrol in the diesel tank. Several customers then...
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Last post by A.N.Other
Wed Jun 15, 2022 8:02 pm
I was in. Honest !
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L Austin France »
Thu Apr 07, 2022 6:37 pm
Amazon tracking said my parcel would be delivered today. La Poste sent a message saying the same & included security number & QR code to show to the...
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Last post by Hotrodder
Thu Jun 09, 2022 7:00 pm
Je suis un pompier
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L Austin France »
Sun Jun 05, 2022 12:11 pm
Not long home from the resto last evening when the doorbell rung & a neighbour drew our attention to a raging fire about 1.5m from our longere.
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Last post by niemeyjt
Sun Jun 05, 2022 12:33 pm
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Last post by niemeyjt
Fri Jun 03, 2022 1:26 pm
Questions about Jubilee
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tagh »
Thu Jun 02, 2022 11:14 am
A number of French people have asked me what I am doing to celebrate the Jubilee and seem slightly surprised when I say ‘nothing’. Have you been...
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Last post by Sparkle
Fri Jun 03, 2022 12:18 pm
The icing on the cake
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Pathca »
Tue May 31, 2022 10:01 am
Is on the Mona Lisa
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Last post by Blaze
Tue May 31, 2022 1:40 pm
Disadvantage of fine weather
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tagh »
Wed May 18, 2022 3:00 pm
Make no mistake, the last few weeks have been beautiful and I have been enjoying the indoor outdoor life that in encourages but there is a bmol, a...
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Last post by Hotrodder
Wed May 18, 2022 7:22 pm
Elisabeth Borne, new French PM
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Blaze »
Tue May 17, 2022 8:07 am
Jean Castex has resigned and Elisabeth Borne has been named as the PM.
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Last post by MAD87
Tue May 17, 2022 10:09 am
Rave on!
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Bayleaf »
Sat May 07, 2022 1:36 pm
Today's entertainment in our normally very quiet rural area is one of the infamous bi-annual mystery-location Raves. It sounds closer this time - as...
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Last post by Polarengineer
Mon May 09, 2022 7:54 pm
Macron -v- Le Pen (or is it La Plume?)
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Bayleaf »
Wed Apr 06, 2022 11:13 am
Four days before the election, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen must participate in the TF1 8 p.m. program, “10 minutes to convince”. They will be...
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Last post by exile
Thu Apr 28, 2022 7:56 pm
When Good things Happen
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Stinky »
Sun Apr 24, 2022 11:41 pm
I pride myself on being kind when I can.
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Last post by Sparkle
Mon Apr 25, 2022 3:56 pm
Get Lost
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hughnique »
Sat Apr 23, 2022 9:35 am
A couple of years ago we had a shake up around here of the road system in as far as everything got a road name and number, I may be right in assuming...
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Last post by hughnique
Mon Apr 25, 2022 11:07 am
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Last post by niemeyjt
Wed Apr 20, 2022 10:57 am
Lodger
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ajm »
Sat Apr 16, 2022 12:58 pm
We seem to have acquired one. Don't see much of him but every time I look in the mirror this old man is staring at me. :D
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Last post by Bayleaf
Sun Apr 17, 2022 2:42 pm
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Sat Apr 16, 2022 1:36 pm
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Last post by Blaze
Fri Apr 08, 2022 5:48 pm
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Last post by niemeyjt
Wed Apr 06, 2022 4:17 pm
Health and driving - new rules applying
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Bayleaf »
Tue Apr 05, 2022 7:42 am
Diabetes, Alzheimer's, severe motor and hearing disabilities: the list of pathologies incompatible or compatible under certain conditions with...
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Last post by Pathca
Tue Apr 05, 2022 9:08 pm
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