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Last post by Hotrodder
Fri May 12, 2023 9:34 am
Gisèle Pelicot
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Blaze »
Thu Dec 19, 2024 10:02 am
What a courageous woman. She's gone through months of interrogation in such a calm and dignified manner and should be applauded.
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Last post by Blaze
Sun Dec 22, 2024 5:22 pm
electricity bills to decrease ?
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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
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Last post by RobertArthur
Sat Dec 21, 2024 1:22 pm
Very Sad
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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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Last post by Pathca
Sun Dec 15, 2024 9:10 am
Notre Dame
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niemeyjt »
Fri Nov 29, 2024 3:52 pm
Am on phone so cannot post a picture - but the reconstruction looks superb.
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Last post by RobertArthur
Tue Dec 10, 2024 1:52 pm
Transporters ??
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Char »
Thu Nov 21, 2024 11:43 am
My Husband asked me to post the following question.
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Last post by Nomoss
Fri Nov 22, 2024 4:05 pm
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Last post by L Austin France
Sat Nov 16, 2024 3:43 pm
Where there is a will
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hughnique »
Wed Nov 13, 2024 1:25 pm
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
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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.
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Last post by Headers
Tue Nov 12, 2024 8:44 am
La Poste strikes again
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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
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Blaze »
Fri Nov 01, 2024 7:10 pm
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
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hughnique »
Wed Nov 06, 2024 8:26 am
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
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Hotrodder »
Wed Oct 23, 2024 5:04 pm
Sorry if this is in the wrong place. If posting here offends anyone feel free to move it elsewhere.
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Last post by Hotrodder
Mon Nov 04, 2024 4:18 pm
French or English
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hughnique »
Sat Nov 02, 2024 11:14 am
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?
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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
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hughnique »
Wed Oct 09, 2024 1:48 pm
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
Northern Lights
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exile »
Sat May 11, 2024 1:28 am
A strong anomaly has been reported meaning that the Northern Lights should be visible over much of Northern Europe.
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Last post by Blaze
Fri Oct 11, 2024 10:54 am
ETIAS or a Schengen Visa from 2024
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demi »
Mon Sep 04, 2023 2:59 pm
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.
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Last post by elsie
Fri Oct 11, 2024 10:51 am
Up, up and away
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Veem »
Wed Oct 09, 2024 4:01 pm
We went to France like this in 1954! My first time on a plane. Then my father drove our old Austin A12 across the Alps via the Simplon Pass to...
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Last post by Veem
Thu Oct 10, 2024 10:42 am
Isn't it a relief when the music stops!
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Hotrodder »
Sun Sep 29, 2024 11:34 am
It's 11:10 am on Sunday morning and the music (?) has finally stopped. Since late afternoon yesterday it has been banging away relentlessly in the...
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Last post by Hotrodder
Thu Oct 03, 2024 4:21 pm
We have a PM!
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MAD87 »
Thu Sep 05, 2024 2:12 pm
Enfin. Michel Barnier, the oldest PM, will now succeed Attal, the youngest.
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Last post by niemeyjt
Wed Sep 25, 2024 8:06 pm
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Last post by exile
Tue Sep 17, 2024 2:30 pm
Delays in medical appointments
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Blaze »
Wed Sep 04, 2024 4:44 pm
I'm quite used to booking the gynaecologist a year in advance and a mammogram 6 months ahead. Dermatologists and ophthalmologists are well-known to...
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Last post by Wilbro
Fri Sep 13, 2024 8:06 am
Gite rental sites
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hughnique »
Thu Sep 05, 2024 3:05 pm
We last let our gite in 2018, various circumstances dictated that we could not continue with it, then of course the dreaded Covid. Now we have...
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Last post by Lori
Thu Sep 05, 2024 6:12 pm
French TV again
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Blaze »
Tue Sep 03, 2024 10:28 am
We only have French TV which we don't watch very often, but I enjoy some of the series, films and documentaries, particularly on Arte. I can't stand...
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Last post by Bayleaf
Tue Sep 03, 2024 11:37 am
Drones
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Blaze »
Wed Aug 21, 2024 12:18 pm
There have been a fair amount of thefts recently in our region, particularly boats, outboards, garden machinery ...
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Last post by Char
Tue Aug 27, 2024 11:13 am
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