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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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Bringing Food from France

Last post by Lori « Fri Aug 09, 2024 8:43 pm
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by niemeyjt » Fri Aug 09, 2024 6:43 am

The DT has published an item on items to bring back to UK - (below for those behind the paywall)

So, if you had to rely on only occasional visits to...

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Fri Aug 09, 2024 8:43 pm
Scam savings accounts

Last post by A.N.Other « Thu Aug 08, 2024 7:00 pm
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by MAD87 » Thu Aug 08, 2024 9:25 am

I've seen references over the last few weeks to a Livret européen , offering 7.8% p.a. Last night I had a call from a woman claiming my OH had...

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Thu Aug 08, 2024 7:00 pm
SNCF under attack

Last post by Niftyons « Mon Aug 05, 2024 9:49 am
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by niemeyjt » Fri Jul 26, 2024 9:21 am
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France’s train network sabotaged in ‘massive arson attack’ hours ahead of Olympics opening ceremony

France’s high-speed rail network has been hit...
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Last post by Niftyons
Mon Aug 05, 2024 9:49 am
Half a million for a dinner . . .

Last post by Hotrodder « Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:24 am
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by niemeyjt » Wed Jul 31, 2024 2:13 pm

Half a million for a dinner . . . how the other half live.

Macron’s €500k lobster banquet for King Charles blew hole in Elyseé‘s finances, account...

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Thu Aug 01, 2024 9:24 am
JO Opening Ceremony

Last post by glazedallover « Mon Jul 29, 2024 7:03 pm
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by niemeyjt » Fri Jul 26, 2024 10:01 pm
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Reading a biased UK Press the opening of the JO is the worst ever.

So for those who have actually watched it - what do you think?
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Last post by glazedallover
Mon Jul 29, 2024 7:03 pm
Large-scale landslide en Isère

Last post by exile « Fri Jul 26, 2024 8:35 pm
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by Bayleaf » Fri Jul 26, 2024 3:20 pm

Yikes! That'll take some clearing up. I don't think there are reports of injuries? :shock:

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Last post by exile
Fri Jul 26, 2024 8:35 pm
French logic

Last post by elsie « Fri Jul 26, 2024 5:57 pm
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by ajm » Fri Jul 26, 2024 10:16 am

I am in the process of resetting my Certicode Plus with La Banque Postale.. They have sent me 2 emails (I assume about it) that I can read in my...

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Last post by elsie
Fri Jul 26, 2024 5:57 pm
Ring Doorbells

Last post by Hotrodder « Mon Jul 22, 2024 7:10 pm
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by niemeyjt » Sun Jul 21, 2024 4:07 pm
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Ring doorbells - the ones with cameras - facing the street.

Are they legal in France?

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Last post by Hotrodder
Mon Jul 22, 2024 7:10 pm
Nuisance calls .... still getting them

Last post by DaveW « Thu Jul 18, 2024 6:08 pm
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by Blaze » Tue Jul 16, 2024 10:45 am

The latest one is an 0359 .... number that then flashes up Jean François .
First of all, we don't know anyone with a number that starts 03 and the...

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Last post by DaveW
Thu Jul 18, 2024 6:08 pm
Here we go . . .

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by niemeyjt » Thu Jul 18, 2024 12:45 pm

The old French Union tactic of announcing strikes at short notice to allow minimum time for negotiations - this time targeting the Olympics....

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Thu Jul 18, 2024 12:45 pm
Far right surge in EU elections

Last post by MAD87 « Sun Jul 14, 2024 9:59 am
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by Headers » Sun Jun 09, 2024 8:40 pm
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I find this a great concern. Apathy, frustration with eu rules, possible interference from other interested regimes.

We can’t vote but there are...
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Sun Jul 14, 2024 9:59 am
Moving house?

Last post by Niftyons « Tue Jul 09, 2024 12:32 pm
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by Grangela » Sat Jul 30, 2022 11:47 am
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Not sure this is the right section, but as I can’t find another, here goes.
We lived, happily, in a village in the Var for 12 years. Then, nearly 8...
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Tue Jul 09, 2024 12:32 pm
A heartwarming tale before tomorrow's extremes

Last post by Blaze « Sun Jun 30, 2024 10:35 pm
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by glazedallover » Sat Jun 29, 2024 9:10 pm
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I rode my electric Cargo bike down to the forest yesterday morning with my dog to take her for a shady walk. While we were strolling someone...
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Last post by Blaze
Sun Jun 30, 2024 10:35 pm
Overhanging branches

Last post by RobertArthur « Thu Jun 27, 2024 6:40 pm
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by rabbit » Tue Jun 25, 2024 9:27 pm

There is a strip of uncultivated land alongside our garden. The owner knocked on my door today and told me he wanted all overhanging branches from...

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Last post by RobertArthur
Thu Jun 27, 2024 6:40 pm
Ritalin

Last post by Niftyons « Sat Jun 22, 2024 4:24 pm
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by tagh » Sat Jun 22, 2024 2:30 pm

Anyone got experience of Ritalin, svp? I have read the technical stuff and some of the fors and againsts on Google but I was wondering if anyone had...

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Last post by Niftyons
Sat Jun 22, 2024 4:24 pm
A different load of rubbish

Last post by Niftyons « Tue Jun 18, 2024 4:10 pm
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by hughnique » Thu Jun 06, 2024 9:36 am

Having had little use from the above ground swimming pool over the past couple of years I was determined to get it sorted this year. I have thrown...

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Last post by Niftyons
Tue Jun 18, 2024 4:10 pm
Orange and SOSH

Last post by suein56 « Fri Jun 14, 2024 5:40 pm
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by tagh » Thu Jun 13, 2024 12:10 pm

I have been trying to change from Orange to SOSH for my mobile but it keeps getting blocked because I already have an Orange phone number and...

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Fri Jun 14, 2024 5:40 pm
80th anniversary of Oradour massacre

Last post by exile « Thu Jun 06, 2024 11:32 pm
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by MAD87 » Wed Jun 05, 2024 3:04 pm

On Monday 10 June,starting at 8.45 a.m. We'll be in lockdown as both Macron and the President of Germany are attending, along with delegations from...

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Last post by exile
Thu Jun 06, 2024 11:32 pm
What a load of Rubbish.

Last post by Chappers51 « Thu Jun 06, 2024 9:22 pm
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Just received our notification through the post that the refuse collections will stop/change as from 14th March 2022. Don't know whether this is the...
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Last post by Chappers51
Thu Jun 06, 2024 9:22 pm
Life is cheap.

Last post by ajm « Tue Jun 04, 2024 5:49 pm
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by OTBC » Tue Jun 04, 2024 10:40 am

Drive by shooting in Saumur yesterday at 6pm.

One dead, one seriously injured. Apparently over a debt of €80 !

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Last post by ajm
Tue Jun 04, 2024 5:49 pm
1€ SNCF Train tickets

Last post by glazedallover « Mon Jun 03, 2024 12:12 pm
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by Bayleaf » Mon Jun 03, 2024 7:54 am

I actually had occasion to use this great value service at the weekend. I was due to travel by train from Toulouse to Brive, so booked the ticket the...

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Last post by glazedallover
Mon Jun 03, 2024 12:12 pm
scrap metal

Last post by Hotrodder « Sun Jun 02, 2024 9:45 pm
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by hughnique » Sun Jun 02, 2024 1:29 pm

Having a clear out and get rid of stuff I am never likely to use, I came across a bit of brass, in the form of cable glands and plumbing fittings,...

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Last post by Hotrodder
Sun Jun 02, 2024 9:45 pm
Ryanair and EasyJet in the dock again

Last post by Trelawney « Fri May 31, 2024 10:30 pm
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by niemeyjt » Fri May 31, 2024 4:00 pm

A Spanish case, so it remains to be how, if at all, it impacts wider travel on the various airlines more globally.

Ryanair and EasyJet among...

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Last post by Trelawney
Fri May 31, 2024 10:30 pm
Pierre Palmade trial

Last post by MAD87 « Wed May 29, 2024 3:15 pm
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by MAD87 » Tue May 28, 2024 11:08 am
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Last year, this French actor/playwright/comedian drugged himself up (again) and took the wheel. In the inevitable collision, he injured a man and his...
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Last post by MAD87
Wed May 29, 2024 3:15 pm
Only in France ....

Last post by MAD87 « Mon May 27, 2024 2:17 pm
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by Blaze » Mon May 27, 2024 9:36 am

This sounds like a researcher's dream for a book - scandal, sex, manipulation, embezzlement .... the Maire and the fortune teller !!

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Mon May 27, 2024 2:17 pm

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