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- Wed 04 Dec 2019 10:36
- Forum: Shopping
- Topic: C'est qui le patron?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 218
C'est qui le patron?
Just seen this article in today's Guardian about CQLP, a brand that charges a bit extra so that producers are properly remunerated: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/04/french-shoppers-rejecting-cut-price-capitalism-nicolas-chabanne. I haven't noticed these products on sale in the PO, but t...
- Wed 09 Oct 2019 11:49
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
- Topic: Burning garden rubbish
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1456
Re: Burning garden rubbish
Thanks Florence - yes, I did thinking of asking them but I thought I'd see if anyone else knew first. Immediate problem has been solved as the man who does odd garden jobs for me has taken it way, but there will no doubt be more (it's a big garden that has been neglected in recent years!)
- Sun 06 Oct 2019 18:57
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
- Topic: Burning garden rubbish
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1456
Burning garden rubbish
I have quite a lot of garden waste to get rid of, which would involve several trips to the dechetterie. I have heard that burning rubbish in your garden is strictly "interdit" during the summer, for obvious reasons, but I wondered if anyone knew whether this applies all year round, or where I could ...
- Fri 20 Sep 2019 14:54
- Forum: Brexit
- Topic: Is nobody interested in Brexit?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1330
Re: Is nobody interested in Brexit?
[quote="Richard and Sharon" post_id=125605 time=1568671156 user_id=3216] Negotiating on the foundation that we will not leave without a deal is like handing all the best cards to the EU negotiators. They don't want us to leave, so why would they give us a better deal?] I've always thought this is a ...
- Sat 10 Aug 2019 08:57
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
- Topic: Climbing the Canigou - any recommendations?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 908
Re: Climbing the Canigou - any recommendations?
A belated thank you to everyone who replied to my initial query and the useful information. In the end we decided to go for the 4x4 to Cortalets option. The ride was indeed very bumpy, and probably not one we'd want to repeat, but it got us there and was well worth it to allow us to go to the summit...
- Sun 28 Jul 2019 20:07
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
- Topic: Climbing the Canigou - any recommendations?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 908
Re: Climbing the Canigou - any recommendations?
Thanks for the comments, Sus. I don't think doing the walk over several days is an option for us, however, for various reasons. What bad things have you heard about the 4x4 rides ?
- Sat 27 Jul 2019 13:32
- Forum: The Great Outdoors
- Topic: Climbing the Canigou - any recommendations?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 908
Climbing the Canigou - any recommendations?
My brother and his partner are visiting me in the PO in August, and we are contemplating climbing the Canigou. From the research I have done so far, it seems the "easy" way to do it is to be driven to the Refuge des Cortalets in a 4x4 and walk the rest. The only company I have discovered so far is L...
- Fri 10 May 2019 14:52
- Forum: Property & Accommodation
- Topic: Wooden windows
- Replies: 8
- Views: 606
Re: Wooden windows
I came to this thread late, so you may have already got something organised. If not, I can thoroughly recommend Vidal Menuiserie at Maureillas, near Céret. They have made and installed a number of wooden doors and windows in my house, and done a good job - not particularly cheap, but of course you g...
- Wed 17 Apr 2019 19:24
- Forum: Anything about Anything
- Topic: Forum quiet
- Replies: 9
- Views: 816
Forum quiet
There doesn’t seem to have been any new activity on the forum for the past few days - unless posts haven’t been coming through for some reason?
- Tue 26 Mar 2019 19:36
- Forum: P-O. Life Café
- Topic: Effects of Brexit in P.-O.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1858
Re: Effects of Brexit in P.-O.
I’ll try to reply to Graham without “flaming”. I’m genuinely interested to know why you think leaving the EU is a good thing, despite admitting that it would make life much more difficult for you. The arguments you come up with are (a) wanting to defend the UK and Europe from “a newly emergent empir...
- Fri 04 Jan 2019 10:57
- Forum: Discussions
- Topic: UK ‘Not Allowed’ to Leave the EU
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1947
Re: UK ‘Not Allowed’ to Leave the EU
Well, I don’t know where you heard about this “poll of polls” - pretty much all the recent polls show a majority for “remain” (https://whatukthinks.org/eu/questions/if-there-was-a-referendum-tomorrow-with-the-option-of-accepting-the-governments-brexit-agreement-or-leaving-the-eu-without-a-deal-which...
- Wed 12 Dec 2018 14:38
- Forum: Travel
- Topic: Forthcoming visit
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1106
Re: Forthcoming visit
That’s a bit extreme, Kate: I haven’t heard about any bombs or deliberately-caused deaths. My partner and I encountered the Gilets Jaunes a few weeks ago on our way to Montpellier to fly back to Gatwick. They were very friendly, albeit not very receptive to our pleas to let us catch our flight (whic...
- Thu 06 Dec 2018 19:01
- Forum: Discussions
- Topic: UK ‘Not Allowed’ to Leave the EU
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1947
Re: UK ‘Not Allowed’ to Leave the EU
[/quote] The biggest problem IMHO is that many members are apathetic and don't bother to take part in the decision making processes. They then blame "The EU" for making decisions that they don't like[/quote] Quite. I’m struck by the absurdity of the British public voting for UKIP MEPS, with the resu...
[quote="Lanark Lass"]Rhys, The Lille interchange doesn't exist anymore,unfortunately. you have to go into Paris and taxi or metro between stations.[/quote] Actually you can still go via Lille, but have to change again at Montpellier or Valence to get to Perpignan. Also the connection in Paris is rea...
- Wed 14 Mar 2018 18:51
- Forum: P-O. Life Café
- Topic: Super yacht Titania
- Replies: 21
- Views: 5841
[quote="neil mitchell"] Even at that age I recognised the gross wealth and privilege which it represented [/quote] Quite. I’m sorry to disagree with Kate, but such gross inequality does actually cause all kinds of social harm, including mental and physical illness, social unrest, etc, etc. And int...
- Wed 14 Feb 2018 11:16
- Forum: Hi Tech/Geek
- Topic: BBC iPlayer not working
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6227
Thanks to the various people who’ve replied to my query. It doesn’t look as if the VPN I’ve tried (Overplay) is able to do the job. The TV is quite a new model - about 2 years old - and is listed on the iPlayer site, so that doesn’t seem to be the problem. The solutions that seem to work are...
- Mon 12 Feb 2018 15:23
- Forum: Hi Tech/Geek
- Topic: BBC iPlayer not working
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6227
[quote="Helen"]Steve, are you trying to access the iplayer via the app on your smart tv? If so, it may be the problem is the app/your TV, not your VPN. For example, there seems to be an issue for some Samsung sets: [url]https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/TV-Audio-Video/BBC-iPlayer-witholding-servic...
- Sun 11 Feb 2018 18:32
- Forum: Hi Tech/Geek
- Topic: BBC iPlayer not working
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6227
[quote="Webdoc"]Before you go forking out on a 2 metre dish perhaps we should do a survey of who, down here, gets the BBC faultlessly over the internet and what system they use. If people are reluctant to fess up in an open forum then they could PM SteveB.[/quote] Thanks - that’s the most helpful ...
- Sun 11 Feb 2018 12:59
- Forum: Hi Tech/Geek
- Topic: BBC iPlayer not working
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6227
Thanks for the various replies. The problem however seems to be specifically to do with iPlayer - as I said, with Overplay I can get the ITV and Channel 4 catch-up apps, as well as Netflix (which I could get previously anyway). IPlayer isn’t giving the message it used to about the content only bei...
- Sat 10 Feb 2018 13:07
- Forum: Hi Tech/Geek
- Topic: BBC iPlayer not working
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6227
BBC iPlayer not working
Following advice from Allan on this forum, I’ve tried Overplay to gain access to British TV, and as I have a smart TV I could also get the UK-based apps with a bit of tweaking. Everything seems to work fine, including the ITV and Channel 4 catch-up apps and Netflix, apart from BBC iPlayer. It doesn’t come up with a message blocking content as it did before, but just behaves as if there’s a poor WiFi connection (in fact my connection is pretty good) - the on-screen information on programmes lacks pictures, and when I try to stream programmes I get a message “this content doesn’t appear to be workingâ€.
Has anyone else had this problem, and does anyone have any suggestion? Eg could this be a more subtle way that the BBC is using to block content?
Has anyone else had this problem, and does anyone have any suggestion? Eg could this be a more subtle way that the BBC is using to block content?
- Mon 05 Feb 2018 22:16
- Forum: Services & Trades
- Topic: Loose covers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2155
- Fri 02 Feb 2018 23:06
- Forum: Services & Trades
- Topic: Loose covers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2155
- Fri 02 Feb 2018 09:18
- Forum: Services & Trades
- Topic: Loose covers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2155
Loose covers
Can anyone recommend someone in the Céret area to make some washable loose covers for a couple of armchairs?
Thanks for any suggestions or recommendations
Steve
Thanks for any suggestions or recommendations
Steve
- Sat 28 Oct 2017 09:08
- Forum: Anything about Anything
- Topic: Warn me about the downside of moving to France
- Replies: 55
- Views: 10630
I don't know about the property market, but I gather that the Spanish Civil War led to a lot of people from Spanish Catalonia crossing the border into France, both during the war and after, as Catalonia was strongly Republican and was subsequently punished by Franco. Because of this there is a subst...
- Tue 24 Oct 2017 18:44
- Forum: Finance & Banking
- Topic: Sterling to Euros
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1358
- Mon 16 Oct 2017 18:54
- Forum: Language Matters
- Topic: "Next up" means something ?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2562
- Tue 18 Jul 2017 13:53
- Forum: Discussions
- Topic: French will
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7518
Well, in response to the various advice and warnings people have sent me, I have just checked my (UK) will. This states clearly that it only applies to property in the UK, and indeed I remember the solicitor at the time advising me this was the case, and suggesting for that reason that it I should g...
- Fri 14 Jul 2017 05:42
- Forum: Discussions
- Topic: French will
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7518
Just re-read my last message that was meant to clarify matters, and realised that "notaire" came out as "not sure" through predictive text. My point was that my English lawyer may have been right to point out that French property would not be covered by an English will, but wouldn't necessarily be f...
- Thu 13 Jul 2017 21:06
- Forum: Discussions
- Topic: French will
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7518
To clarify the matter, it was an English lawyer who initially suggested I should get a French will to cover my French property, as it wouldn't be governed by English law. However I think it's reasonable to assume that a French not sure would be more familiar with French law than an English solicitor...
- Wed 12 Jul 2017 19:43
- Forum: Discussions
- Topic: French will
- Replies: 26
- Views: 7518
Following advice on this thread, I saw a notaire today to discuss making a will and I thought it might be helpful for me to pass on what he told me. Basically there is no need to make a will to cover any property owned in France unless you want to depart from the default position, which is: 1. It is...