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Old Oct 22nd 2017, 2:48 pm
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As for the crackers, micemeat etc- make your own!!
You know, I've never though of using mice
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Old Oct 22nd 2017, 3:07 pm
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Originally Posted by grannybunz
Novo I would happily shop in French shops - if they sold shoes to fit me!!! You should experience the huniliation of going into a French shoe shop as a woman with size 43 feet
Buy men's shoes? I'm size 46 and have no problem.
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Our M&S in Paris on Ledru-Rollin in the 11e is still open. Are all closing?

The only thing I buy there is the cheddar; well, in a weak moment it's the bakewell tarts too, and...

I'd loved to find a good mature French cheddar; any recommendations?
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Old Oct 22nd 2017, 3:14 pm
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You know, I've never though of using mice
I'll send you a jar of you like!
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Buy men's shoes? I'm size 46 and have no problem.
Stop boasting.

They wouldn't go with my ball gown anyway!
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Old Oct 22nd 2017, 3:20 pm
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Originally Posted by grannybunz
Stop boasting.

They wouldn't go with my ball gown anyway!
That's life in the hameau. Balls!
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Old Oct 29th 2017, 8:14 am
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Originally Posted by Novocastrian
Sorry, but this thread is entirely ridiculous. It appear that you've lived in France for a while but are suggesting that goods of equal quality and value aren't obtainable here?

I often wonder why Brits (especially ex-pat ones) seem to equate M&S with the Glory Days of Empire.

Shop in french shops. Doh!
You might well laff, but this is surely only the thin edge of the wedge. After this devastating move, it's only a matter of time before the Empire begins to fall apart and the fuzzy wuzzies come screaming over the svelte..M&S was all that stood between Glory and Gory.....
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Default Re: Marks & Spencer UK site refuse to sell to France - Once again

Originally Posted by bhamham
Our M&S in Paris on Ledru-Rollin in the 11e is still open. Are all closing?

The only thing I buy there is the cheddar; well, in a weak moment it's the bakewell tarts too, and...

I'd loved to find a good mature French cheddar; any recommendations?
Whats wrong with a good Cantal, comes in three ages jeune,entre deux and vieux I usually buy a kilo at a time of whats on offer if jeune let it mature in the cave.
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I don't equate M7S with the Glory Days of anything, just being able to get some items of clothing that actually fit. The morphology of the average French person male or female is completely different from that of the average Anglo Saxon ! What's more they send things postage free and I can pay with my carte bleu.
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Originally Posted by grannybunz
I don't equate M7S with the Glory Days of anything, just being able to get some items of clothing that actually fit. The morphology of the average French person male or female is completely different from that of the average Anglo Saxon ! What's more they send things postage free and I can pay with my carte bleu.
Quite agree! I always buy M&S lingerie and trousers (usually on the French site as I don't go to the UK very often), since I'm not the same shape as your average French lady!
I forgot to multi-quote, so will add that French Cheddar isn't included in the 365 French cheeses. Apart from Cantal, Comté is a good equivalent, or Beaufort.
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Originally Posted by JWL
You might well laff, but this is surely only the thin edge of the wedge. After this devastating move, it's only a matter of time before the Empire begins to fall apart and the fuzzy wuzzies come screaming over the svelte..M&S was all that stood between Glory and Gory.....
Well put. Or in the dead vernacular of the Graiudiad talk sire, GPWM!
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Originally Posted by grannybunz
I don't equate M7S with the Glory Days of anything, just being able to get some items of clothing that actually fit. The morphology of the average French person male or female is completely different from that of the average Anglo Saxon ! What's more they send things postage free and I can pay with my carte bleu.
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Quite agree! I always buy M&S lingerie and trousers (usually on the French site as I don't go to the UK very often), since I'm not the same shape as your average French lady!
I forgot to multi-quote, so will add that French Cheddar isn't included in the 365 French cheeses. Apart from Cantal, Comté is a good equivalent, or Beaufort.
Sorry my friends, but no-one, female or otherwise, is the average shape of a population of any particular country.

It's why they have different sock sizes.
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Grannybunz you should check out Boden. They will send to just about anywhere, quality is excellent. And look beyond the "yummy mummy" photos - my mother in law loved their cardigans and skirts, albeit in the not so bright prints.
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Originally Posted by JWL
You might well laff, but this is surely only the thin edge of the wedge. After this devastating move, it's only a matter of time before the Empire begins to fall apart and the fuzzy wuzzies come screaming over the svelte..M&S was all that stood between Glory and Gory.....
i think the svelte is the problem
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Grannybunz you should check out Boden. They will send to just about anywhere, quality is excellent. And look beyond the "yummy mummy" photos - my mother in law loved their cardigans and skirts, albeit in the not so bright prints.
Thanks for the suggestion - I looked at the Boden.fr site and found some trousers that might suit, at double M&S prices, but no lingerie. So I'll stick with M&S which I know from experience will fit...
@novo - all French ladies seem to have extremely long legs, and trousers are cut for them (and I hate putting up hems), whereas M&S have 3 lengths to choose from.
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