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Old May 25th 2013, 4:13 am
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Fidelma Cook writes a weekly article about her life as a single woman living in France in The Herald (a Scottish newspaper).
This week she has published this advice.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/commen...rance.21064612

Some of her comments apply to other considering moving to France also.
The link is behind a log-in if it stops working then I will just copy and paste the article.
Many thanks to fidelma
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Very good.
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Originally Posted by cyrian
Fidelma Cook writes a weekly article about her life as a single woman living in France in The Herald (a Scottish newspaper).
This week she has published this advice.
http://www.heraldscotland.com/commen...rance.21064612

Some of her comments apply to other considering moving to France also.
The link is behind a log-in if it stops working then I will just copy and paste the article.
Many thanks to fidelma
To be fair boxed wine and 5 ltr tins of beer help hide how alcohol dependant you have become and it can be embarrassing be the most regular visiter to the bottle bank
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To be fair boxed wine and 5 ltr tins of beer help hide how alcohol dependant you have become and it can be embarrassing be the most regular visiter to the bottle bank
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funny!
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I thought it was good too. All my neighbours used to keep their eyes on each others shutters....hopefully not so that Toto didn't eat his mum, but just so that we knew that each other were OK!
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To be fair boxed wine and 5 ltr tins of beer help hide how alcohol dependant you have become and it can be embarrassing be the most regular visiter to the bottle bank
We've got three Bag-in-Boxes lined up on a shelf (local red, white and rosé). We don't find it necessary to transfer to bottles, the wine is good up to the last drop, however long it takes to empty the BIB, as the quality isn't altered.
Apart from that, the article concerns ALL potential expats in France, not just single ladies!
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We've got three Bag-in-Boxes lined up on a shelf (local red, white and rosé). We don't find it necessary to transfer to bottles, the wine is good up to the last drop, however long it takes to empty the BIB, as the quality isn't altered.
Apart from that, the article concerns ALL potential expats in France, not just single ladies!
Why would I want to share my wifes attention with a dog

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Why would I want to share my wifes attention with a dog
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Recommendation 10 was to get a pet dog on the basis it would become your best friend.

10) Bring a dog. Rescue one. He/she will end up being your only best friend.
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Speaking personally? I was resident for 15 years, and thank heavens for the dogs!
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Why would I want to share my wifes attention with a dog
You have it backwards. Why would you want your wife's attention to be completely focussed on you?

<We have a dog, largely my idea as a displacement mechanism when the kids no longer needed mothering>
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Originally Posted by Chatter Static
Recommendation 10 was to get a pet dog on the basis it would become your best friend.
Sorry, I forgot all the recommendations! (I thought your comment was on the BiB's....)
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You have it backwards. Why would you want your wife's attention to be completely focussed on you?

<We have a dog, largely my idea as a displacement mechanism when the kids no longer needed mothering>
Hamster solves that issue
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Hamster solves that issue
Grilled, roast, raw, or well done?........
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