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Forum: France
Jan 22nd 2012, 7:53 pm
Replies: 38
Views: 4,972
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Builder walked off

I don't want to unsubscribe from the thread. I want to unsubscribe from this site.

In good faith I suggested ways NOT to lose a lot of money when dealing with builders. I know from experience that...
Forum: France
Jan 16th 2012, 7:24 pm
Replies: 38
Views: 4,972
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Builder walked off

There seems to be no way to get out of this place entirely. I can only unsub from threads. If this is so, it is illegal.

And thanks guys for all your insults. You make being British an...
Forum: France
Jan 15th 2012, 9:32 pm
Replies: 38
Views: 4,972
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Builder walked off

No it wasn't a reference to you.

Help is fine. AFAIK I was offering advice around the subject which had already been answered. Do I have to write specifically to the OP and am not allowed to open...
Forum: France
Jan 15th 2012, 9:31 am
Replies: 38
Views: 4,972
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Builder walked off

Notwithstanding the fact that there are very few "legal businesses" set up by British ouvriers, I have to ask the OP why he asked this question to this list.

The obvious thing to do is ask your...
Forum: France
Jan 15th 2012, 12:29 am
Replies: 18
Views: 7,297
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: dog poop

Mine prefer chicken. More feminine they tell me.



You can't be too careful when around bitches. They can bite you in the bum :nod:
Forum: France
Jan 14th 2012, 11:56 pm
Replies: 38
Views: 4,972
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Builder walked off

Prat.

I don't have to refer soecifically to your wishes?

No wait. Don't answer that.

Expats like you give GB a really bad name.

Legal business? Pull the other one. I have been involved...
Forum: France
Jan 14th 2012, 10:51 pm
Replies: 38
Views: 4,972
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Builder walked off

People post in here for mutual information.

May I respectfully suggest that you stop being so egocentric? Next time ask first. Some of us have been here a while.

Good luck with the courts. It...
Forum: France
Jan 14th 2012, 7:37 pm
Replies: 38
Views: 4,972
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Builder walked off

We have never paid nor been asked to pay the full amount of any job we have asked someone to do. We paid in stages after we saw the expense sheets and discussed necessary future purchases.

Brits...
Forum: France
Jan 14th 2012, 7:33 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 7,297
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: dog poop

Just part of France folks. It isn't an issue for the French.

In honestly I sometimes think GB has become far too sanitised. I see products sold on TV that are supposed to keep your house 100% germ...
Forum: France
Jan 13th 2012, 8:04 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 5,527
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Dog psychology ...

Yes that's the one.

It has been unusually warm her for longer and wet too. Ideal for ticks. This week's frost should slow them down.

I sold a dog pup from a litter I bred in July to a duck...
Forum: France
Jan 13th 2012, 2:59 am
Replies: 45
Views: 5,527
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Dog psychology ...

Re ticks use Frontline or there are new proiucts out this year which need to be used only once a month. Can't remember the name of it but it works out cheaper.
Forum: France
Jan 11th 2012, 3:40 am
Replies: 28
Views: 3,221
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: advice please!

OK Here goes (after three hours' stressing with SFR..another facet of living in France...comms here are like trying to run the Cern Supercollider on string).

Prices for property vary according to...
Forum: France
Jan 10th 2012, 7:10 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 3,221
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: advice please!

We have done 2 complete renovations in deep SW France. Lots to tell.

We are off for a walk today but will get back to you when I have time, probably this afternoon.
Forum: France
Jan 9th 2012, 7:33 pm
Replies: 1,515
Views: 306,870
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Introduction Thread (Somewhere to say Hi)

Where in SW France are you?
Forum: France
Jan 9th 2012, 12:05 am
Replies: 45
Views: 5,527
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Dog psychology ...

It could be one of a few things.
Age also plays a part in who is dominant. An old-ER female is usually given that role but a much older female (10 is in that category) is not, just like the young...
Forum: France
Jan 8th 2012, 10:27 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 5,527
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Dog psychology ...

Alpha goes first. Looking to you for approval and your giving it reconfirms that she is more important than you are and that your bestowing approval onto her doesn't mean she thinks you are Alpha but...
Forum: France
Jan 8th 2012, 9:35 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 5,527
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Dog psychology ...

First one throuigh the door is dominant.
It is a useful thing to use when trying to control a dog who thinks it owns you and the house.
Forum: France
Jan 4th 2012, 3:31 am
Replies: 45
Views: 5,527
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Dog psychology ...

It all sounds absolutely normal. Pack positions etc.

Maybe you should forget the alarm clock??? ;)
Forum: France
Jan 4th 2012, 3:04 am
Replies: 45
Views: 5,527
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Dog psychology ...

S&L I did meant to mention your Poppy but got caught up in other things. I am so sorry to hear that she couldn't stay.

Sometimes it is just not possible to put an established female with a...
Forum: France
Jan 4th 2012, 2:50 am
Replies: 45
Views: 5,527
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Dog psychology ...

S&L you did make me laugh! I know EXACTLY what you mean! With 4 around me all day I have to be aware off where each one is when I move around although they too have developed a radar that tells them...
Forum: France
Jan 3rd 2012, 12:07 am
Replies: 45
Views: 5,527
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Dog psychology ...

Just a quick side about ragodin.

They are the only living thing down here in the south for which there is no closed season. You can shoot them, trap them or poison them any time of the year. They...
Forum: France
Jan 2nd 2012, 10:01 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 5,527
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Dog psychology ...

All sounds more positive than not.

Just a couple of things.
Expect your dog to have accidents with toilet issues. They can't be perfect all the time. Don't reprimand or shout, just quietly clean...
Forum: France
Jan 1st 2012, 7:52 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 5,527
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Dog psychology ...

I have four bitches in the house. One of 15, two midddle aged and one 6 months old and daughter of one of the middle ones. After making it absolutely clear that I would not put up with any fighting,...
Forum: France
Dec 31st 2011, 8:08 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 2,335
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Decided to make the move! Where do I start?

A word of caution. Be very aware of the tax and insurance situation in France when you own a business. It will also be nearly imperative that your OH knows French and mechanics French at that. He...
Forum: France
Dec 24th 2011, 7:51 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,044
Posted By Etoile de Berger

Re: Travelling to Spain

Well naturally the weather gets better as you go south.

Just try to stay to the west of the Massif Centrale where winds and weather can funnel down valleys.

Would this help?
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