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Forum: France
Apr 5th 2015, 4:06 am
Replies: 8
Views: 2,048
Posted By Peabrain

Re: Single parent & Annecy

Hi,
Just one thing about Annecy which I don't think has been pointed out; it is one of the most expensive towns, and areas, in France to live in as you may already know. Property prices and rent are...
Forum: France
Apr 5th 2015, 3:56 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,789
Posted By Peabrain

Re: Education

Hi,
I'm not sure I'd attach too much importance to philosophy's importance in the baccalauréat; for example it accounts for 3 coefficients in the bac 'S', out of ... 44, less than those for the two...
Forum: France
Feb 3rd 2015, 4:01 am
Replies: 22
Views: 2,571
Posted By Peabrain

Re: Have I left it too late

Hi,
The decision is yours. If you think a better lifestyle is to be had over here then why not. The school side of things is worth going into thoroughly though. Two to three hours of homework in...
Forum: France
Jan 21st 2015, 11:33 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,632
Posted By Peabrain

Re: Charlie's predecessor

Thanks for this fascinating piece.
Forum: France
Jan 18th 2015, 9:44 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,632
Posted By Peabrain

Re: Charlie's predecessor

Indeed. The much-vaunted liberté d'expression we've heard so much about recently doesn't date back that far in France. Alain Peyrefitte was De Gaulle's Minister for Information (meaning head of...
Forum: France
Jan 18th 2015, 8:56 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,070
Posted By Peabrain

Re: large carpet

Hi,
I've bought several beautiful carpets from an Internet company called CarpetVista that specializes in oriental carpets, curiously based in Sweden. The biggest one measures 5,50 by 3,50 metres. A...
Forum: France
Dec 3rd 2014, 9:42 pm
Replies: 62
Views: 5,024
Posted By Peabrain

Re: Weird situation

dmu, I don't really see anything generational about a "woman that does", possibly "charlady". You're right that "une bonne" is a maid, and anyone working in an office who complained about "la bonne...
Forum: France
Nov 20th 2014, 2:14 am
Replies: 9
Views: 1,900
Posted By Peabrain

Re: Apartment parties – how much noise is reasonable?

Words like little a***h**e spring to mind but best not to go down that road. Good on you for 'confessing' to the sins of your pièce rapportée, though perhaps it grieves you to do so.
Forum: France
Nov 17th 2014, 10:10 pm
Replies: 9
Views: 1,900
Posted By Peabrain

Re: Apartment parties – how much noise is reasonable?

Hi,
I've been confronted with the same problem, usually with students, who often couldn't give a toss about others. Whilst you seem to have spoken to a lot of people about this particular issue,...
Forum: France
Nov 13th 2014, 9:19 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 929
Posted By Peabrain

Re: Robert (builder)

Hi,
Can you speak and write proper French?
The jobs situation is dire in France.
Running a business means shelling out vast sums in taxes of all sorts and coping with un code du travail that has...
Forum: France
Nov 13th 2014, 4:45 am
Replies: 8
Views: 961
Posted By Peabrain

Re: devis

Each to his own I suppose, but why on earth rely on a foreign builder to do a job that any French builder would be delighted to do, and probably better? If your British builder is registered in...
Forum: France
Nov 13th 2014, 4:01 am
Replies: 11
Views: 819
Posted By Peabrain

Re: 11 november ceremony

The difference between the ceremonies of remembrance in Britain and France is interesting. Ask any Frenchman at what time the First World War officially ended and the chances are he'll look blank....
Forum: France
Oct 8th 2014, 12:50 am
Replies: 152
Views: 32,782
Posted By Peabrain

Re: Neighbour problems

Hi,
It would seem that the only recourse left to you is to go to court. This means expense, and time, but would appear to be the only way of ridding yourselves of problems that are making your life,...
Forum: France
Oct 6th 2014, 11:27 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 1,598
Posted By Peabrain

Re: Car transport back to UK

:lol:
Forum: France
Oct 4th 2014, 8:38 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,419
Posted By Peabrain

Re: French state pension

:ohmy:
Forum: France
Oct 2nd 2014, 11:33 pm
Replies: 101
Views: 8,027
Posted By Peabrain

Re: Total nutters on the roads

:goodpost:
Forum: France
Oct 1st 2014, 2:42 am
Replies: 101
Views: 8,027
Posted By Peabrain

Re: Total nutters on the roads

This is what it used to be like when the nutters were out

RUSSIAN DRIVING CAMERAS Quite possibly THE BEST VIDEO OF 2012!! - YouTube
Forum: France
Oct 1st 2014, 1:41 am
Replies: 101
Views: 8,027
Posted By Peabrain

Re: Total nutters on the roads

Interesting to see what driving threads bring out.
Having driven over here for more years than I care to remember I would humbly claim, from beyond the wall I'm hiding behind, that French drivers in...
Forum: France
Sep 30th 2014, 7:30 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 2,457
Posted By Peabrain

Re: Thinking of moving

Hi,
It's no doubt not impossible to find work teaching English, but the going rate for private tuition or for classes through an agency would appear to be between 15 and 30 euros an hour, before tax...
Forum: France
Sep 30th 2014, 3:40 am
Replies: 18
Views: 1,779
Posted By Peabrain

Re: Private health cover

I'm not sure I understand the question. 4 million people use contact lenses in France, and for reasons that escape me, the patient gets a higher reimbursement than do those poor saps that wear...
Forum: France
Sep 29th 2014, 9:22 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 1,779
Posted By Peabrain

Re: Private health cover

I've never come across purely private health care cover here in France, perhaps because I don't move in the right circles... but the system as I know it works so well compared with what I hear from...
Forum: France
Sep 26th 2014, 12:41 am
Replies: 43
Views: 3,373
Posted By Peabrain

Re: French telly

Once upon a time...
Forum: France
Sep 25th 2014, 6:49 pm
Replies: 8
Views: 10,169
Posted By Peabrain

Re: Bonfires

If you have a déchetterie, then your mayor is right, the ban is total, and the fine can reach €450.
Peut-on faire brûler ses déchets verts dans son jardin ? - Service-public.fr...
Forum: France
Sep 25th 2014, 4:50 am
Replies: 8
Views: 10,169
Posted By Peabrain

Re: Bonfires

There is a blanket ban on burning garden rubbish, unless you are in a rural area where there is no provision for its collection, and if there is no déchetterie in the area. If this is the case, you...
Forum: France
Sep 24th 2014, 9:37 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 3,373
Posted By Peabrain

Re: French telly

Well, if I remember rightly, Finkielkraut didn't exactly sidetrack here, as the issue under discussion was the digital revolution about to be unleashed in French schools by Hollande's government....
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