Just to say that I will try to snatch the odd 10 mins. on answerbank until Sunday, but I will be conspicuous by my absence from then on until we have got organised in UK. . Be nice to each other,...
We have 19 days to go before moving day. All stays in hotels, removal van, channel crossings etc. are booked and I have been gradually clearing cupboards, the sideboard etc. without too much sense of...
Just to say that our little dog, Tyke, showing all the signs in the title, started snapping at visitors. His scratching was driving all of us mad. It started end August so we put it down to fleas and...
Slipped and tipped head-first down concrete cellar steps just before Xmas, saved myself by grabbing rope banister, but left wrist twisted and hurt like ****. Not being one to panic, I iced it,...
(What a wonderful title, by the way.) I was really looking forward to Linda Snell's production of this and today discover that it is on in the afternoon just when I have to go to hospital at Poitiers...
Hello Ed, I'm just trying to tie up ends here (it is all getting complicated enough) as we are hoping to move from France to Yorkshire, UK, in February. I shall have to cancel my French server and...
Ignoramus me here again. The advice I have received before has been fantastic, I hope this will bring the same sort of help. We have an offer in on a semi in an East Yorkshire village (basically a...
I drive something which has 4 wheels and a steering-wheel - not a knowledgeable person and so am a stranger to this bit of answerbank. If this subject has been extensively covered before then I...
Just listened to the Deputy Maire of Calais (Channel 4 news) agreeing with Britain's stance that, essentially, 'enough is enough'. Are we seeing the beginnings of a new 'Entente Cordiale'?
Sqad - I can't thank you enough for your original answers. I was sitting here in France, isolated and worrying hugely - you made a difference. It's been a tough few weeks, but I thought you would like...
What I can't find out (probably because it is so obvious to everyone but me) is, is it chargeable on the total sum? E.g. If house bought is £126K is duty payable on £1K or on the whole £126K? We...
We are house-hunting (from a distance) and on Tuesday I'm coming back to UK for a week to check out some short-listed properties. One of them is LPG heating - it's reasonably priced and a nice house,...
Hi, my savings are invested in 'Intelligent Finance' (Scottish based). They went there just before I moved to France in 2002 when it was a good rate and telephone-operated. For years the interest has...
This may be long, sorry. On 28th Aug. OH had local anaesthetic surgery to remove a basal cell carcinoma on his left leg - the wound is about 2" x 3" across his left shin and all the shin-bone is...
Hi, Our newsagent has gone on holiday (I've done the 'Burn in Hell' curse, of course), but he will be back tomorrow and I can then buy the 'Herculis' edition. Please can someone let us know the shaded...
I've noticed that the words 'Railway Station' seem to have become defunct and the (to my mind uglier) 'Train Station' is ubiquitous on the radio. When and why did this start to happen?
For the past 3 days I have been challenged each time I try to access AB (even though the 'remember this password' box is ticked). This was a little annoying, but tonight my password was refused twice,...