michael86
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Post by michael86 on Jul 10, 2021 18:01:35 GMT 1
Just to resurrect a popular topic from the last forum. Having this forum start up and seeing lots of the familiar names. Having lunch out in a pub with my wife, son, daughter-in-law and her parents.
Michael
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Post by gigi on Jul 11, 2021 15:17:08 GMT 1
Having this brand new forum for us to participate in, when so many of us were surprised/shocked at the demise of the old NFF. It’s so lovely to see so many friends on here.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2021 19:54:28 GMT 1
Agreed. The sadness of the TNFF closure is ameliorated by seeing everyone on here.
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Post by manonthemoon2 on Jul 11, 2021 22:19:19 GMT 1
It's fantastic we can all keep up with each other, and some new faces too.
Today I went to see some Norwegian Forest Cats with an interest in getting one. They were gorgeous, I will sleep happy tonight thinking of their purrs.
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Post by omegal on Jul 12, 2021 8:29:34 GMT 1
Italy wining and me picking up my winnings online.  |
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Post by spectrum on Jul 12, 2021 8:50:07 GMT 1
Its darling Mrs Spectrum's 66th birthday today so that's made us both happy. As of yet we don't have a "what are you cooking today" Thread, I will put it here she gets the choice of any food she desires, so back to the 70s, Prawn cocktail, Prawn and Scallop and black pudding Risotto, Autumn berries and melon balls, with homemade Brandy Snaps with fresh cream.
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Post by Veem on Jul 12, 2021 9:41:59 GMT 1
Its darling Mrs Spectrum's 66th birthday today so that's made us both happy. As of yet we don't have a "what are you cooking today" Thread, I will put it here she gets the choice of any food she desires, so back to the 70s, Prawn cocktail, Prawn and Scallop and black pudding Risotto, Autumn berries and melon balls, with homemade Brandy Snaps with fresh cream. Happy birthday Mrs S. I hope you enjoy your birthday meal later on - it sounds absolutely yummy. What has pleased me today is that the little red squirrel that we saw around the base of our bird table the other day, is back again this morning. It's so very sweet. We can see it clearly from the dining room and the porch without it seeming to be aware of us, but at that distance my phone camera cannot get a sharp enough image to be any good as a video. |
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Post by gigi on Jul 13, 2021 15:12:17 GMT 1
My car passed the MOT test but the garage phoned to say that they couldn't deliver it to us until lunchtime tomorrow, having said earlier it would be returned today.
I explained that we have appointments tomorrow morning, so by way of an apology and to keep us as customers he knocked £50 off the labour bill to pay for a taxi this afternoon. The taxi shoukd cost about £15, so the difference will pay for a lunch when we’re away at the weekend. 😃
Edit: the taxi only cost £10, so we made a good profit. 😁
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Post by ajm on Jul 13, 2021 17:26:58 GMT 1
Did a Google translate of "sod's law" and it came up with " loi de merde"
That really does sum it up.
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suein56
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Post by suein56 on Jul 13, 2021 17:41:21 GMT 1
Did a Google translate of "sod's law" and it came up with " loi de merde" That really does sum it up. My dico suggested 'loi de l'emmerdement maximum' .. which I thought was quite appropriate 😉 |
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Post by gigi on Jul 22, 2021 18:08:51 GMT 1
We had a refund of electricity payments into our CA bank account, €200, very pleasing.
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Post by Veem on Jul 23, 2021 13:38:50 GMT 1
The briefest of trips to the pharmacy which resulted in me leaving with my brand new Passe Sanitaire.
I'm not used to French admin being so simple - but I wonder why I had to find out about it from a helpful member of this forum .........
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suein56
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Post by suein56 on Jul 23, 2021 14:02:56 GMT 1
The briefest of trips to the pharmacy which resulted in me leaving with my brand new Passe Sanitaire. I'm not used to French admin being so simple - but I wonder why I had to find out about it from a helpful member of this forum ......... Did you not have an email from Ameli informing you that your EU Covid pass was available to download from your Ameli account ? |
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Post by Veem on Jul 23, 2021 14:50:28 GMT 1
No. The first I knew was when friends who had their vaccines long after us received emails from Ameli. I wonder if we were so close to the rollout that we missed being included in the data? It seems unbelievable, but I don't know why else we have heard nothing.
It took me ages, but I managed to get Biggles' QR code downloaded. But the same route led me down a blind alley for mine.
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suein56
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Post by suein56 on Jul 23, 2021 15:29:09 GMT 1
No. The first I knew was when friends who had their vaccines long after us received emails from Ameli. It took me ages, but I managed to get Biggles' QR code downloaded. But the same route led me down a blind alley for mine. That's odd .. maybe you are a blip in the system. |
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