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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Plug Stupid
I saw this link on Facebook today explaining why electrical appliances around the world have infuriatingly different plugs and sockets. Now I understand a bit about why there are two voltages – plugs, I have seen at least ten in … Continue reading
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Biking Through France
The next upside-down year will be in the year 6009, so I doubt I will be around for that, but I was around at the last one in 1961. That year was a really interesting one for me – I … Continue reading
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French Letters
Alexandra, my daughter, helps me a lot with translations. I am impressed with the letters she has composed for me. However she has a secret weapon there is a website www.Conso.net which gives help and one of their services is … Continue reading
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Guide2Languedoc
I went to Bristol in the UK for a few hours last week to meet a publisher who is developing a network of websites. Beziers airport is only twenty minutes from our home at VillaRoquetteand with Ryanair, if you select … Continue reading
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Now I have Stopped Working – Not
Now that I have stopped working (well almost) on the house, I am back to marketing and getting guests for our apartments and BandB. We first started this in our old home in Nizas 12 years ago and did all … Continue reading
A Bargain Property in the South of France
Would you like your own home in the South of France? It is a dream shared by most of the visitors I meet here and, after a quiet year with most of the world (according to the Daily Mail) hopping … Continue reading
Starting a Business in France
Carole and I are back into the maze of French paperwork to get our gites and chambre d’hotes registered as a business – a new system, Auto Entrepeneur, now exists and we found an excellent site run by a charming … Continue reading
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I discovered that that the Via…
I discovered that that the Via Domitia starts at Pertuis , and will always definitely finish at eight o’clock – with a French lecturer.
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Shades of Spike Milligan
I remember a 1950s TV show by the “Goons” called “Son of Fred”, I think there was one also called “Fred” – it was the early days of advertising in the UK so the piss was taken out of goons … Continue reading
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A Plague Upon Their Houses
I had a mail from an associate asking about real-estate advertising websites and earning commissions – I have been deeply involved in this over the last ten years and have strong feelings about it. In my blogs, I have been … Continue reading