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June Marston replied to Teresa Ewart's discussion 'Water water everywhere...' in the group The Good Life
We still have our old Fosse etang, which could be used for storing water, if it was cleaned out etc, it may be worth seeing if your house still has it buried somewhere and it was not filled in when the new system was put in.  It may certainly…
Jan 30
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June Marston replied to Teresa Ewart's discussion 'Water water everywhere...' in the group The Good Life
Jane, Did you realise that you are still not supposed to draw water for the veggies form your forage if there is a watering ban.?
Jan 30
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June Marston commented on Johnny Summerton's blog post 'The French numbers game - they're taking the Mickey aren't they?'
Loto is good practice - if you don't mind the embarrassment of shouting Kino, when you have not won!! Although there are plenty of people to help!!  By midnight we were all exhausted! The trouble is , if your french is not good enough for…
Jan 30
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June Marston commented on James Higginson SFN's blog post 'How dog's brains work'
If only mine would return tennis ball to owner!!!  should be run off with it or leave it so the owner has to come and pick it up!
Jan 28
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June Marston commented on James Higginson SFN's blog post 'No caption needed, it will take you a minute or two though!'
I spent about 2 mins looking at it,  then OH looked over my shoulder and said "Oh is that .........." so game over for me!  But very good!
Jan 27
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June Marston commented on Catharine Higginson SFN's group 'Dogs Dogs Dogs'
I have to admit, we did not spend long at Golfech really.( Our fench was not good at the time!) We visited on the Saturday after seeing Badge on the internet, spent 20 mins with him and all fell in love, forms were signed , a deposit paid , a quick…
Jan 26
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June Marston commented on Catharine Higginson SFN's group 'Dogs Dogs Dogs'
Willemijn, how long have you been walking the dogs at Golfech?  You may have walked our 'Badger" we have not changed his name! Although we did get him 2 and a half years ago..you have probably walked many more since then!  
Jan 26
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June Marston commented on Catharine Higginson SFN's group 'Dogs Dogs Dogs'
Julie. I forgot to mention that we knew he had killed that duck because he was covered in blood and feathers, so funny him trying to deny it!
Jan 19
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June Marston commented on Catharine Higginson SFN's group 'Dogs Dogs Dogs'
That is your main problem, difficult to take the risk with someone else's animals, you could try taking him down there a few times, but there has to  be the first time on his own.  Badger was 18 months when we got him from SPA he kept…
Jan 19
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June Marston commented on Catharine Higginson SFN's group 'Dogs Dogs Dogs'
It is probably more difficult as they are not yours, I have a JRT which was rather interested in the chickens when I got him, we sat with him and then and made them part of his pack.  he now looks after then.  We were then given some…
Jan 19
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June Marston commented on Andy Shepherd's blog post 'Fraud - or just a lack of transparency?'
Not the same company or even in France but we had this in the UK with Trainline .com, asked if we were interested in a £10 reduction on our next trip, clicked yes and as it was very late went to bed and though nothing more about it.  I…
Jan 18
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June Marston replied to Helen Ducal's discussion 'Proof of fiscal residency...in UK'
Jane, I think it is the bank that require the documents, not the french tax system! I am sure your town hall will know nothing in the UK as taxes are not dealt with there as they are in France Everything in the UK is centralised.  I would phone…
Jan 17
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June Marston replied to Alex Ferguson's discussion 'Should I go or should I stay?'
Chemists direct are very good, they sell Malt Extract too, which I have not been able to find here.  They also do pets stuff including flubenvet for the chickens, which you can give without recommended egg withdrawal, there is nothing of…
Jan 17
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June Marston replied to Angela(+Alain-Corneille) Nguema's discussion 'Pocket Money'
We are just about to start our 15 year old son with an allowance, but decided that we would buy toiletries, unless he wanted something fancy as he may decide that that was optional and he could save his money!  We have fingers it will work…
Jan 15
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June Marston replied to Sharon Went's discussion 'Doggie passports'
We had no problems either - as long as Rabies is up to date and not allowed to lapse, , the worming and flea treatment  is done, We were less than 5 mins in the reception centre at the tunnel. They put the chip in a different place in France to…
Jan 3

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At 12:39pm on October 2, 2011, Martin ParkerMartin Parker said…
Hi June welcome to SFN and the Midi-Pyrenees group.
At 8:14am on October 2, 2011, Jacqui WebsterJacqui Webster said…
Hi June and welcome to Femmes et Dames. I am looking forward to seeing your posts and comments. Women of the world unite!
At 2:18pm on February 20, 2011, Catharine Higginson SFNCatharine Higginson SFN said…
Dear June
Welcome to the network - we hope you find it useful!
If you haven't already done so, don't forget to upload a photograph of yourself so NOT your cat or your company logo (!), to your profile (use the setting button on the right hand side of your page) and you can pinpoint your location on the 'Members Map'.
Feel free to join any groups that look interesting or suggest your own the groups can all be found in the social tab at the top of the page. You can list items for sale FOC in the Bring Buy and Sell group and add any events to the Events page. And come and say 'hi' in the chat window - we're all very friendly!
Best wishes
Catharine and James
 
 
 

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