Harking back to âUnbelievable Truthâ for sheer comedy, erudition and obscure knowledge, wrapped up in one 30 minute package, I find it impossible to beat. 
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Waiting to hear the pet passport news and e-channels for UK passport holders today. Also the UK bringing food standards back up to meet tge EU ones. (Didnt know they had fallen)
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Iâm not sure that they have, but isnât this deal supposed to reconnect UK and EU standards?
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Yes indeed, my hope is doing so will firmly close the door on importing any American no standards chlorinated chicken, hormone enhanced beef etc etc.
UK public opinion is so firmly set against having US meat imported that I canât see any UK government (except possibly an extreme Faragiste one) going for that.
Apart from that, easing access for UK exports to the EU with a reciprocal deal is of far greater value than being able to sell more golf balls to Trump. 
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Iâm sure you dont have any data on that, there are the poorest in society that just want cheap, so whilst we may recoil, the chicken shops for example would just buy this and it would be consumed. Its not healthy as it is. Anyway so far its good news 
A poll in 2020 gave a result of 80% of those polled in the UK being against imports of chlorinated chicken.
Yes if the Yankee stuff was allowed in and was cheap then people would eat it, probably unknowingly.
But if the UK did that then its food standards would no longer align with the EU, which is the biggest market for UK food exports, so it would be a case of shooting yourself in the foot economically.
Anyway weâve stopped being cheerful again, so no more from me on this subject.
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Thats cheerful!
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Got the temporary Carte Grise for the car today.
Is there a special procedure for getting the new number plate, or do I just go to a garage?
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Take the CG to any/most brico shed and theyâll make them up for you on the spot. They may even give you the rivets to fix them (plates must be permanently fixed in france)
Some SC history on the subject
By law in France license plates must be fitted by rivets. You may not wish to buy the tool needed for rare use, so the garage may be a better choice.
You can order your own plates online
We used (a few years) ago we changed our plates using an approved garagiste to order + fit
https://www.norauto.fr/plaque-immatriculation.html
https://www.norauto.fr/rechercher/plaques%20immatriculation%20plaques%20et%20pose
Booked the time, carried our plates to them and all sorted in 15 minutes. (Not only do they fit the new plates but they also remove the old ones and hand them to you as a keepsake 
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So we have a deal with the EU. Some of the main points include eGate access for British passport holders in Europe, no health certificates every time pets travel to Europe
Thanks. That must be what the frogs in the pond were trying to tell me.
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Ribbit. as opposed to Brexit.
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yep, and no interview necessary, and you can of course also do the whole thing online
Yes to cheerful news! I submitted my doggo certification paperwork to the USDA Monday May 19, they approved it yesterday, Iâll get the certified/raised seal documents either overnight tonight or tomorrow night for Saturday delivery, and that is the last BIG thing that could have scotched the whole plan. So now I can go back to fretting about being a 100% homeless, 100% carless person by Tuesday night dâavant my departure from the USA next Wednesday. 
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Our teenage Airedale Rona was back at the vets again yesterday (10 days after previous visit). I thought she seemed lethargic and took her temperature: 40.5C which is the warning sign for tick fever. Sure enough, a full blood test (anaemia) and examination under the microscope showed piroplasmosis parasite in the red blood corpuscles. So she had a double injection to kill the parasites and the vet warned me she wouldnât be in great shape last night - she wasnât.
Today, sheâs a new dog, thank heavens! Amazing how quickly dogs can recover when the treatment is spot on.
For anyone new to France or planning on coming to France with dogs and expecting to live in the country, please, please, take tick fever seriously. It can kill. And please donât rely on cheap repellents. We get ours from the vets and use credelio tablets monthly. At the moment sheâs also wearing a seresto collar. Unfortunately she probably either came to us already infected or was bitten in the first couple of days before she had full protection.
The good news is we caught it promptly, the vet was thorough and she is so much better.
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Yes I second that advice with a similar experience.
Also, the latest advice from our local vets is to look out for snakes. They have had three snake bite victims in the last week.
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Todayâs cheerful news is a bit lopsided⊠
Been in UK ⊠marvellous time with family, but so very glad to get back home!
OHâs health situation needs a checkup and I forgot to book it with our Doc before we left here to go on our travels.
Hurrah⊠rang our surgery just now and got an appt for 12:15 on Tuesday⊠and OH has promised to stay alive for the next 4 days⊠
and the extra cheerful news is that our neighbours are delighted we have returned, as they reckon the village has been much tooo quiet
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Our village enjoyed a mini concert by a young couple of talented cello players last evening
Albeit in a rather cold and windy courtyard the players exhibited considerable skill with excellent humour throughout 70kph gusts. It was also gratifying to see such a large audience appear and ~ half braved it out with blankets.
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