Just doing what others do on here - letting you know l’m bored with it - yawn
So not really muted then if you are still here 
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Thought l had but having a problem doing it - no problem muting individuals but just can’t seem to mute this damned thread:blush:
Well it’s quite easy Dan, you stop looking at it … just can’t keep away can you !
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Yes it’s definitely got me under it’s spell as it’s so enthralling - but l thought l had muted Misty too - l’ll go back to preferences and try again😆
Best news of the week … I shall count myself very lucky indeed to be included with the other exalted and intelligent members’ on your ‘muted list’ 
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So after 137 posts I know that garden fires are banned unless your Mairie says you can have one but you shouldn’t really because it’s bad for the environment but your neighbours will have one because presumably they don’t care about the environment and obviously us Brits will probably follow the rules but if we don’t we could be fined.
Deep breath.
Oh and it’s Mairie not Marie!
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You also know more songs about Marie than you ever thought existed 
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You have the right to your opinion, of course you do. Others have a right to theirs , to me it moved away from Grahame and into a general bit of fun (people who work in environments such as the NHS or policing etc will recognise how that happens ). Also, perhaps @cat will be able to correct me on this, I thought once we had started a thread that was it. We haven’t any say or power over what is posted in it.
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Maybe if Grahame had answered the question asked in the first place then we would not have got so fed up of his parroting “ask the marie”, simple really ! I quite agree with Nellie, it may have been you who posed the topic but we all have the right to our replies too…
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With the greatest respect to Grahame he could have simply said what stuff he burns but he chose not to which wound up the usual suspects, the spelling error got out of hand and then thread drift took over.
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For me, your sexuality has no bearing on this discussion and nor should it have. I don’t post that I am hetrosexual or lesbian, black, white, yellow or pink. I don’t post about the lifechanging things that have happened to me because it doesn’t affect others.
Yes you have had some nasty experiences in life, they may have made you less tolerant about banter but do try to put things into perspective. I can take as good as I give but have never been called a bully !
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You did - it was his inability to answer a simple question that prompted my sarcastic remark. That’s all.
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Quite rightly you are sensitive to what in your case was almost certainly harassment and prejudice. My nephew is gay and if any one ‘teased’ him about his sexuality they would have a very large family queuing up to give them a lecture or more.
However having read this post I think you are being rather over sensitive on Grahame’s behalf. But to be fair it’s really up to Grahame to tell us if he thinks we’ve overstepped the mark.
To live in my family you have to take an awful lot of teasing and I am a very sensitive soul. Also I’m an ex nurse so as Nellie says we laugh at things that other people would be appalled by. When you’ve seen birth and death and post mortems you learn to laugh at even the most grotesque of situations.
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I think the problem lies in people treating social media as if it’s a conversation - it isn’t - it lacks nearly all the forms of communication - tone, facial expression, immediate clarification/apology for using the wrong word, etc - that make conversation work.
In general, I find it’s best to stick to sharing information, experience, etc, on social media - and survivefrance is good for this - but to ‘socialise’ face-to-face, unless you already know your social media interlocutors pretty well.
No problem with SF as far as I can see - people are joining, there is a hardcore of regular folk and others are returning after an absence of years… 
Someone asks a question or offers information - and the ball starts rolling back and forth. 
On occasion, I thoroughly enjoy what is “almost” a conversation with various posters.
Sometimes I get a bit boring, when promoting The Mairie (eh @anon87147852) - I think I was born with “a duty of care” and find it hard to stand-by while someone might be on the wrong path.
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Simon, please explain why what I said was incorrect.
Pfffffffff…
Incorrect. Read the legislation again.
If in doubt - go and ask your mairie.
Simon,
your experience and knowledge is correct as is mine.
We live in different parts of France and have different experiences of living in France.
As I have said on numerous occasions, - you have to check with your mairie (hopefully spelt correctly this time) to be certain what applies in your commune.
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OK Grahame whatever you say - that’s fine with me and, actually we’re neighbours within the Occitanie Region - hell you’re just down the road! In fact…yes…I think I can see the smoke from here!! 
I wasn’t going to have a drink tonight but I’ve just poured myself a gin ! 
Bonne soirée
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