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As I said in another thread, I've heard the hoopoes about here for a while now, but hadn't seen them - but early this morning when I went down to check fencing in the fields there was a pair of them - I raced back in to get my camera and just managed to snap this one before they noticed me...

The Scottish parliament voted unanimously to enshrine the UN Charter on Children's Rights into Scottish law. The UK government is today taking the SP to the Supreme Court to prevent that happening. What is in the Charter the frightens Tories so much?

Toilet paper

There is an ad on UK tv following peoples bums with clothes on. :lol:
Then it says if you want a clean bum use the Kleenex brand.
If you buy lidils loo roll could your botty be any less clean. :idea:
And a good morning to you as well off for a shower we have no Kleenex :P

Like a few others on NFF I'm still of working age but hit 60 in a few months which has got me thinking about possible retirement. I'd say 75% of my work is physical and I know I can't do as much now as I could when I first arrived here aged 44, gone are the days when doing a full day on a building site followed by badminton or football in the...

Wonderful sunny day. Great opportunity to mow the field. :D

Halfway through and both mowers are buggered. Ordered a spare part for one of them.
While pushing the other one up the ramps to my work platform it collapsed. :(

Morning fresh air and dung lovers,
Well we are back from the Walkies (up at 5am due to drinking water before sleep, And then 5am needed to visit the loo
I did take the advice given regarding cramp in my leg and the lack of sleep, Now i am up early needing the loo because of water intake and that early morning flushing feeling :)
But at least the...

I went to pay my tab at the bar and said to Lionel deux bierres . Cedric at the the end of the bar said, mimicking my accent, or not deux bierres followed by 4 or 5 voices including mine say zat is the question .
I suppose you had to be there.

Last Monday afternoon the gas boiler serving my tenanted English office building packed up & I was advised by PJ my friendly heating engineer that at 16 years old it was beyond economic repair.
The Beast from the East was due & the tenant with about 10 staff was about to renew the lease so it was important things happened quickly,
I received a...

Hi all,
Just bought one of those pasta making machines,
The one i have bought has three sections so you can do the lot,
I feel fresh pasta really is tastier than the shop bought,

Anyone else tried using these machines?

Are our lives so precariously balanced when we fly?

It could be announced this evening.
Going by what's happening elsewhere it will be short lived and lock down will return.

Evening slug hunters,
Every day come rain or shine i take the dogs for their morning Walkies ,
We are very lucky in that we do not see a lot of people here in our part of France, we are surrounded by fields and woods and a few small rivers,
The main occupation is farming and so the fields have sheep and Dairy cow's plus a few big bulls,
Every day...

They are going to get you high with psychedelic compounds from magic mushrooms.
Not sure that will work long term. :o

Good morning all.
First I would just like to say that I'm very happy to be able to use this site. It's great that it's here...
It has been suggested that I resurrect this thread, seeing as 'mine' has been started by someone else, so here is it.
Personally I'm more interested in people being happy than in what they are doing (unless it makes them...

I doubt there is anyone here who needs to do so (and if they do, possibly they will be able to afford an accountant!) but there is an article in Les Echos today.
There is the flat rate 30% tax made up of 12.8 tax and 17.2% social charges (reduced for S1 holders?). Declaration needs to be made on form 3916. There is a need to use form 2086...

Stupid bloody algorithms.

Mind you, I bet the town of Fucking in Austria ran foul of the algorithm as well, particularly if that was the title of their home page - perhaps that's why they officially changed the town's name as of January this year.

What are your thoughts on the proposal for a Royal Yacht in memory of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth, Baron Greenwich, Royal Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Extra Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, Member of the Order of Merit, Grand Master and First and...

Not sure how they came up with that one I thought they are still killing each other.
Not sure the Syrians will want to go home, I wouldn't.
Denmark has cancelled their refugee permits.

I've been looking at French cars today and have seen this. Are the kms about right or too high?

2009 year 160 345 kms

It's a 1.9 TDI

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Bought Oregon brush cutter some time ago but just to say what a time saver it is. I have about a quarter of an acre of land that is overgrown with brambles up to 6ft tall, this attachment to my strimmer made light work of it, it pulverizes the weeds to a mulch, I thought I would have to get a contractor in but this only...

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Since I have a hole in my wellies I wondered if people would like to add any factual updates and progress reports here. The other thread has too much schit to wade through. For me anyway. Since my application, other than confirmation of my dossier, I've heard nothing. It's only 36 days (who's counting) so no panic. It is nice and heartening also...

Greeting earth lovers,
To me gardening is everything and i am really thankful to be able both in health and get up and go to be gardening,
You learn so much and without trying you come closer to nature
Last year I did both a stupid and a dangerous thing, It was early one summers morning and i had just had a shower, the bath room window was wide...

Some very cheap houses for sale, has anyone been there.