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Post by Grecian on Oct 2, 2013 19:29:42 GMT 2
...to England, Baz?
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Post by Grecian on Oct 4, 2013 20:04:56 GMT 2
Baz?
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Post by Grecian on Oct 7, 2013 19:57:15 GMT 2
Oh well....
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Post by grumpy on Oct 7, 2013 20:12:37 GMT 2
There are coordinates throughout southern England for various children, so I'm guessing Baz and Mrs Baz are getting clucky over wanting to be nearer to those kids.
How are you tinny?
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Post by Grecian on Oct 7, 2013 20:51:35 GMT 2
Nah, it's not that...
Fine thanks; just think that Flushed is Fucked..
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Post by missalaska on Oct 7, 2013 21:00:18 GMT 2
I think they've had it with the bureaucracy
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Post by grumpy on Oct 7, 2013 21:11:53 GMT 2
What would you like to do with Flushed?
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Post by Baz Faz on Oct 7, 2013 23:11:13 GMT 2
Helloooooooo.
Mrs Faz has an annual visit to Bath to see her little boy (aged 45 or so) and his family. This year I tagged along. We went to see market towns to see if we liked them as a possibility to live in. Mrs Faz feels that as we are now old we should be living in England where our various children can come to our aid. Also she points out that French bureaucracy is horrendous. Though we have signed documents to make sure that the survivor continues to enjoy the deceased one's estate, the laws change constantly. It is better to be in the UK where one has control over one's estate.
Also there are quirks in French life that can completely surprise you. For instance, a Dutch friend died here and was hit by something we would never have thought of. Their bank account was registered as Monsieur and Madame. Monsieur was dead so the account was frozen. For months she was unable to draw money out of her account. However if the account had been Monsieur or Madame she would have been all right.
It is just the sort of idiotic surprise a bereaving spouse does not want to have.
Anyway we have now bought a house in Chipping Sodbury. You may know it better as Sodding Chipbury.
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Post by grumpy on Oct 7, 2013 23:23:04 GMT 2
Congrats on the house purchase Baz, nice rural area by the looks of google maps! Will there be a renovations thread or is it move-in ready?
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Post by Baz Faz on Oct 7, 2013 23:35:21 GMT 2
Grumpy, the house is in immaculate condition. Every other house we viewed may have looked good on the estate agent's photos but in reality needed work.
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Post by Grecian on Oct 8, 2013 21:23:05 GMT 2
That is half of the Story, Baz!! And you so know!
Glad you replied and thank you...
If i'm on the end of the House Warming Party Invitations then great...
....I'll Gate crash the fecker anyway as you and Jill are Stars!
(I don't have a Sat Nav so can you send me directions, please?)
Still 'Strange' you moving back to Blighty!...
We can discuss that aspect....
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Post by Baz Faz on Oct 8, 2013 23:12:22 GMT 2
We took our sat nav with us (the car hire people quoted about £8 a day to provide one). It was amazing. It guided us through all manner of difficult towns. Only Trowbridge defeated it. I don't know what upset the poor dear.
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Post by Grecian on Oct 9, 2013 21:00:17 GMT 2
You ever watched those Shite Films - Transporter, Baz? I think they are up to 3 now...
Anyway, the French Policeman who helps Jason Statham all along just reminds me of you!
Crap Films but you should watch the first one just to see who I mean!
Let us know about the House Warming and I may just sneak up in an E-Type......
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Post by Baz Faz on Oct 9, 2013 23:01:19 GMT 2
House warming is in the future. We're not moving until we have sold our house in Frogland.
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Post by mockchoc on Oct 16, 2013 9:44:39 GMT 2
Hope your move goes smoothly Baz  |
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Post by Baz Faz on Oct 16, 2013 10:50:52 GMT 2
So do we, Mocksie. But it won't be until we have sold our house in France.
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Post by outside cat @wino on Oct 16, 2013 21:55:33 GMT 2
You can high five on the way out of France the Englanders all making the opposite move Baz
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Post by Grecian on Oct 17, 2013 19:32:27 GMT 2
That happened years ago, wino - proobably about the time that Baz had his Dream and made the move..
Loads of Brits went over maybe 15+ years ago to see if they could buy a dissused Barn and ATTEMPT to get water and lecy into the shell and then realised that France is full of Beaurocratic Shite..
The only person to make money in France is the bloke who fitted reversing lights on French tanks during the 2nd World War!! (That's a joke, by the way!)
Don't tell them about the teetering rocks above your house, Baz, or is that all sorted?
You got Obelix on the case?
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Post by Baz Faz on Oct 17, 2013 20:01:07 GMT 2
Teetering rocks were the previous house - keep up there. We sold that land and the contract said the purchasers were aware of the history of the rock fall.
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Post by outside cat @wino on Oct 17, 2013 22:21:36 GMT 2
I had a look at a doer upperer this year in France and the consensus was no fucking way due to bureaucracy....
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Post by Baz Faz on Oct 17, 2013 23:43:39 GMT 2
Somebody made an estimate of how many laws and regulations were in force in France and it was 800,000. It is mindboggling and infuriating. If the authorities want to catch you out they always can. I simply do not know the number of rules there are about a car. You need a safety triangle and a luminous jacket and they have to be in the body of the car not the boot. You need a spare set of bulbs for all the lights. You need 2 breath test kits. Your number plates have to be welded not screwed. If you wear glasses you must carry a spare pair. Of course you need your licence and your insurance and your mechanical test certificate and your car papers. The tyre tread must be more than a one euro coin in thickness. Your screen wash bottle must be full. And on and on.
And yet... A simple-minded woman in Mrs Faz's choir is learning to drive. She is probably in her late 50s and as I said she is a bit simple. Because of her age she will not have to take a written test. And if she decides to drive a low powered car she will not even have to take a practical test. So, living 8 kms away from us there will be a dim woman who has had no driving test being allowed on the road. I shall keep a very sharp eye out for her.
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Post by outside cat @wino on Oct 18, 2013 6:43:46 GMT 2
I hate those restricted licences for the old chooks either you can or you can't no exemptions, I used to berate our town doctor for doing exactly that with a supporting letter to the licencing authorities. The licences were good for 15 k's from home. Once a year we would scrape an old chook off the road or out of someone's front yard.......
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Post by Grecian on Oct 18, 2013 20:20:35 GMT 2
Roadkill!
How would you cook an old chook, Baz?
I assume that long roasting and rosemary/garlic would be involved?
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