Posted by: Fred - Thu-18-07-2013, 11:31 AM
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With the UK warning people about the heatwave and the weather forecast for this area saying it's going to get hotter, I thought it would be a good idea to have some tips on how to survive a heatwave.
What you should do:
Keep out of the sun from 11am – 3pm.
Avoid coffee and alcohol.
Avoid hot meals.
Avoid protein-rich meals.
Drink plenty of water.
Eat plenty of fresh vegetables.
Keep your shutters closed during the day.
Tips to keep cool:
Visit public buildings with air conditioning.
Downstairs is usually cooler than upstairs.
Keep a spray bottle filled with cold water in the fridge.
Take cool showers, and use moisturisers.
Wear a sun hat.
Wet towel or a bag of frozen peas can cool your head.
What to watch for:
Heat Cramps.
Heat Rash/Bumps.
Heat Exhaustion.
Heat Stroke.
If you feel sick, faint, weak, or nauseas get to a cool place, sip water and try to cool your body down.
If your body stops sweating and you feel confused and lethargic, you should consider getting professional advice from a GP or Hospital.
Please remember to keep an eye on the sick, the elderly, and don’t forget the animals too.
Problems to watch for in pets are:
Rapid panting.
Wide eyes.
Lots of drooling.
Hot skin.
Twitching muscles.
Vomiting.
Dazed look.
At the moment France has not issued any warnings but you may want to keep an eye on the Carte de Vigilance for updates.
Posted by: Fred - Wed-17-07-2013, 12:10 PM
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If you use or want to find L'agence Pôle emploi de Montmorillon (Unemployment Office) from Monday, July 29th 2012 you will need to go to the new office at Rue Daniel-Cormier which I think is near the Funeral Directors just off Boulevard Du Terrier Blanc on the North Ring Road.
Posted by: Fred - Sat-13-07-2013, 12:37 PM
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Lately I've been getting a lot of annoying phone calls, It's bad enough getting unwanted phone calls as it is but the ones I'm getting now are automated.
I pick the phone up and get an auto message telling me I have an important call, or it tells me to push 1 for this 2 for that etc.
Just wondered if anyone else is getting these as I have told freinds/family they will have to talk to my answerphone before I pick up, though the other day one of the automated calls started rabbiting on to my answerphone.
Posted by: Jen - Mon-08-07-2013, 15:30 PM
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A friend told us you can park a motorhome for free overnight at any town in France
We currently have a caravan but are thinking of buying a motorhome and wondered if anyone could clarify that you can park for free in montmorilon and is it safe.
Posted by: Fred - Mon-08-07-2013, 10:00 AM
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The new Around Montmorillon Forum is now officially open and you can now register for membership by clicking the Register button.
We look forward to welcoming both old and new members and we hope you like the new look. If you do then please tell others, if however you don't, then please tell us as we welcome your feedback.
We want Around Montmorillon to be a friendly forum and free from spam. So if you do have any problems please contact myself or Steve, or you can use the Contact Us link at the bottom left of this page.
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Posted by: Fred - Thu-27-06-2013, 21:26 PM
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We have just finished making 100 sausages from the left overs of a half a pig we purchased from the Ferme de la Vallée de la Brame and worked out we are paying around €1 per meal for excellent quality pork.
They are very friendly people and do speak a little English, they asked us how we wanted it cut up so you can get it cut to your liking. I got the skin and made some fantastic crackling, they even had a choice of sausage skin sizes. I'm thinking next time of buying a slicer as there was a nice piece that would make some great bacon.
The half a pig was just over 50Kg and cost €200 and we have got well over 200 portions. OK you have to lay that money out but in the long run if you can do it, you will save a huge amount on pork and the flavour is 1st class.
Posted by: millar - Wed-19-06-2013, 17:57 PM
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We are selling our cafe bar La Petite Fontaine in Le Dorat
This is a great going concern with 8 years trading
The price is very affordable its a turn key business up and trading
for further details contact us on 0555 602974
Posted by: Fred - Wed-19-06-2013, 10:53 AM
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When you make a new posts you will get a message telling you your action was successful. If you don't want to see this message and go straight to your post follow these instructions.
Go to your User CP and on the left hand side click "Edit Options" Scroll down and on the right you will see "Show friendly redirect pages." Uncheck that box and click "Update Options".
No more message.
*Please note this will also affect a sent PM, so you will not get notification that your message was sent successfully.
Posted by: Fred - Tue-18-06-2013, 14:57 PM
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Has anyone built their own house around this area?
We are thinking of a new build two bed bungalow and was wondering if anyone had done this. We have the land and could do most of the interior stuff including insulation, tiling, kitchen, bathroom, water, and electrics.
I'm just asking for peoples experience of self build, and a rough idea of costs for a 2 bed bungalow of footings, walls, roof, doors and windows ready for us to finish.
Posted by: Fred - Mon-17-06-2013, 14:51 PM
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If you want to help promote Around Montmorillon Brian has kindly made us some business cards.
If you know Brian he does have some cards he could pass on to you, or send him a PM and see if you could meet up with him in a secret location.
For those of that don't know Brian he has also made up a PDF that you can download to your computer and print them off as and when you need them: Click here
*If you do use the business cards in you local shop, bar, etc please do not put them out without permission from the owner first.
Posted by: Fred - Mon-17-06-2013, 12:29 PM
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This is a list off all Official French websites in English (*Note pages that lead off from the landing page may not be in English.) If you know of any more or find a mistake please post here and I will edit this post and remove your post to keep it neat.
France.fr is the multilingual reference portal for all the resources and services of the French public Internet.
Service-public.fr is the official website for the French civil service and a good gateway to the French civil service.
Conseil-etat.fr is a body of the French national government that acts both as legal adviser of the executive branch and as the supreme court for administrative justice.
NOTE: Although the links above are official websites, when dealing with the French authorities I would advise you to get a professional translation especially when dealing with legal matters.
Posted by: Fred - Mon-17-06-2013, 11:24 AM
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Sorry folks it looks like the time has gone wonky on the forum, I've tried fixing it with a big hammer but no luck. It should come right at the next clock change but that's not till Sept.
So for now members can fix it by going to their User CP > On the left click "Edit Options" > Scroll down to Date and time options > Change to GMT + 1 if not already done > Then change the next box to "Always use DST correction" > Scroll down and save options.
If that doesn't' work set it back again and save then try again. If still no luck you have two more options.
#1 Wait till September to see if it fixes itself.
#2 Borrow my Hammer.
Posted by: Steve - Mon-17-06-2013, 09:29 AM
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Medical: 15
Fire and Rescue: 18
Police: 17
Maritime 1616
Very useful numbers listed above, one thing that a lot of people may not know about is the Pan-European number112. If your French is not up to it (and we often become tongue-tied in high pressure situations) this service will normally have an English (or other) speaking person on call.
If you have any further advice, feel free to add to this thread.
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