Any cheerful news today? (Nothing negative please! рџ™‚) (Part 2)
A few ideas, Chris? I built the DREAM Smart Living Room!
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Airbnb changes rules on cleaning that guests have to do
When we used to travel to and from the Creuse, we’d often stay half way ish to Dieppe . Used to use booking dot and one place was an absolute shithole. I left a review (not a good one) and the platform changed it for me…One of the questions was What was the best thing, ? I wrote “leaving as soon as possible”. Now I jus
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No “Colin from Portsmouth” today, but… Are Billionaires Really To Blame?
Removing duplicate files/photos?
Interesting photo organiser - PhotoMove. I described to ChatGPT what I wanted and it found this software which looks to be a really great piece of kit if you want to reorganise your disorganised photos into date order. This is the free version. The full version costs 8.99 dollars. Rediscovering Photography Sort Photos
Ex Pat communities
Cue 4 Frenchmen sketch à la Python. We all have different wants and needs. I’m naturally solitary, having had a small number of close friends, but none apart from my wife in the last 35 years. OTOH she values a large number of friends, and would become desperate without them. I’d be quite happy in Cussy, but not her. P
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Fascinating subject and even more fascinating, funny and heart rending replies. It all goes to prove the old saying that everybody is different! I live in a little village in the Languedoc 34 (Pop 1600) I have lived here for 6 years and my girlfriend 13 years. We have a nice balance of European and French acquaintances
Who’s been hooked by Wordle? Feel free to join in! (Part 2)
Le Mot ( @WordleFR ) #1743 3/6 <img src="https://www.survivefrance.com/images/emoji/twitter/black_large_square.png?v=15" title=":black_large_square:" class="emoji" alt=":black_large_square:" loading="lazy" width="20" height="20...
UK Brexit - Good or bad?
JohnH: It’s interesting the consistency of the attacks on the people rather than the principles and how, in Trumpian fashion, every accusation has the air of a confession. Well, I was dealing with the word “woke”, which @kirsteastevenson had referred to in a personalised way. But there is an awful lot of pearls-clutchi
Trump should fear the BBC. Instead he’s picked a fight... 👏
Changing the conversation a little ..Having the premier terrestrial channels on the internet is gob smacking insecure from a national security perspective . Having them transmitted by TV masts , under the control of the central government provides better security. All you need is a Cloudstrike type malfunction and all
Who’s been hooked by Wordle? Feel free to join in! (Part 2)
Wordle 1,945 3/6 <img src="https://www.survivefrance.com/images...
Trump should fear the BBC. Instead he’s picked a fight... 👏
If Trump were ever to win, would the BBC go bankrupt?
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