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Marquis de Potpourri
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I live in Vermont so I am truly sorry if you took my comment as “classist”. It was not the way it was intended. Here we have virtually no stores so I do most of my shopping online. I do not know where I would be without UPS, FedEx and USPS. Very grateful for them. I even order food items online as we only have two small grocery stores and you cannot get everything there.
NOT TO DERAIL:
It must be lovely to live in such an unhurried and quaint area! Lived in Manhattan all my life (where there isn't a single Walmart) and I always look forward to weekends in the country, where the nearest Walmart is still a good 35 miles away!
The nearest market is Citarella for the posh and uppity. SJ would fit right in! 
Bored Mermaid CC
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Off with their heads!
I have been just as guilty of over-correcting, as a former teacher, it's a natural instinct but I know I shouldn't and am trying to stop myself!! In most speech, fluency is certainly more important than accuracy and we native speakers often make mistakes ourselves.
I just decided to spend all my money and not to give or leave it for the kids. It seems it won't do them any good, at least I am not sure if it boosts the working morale.
Le Comte de Monte Cristo
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The Caloen family who own the castle, is belgian nobility..normally these are not poor..and it still amaze me to see them participate in the Lalande live chat...
And who are these fools??? And won’t their little dog need to be quarantined? Am use to Americans being this foolish but I guess the Canadians have got the pandemic cornered.I did watch it ... was full of BS - they spent their time justifying why they were here .... and it didn’t washduring a pandemic
Sarah affirmed he had french lineage he corrected said British ....
Then the fiasco of jumping boarders - if your requirements are to gain access threw uKthen you need to wait in that territory.... not the one your trying to get to....
So my guess is advice was given Get the info down - lay real low ... and pray
Am concerned for the other intrepid Canadian s who teach in the USAwho are now mid flight
hoping to land in France
(Paris) and attempt to plead their case
If not they intend to fly to Poland - and drive back to France
Have they no clue that breaking boarders when your not allowedin at the first one
... will get u thrown out .
The mind boggles
Le Comte de Monte Cristo
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And then with her shitty clothes still on sitting in her boooooodoir... whell it doesnt make much of a difference....peacockshit on her chair.. or micepoo...i would imagine..oh that's why she's suddenly wearing barely used work clothes.
I think she liked the Anneka Rice posts
Maple fairy
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Oh how lovely! I could consider passing the hat for that one!
FrenchGirl123
Chatty Member
Billy is married or in civil partnership with Gwendoline. And his kid is French. No problem for him.
Ryan has spent his childhood in France and must have studied there too. Even if we don't really know all his details. Quite sure he'll have no problem to get a residency card for himself.
Marquis de Potpourri
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Eating a radish straight from the ground! What is wrong with this woman? Or better yet, what isn't wrong with this woman? 
I'm not sure she has lied about it, though. She has always referred to him as "my brother", not "my adopted brother" and DJ could still have rescued him from playing with matches on a street, already knowing he was his son and being concerned about how he was living/behaving so managed to persuade IJ to agree (that must have been difficult although he was cheap labour!).
Yes on the horrific state of the attic. I have never understood how that was left in its present condition as in the video that she did about it saying that she liked that it was still in its original state? And then I think about the bats in the cellar under one of the ground level rooms. I think I would have them moved as I would not want to live in the same place…who knows if that could be affecting their health.Thank you @Gibson you've convinced me to buy the book.
Interesting to hear about the tile, so soaking them overnight isn't going to help?
Even with all their experience (Dick an engineer, Angel an accountant), I'm sure they encounter many problems at the chateau, but I liked that they cleaned the place first, eww the horror that is the Lalande's attic! But seriously, how difficult is it to have a plan and stick with it! But no, Lalande is a the party place for Peter Pans.
sandro37
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so how many nursing homes did they own, exactly?Quote: "a painting by my Father of one of my parents nursing homes"
Raidsend .. 'a hall of late Art Nouveau style, with 'elongated Dutch gables, tall narrow windows and subtle pargetting'
Now known as Aldringham Court Care Home, Leiston, Suffolk. Grade II listed.
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A brief history of Cecil Howard Lay, mentioning some of his works, photos of some buildings and paintings, and a poem.aldringham.onesuffolk.net
ALDRINGHAM COURT, Aldringham cum Thorpe - 1393143 | Historic England
List entry 1393143. Grade II Listed Building: Aldringham Court. May include summary, reasons for designation and history.historicengland.org.uk
Dippy Hippy
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I suspect that some of these posts are p***takes. Maybe SJ will get out the Spode for the cream teas and Marie can be the tour guideI tell you : they're all mad ! And I'm not speaking of the Lalanders only
I love wildlife...as long as it is in its natural habitat....outside.....except for the baby toad I almost stepped on in my bedroom last summer.....I would never have forgiven myself if I had mistakenly stepped on him.....no idea how he was able to make it in.....felt terribly I had to gather him up and put him outside again in the rain.....but different feelings for spiders altogether......which makes me to wonder if they have many spiders in France? With the doors and windows open .....?
Jikki2
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I think you didn't get the memo about anyways. It's a real word irrigardless of what you think.Totally agree. I also get really irritated by the way she is always saying 'anyways'. It's 'anyway' FFS!
Anyways, her mannerisms annoy me, too.
Definition of ANYWAYS
anyhow, anyway; anywise; to any degree at all… See the full definition
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