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Blue Sky



Joined: 30 Jan 2005
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Location: France
PostPosted: Fri Feb 02, 07 6:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Bye the way M&F

Love the avatar. petite demande ...

Could you mirror the image please? It is annoying me

Tay



Joined: 08 Oct 2006
Posts: 2811
Location: Newcastle-upon-Tyne
PostPosted: Sat Feb 03, 07 2:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Arghhh. French radio. Dreadful. I agree with Simon - Classic fm, or BBC Asian channel for that authentic curry house feeling. My musical tastes are the opposite ends of the extreme; classical or metal/rock/punk/alternative - neither are catered for well here. If you don't mind 'pop' music here, you're ok.

Windymiller



Joined: 02 Apr 2006
Posts: 550
Location: West Wales
PostPosted: Fri May 25, 07 9:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

I did briiefly consider moving to France when I was told that you can buy a 2,500M2 building plot for less cash than a 300M2 plot in the UK. Ah well, keep on looking.

dougal



Joined: 15 Jan 2005
Posts: 7184
Location: South Kent
PostPosted: Fri May 25, 07 10:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Simon wrote:
Classic FM comes through on broadband really well, If you like that sort of thing


Might be useful to mention this type of product
https://www.altatechnology.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=873

It plugs into USB and sends *any* computer audio to one or more FM radios around the house (tuned into the right frequency).
So *broadband* radio can be listened to away from the computer...

Blue Sky



Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 7658
Location: France
PostPosted: Fri May 25, 07 10:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Too many gadgets Dougal.

dougal



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Location: South Kent
PostPosted: Fri May 25, 07 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Simon wrote:
Too many gadgets Dougal.

Better than "too much info"

Blue Sky



Joined: 30 Jan 2005
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Location: France
PostPosted: Fri May 25, 07 10:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Hmmmmm!

wellington womble



Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands
PostPosted: Sat May 26, 07 9:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

dougal wrote:
Simon wrote:
Classic FM comes through on broadband really well, If you like that sort of thing


Might be useful to mention this type of product
https://www.altatechnology.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=873

It plugs into USB and sends *any* computer audio to one or more FM radios around the house (tuned into the right frequency).
So *broadband* radio can be listened to away from the computer...


Dougal, do I need to know anything about computers to do this (please bear in mind I can't get my iPod to talk to my computer, when answering this!) And does it work with listen again?

dougal



Joined: 15 Jan 2005
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Location: South Kent
PostPosted: Sat May 26, 07 1:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

wellington womble wrote:
... do I need to know anything about computers to do this (please bear in mind I can't get my iPod to talk to my computer, when answering this!) And does it work with listen again?

Such a thing should work with any/all sound output. So, yes, good for 'listen again' in another room from the computer.

BUT, that one plugs in to usb, (- only! so its easy, convenient, one cable), but it means that you have to install software (not least to tune the transmitter to a frequency that is vacant).

There are lots of other such devices - some plug into a headphone socket and have a display and buttons (rather than software) for tuning the thing. But then they need a power lead and/or batteries...
like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000F37GOU/3000054-21/

Be aware that such things are not true hi-fi quality - but are generally at least as good as most portable radios. And the range of the transmitter will depend on what is in the way - so it might not work at the far end of the house...
... and I find that, at home, I prefer to listen to my iPod by radio (an iTrip) rather than through earphones.

Dunno what your iPod problem might be, that one should be really straightforward...

Anyway, I mentioned it because radio (and nowadays internet radio) can be really important to expats.
Even now, I still enjoy listening to the BBC World Service...

Rob R



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York
PostPosted: Sat May 26, 07 1:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Everyone I know who has gone to France start off by telling you "It's wonderful here..." and then procede to list all the bad points of living in France, finishing up by saying "...so you see how wonderful it is?"

Err... Forgive me if I'm happy where I am

Rob R



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PostPosted: Sat May 26, 07 1:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

But at least they are actually living there- the people that are annoying are those who live here & try telling you how much better you would be living somewhere else- if that's the case just go! and leave me in peace

jamanda
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PostPosted: Sat May 26, 07 2:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Rob R wrote:
But at least they are actually living there- the people that are annoying are those who live here & try telling you how much better you would be living somewhere else- if that's the case just go! and leave me in peace


Ditto, I get driven mad by winging about how the country has gone to the dogs. This place is better, that place is better. Even more so when people whine about the town I have chosen to live in. If they don't like it they should find somewhere else better suited. I think it's pretty good all in all.

Went



Joined: 19 Mar 2006
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PostPosted: Sat May 26, 07 2:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Same with 'incomers' - we moved to Spain in a rural area and accept that life in the country comes with all that farming and smallholding has to offer - sometimes mud on road, manure, muck spreading, animals - what really irritates are those who come and buy holiday homes and complain about everything - if you want it sanitised - stick with your lot and stop moaning.....


and Simon - France might be the best place to live but Northern Spain is even better.....

Blue Sky



Joined: 30 Jan 2005
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Location: France
PostPosted: Sat May 26, 07 3:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Rob R wrote:
Everyone I know who has gone to France start off by telling you "It's wonderful here..." and then procede to list all the bad points of living in France, finishing up by saying "...so you see how wonderful it is?"

Err... Forgive me if I'm happy where I am


If you have ever read "Sixty million Frenchmen can't be wrong" Rob then you will realise how uncanny your statement here is. That is the French summed up and so I suppose that is how your friends that have moved to France sum the place up and report back.

If youz happy where you are then good for you. I am happy here too at present.

woodsprite



Joined: 20 Mar 2006
Posts: 2943
Location: North Herefordshire
PostPosted: Sat May 26, 07 4:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

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Same with 'incomers' - we moved to Spain in a rural area and accept that life in the country comes with all that farming and smallholding has to offer - sometimes mud on road, manure, muck spreading, animals - what really irritates are those who come and buy holiday homes and complain about everything - if you want it sanitised - stick with your lot and stop moaning.....

Ditto for rural England. I'm afraid I got quite heated at a dinner party last week. A new couple have moved up from Surrey and I listened to her complaining about the neighbours cockerel, no Waitrose, not being able to move a few yards in the market without having to "negociate around people chatting away as though they have all the time in the world". I bit my tongue for a long time and eventually suggested, very politely, that she might not be suited to rural life!
I like France,
I love Northern Spain,
I ADORE South Shropshire.

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