Wet weekend, dry week?

November 2, 2010

tags: Cote D Azur, Currencies Direct, Exchange rates, Facebook, Foreign Currency, Living In France, Moving To France, Valbonne

I have now abandoned the building of my ark. Some blue sky this morning has caused me to down tools. The storm was of biblical proportions, according to local sources as much as 40 cm’s of rain in some places, with 33 cm measured on the nearby Plateau d Cassouls, a new record for the area.

I see on Wayne Browns’s Facebook page that he was yesterday offering three ten metre berths…at his house in the hills at Chateauneuf.
My picture today shows the damage done by the rain to my neighbours drive. He is on holiday, so has the joy of trying to get to his house when he gets back awaiting him.

Drive might need a bit of work

That nice lady decorator almost derailed my teetotal aspirations for this week at the first hurdle by inviting friends over last night but in the event she cancelled it because of her sniffle. Not, it should be noted because of the full blown man flu that I have developed. She is of the mistaken opinion that we have the same affliction.

This is clearly nonsense as she is able to undertake cooking and her normal daily chores, where as I have been bed ridden for most of yesterday. At one stage I suggested I needed a drip, but she snorted and used the word drip in an entirely different and not very complementary way. I think she was referring to me but I was too ill to be certain.
Despite my affliction, and the scorn I received for my contention that time spent in bed yesterday was still used wisely, underlines the fact that she does not understand the importance of planning. In these circumstances I find that lateral thinking can be very useful. I also believe that lateral thinking in its truest sense can only be fully effective if one is in a literally lateral position. Hence I spent a lot of yesterday in bed, planning.

Planning how best to mop up not only the house, but the last poor souls in the area who are still losing money on foreign exchange transfers. To aid this movement I have set up a Facebook page called “don’t get ripped of by your bank on foreign exchange deals” should any of my newly content Currencies Direct wish to join this movement, or indeed anyone else who are unfortunate enough to use a rival organisation (there are some friends I cannot mention whom still have not seen the light but Peter Lynn in particular should be hanging his head in shame when he reads this) just click on the title to register your unhappiness with the way banks deal with forex transactions, or click HERE

An early walk along The Brague this morning is the reason for the late post, and if I had finished the ark, by the look of the damage visible on the banks of the river, the ark could well have been washed away. I can tell you, that there is a certain spaniel who would not have made the final guest list in my ark. Banjo, the evil cocker is a good swimmer and I feel he would have wanted to show off.

Chris France

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