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Taxing times in la belle France
Posted on 9:00am Saturday 6th October 2007
IT IS a commonly held belief that truth is stranger than fiction. I suppose there is an element of truth in that, depending on which work of fiction it is that you use as your starting point. As we rapidly approach the fourth trimestre of the tax year, I can't helping thinking of Joseph Heller's classic Catch 22.
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What a Lot we've got
Posted on 3:13pm Thursday 27th September 2007
IF you are going to choose to live in a foreign country you should really try to take advantage of all that the country has to offer.
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There's many a true word
Posted on 3:10pm Thursday 27th September 2007
WHOEVER sows the wild wind shall reap the whirlwind. That chap in his glasshouse should not throw stones; those chickens will come home to roost.
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Artistic Licence
Posted on 4:41pm Tuesday 11th September 2007
NOT all that long ago, wealthy families who cast out a black sheep put him on a ship for France. Once the ne'er-do-well landed he would make his way to Paris, find himself a garret, buy a set of paintbrushes and starve to death.
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Dipso Diaries
Posted on 4:40pm Tuesday 11th September 2007
COME the end of August, the tourist traffic here starts to thin out, but the lanes are once again blocked by bizarre-looking tractors perched high on spindly legs, looking like something from the War of the Worlds. Also on the move are gangs of itinerant North Africans.
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Dodgy Imports
Posted on 4:38pm Tuesday 11th September 2007
THE wave of humanity fleeing the oppression of the British Isles for a new life beneath the benevolent azure skies of the continent seems to be showing no signs of abating. That is, if the hi-tech, population-migration-measuring device of my telephone is anything to go by.
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Do that up!
Posted on 2:02pm Tuesday 11th September 2007
SOMETIMES life is just full of surprises. No matter how much you plan and cogitate, you never really know what is around the corner. Such was the case when we began the process of buying the two ruins next to the bottom of our garden.
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Trevor Morris and his wife Sue left Charlton Down in 2002 for the Tarn region of southern France, where Trevor renovates old properties. In his spare moments he writes a weekly column about his experiences for the Dorset Echo Weekend Magazine.
