What was your first post on Survive France?

[Corona]

I have no idea, can you pick it up from the thread above?

[AngelaR]

Just like @larkswood12 , my first post was about tax

@AngelaR

Hello People

I’ve only just found this site so this is my first post (apart from the training ones)
The tone and advice seem to be kindly and helpful, which is a great relief as I’m feeling rather isolated at the moment.

I’ve been putting my head resolutely in the sand since the arrival of my tax return this year. I did one for my part-year last year with the help of the delightful departmental tax people but I need to get going with this one pretty pronto.

I found a post on another thread for last year linking to an annualised exchange rate from Insee to use but I couldn’t work my way round the website to find one for this year. Could some kind person help please?

Thank you so much

Dull, eh?

[SuePJ]

Not at all - polite, saying something nice about the site, explaining well what you need - couldn’t be better.

[JohnBoy]

My 1st post was 3rd January 2010 which not surprisingly was about the cost of building materials and the best outlets to purchase from in France. I have never been good with names as my first post confirms as I replied to Cat calling her Karen

I agree with Karen, however in response to your question regarding raw materials then I presume you are referring to building materials and general renovation products which on the face of it are more expensive here however unlike in England where the general public seem to be given the same prices at builders merchants as contractors then here that does not apply. A registered Artisan is treated with the repect they deserve and are automatically given preferential rates like it used to be back in England in the good old days which is one more reason to add to Karens pro’s list. One outlet that does sell cheap building materials is Brico Depot which also belongs to the Kingfisher group ( Castorama, B&Q etc ) but beware as while there certainly are bargains you can easily overspend on the ‘add ons’ as with all shops they have to make a buck somehow.

My post was just 26 days after @cat joined SF who presumably was persuaded to do so by @james who kicked SF off when he joined on 15th May 2009.

I remember searching on line at the time for some help illustrating a book when I found Catharine. A brief chat did give me some leads but at the time Cat was too busy to take things further. A few days later I got an email all about Survive France with an invitation to join, and the rest is history.

[Bristolpete]

That would be a terrible insult now potentially! Does anyone know how Karen came to be associated with a rude, aggressive woman? The term seemed to appear in the pandemic, just as all the builders, doctors and mechanics disappeared. Alien involvement??

[ChrisMann]

@Bristolpete

Does anyone know how Karen came to be associated with a rude, aggressive woman?

I think there was a specific case in America that started it, but I can’t recall exactly what or when.

There was also this, though her name is Taylor not Karen, and the cat is called Smudge.

[billybutcher]

@Bristolpete

Does anyone know how Karen came to be associated with a rude, aggressive woman?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_(slang)

For the term “Karen”, several possible origins have been proposed.[11] Early uses of Karen as a joke punchline include the airheaded character Karen (played by Amanda Seyfried) from the 2004 film Mean Girls, Dane Cook’s 2005 sketch “The Friend Nobody Likes” on his album Retaliation,[12] and a 2016 Internet meme regarding a woman in an ad for the Nintendo Switch console who exhibits perceived antisocial behavior and is given the nickname “antisocial Karen”.[13][14] In December 2017, Karen memes regarding entitled women went viral on Reddit, the earliest being from user karmacop9, who ranted about his ex-wife Karen taking custody of their children. The posts led to the creation of the subreddit r/F**kYouKaren, containing memes about the posts, and inspiring spinoffs including r/karen and r/EntitledKarens dedicated to criticizing Karens.[12][13]

[Ancient_Mariner]

@billybutcher

Karen (slang) - Wikipedia

Ah, but how do you know it’s reliable?

[billybutcher]

@Ancient_Mariner

Ah, but how do you know it’s reliable?

Quite

[ChrisMann]

@Ancient_Mariner

Ah, but how do you know it’s reliable?

Yes it could have been written by a “Karen” (not from Lot).