According to Jean-Paul Sartre,  'Hell is other people', and whilst I would go along with that to a large extent,  there are some people whose company I enjoy, although whether they enjoy mine is another story.

I may be destined to go to Hell for many reasons, but as yet have no first hand experience of it, despite often wondering what it might be

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It has long been a contention of mine, much to the annoyance of those who have wanted to preserve the illusion of France as the bastion of good taste in all things, especially food,  that the French are amongst the world's greatest consumers of junk food, more politely known as fast food.

The proliferation of MacDonalds, Quick, and so on,

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I am a wheelchair user who wants to move with partner and daughters family to France but I am totally confused about the health care system and whether I will qualify for entry. Basic position is as follows:

I want to live in France as a resident but work in the UK where I do consultancy work. I am 60 years old and my plan was to work for 2 more

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In a comment to another post (EHIC/CEAM Play the right card!), MikeP voices scepticism about my suggestion in the title of this post.

I maintain that French health cover is cheap for the price. I have no doubts whatever about this -- which is a total ideological about turn for me and the conclusion of many years observation which have proved my

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