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Not about electrics, but worth posting to help home 6 rescued kittens

We've just prevented our neighbour from dispatching the six kittens that his cat had last weekend. This cat has had 2-3 litters per year for the past 3 years, despite our constant nagging to get her sterilised. Often the more ordinary ones have been culled and the pretty ones given away, though we've only found out about the culling after the event.

The mother has had most of the litters in our house (including this recent one) and is pretty much our cat as she is not allowed in the neighbours house when they are out, or overnight (we feed her most days). She's really just a plaything for the neighbour's smaller child, who is only there every other week....

We're not in a position to take on more cats ourselves, having five already, so are looking for homes well in advance of the time that they can leave their mother. The litter consists of 5 black (some with white lower tums) and 1 black and white. Early signs are that there are 3 males and 3 females, but I will update on that.

I believe that cats are best taken on as pairs (or more) so we are really only looking for three homes or less. Please email if you have any questions.

Analogue TV - an important update

For anyone struggling to come to terms with using an anlaogue TV set here in France it's worth noting that all analogue TV transmitters in France will be swtiched off by/on November 30th 2011 as digital TV has now been introduced. There is a phased analogue shut-down starting this year. In other words, worrying about obtaining a compatible analogue set is getting a bit uneccessary. However, you do need to make sure that any digital option that you obtain is compliant with the French digital TV service.

There's information about possible TNT pit-falls in the article "Will my old TV work in France?" in the "TV - terrestrial" section, written in January 2008.

Today was an important one, because there is......

On being in France

I just couldn't resist a non-electrical posting for once.

Today I was working relatively close to home, so was able to nip back for lunch. In the course a that short journey I was lucky enough to spot two swans, a kestrel, our usual neighbourhood buzzard lurking on his favourite telegraph pole, & the entire countryside looking very green & lovely after recent hard rain. Oh, there was the normal collection of cows, sheep, chickens & horses en route as well.

I just thought that I'd try & do something to relieve the gloom that currently seems to be creeping into the news.

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