Comments on: French bureaucracy and trenches in the garden http://www.francethisway.com/wp/digging-trenches-in-the-garden/2007/09/ Living in France and daily life for a UK expat in the French blog! Thu, 24 May 2012 13:33:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Matt Smith http://www.francethisway.com/wp/digging-trenches-in-the-garden/2007/09/comment-page-1/#comment-14980 Matt Smith Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:37:01 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/digging-trenches-in-the-garden/2007/09/#comment-14980 Mrs B must truly be formidable. Usually it costs me a case of damn fine Whisky to get the loan of a pen to sign my cheques where the Mairie is concerned! Mrs B must truly be formidable. Usually it costs me a case of damn fine Whisky to get the loan of a pen to sign my cheques where the Mairie is concerned!

]]> By: Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/digging-trenches-in-the-garden/2007/09/comment-page-1/#comment-10163 Boris Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:46:59 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/digging-trenches-in-the-garden/2007/09/#comment-10163 Farfallina - we'll reserve judgement on how things worked out until February, if you don't mind... Kevin, strangely no one suggested that. Would have worked well in our rock free terrain, I would have thought. Perhaps it costs a lot more to do than digging a trench? The water pipe does need to go up and down a bit with the undulating ground, perhaps that's the problem. Cheers Farfallina – we’ll reserve judgement on how things worked out until February, if you don’t mind…

Kevin, strangely no one suggested that. Would have worked well in our rock free terrain, I would have thought. Perhaps it costs a lot more to do than digging a trench? The water pipe does need to go up and down a bit with the undulating ground, perhaps that’s the problem.

Cheers

]]> By: Kevin http://www.francethisway.com/wp/digging-trenches-in-the-garden/2007/09/comment-page-1/#comment-10162 Kevin Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:34:57 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/digging-trenches-in-the-garden/2007/09/#comment-10162 Dont see why they need cause any mess. Water mains can be moled through the ground with just a trench at each end! If they dont have the gear in france, I might be on to something! SSHHHH dont tell anyone! Dont see why they need cause any mess. Water mains can be moled through the ground with just a trench at each end!
If they dont have the gear in france, I might be on to something!
SSHHHH dont tell anyone!

]]> By: Farfallina... a roam to Rome http://www.francethisway.com/wp/digging-trenches-in-the-garden/2007/09/comment-page-1/#comment-10144 Farfallina... a roam to Rome Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:37:03 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/digging-trenches-in-the-garden/2007/09/#comment-10144 Wow! I'm glad things actually worked out for you in the end :) It could have been frustrating, but I'm glad it wasn't :) Wow! I’m glad things actually worked out for you in the end :) It could have been frustrating, but I’m glad it wasn’t :)

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