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Hi Henry, yes we were lucky enough to find our little sweet cottage in Deux Sevres, cheap in the scheme of things, but not cheap to us! Well our notaire chappie was very good and spoke good English too but as to whether he was the French scholar we should be trusting is another matter.
'Eleanor' has come through the board on several occasions since then with short say three word sentences only, always little pearls of wisdom or completely random stuff about France. One message said, speak to Duval. Now you will be just as incredulous as we were when I tell you about two months after that message (bearing in mind we did not know any Duval connection and although it sounds like a common enough French name, there certainly isn't that many Duvals listed on the internet) We received a letter from our French Bank Credit Mutuel informing us of the new manager there - yes his name Christian Duval. I am quite happy to believe it was coincidence but it certainly gives you that spine chill feeling.
We did debate for some time regarding the language that was used but just decided there is no answer to it. Incidentally, we only speak a little French and certainly have little or no knowledge of Middle English.
glamour_dust - thank you for your comments. My honest answer I just don't know what to believe about it all and as you can see from the above, we have received further messages. I have kept notes of the times we have used the board. The last time we got together was 12th May and on checking the message that came through was:
YOU WILL FIND A SOLUTION / SELL / LET CLIVE WANT / DO VISIT THOUARS / CLIVE WANTS TO GET A CAR / LIN THIS REF
Obviously not quite so eloquent or accurate and you have to smile about the car bit, who wouldn't want a car. We have been to Thouars on many occasions, its our nearest town, so 'do visit Thouars' doesn't mean much either. As most at people at given time might have we had plenty of problems, some minor some not so, so 'you will find a solution' is a little ambiguous to say the least too.
I've no wish to keep going on about my own personal experiences, bore you all to tears lol. I have shared the main points with you all. If anyone is interested in hearing what little more there is please pm me.
at James :lol:
Sorry my posts are long, I'm a typist so can type as fast as I think and I get carried away sometimes
'Eleanor' has come through the board on several occasions since then with short say three word sentences only, always little pearls of wisdom or completely random stuff about France. One message said, speak to Duval. Now you will be just as incredulous as we were when I tell you about two months after that message (bearing in mind we did not know any Duval connection and although it sounds like a common enough French name, there certainly isn't that many Duvals listed on the internet) We received a letter from our French Bank Credit Mutuel informing us of the new manager there - yes his name Christian Duval. I am quite happy to believe it was coincidence but it certainly gives you that spine chill feeling.
We did debate for some time regarding the language that was used but just decided there is no answer to it. Incidentally, we only speak a little French and certainly have little or no knowledge of Middle English.
glamour_dust - thank you for your comments. My honest answer I just don't know what to believe about it all and as you can see from the above, we have received further messages. I have kept notes of the times we have used the board. The last time we got together was 12th May and on checking the message that came through was:
YOU WILL FIND A SOLUTION / SELL / LET CLIVE WANT / DO VISIT THOUARS / CLIVE WANTS TO GET A CAR / LIN THIS REF
Obviously not quite so eloquent or accurate and you have to smile about the car bit, who wouldn't want a car. We have been to Thouars on many occasions, its our nearest town, so 'do visit Thouars' doesn't mean much either. As most at people at given time might have we had plenty of problems, some minor some not so, so 'you will find a solution' is a little ambiguous to say the least too.
I've no wish to keep going on about my own personal experiences, bore you all to tears lol. I have shared the main points with you all. If anyone is interested in hearing what little more there is please pm me.
at James :lol:
Sorry my posts are long, I'm a typist so can type as fast as I think and I get carried away sometimes