|OT| France - A la gauche!
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Great thread idea.
In my limited experience there are a lot of French or at least French speaking people here and on other popular forums.
So yeah, I'm looking at buying a smartphone, and would also like to not increase my bill by an unreasonable amount.
For now I'm Orange Open Up 2h 100Mo (TV Box, Unlimited Internet Phone, 1gbits/s Fiber, 2h and 10 mo mobile) for 47.99 /month
If I want the same with unlimited mobile I have to shell out 71.99 /month, which seem more than a little unreasonable.
In my limited experience there are a lot of French or at least French speaking people here and on other popular forums.
So yeah, I'm looking at buying a smartphone, and would also like to not increase my bill by an unreasonable amount.
For now I'm Orange Open Up 2h 100Mo (TV Box, Unlimited Internet Phone, 1gbits/s Fiber, 2h and 10 mo mobile) for 47.99 /month
If I want the same with unlimited mobile I have to shell out 71.99 /month, which seem more than a little unreasonable.
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Yeah 72€ is little much! I pay like 29€ at Free now for 1gb fibre and cell with unlimited call and texts and unlimited 4G. The fibre is under cheapher intro price for one year and later it will be I think 30€. It includes TV and landline too but I don't use them.
For the cell plan have you Li Kao considered just going with different provider?
For the cell plan have you Li Kao considered just going with different provider?
I'm even considering changing the whole provider. Every option are on the table. I'm tired of paying through the nose, and while I really would like unlimited everything, I don't use my phone near often enough to justify such a bill.
Edit - Damn, yeah, Free is 15 + 15 basically.
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The thing with Free, I'm in Paris and here it works great, not sure how their coverage is around France. Check and see if you find some reviews that bring up how they work where you live.
I would vouch for Free as well. It is cheap, especially for mobile phones.
That being said, I only have a basic mobile phone and I don't use it much, so I am happy with paying 2€/month for it (unlimited texts + 2 hours of call).
For optical fiber, I use their Freebox 4k, which I pay 30€/month for. The price has increased for new subscribers a few years ago, so it is 35€/month now.
That being said, I only have a basic mobile phone and I don't use it much, so I am happy with paying 2€/month for it (unlimited texts + 2 hours of call).
For optical fiber, I use their Freebox 4k, which I pay 30€/month for. The price has increased for new subscribers a few years ago, so it is 35€/month now.
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Not sure about the site credibility, but the Free score doesn't look hot. I sure AF don't want to lose speed. But that pricing.
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Just to make sure, I'm about to post a photo series named "Les Chats de Belleville" but I'm not sure if its like that or if it should be "de la Belleville"?
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What are you talking about ? Cheese has a strong taste and make you feel like you just hate a dead animal. That's a good cheese 
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Yes I realize my choices are very tame, but thats because those are the ones I usually get and havent tried any fancy, smelly cheeses! But yeah I do love cheese that has alot of taste!What are you talking about ? Cheese has a strong taste and make you feel like you just hate a dead animal. That's a good cheese
So recommend me some!
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FYI this was 'inspired' by a real cheese from my région, the 'Pétafine'.
Every rests of old cheese, liquor, garlic. I would advise caution
That being said the one you (rarely) find in supermarket is shite.
Unfortunately, I didn't find a subtitled version, but here's the liquor scene.
FYI this was 'inspired' by a real cheese from my région, the 'Pétafine'.
Every rests of old cheese, liquor, garlic. I would advise caution
That being said the one you (rarely) find in supermarket is shite.
Unfortunately, I didn't find a subtitled version, but here's the liquor scene.
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Watching the first video I was getting really hungry! Then it came to the bit "je suis vegetarien" haha, yeah as a vegetarian myself.Obligatory
FYI this was 'inspired' by a real cheese from my région, the 'Pétafine'.
Every rests of old cheese, liquor, garlic. I would advise caution
That being said the one you (rarely) find in supermarket is shite.
Unfortunately, I didn't find a subtitled version, but here's the liquor scene.
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Nothing. As I was saying on Discord yesterday, past the me being depressed part, it really feels like July 14th in France is not July 4th in America. I don't really see people doing special things except being glad to have a day free from work.C'est la fête nationale!
What do you guys usually do on this day?
I started a tradition to go to the luxembourg park and have a beer. Sure it's only been two years haha but lets see if I can keep it up, seems to be rain today.
But that's just me, please enjoy your day !
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Ah yes that's the impression I also got and I think that's good that the day can be whatever someone wants. I guess for me creating traditions is just to get some stability being in a new country and all.Nothing. As I was saying on Discord yesterday, past the me being depressed part, it really feels like July 14th in France is not July 4th in America. I don't really see people doing special things except being glad to have a day free from work.
But that's just me, please enjoy your day !
Oh the tradition part was nice. It's always warming to make up a thing at a certain date. I listened to the same song every Dec 24th.Ah yes that's the impression I also got and I think that's good that the day can be whatever someone wants. I guess for me creating traditions is just to get some stability being in a new country and all.
I suppose it's one of the way someone can give life a sense of stability, that's very nice.
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Yeah for my birthday and for christmas I have zero traditions haha, but yeah I think I will try to find something for them too.
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What are some good and cheap webhosting firms in France? The one I'm using now is in Sweden and it works just fine but at some point I thought I would move them to a "local" site and maybe even get a .fr domain, which I can't get at the Swedish host.
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Yeah! But it's too cold, hell one morning I got shivers. Makes me cry that the summer is ending.T_TMonooboe I don't know how it is in Paris but if it's the same as here, we have had some godly cool days
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Guuuuys! I need your help, I'm trying to apply for a school and here is the email but I don't really understand all the things they say I need to send in.
I did some tests on the net and I filled in some papers they sent in. Are those the "dossier de demande de formation"?
Also what are "les attentes"?
Also they need proof of English but they didn't specify more than that as to what or how that proof should be?
I did some tests on the net and I filled in some papers they sent in. Are those the "dossier de demande de formation"?
Also what are "les attentes"?
Also they need proof of English but they didn't specify more than that as to what or how that proof should be?
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Aren't like half of you French, so it works!We use azerty as well in Belgium by the way
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Well, IT IS very French to complain!Is this the thread where we complain about games more often than not failing to support AZERTY keyboards correctly?
No? It's.. it's not a thread for complaining at all? I don't get it.
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Don't know. At first glance I would say squeeze the middle man and just try your hand on Le Bon Coin.
But I don't know if it's one of these categories that seem to attract scammers like magnets, like DVD some years ago.
But I don't know if it's one of these categories that seem to attract scammers like magnets, like DVD some years ago.
Sadly, I cannot help on that subject. I agree with Li Kao about Le Bon Coin, both as a good outcome and as a potential haven for scammers.
I would guess the same. You could ask about it in a shop which does not appear too fishy, but it is likely that the offer will be extremely disappointing for you.
I would guess the same. You could ask about it in a shop which does not appear too fishy, but it is likely that the offer will be extremely disappointing for you.
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I'm trying to location tag all my photos, still vast majority of them to go, but thus far it seems I've been pretty much everywhere in Paris!
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Has any of you in France tried those Carrefour gift cards? How do those work?
In the microsoft rewards program you can get gift cards for Carrefour and I'm thinking about getting one for 10€.
In the microsoft rewards program you can get gift cards for Carrefour and I'm thinking about getting one for 10€.
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I don't print much, especially in colour. If I had to, I would try to find one of these shops:
Fournitures de Bureau, Cartouches, Bureautique et Informatique | Office DEPOT
Achetez vos Fournitures de Bureau au Meilleur Prix chez Office DEPOT ! ✓ Plus de 10 000 Références de Papier, cartouches jet d'encre, laser, toner, mobilier. Un large choix et des prix attractifs.
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You have to bring a USB key. Then, you can access a printer:
- which a clerk can use for you,
- or which you can use by yourself, so it is cheaper in theory if everything goes well.
Otherwise, I would look for shops near Sorbonne, because students have to print their university thesis somewhere.