@Hostafan1 French Inheritance Laws are not at the discretion of the deceased, there is entitlement and the spouse of the deceased is not owner of the family home, but usifruit. The issue are the owners. There is more to these laws. I had to scrape my English girlfriend off the floor when she found this out!!
I ordered some dog food and dental treats yesterday but for some reason they've delivered nine boxes of parakeet food instead of the dental treats. I used a discount voucher and spent enough for free delivery but they've just refunded me for the chews and told me to donate the sticks to an animal rescue. It's a minor annoyance but now I have to go to a shop for the chews and track down an animal charity.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
There is a Parrot organisation/charity in Cornwall somewhere - I think Bude. The World Parrot Trust. They accept donations whether it be money or equipment etc. Might be worth asking ?
Hopefully I can find somewhere local to save me having to work out how to post them. My neighbour has an African Grey parrot but these are the wrong type of food for them apprently.
I've been having fun drawing animals on the blackboard with my youngest boy. He asked his mum to draw him a mouse earlier though and then burst into tears when he saw how bad her drawing was
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
@Hostafan1 French Inheritance Laws are not at the discretion of the deceased, there is entitlement and the spouse of the deceased is not owner of the family home, but usifruit. The issue are the owners. There is more to these laws. I had to scrape my English girlfriend off the floor when she found this out!!
sounds bizarre to me that the state should interfere
It's Napoleon's fault. The Napoleonic Code, still in force in France and Belgium, stipulates that all children inherit equally and abolished the former rule of primogeniture.
It shoud be said that Napoleon was a second child and that motivated his new law!
Marriage contracts help protect each spouse's personal wealth as potential survivor but once dead, it all goes to their issue. It gets very complicated when there are second marriages and step-children so many people avoid that by not re-marrying but cohabiting, sometimes in different homes.
The code means that when a parent dies, the remaining spouse has right of tenure in the family home for the rest of their life but all assets are then divided equally between the offspring which is a nightmare in rural communities where the property was land and farms and small-holdings became ever smaller and eventually unable to support a family.
This is one of the reasons why so many French and Belgian "peasants" emigrated to the USA in the 19th century. That, and the potato famine which wasn't just in Ireland. There is a large Belgian community in Wisconsin to this day, quite a few of whom originated in the village where I used to live before moving to sunnier climes.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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https://birdline.co.uk/ I have always wanted to own a parrot but they would likely outlive me and the thought of them being rehomed makes me a bit sad somehow.
I had my African Grey for 40 years - had to be euthanised in 2012 ( brain issue ) and I still miss him to this day. I guess the trick is to have one early enough in life tho they will often live for 60 or 70 years - longer in some cases.
Well the deer has trimmed all the leaves off mine below 3 ft. We have had three boilings off them so far. The garage roof had frost on it this morning, but none on the grass.
My runner beans, which got blasted in the heatwave and which have only just got back into full flowering mode, are currently sitting out there looking gloomy - the temperature is 3.9°C. I think we have had half a dozen beans off them this year.
Same here pansyface. Two small portions just for me. Bah! And my beetroot have fabulous tops but marble sized bottoms. Bah!
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It shoud be said that Napoleon was a second child and that motivated his new law!
Marriage contracts help protect each spouse's personal wealth as potential survivor but once dead, it all goes to their issue. It gets very complicated when there are second marriages and step-children so many people avoid that by not re-marrying but cohabiting, sometimes in different homes.
The code means that when a parent dies, the remaining spouse has right of tenure in the family home for the rest of their life but all assets are then divided equally between the offspring which is a nightmare in rural communities where the property was land and farms and small-holdings became ever smaller and eventually unable to support a family.
This is one of the reasons why so many French and Belgian "peasants" emigrated to the USA in the 19th century. That, and the potato famine which wasn't just in Ireland. There is a large Belgian community in Wisconsin to this day, quite a few of whom originated in the village where I used to live before moving to sunnier climes.