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Win some lose some

I need to register my new S1 (essential for health care in France) but the office is appointment only.  The list of options for making an appointment doesn't cover my problem, phone lines are permanently busy, even though it says you can phone to make an appointment.  I wrote two messages on the website but haven't had a reply.

On the other hand I have won my battle with the plasterer who tried to insist that the hole in the wall in the kitchen was due to excess damp, even though I saw his worker cut the hole and the plaster was perfectly dry.  He has also agreed to paint the entire wall as well.  Young men really should stop trying to push old ladies around.

The winner in the US is Biden even though Trump insists that he is, based on spurious reports of fraud and conspiracy theories.  The loser, thank goodness, is Trump, although he is not going quietly.  He has sent lawyers out all over the country trying to prove, without any evidence, that the election was rigged.  In one court case the lawyer contested that republican poll watchers were not allowed in to observe the count.  This was clearly not true as the cameras proved so the frustrated judge asked the lawyer whether there were in fact poll watchers present.  His reply?  'There was a non-zero number in attendance.'  The last four years and this election illustrate that there is far too much power in the hands of one man and the system is definitely flawed.

I tried to persuade my sister to buy a tablet so that she could WhatsApp her family.  She thought it would be nice to see the people she is talking to but when I asked her son to organise it he said,  'she won't use it.  We have tried before, dozens of times.'  I fear he is right.  I remember her not being able to put her train ticket in the barrier at Malaga airport so she just threw it away.  As my son and I looked back in horror a Spanish man picked  up the ticket and put it in for her.

We are in lockdown so why did 11 men turn up at my new neighbour's house, not wearing masks and clearly not social distancing in a one up, one down property?

Apparently you can't travel into a different region, apart from medical appointments, so I have to travel 10 km further to do my shopping than I would if I used the nearest supermarket.  So much for saving the planet. 

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