“la parole exportée”

• What a morning! 1st thing I had to take cat to vet, found he has a gash on his tail, staying there to check for damage to bones and nerves. #
• It’s taken them some time, French government slowing beginning to admit that we are in a mess. Lots of people already knew a year ago. #
• @Lesley_Johnston Thank you! The vet hasn’t called so there must be no further harm than the cut. Yuck that was disgusting to see. #
• @matthewbennett Heard on radio: Isn’t strange our Ministers keep singing everything’s under control, while having a crisis meeting at 5AM? #
• @pikorua Oh, yes, Saint Jerome’s Day, happy translation day to you too! #
• @jimwolffman I like that. It’s very true. #
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• Currently Browsing: http://tinyurl.com/48jgax #

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• @zjjtrans It’s a different kind of value. I despair when I see housing developments here. Farmers are retiring and selling land. #
• @zjjtrans It won’t… for some time. #
• @matthewbennett I haven’t seen it personally, but I know it’s terrible… and all the greenhouses in the South of Spain. #
• Working in Strasbourg end of October, pushing to Munich for a weekend with friends, that’s my view of interpreting #
• Blog Update Busy… http://tinyurl.com/3hmg4b #
• @MarjorieJanczak Hi Marjorie, but are you around Munich? #

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Issuing several bills/invoices in one go today. Best time ever, and dearly needed.

These last 4 months of the year are the worst in terms of finance, because however cautious you were in the previous two-thirds of the year, making your regular monthly payments, saving all you could, every incarnation of taxes and rates, social security contributions, and what not, converge upon you for final settlements. One exception, VAT is in April. I’m not even mentioning utilities. That will be in January, a loooooong time from now.

And have you heard of taxes going down? I haven’t. So there’s always a remainder to pay. Sometimes it is hefty, but they don’t tell you until the last minute or so. Nice.

The obvious solution is to get more clients, more business, more money. But it doesn’t work that way here. There is an exponential growth of the amounts you pay out. It’s a real problem, not just for show business celebrities who are more vocal than microbusinesses.

So this is a time when you need your clients to be true to their promises and pay on time. To their credit, my clients are really good, even though I had to ‘fight’ with some of them to get there.

Does this ring a bell? I can’t be the only one here…

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• We must be thankful to those women who don’t give up on trying to help other women, even when threatened or as in this case, murdered. #
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• @zjjtrans Bonjour ! Stay away from that instant coffee, tea, etc. I never have instant anything anyway… #
• @zjjtrans Good. Me happy to hear (read) that. How’s your new office going? #
• Currently Browsing: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/28/sierraleone.internationalaidanddevelopment Yes, why? #
• 3pm and no lunch yet. 1st a long phone call from a colleague, then e-mails, then other distractions, and I’m starving now! #
• Currently Browsing: http://tinyurl.com/3p52rb Word Fugitives or the power of invention #
• @jowyang This is wonderful, even better than the original #

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