tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866784164489453011.post328674003385653307..comments2023-11-02T03:00:30.829-07:00Comments on Non, je ne regrette rien: j'ai répondu.Non Je Ne Regrette Rienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02973542459591839879noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866784164489453011.post-7737911199413567972008-09-19T09:59:00.000-07:002008-09-19T09:59:00.000-07:00KSAM-thanks for your viewpoint ... but we ARE stil...KSAM-thanks for your viewpoint ... but we ARE still in France, as LBR would say 'le sigh'!<BR/><BR/>RG, exactement. well - I don't know about the screwed part, I'm still staying upbeat ... OH, unless you meant that in the NICEST possible way....(dare to dream, I say)<BR/><BR/>OJL-ummm, still figuring out but things like cabbage, cauliflower, well basically the same wintery things we'd grow in the U.S.Non Je Ne Regrette Rienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02973542459591839879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866784164489453011.post-50534619530308743682008-09-16T08:06:00.000-07:002008-09-16T08:06:00.000-07:00so what are the 'winter' vegetables.so what are the 'winter' vegetables.Bruce Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11608705993987319356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866784164489453011.post-63717501625547372032008-09-16T05:11:00.000-07:002008-09-16T05:11:00.000-07:00Oh the poor dear, 4 hours in a Parisian café, watc...<EM>Oh the poor dear, 4 hours in a Parisian café, watching the world slowly pass by. *sigh*</EM><BR/><BR/>The poor soul.<BR/><BR/><EM>or was introduced more fully to the French way and approach toward life ... well, it became a growing siren's call for me.</EM><BR/><BR/>So what you're saying is, if you visit for any length of time, you're screwed. ;-)Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4866784164489453011.post-29834242963578071022008-09-16T01:37:00.000-07:002008-09-16T01:37:00.000-07:00First of all, let me say that I whole-heartedly ag...First of all, let me say that I whole-heartedly agree with your "je ne regrette rien" policy.<BR/><BR/>Secondly, I'm certainly not a professional tax advisor either, but as someone who works for an American company in France, I can tell Michelle it's MEGA expensive to be a consultant/independent contractor/etc. I pay 46% of my salary to the French government in "charges sociales" (health care, retirement, unemployment, workers comp, etc) and then there's income tax on top of that - which amounts to roughly one month's income. And that's not even talking about the time (months) it takes to register your own business, nor the paperwork that needs to be done every month (in French). Nor how little is left over at the end if you are paid in dollars!<BR/><BR/>It's ironic considering the origins of the word, but the French definitely do not encourage people to be entrepreneurs - in fact, it's more so like they do everything they can to <B>discourage</B> them. In general, they are just not the risk-takers that we are.Ksamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05991667611234163617noreply@blogger.com