Comments on: The Check is in the Mail http://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/15/the-check-is-in-the-mail/ Learning about frugality Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:32:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kellyhttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/15/the-check-is-in-the-mail/#comment-2378 Kelly Fri, 17 Oct 2008 04:09:39 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=1582#comment-2378 @Zhu, now it's attached to the income tax, so you either have to admit that you have a TV or lie on your income tax papers! @Zhu, now it’s attached to the income tax, so you either have to admit that you have a TV or lie on your income tax papers!

]]> By: Zhuhttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/15/the-check-is-in-the-mail/#comment-2375 Zhu Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:12:19 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=1582#comment-2375 116 euros for the redevance? Holy shit! Back when I lived in France, it was about 50 francs... and nobody paid it anyway :lol: <abbr><em>Zhu´s last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CorrerEsMiDestino/~3/422036827/" rel="nofollow">Please No Smiling</a></abbr></em> 116 euros for the redevance? Holy shit!

Back when I lived in France, it was about 50 francs… and nobody paid it anyway :lol:

Zhu´s last blog post..Please No Smiling

]]> By: Kellyhttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/15/the-check-is-in-the-mail/#comment-2355 Kelly Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:35:26 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=1582#comment-2355 @Dana, 930.00 EUR = 1,257.30 USD at today's exchange rate of 1.35 dollars to Euros. But, remember that the government reimburses me so that I just pay €389.23 or $525.92. Much better. @Dana, 930.00 EUR = 1,257.30 USD at today’s exchange rate of 1.35 dollars to Euros. But, remember that the government reimburses me so that I just pay €389.23 or $525.92. Much better.

]]> By: Dana @ Letters to Elijahhttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/15/the-check-is-in-the-mail/#comment-2354 Dana @ Letters to Elijah Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:08:52 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=1582#comment-2354 903 Euro?! that seems like a lot! How much is that in US $? Overall it sounds like France is a wonderful place to live. <abbr><em>Dana @ Letters to Elijah´s last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LettersToElijah/~3/420607733/ill-do-anything-just-read-more.html" rel="nofollow">"I'll do ANYTHING" - just read more!</a></abbr></em> 903 Euro?! that seems like a lot! How much is that in US $?
Overall it sounds like France is a wonderful place to live.

Dana @ Letters to Elijah´s last blog post.."I’ll do ANYTHING" – just read more!

]]> By: Kellyhttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/15/the-check-is-in-the-mail/#comment-2333 Kelly Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:40:43 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=1582#comment-2333 Hi Nicole, I have three kids: two boys who are in school and a daughter who will be one tomorrow (!). She is at the nanny's four days a week, nine hours a day. Then the nanny picks up the boys at lunch time (for our non French readers, kids go home from 11.30 to 1.30) and then again for an hour after school, four days a week. Then add €4 per child per day for food, plus €5 a day for electricity and water charges (mandated by the state) and then 10% vacation pay... and you come to the tidy little sum of €930. It was actually supposed to be a little more but she generously rounded down! No wonder so many families with three kids have one parent at home. Thanks for commenting! Hi Nicole,

I have three kids: two boys who are in school and a daughter who will be one tomorrow (!). She is at the nanny’s four days a week, nine hours a day. Then the nanny picks up the boys at lunch time (for our non French readers, kids go home from 11.30 to 1.30) and then again for an hour after school, four days a week. Then add €4 per child per day for food, plus €5 a day for electricity and water charges (mandated by the state) and then 10% vacation pay… and you come to the tidy little sum of €930. It was actually supposed to be a little more but she generously rounded down! No wonder so many families with three kids have one parent at home.

Thanks for commenting!

]]> By: Nicolehttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/15/the-check-is-in-the-mail/#comment-2332 Nicole Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:30:16 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=1582#comment-2332 930 Euros a month for a nounou! how many children have you got?As I live on just over 400 a month, it seems very expensive. Sorry for being down to earth. I am glad you live in France : I dont know many frugal french blogs in France. 930 Euros a month for a nounou! how many children have you got?As I live on just over 400 a month, it seems very expensive. Sorry for being down to earth. I am glad you live in France : I dont know many frugal french blogs in France.

]]> By: Kellyhttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/15/the-check-is-in-the-mail/#comment-2331 Kelly Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:15:49 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=1582#comment-2331 Oh French mail has its fair share of unhappy news too... and I wouldn't exactly say that the student loan stuff was joyful, as you'll discover when you graduate! Oh French mail has its fair share of unhappy news too… and I wouldn’t exactly say that the student loan stuff was joyful, as you’ll discover when you graduate!

]]> By: Lucie @ Unconventional Originshttp://almostfrugal.com/2008/10/15/the-check-is-in-the-mail/#comment-2327 Lucie @ Unconventional Origins Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:46:19 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=1582#comment-2327 My mail mostly brings MISERY. Let's just say this post has me contemplating how I can convince SLB we need to move to France. <abbr><em>Lucie @ Unconventional Origins´s last blog post..Reflections: Looking Back at Nine Months of Nursing</abbr></em> My mail mostly brings MISERY. Let’s just say this post has me contemplating how I can convince SLB we need to move to France.

Lucie @ Unconventional Origins´s last blog post..Reflections: Looking Back at Nine Months of Nursing

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