tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post2472516393937287842..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Le bureau de tabacKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-35258943222447613502014-01-13T08:03:01.877+01:002014-01-13T08:03:01.877+01:00Looks like an interesting place to stop into.Looks like an interesting place to stop into.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-51811294797005748372014-01-11T06:18:39.861+01:002014-01-11T06:18:39.861+01:00
Always open. Whenever I look out our front window...<br />Always open. Whenever I look out our front window, the Tabac across the street is open.<br /><br />My family runs a Tabak Trafik in Austria and the business is down there too, for the very obvious reasons.<br />To adapt, they now sell more souvenirs and gadgets to make up for lost sales in other areas such as tobacco, magazines and stamps.H.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07985020213976356036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-2680119181973724452014-01-10T17:58:46.985+01:002014-01-10T17:58:46.985+01:00It's not surprising that the number of "b...It's not surprising that the number of "bars-tabac" in France is in decline. These establishments largely base their sales on tobacco (heavily taxed and now with the ban on indoor smoking, the consumption of food and drink at the counter is greatly reduced...according to La Confédération des Buralistes de France), alcohol (increasingly taxed and subject to new anti-alcohol campaigns and more aggressive enforcement of drunk driving laws), prepaid phone cards (hurt by the ubiquitousness of cellphones), printed press (in major decline due to virtual press), and postage stamps (like you, I'm using about 2 stamps a month now). <br />At least, sales by buralistes of lottery tickets and bets on the ponies are up.<br />Dean Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03317311364315454284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-11392446890490514072014-01-10T15:40:53.844+01:002014-01-10T15:40:53.844+01:00"bread depot" is pretty good..."bread depot" is pretty good...Ohiofarmgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02606563929369721111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-14141389220372538862014-01-10T14:20:11.449+01:002014-01-10T14:20:11.449+01:00Hi Judy, yes, the price of stamps keeps rising in ...Hi Judy, yes, the price of stamps keeps rising in France, but we use so few of them that it doesn't matter much. Nearly all of our monthly or bi-monthly bills -- telephone, internet, electricity, water, satellite TV, etc. -- are drafted, as are our annual income, property, and resident's taxes. I don't think we write even one check a month, or use more than one or two postage stamps, because we just don't pay bills by writing checks and mailing them.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-55167201559153400912014-01-10T13:07:56.369+01:002014-01-10T13:07:56.369+01:00*goes**goes*Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-32202653331804718502014-01-10T13:07:29.242+01:002014-01-10T13:07:29.242+01:00Interesting expression, Jean Laine :)
Tim, in the...Interesting expression, Jean Laine :)<br /><br />Tim, in the U.S. these days, you can buy "forever stamps" -- same concept... you pay the going rate, but when the price of stamps go up, these that you bought at the lower price are still good. We've had lots of rises in stamp prices in the past 5 or 10 years, so this was meant to offset our frustration, I guess :) Have stamps been rising in price a lot in France in the past few years?Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-33754737438004534322014-01-10T11:50:00.688+01:002014-01-10T11:50:00.688+01:00the village hubs, yes. D'où l'expression :...the village hubs, yes. D'où l'expression : " être fier comme un bar-tabac ! ".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732906872139219420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-901875637349290912014-01-10T08:52:38.014+01:002014-01-10T08:52:38.014+01:00No smoking in the tabac, of course. One useful fac...No smoking in the tabac, of course. One useful fact - the postage stamps sold by the tabac don't have the price on - the price just went up, but you can still use the stamps. I'll have to buy a few centimes worth of extra stamps to go with the ones I got from La Poste before Christmas. P.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439261142732764451noreply@blogger.com