We can't tell you what your employee isn't telling without knowing what they ARE telling you. Which visa is it? What nationality are you? Are you single? Married? Kids? What are they offering you? What do you have questions about? (because you're questioning something, or you wouldn't be posting here) Will try to help, but you've given us nothing to work with.

Queenbee, there is no such thing as an international driver's license.

What you have is an international driver's permit. It is nothing more than a translation of the information on your driver's license from back home. It is obligatory in Italy, I know, but is not required in France.

It is not a replacement for, nor even a substitute for, your regular legal driver's license -- it is issued by a private company (the AAA), and since it is not issued by a government agency, is not a legal identification.

Under French immigration, you have one year to get your French driver's license. If you are lucky enough to have a license from one of the states granted full interchangeability with French licenses, all you do is fill out your papers and give them your US license in return for your French license. You have one year to make this exchange. (Here in the 77, I had to actually surrender my US license...they say they'll return it when I surrender my French license...!!??)

If you do not make the exchange within the first year (or if you are from a non-reciprocity state) -- you must take driving school and sit for the full exam...otherwise you can be banned from driving until such time as you do complete driving school...which is a very expensive and time-consuming venture -- and you're left driving a sans-permis to get around.

Go in and get your driver's license...it's far easier to do it now than to wait until you have the gendarmerie breathing down your neck for driving without a license...and you'll save hundreds of euros in auto insurance, too.

i very well respect your opinion, and to my opinion , i think you do not have to the right to judge/comment on what others have written m, when you do not know anything about them.
and by typing "u" instead of you ..doesnt not prove anything , and for your kind information , i know what i am writing and any normal person would understand what "u" refers to here.

I have been educated not to use any kind of immature words for anyone i personally do not know , and i do not even care to know, but for you i would just say one thing. please mind your own business
and keep a lesson in life , not to underestimate others for your own good .

This is NOT a judgement -- it's some advice about sales and marketing.

When you are trying to sell a product or service (in this case, your English tutoring services) you always want to present that product or service in its most attractive packaging. Torn and dirty clothing will not sell well, and a service that is not presented well will also not sell well.

Yes, we all understood what "u" and "ur" mean...but comprehension isn't the point here. If you are trying to sell yourself as a qualified English tutor, then it is absolutely vitally important that you always, ALWAYS ensure that your written and spoken communications are of the highest level of English that you are capable of producing. That means spelling, punctuation, verb conjugations, and usage must be perfect, or nearly so. (Everybody makes a typographical error on occasion.)

A 7-year-old child can manage a phonetic "u" and "ur"...and while the meaning is clear, the usage is absolutely not proper unless you are texting a close friend (and even then it's iffy...I despise "text-speak" so intensely that I spell out and punctuate even my text messages.)

If you want to produce the impression that you are capable of high-fluency English communications, then you must never, ever use anything except high-fluency English communications when you are discussing employment opportunities.

The British Council offers 3-hour courses every Wednesday in Paris.

drklaus (Nov 26 2009, 04:24 PM) said: > original post
Bit late but I doubt they exist. I have never seen them or even the frozen, Canned/Jelled variety.

They absolutely do exist.

Cranberry sauce in jars can be bought in the international section of any grande surface.

I bought fresh cranberries this year at Carrefour -- and even saw them at Monoprix in my small town.

If you're in the city, try Real McCoy or Thanksgiving -- two American restaurants with (expensive) groceries carrying American foods.