TESTIMONY. My worst volunteer firefighting memories
In France, 78% of firefighters are volunteers. Marion, too, decided to take part in this adventure a year and a half ago. For Planet, she looks back on her journey, her interventions, but also...
Shortage of gasoline: 5 tips for finding it at a gas station
The race for fuel. For several days, France has been facing a shortage of gasoline on the territory and motorists are struggling to fill the tank of their vehicle. Long queues, conflicts between users,...
Covid-19: 14 departments where hospitalizations are skyrocketing
The eighth wave of Covid-19 continues to sweep through France. In its weekly report updated this Friday, October 7, Public Health France indicates that the circulation of the virus has progressed "strongly throughout the...
Telephone canvassing: what the new law changes
No more calls, emails, SMS or canvassing via social networks for CPF accounts! A bill was adopted in the National Assembly on Thursday, October 6, 2022. It aims to fight against fraud and abuse...
Grégory case: what is this new letter sent by a mysterious crow?
“Species of c******”, “You are not ashamed”, “We are going to stick a bullet on you like Villemin in Laroche”. The youtubeur Dan Tanna received, two months ago, a handwritten letter containing these remarks...
TESTIMONY. I was the mistress of a married man 25 years my senior
A forbidden story worthy of a Shakespeare play. Amélie fell in love with Michel, her boss who happened to be a married man 25 years her senior. For Planet, she looks back on this...
Covid-19: mask, vaccine … The latest announcements from Covars
Tick-tock, tick-tock...Are we shortly for new restrictions? Spring and then summer have somewhat made us forget the Covid-19 and the end of wearing a mask has relegated it to the rank of bad memory....
Retirement blues: this is how they coped
And suddenly, everything stops. After more than 40 years of career, you are finally retired. You no longer have to get up in the morning to go to work, you no longer have to...
Dominique Tapie: ruined, she lives with 800 euros per month
Huge debts. Dominique Tapie, the wife of businessman Bernard Tapie - who died on October 3, 2021 - had to repay 600 million euros in debts left by her husband, explains BFMTV. Ruined, she...
Sexuality: the 8 favorite BDSM practices of the French
Bondage, discipline, domination, submission and sado-masochism. These are the practices that are hidden behind the acronym "BDSM", a naughty universe that encompasses many sexual experiences. In the summer of 2022, Dèmonia published a survey*...
Retirement: when depression invites itself to the party
Why get up every morning and do nothing? This question, many retirees ask themselves and more often than you think. When you are still working and patiently waiting for the moment when you can...
Return of the mask: the departments where the Covid-19 circulates the most
A tense autumn? After two and a half years of pandemic, the French are tired of hearing about Covid-19 and the government knows it well. However, the virus continues to circulate in France, according...
Sexuality of seniors: do people over 60 still make love?
Young or old, love is love, and it endures over time. The annual report of the Little Brothers of the Poor has tried to break the clichés surrounding the intimate life of our elders,...
Technical control, restaurant tickets… Everything that changes on October 1, 2022
The first week of fall has just ended. Now October is showing up. With inflation on food products and the ever-increasing cost of electricity, the government has decided to take measures, among other things,...
Telephone canvassing: the secrets of a former operator
Hours on the phone and no right to hang up. Cold calling is a scourge on your side, but have you ever wondered what was going on on the other end of the line?...
Abusive telephone canvassing: soon the end of the CPF scam?
Is abusive telephone canvassing over? No, but the noose is tightening a little more on this illegal practice. A bill has been adopted by the Social Affairs Committee of the National Assembly, informs Capital....
The 9 most unusual municipal decrees in France
In France, there are a total of 34,968 municipalities as of January 1, 2020, and even more municipal decrees.A municipal decree is a text reporting a unilateral administrative decision, taken by the mayor. The...
TESTIMONY. Ameli, Netflix, Lydia… Fraudulent SMS circulating at the moment
SMS scams are common and often carried out by experts. So much so that it is more and more complicated to disentangle the true from the false to manage to avoid scams."Since the beginning...
Telephone canvassing: our tested and approved means for peace of mind
From disturbance to harassment, there is only one step. Telephone canvassers call you at any time of the day, often at lunchtime, but sometimes also in the evening. A reader of Planet also remembers...
Orphans, they had moved the whole of France: what becomes of the Malo family?
Orphans and without income, they had no choice. Roman Malo is the eldest of three children and therefore has two little sisters, the last of whom is only 14 years old. A year ago,...
Covid-19 and eighth wave: the 14 departments where the incidence rate is at its...
Autumn is here, and with it, the Covid-19 returns. “For three weeks we have seen a resumption of the circulation of the virus” declared the Minister of Health François Braun on Tuesday September 27...
TESTIMONY. Telephone canvassers: his trick to get rid of them
CPF, bank or electrical component, cold calling is a sales technique used in many companies. However, it is an annoying practice for many people because the calls are sometimes recurrent and can even, in...
Heating: what are the risks if you heat above 19°C at home?
"Are you cold? Put on a sweater!". Have you heard this phrase all your childhood? It may come back into your daily life this winter. In recent weeks, the autumn has barely begun, the...
Retirement: these mistakes they regret
A new stage of life. Retirement is expected as much as it is feared by some, because if it means more time for yourself and for your loved ones, it is also the end...
TESTIMONY. “It’s the learning of life rather than death”: the poignant story of a...
Her first novel dealt - among other things - with expatriation, an adventure that Laure de Pierrefeu, a self-entrepreneur in her fifties, knew well. This second book is also rooted in the personal experience...
Covid-19: the departments that would suffer the most from a possible return of the...
For two and a half years, the world and France have been living to the rhythm of waves of Covid-19 contamination. And after a relatively calm summer, it seems that the virus has decided...
Tap water: the departments where it is not always compliant
Drinking water is a chance. All you have to do is turn on your tap to be able to safely drink treated and filtered water, normally free of anything that could harm your health....
A worldwide blackout on Saturday: this completely false rumor circulating
Fridge off, impossible to charge your phone... This is what could have happened to you if the rumor of a possible global outage this Saturday, September 24 was plausible. In this case, there is...
Gifts, cash, loans… How do retirees help their families?
"When everything is going well, you can count on others, when everything is going badly, you can only count on your family". This Chinese proverb states a truth dear to the hearts of many...
Ehpad scandal: “8 months later, the situation has not changed”
Revelations that shook the country. Eight months ago, at the end of January 2022, the French discovered with horror that residents of nursing homes were being mistreated in establishments of the Orpea group. The...
Public holidays: the technique to have 64 days of vacation in 2023
In 2023, the workers draw the jackpot, like in the lottery. Next year's calendar announces the possibility of several long weekends. Unlike 2022, where many public holidays fell on Saturday or Sunday. To breathe...
Covid-19: how is your region doing compared to October 2020?
Fifty Shades of Restrictions. Between travel restrictions, confinements and curfews, France has experienced its share of health measures since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. On October 17, 2020, the President of the Republic...
Burglary: the detail that should alert you to your door
Burglary is the fear of many French people. With good reason: in 2019, no less than 234,000 home thefts were recorded by the Ministry of the Interior. And since the first confinement, the figures...
Bisexuality: “Men are easy to flirt with, women more sincere”
A story with a woman, then another with a man. On the occasion of International Bisexuality Day, Planet met a young woman who defines herself as bisexual and who agreed to discuss, with modesty...
Good manners: what did a distinguished meal look like in the 19th century?
Cutting the salad with your knife, putting your elbows on the table, refilling cheese... In France, these habits are considered bad table manners. Just like wishing a "good appetite" before starting to eat... Indeed,...
Testimony. I eat insects and I love it!
Vegetables, starches… And insects. In France, the main source of protein remains meat: beef, chicken, pork… In 2021, we consumed around 85 kilos per person, up 0.7% compared to the previous year, according to...
Flea market: the objects to unearth at the moment
Some objects sell for exorbitant prices in antique shops. It is therefore better to be attentive when you walk in the flea market of your village, because you could well come across real nuggets...
Covid-19: the departments where the hospital situation could get out of hand
It's hard not to see the eighth wave sweeping across the country. The health crisis is far from behind us, contrary to what some Western leaders have been able to announce, and cases of...
“Our building is invaded by cockroaches”: the nightmare of these Norman residents
When she moved into this four-storey building last July in the Caucriauville district of Le Havre, Élise was far from suspecting the hell she was about to experience.“I had visited two homes: one where...
Covid-19: the departments where the figures are not yet worrying
"The pandemic is over". This was assured by Joe Biden, the President of the United States, on the American channel CBS. "If you look around, no one is wearing a mask, and everyone looks...