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Forum: Europe / Spain Today, 9:19 pm

Replies: 44 Crisis or no crisis, sales of top-quality Spanish cured ham are on the rise Views: 423 Posted By agoreira Re: Crisis or no crisis, sales of top-quality Spanish cured ham are on the rise Watched a recent Comando Actualidad and it was about people "reciclando" people that had well paid jobs, lost their job and that had been forced to take lesser jobs and for a lot less money. Teacher...

Forum: Europe / Plaza de Toros Today, 8:52 pm

Replies: 14 What can the UK learn from Spain's high-speed rail? Views: 235 Posted By agoreira Re: What can the UK learn from Spain's high-speed rail? Yes, not a lot of US content in these bad boys! http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/astute/ But then Lampy is Spanish and they are not really famous as inventors, as Unamuno said "que inventen...

Forum: Europe / Spain Today, 6:55 pm

Replies: 44 Crisis or no crisis, sales of top-quality Spanish cured ham are on the rise Views: 423 Posted By agoreira Re: Crisis or no crisis, sales of top-quality Spanish cured ham are on the rise Believing in the coming recovery, I expect our MOP has sold his council flat and invested all his dosh in the IBEX, surely he can't lose. Just in case he's wobbling, there's a report here that will...

Forum: Europe / Siesta Time Today, 4:33 pm

Replies: 52 Spanish Hospitals..... Views: 1,012 Posted By agoreira Re: Spanish Hospitals..... Sounds like actual cases here, but of course they all could be...

Forum: Europe / Plaza de Toros Today, 4:09 pm

Replies: 61 This is were the UKs moneys going.. Views: 750 Posted By agoreira Re: This is were the UKs moneys going.. I live not far from there and I can't remember "almost every major road and construction project was part financed by the EU". But even so, you speak as if this was some sort of munificent gesture by...

Forum: Europe / Spain Today, 11:58 am

Replies: 44 Crisis or no crisis, sales of top-quality Spanish cured ham are on the rise Views: 423 Posted By agoreira Re: Crisis or no crisis, sales of top-quality Spanish cured ham are on the rise Just read this, does this qualify? I guess these guys won't be dining on expensive ham. En España cierran 180 empresas al...

Forum: Europe / Plaza de Toros Today, 8:14 am

Replies: 9 UKIP starting to make enemies Views: 108 Posted By agoreira Re: UKIP starting to make enemies The Jocks protesting want independence for themselves from UK but seem to have a problem with Farage wanting to be independent from the EU. Frankly I hope both come to pass and we'll all be happy! ;-)

Forum: Europe / Plaza de Toros Yesterday, 1:30 pm

Replies: 87 Are we to blame for Bangladesh factory collapse? Views: 1,413 Posted By agoreira Re: Are we to blame for Bangladesh factory collapse? http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/feb/07/spain-salad-growers-slaves-charities

Forum: Europe / Spain Yesterday, 6:43 am

Replies: 94 No More Short-term Rentals (Really, They'll be Much Happier in a Hotel) Views: 3,058 Posted By agoreira Re: No More Short-term Rentals (Really, They'll be Much Happier in a Hotel) If that's correct, and I'm not sure it is (Spanish lawyers haven't the best reputation) it seems a very cavalier attitude towards people's safety. I can't see any difference in staying a week or a...

Forum: Europe / Spain May 16th 2013, 6:46 pm

Replies: 28 live in Spain, commute to UK Views: 516 Posted By agoreira Re: live in Spain, commute to UK Yeh, I knew somebody that did it, wife and family stayed in Spain, hubby worked in UK, popping back weekends to Spain. Wasn't long before the novelty wore off though, gets a bit tiring, a bit boring...

Forum: Europe / Spain May 16th 2013, 3:05 pm

Replies: 79 Spain's insolvent - get your money out! Views: 2,483 Posted By agoreira Re: Spain's insolvent - get your money out! Heroically? Straitjacket? Yes, all a bit melodramatic! Spain needs to give itself a foot up the arse, stop blaming the world for all it's problems, they are all of it's own making, a corrupt country,...

Forum: Europe / Spain May 15th 2013, 7:28 am

Replies: 22 denouncements Views: 981 Posted By agoreira Re: denouncements They have some quaint guys in suits that do it, "cobrador del frac", dressed as they are, everyone knows what they are there...

Forum: Europe / Spain May 12th 2013, 11:52 am

Replies: 6 Spain coastal law revamp sparks fears of new construction wave Views: 291 Posted By agoreira Re: Spain coastal law revamp sparks fears of new construction wave Not exactly front line, but seems there is still building going on in Marbella for rich Russians. I linked to this previously, but well worth a watch, lots of Chinese and Algerians buying, but at a...

Forum: Europe / Spain May 12th 2013, 8:00 am

Replies: 79 Spain's insolvent - get your money out! Views: 2,483 Posted By agoreira Re: Spain's insolvent - get your money out! Seems Spain doesn't go much on the article! A brutal attack! Cuando las noticias son malas...matar al mensajero http://www.abc.es/economia/20130511/abci-ataque-telegraph-espana-201305111819.html

Forum: Europe / Spain May 11th 2013, 6:14 pm

Replies: 79 Spain's insolvent - get your money out! Views: 2,483 Posted By agoreira Re: Spain's insolvent - get your money out! I'm guessing it would have appeared in the Finance section of the paper, so you'd have needed to have bought the paper before you even saw the headline. Do you really believe people that don't...

Forum: Europe / Spain May 10th 2013, 10:21 pm

Replies: 114 If you want to see where Spain is headed, take a long look at Jerez Views: 2,151 Posted By agoreira Re: If you want to see where Spain is headed, take a long look at Jerez I think he has been writing on the comments following the article!:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Forum: Europe / Spain May 10th 2013, 9:10 pm

Replies: 114 If you want to see where Spain is headed, take a long look at Jerez Views: 2,151 Posted By agoreira Re: If you want to see where Spain is headed, take a long look at Jerez ???? Just watching this, the Chinese snapping up decent properties, the Algerians buying pisos/apartamentos for £15k-£30k, wonder what you'd get in London for £20k? A garden shed?...

Forum: Europe / Spain May 10th 2013, 3:01 pm

Replies: 114 If you want to see where Spain is headed, take a long look at Jerez Views: 2,151 Posted By agoreira Re: If you want to see where Spain is headed, take a long look at Jerez Yes, and of course people can argue whether it's right or wrong, but at least we have the option of doing it if the BOE wants to. There's always the outside chance that the BOE might know more than...

Forum: Europe / Spain May 10th 2013, 11:00 am

Replies: 114 If you want to see where Spain is headed, take a long look at Jerez Views: 2,151 Posted By agoreira Re: If you want to see where Spain is headed, take a long look at Jerez Never mind, Footsie is at a 5 year high, investments are flying, made enough today to pay for my next trip.

Forum: Europe / Spain May 10th 2013, 9:19 am

Replies: 17 Catalan independance Views: 389 Posted By agoreira Re: Catalan independance And me! And it would seem the numbers are growing. For me the problem is the pro Europeans are convinced that their argument is 100% correct, everyone else is wrong, anyone else is a "nutter, a...

Forum: Europe / Spain May 10th 2013, 8:57 am

Replies: 114 If you want to see where Spain is headed, take a long look at Jerez Views: 2,151 Posted By agoreira Re: If you want to see where Spain is headed, take a long look at Jerez I see your quote from our MOP, his rants haven't changed much! Spanish banks? Of course they would have failed without huge injections of cash from the EU, they are hardly the success story MOP would...

Forum: Europe / Spain May 10th 2013, 8:33 am

Replies: 114 If you want to see where Spain is headed, take a long look at Jerez Views: 2,151 Posted By agoreira Re: If you want to see where Spain is headed, take a long look at Jerez We have stayed many times with a lovely couple outside of Ronda for many years now, and I always used to contact them direct. Last year I looked at booking.com, full, and when I spoke to them several...

Forum: Europe / Spain May 10th 2013, 8:26 am

Replies: 114 If you want to see where Spain is headed, take a long look at Jerez Views: 2,151 Posted By agoreira Re: If you want to see where Spain is headed, take a long look at Jerez We've booked flights and have the last week of our stay sorted, staying with Spanish friends, but still haven't confirmed the early part of our visit. We've decided this time to go for an...

Forum: Europe / Spain May 9th 2013, 4:34 pm

Replies: 114 If you want to see where Spain is headed, take a long look at Jerez Views: 2,151 Posted By agoreira Re: If you want to see where Spain is headed, take a long look at Jerez I think you'd struggle to find many other places that have such a huge variety of wines available, with such a huge price range. UK has a huge range of wines from all over the world. Certainly you...

Forum: Europe / Spain May 9th 2013, 11:47 am

Replies: 114 If you want to see where Spain is headed, take a long look at Jerez Views: 2,151 Posted By agoreira Re: If you want to see where Spain is headed, take a long look at Jerez I think J2 is maybe on about the sherry Barbadillo, not Antonio Barbadillo white wine, same grape, Palomino, but very different product. The wine is a bit cheap for J2. ;) but it's a best seller in...

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