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Forum: Spain
Apr 13th 2010, 10:28 am
Replies: 2
Views: 574
Posted By carter71

Can anyone really sound that bad?

Having endured yet more serial Spanglish radio adverts this morning courtesy of Home English and CCC 'inglés con mis palabras' where clearly fluent speakers do a false English accent in the hope to...
Forum: Spain
Apr 11th 2010, 6:25 am
Replies: 10
Views: 7,852
Posted By carter71

Re: Moving to Alicante Area - Help Please.

If you want a British school then Alicante may not be for you. Your children will be better off in state Spanish in any case possibly private for secondary.



For the best security avoid expat...
Forum: Spain
Apr 4th 2010, 5:49 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 3,402
Posted By carter71

Re: Is there an equivalent to Income Support in Spain?

so Income Support isn't charitable aid?
Forum: Spain
Mar 15th 2010, 9:25 am
Replies: 64
Views: 3,842
Posted By carter71

Re: Burgled- What would you do?

5000€ is not worth getting yourself in trouble over, especially if covered by insurance.

The police around here carry guns as do many of my friends so sooner or later...
Forum: Spain
Mar 14th 2010, 5:51 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 12,265
Posted By carter71

Re: UK LIGHT FITTINGS

Most of them. Semiconductor based lighting is the future. Walk into a shop, buy a light fitting and take it home.

When the internal light unit fails in, say, 30-150 years time, your children (or...
Forum: Spain
Mar 14th 2010, 1:32 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 12,265
Posted By carter71

Re: UK LIGHT FITTINGS

Cheap mass-produced fittings are built with screw-in SES or ES holders to keep the BOM down.

Pretty soon all light fittings will come pre installed with the light source, so no bulbs or bulb...
Forum: Spain
Mar 14th 2010, 8:29 am
Replies: 25
Views: 12,265
Posted By carter71

Re: UK LIGHT FITTINGS

In ten years time bulbs will be outlawed completely.
Forum: Spain
Mar 13th 2010, 5:25 pm
Replies: 25
Views: 12,265
Posted By carter71

Re: UK LIGHT FITTINGS

Do you mean watts or volts?

There is no such thing as a 240 watt fitting, nor a 240 volt one these days come to think of it, phased out (no pun intended) almost 20 years ago by the EC!

They...
Forum: Spain
Mar 10th 2010, 2:57 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 4,269
Posted By carter71

Re: Buying Spanish registered car in UK

Individuals seem to have unrealistic expectations for their cars and you often see listings that have been up on eBay and autoscout for more than a year! :eek:
Forum: Spain
Mar 10th 2010, 11:56 am
Replies: 10
Views: 4,269
Posted By carter71

Re: Buying Spanish registered car in UK

You'll pay a premium in the UK and there will be almost no choice. Even if you buy from a dealer, what are they going to do if you have problems 1.500 miles away.

Buy from a local dealer when you...
Forum: Spain
Feb 23rd 2010, 9:56 am
Replies: 28
Views: 2,243
Posted By carter71

Re: Stamina

there are 13 schools in Aspe, I don't think it was you. They had two boys and my friends husband apparently helped them load the van!
Forum: Spain
Feb 22nd 2010, 3:00 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 2,243
Posted By carter71

Stamina

I was talking to a friend at school this afternoon, asking about the English family that started in September - turned out they returned to the UK in December!!!!

I have also seen here and on...
Forum: Spain
Feb 21st 2010, 5:00 pm
Replies: 99
Views: 8,024
Posted By carter71

Re: Choosing the location in Spain!

Like I'm the only one that gets told off for going off topic :lol:
Forum: Spain
Feb 20th 2010, 8:47 am
Replies: 99
Views: 8,024
Posted By carter71

Re: Choosing the location in Spain!

Sorry! The point is though the "if you can't speak Spanish you'll only get a job in a bar" argument often used here isn't strictly true.
Forum: Spain
Feb 20th 2010, 6:16 am
Replies: 99
Views: 8,024
Posted By carter71

Re: Choosing the location in Spain!

LinkedIn brought in 25k worth of business for me last year. How much did your email address bring in?
Forum: Spain
Feb 19th 2010, 11:59 am
Replies: 99
Views: 8,024
Posted By carter71

Re: Choosing the location in Spain!

In my case I am their usual guy (gal!) - I just happen to be living in Spain which actually makes the highly-paid-consultant-from-the-uk bit more acceptable. So there's my USP - over paid but over...
Forum: Spain
Feb 19th 2010, 10:26 am
Replies: 99
Views: 8,024
Posted By carter71

Re: Choosing the location in Spain!

Or any Madrid based US / UK / intl company...
Forum: Spain
Feb 19th 2010, 8:16 am
Replies: 99
Views: 8,024
Posted By carter71

Re: Choosing the location in Spain!

It you're living over here then the two most important things to think about are tax and healthcare. You'll find taxes are higher here than in the UK - and very likely they'll be much higher pretty...
Forum: Spain
Feb 9th 2010, 5:00 pm
Replies: 250
Views: 17,513
Posted By carter71

Re: A Life in the UK or Spain?

I think it's just cause and effect. People migrate to where the easy money is - and the UK and Spain each had their own schemes which made them look like easier money than anywhere else. The...
Forum: Spain
Feb 3rd 2010, 5:45 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,978
Posted By carter71

Re: Five-year gas service (I hope not) scam

They must be doing the rounds locally because they were here a couple of weeks ago in Aspe. They seemed very official looking with work clothes and paperwork, but my husband asked to see their works...
Forum: Spain
Jan 29th 2010, 7:49 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 2,810
Posted By carter71

Re: medical coverage

You will lose your NHS cover once you leave the UK. You may be entitled to reciprocal cover via your previous NI payments but EHIC is for emergencies only.

Be careful, your family's health is too...
Forum: Spain
Jan 29th 2010, 7:43 pm
Replies: 16
ITV
Views: 1,502
Posted By carter71

Re: ITV

"Honest I was mixing my petrol additive, why else would someone cruise around roundabouts in a limo I mean really?" :rofl: :eek:
Forum: Spain
Jan 29th 2010, 10:27 am
Replies: 16
ITV
Views: 1,502
Posted By carter71

Re: ITV

Well done you! It's actually the diesels which seem to have the biggest problems with the ITV, and is the reason I swapped mine for a gas model last year. Did you wear a short skirt?? ;)
Forum: Spain
Jan 27th 2010, 3:04 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 81,201
Posted By carter71

Re: Long term car hire rental or leasing in spain

Car leasing in Spain is called renting - I leased a Lexus for a year or so, but got fed up with the attention that it caused! Be warned that there are no cheap leasing deals in Spain because the...
Forum: Spain
Jan 26th 2010, 10:29 am
Replies: 6
Views: 663
Posted By carter71

Re: Near Murcia

If he is loose near Murcia, then Ikea is great for a blow out! Mmm - meatballs!

So what is this - a wind up thread? Who let your friend loose? Has he actually had a bllowout or just afraid they...
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