10 things you are missing out on if you don't live in Spain!
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Re: 10 things you are missing out on if you don't live in Spain!
Just been looking up 'Southland' Seems like they are cancelling series 6 for whatever reasons!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3255136.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3255136.html
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Re: 10 things you are missing out on if you don't live in Spain!
I always thought that tv had more importance in the UK because people spent much of their free time indoors on the couch. The impression I got was that people in Spain spent far more time away from home (if only watching La Liga in the bar) and so programmes weren't such a big part of people's lives. Although you get the culebrones or other c***, you couldn't imagine a programme like Eastenders affecting people the way it does to so many in the UK
Yet it does seem as though the right television programme can have a big effect in Spain. According to this, the sales of home sewing machines soared 176% after the success of a mini-series called “El Tiempo Entre Costuras”
http://www.chicoer.com/business/ci_2...ps-show-spains
Yet it does seem as though the right television programme can have a big effect in Spain. According to this, the sales of home sewing machines soared 176% after the success of a mini-series called “El Tiempo Entre Costuras”
http://www.chicoer.com/business/ci_2...ps-show-spains
I do miss my takeaways but maybe that is cos I am still attached to UKTV or the footie.
The flip side, and I don't do it often but if you have a meal in a Brit bar and some Gladys is behind the ramp, the chances are you could have Eastenders or Corrie on the TV
Spanish people I have met, do not understand why the UK is full of couch potatoes, I suppose the same as the States where the quality of TV is so much better, but you can easily like I have live without it.
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Re: 10 things you are missing out on if you don't live in Spain!
I always thought that tv had more importance in the UK because people spent much of their free time indoors on the couch. The impression I got was that people in Spain spent far more time away from home (if only watching La Liga in the bar) and so programmes weren't such a big part of people's lives. Although you get the culebrones or other c***, you couldn't imagine a programme like Eastenders affecting people the way it does to so many in the UK
Yet it does seem as though the right television programme can have a big effect in Spain. According to this, the sales of home sewing machines soared 176% after the success of a mini-series called “El Tiempo Entre Costuras”
http://www.chicoer.com/business/ci_2...ps-show-spains
Yet it does seem as though the right television programme can have a big effect in Spain. According to this, the sales of home sewing machines soared 176% after the success of a mini-series called “El Tiempo Entre Costuras”
http://www.chicoer.com/business/ci_2...ps-show-spains
Maybe the only plus point is that their celebs don't make as much front page news in Spanish tabloids as occurs in the UK, but there again they get more than their fair share of exposure on Spanish TV.
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Re: 10 things you are missing out on if you don't live in Spain!
I agree - I wouldn't want to buy or rent a property anywhere close to the public rubbish bins here. Where I live, other neighbours/family members will always ask any elderly people living near them if they want their rubbish taking down when they're taking their own - I do it myself, although they often say no as they like to be independent.
Not having space to store all the wheelie bins is a real problem for a lot of people in the UK, it makes streets of terrace houses look a real mess with all the bins outside the front doors.
Not having space to store all the wheelie bins is a real problem for a lot of people in the UK, it makes streets of terrace houses look a real mess with all the bins outside the front doors.
Re all the coffee remarks - there is absolutely no comparison between coffee here and in the UK: it's wonderful here and very cheap.
As for the idiot who mentioned us sitting here eating inside with out air conditioning on, he obviously hasn't spent a lot of time in Spanish homes. We eat outside all summer long and enjoy it!!
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Re: 10 things you are missing out on if you don't live in Spain!
I don't know where you live but I've been living in Spain for 14 years now and my rubbish is collected every second morning at around 6.30am (and no, they don't make a lot of noise) and we have big bins in the nearest town if we want to get rid of recyclable stuff.
Re all the coffee remarks - there is absolutely no comparison between coffee here and in the UK: it's wonderful here and very cheap.
As for the idiot who mentioned us sitting here eating inside with out air conditioning on, he obviously hasn't spent a lot of time in Spanish homes. We eat outside all summer long and enjoy it!!
Re all the coffee remarks - there is absolutely no comparison between coffee here and in the UK: it's wonderful here and very cheap.
As for the idiot who mentioned us sitting here eating inside with out air conditioning on, he obviously hasn't spent a lot of time in Spanish homes. We eat outside all summer long and enjoy it!!
We don't have rubbish pickup. They have bins every 200 meters or so (in the town). You have to bring your rubbish to a bin. If you live outside a town, you have to drive it into town. They empty the bins every 3 days or so.
For this we pay about €300 per year.
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Re: 10 things you are missing out on if you don't live in Spain!
I don't know where you live but I've been living in Spain for 14 years now and my rubbish is collected every second morning at around 6.30am (and no, they don't make a lot of noise) and we have big bins in the nearest town if we want to get rid of recyclable stuff.
Re all the coffee remarks - there is absolutely no comparison between coffee here and in the UK: it's wonderful here and very cheap.
As for the idiot who mentioned us sitting here eating inside with out air conditioning on, he obviously hasn't spent a lot of time in Spanish homes. We eat outside all summer long and enjoy it!!
Re all the coffee remarks - there is absolutely no comparison between coffee here and in the UK: it's wonderful here and very cheap.
As for the idiot who mentioned us sitting here eating inside with out air conditioning on, he obviously hasn't spent a lot of time in Spanish homes. We eat outside all summer long and enjoy it!!
I would have a hard job sitting inside with the air conditioning on in summer, as after 7 years here I still haven't felt the need to instal it!
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Re: 10 things you are missing out on if you don't live in Spain!
I don't know where you live but I've been living in Spain for 14 years now and my rubbish is collected every second morning at around 6.30am (and no, they don't make a lot of noise) and we have big bins in the nearest town if we want to get rid of recyclable stuff.
Re all the coffee remarks - there is absolutely no comparison between coffee here and in the UK: it's wonderful here and very cheap.
As for the idiot who mentioned us sitting here eating inside with out air conditioning on, he obviously hasn't spent a lot of time in Spanish homes. We eat outside all summer long and enjoy it!!
Re all the coffee remarks - there is absolutely no comparison between coffee here and in the UK: it's wonderful here and very cheap.
As for the idiot who mentioned us sitting here eating inside with out air conditioning on, he obviously hasn't spent a lot of time in Spanish homes. We eat outside all summer long and enjoy it!!
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Re: 10 things you are missing out on if you don't live in Spain!
I live in the administrative capital of La Axarquia, east of Malaga. We have a mixture here of subterranean metal bins (in the town centre) which are great, and the old style bins (plus recycling ones for plastic, paper, glass, old clothes and shoes, and cooking oils). All the household rubbish ones are emptied every night of the year (starting around 11pm), all public holidays included. Such problems as we have aren't because of the collection systems, they are the fault of some lazy people who just dump things beside the bins instead of putting them inside or, in the case of large items, using the other arrangements which are available (free) to have them collected.
I would have a hard job sitting inside with the air conditioning on in summer, as after 7 years here I still haven't felt the need to instal it!
I would have a hard job sitting inside with the air conditioning on in summer, as after 7 years here I still haven't felt the need to instal it!
biggest problem we have is that our paper/card recycle bins - which are much fewer, are always full with cardboard boxes from local shops. new chinese place doesn't even bother, dumps it all in the nearest bin that's empty.
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Little surprise given that the BBC's budget is 100 times more than that of Spanish state television
The BBC makes probably one or two excellent programmes a year which then are very successful across the world. The rest is rubbish. And the news and current affairs are so patronising that I cant watch for more than 2 minutes.
They could learn from programmes like Salvados, but I doubt the Tories would let them make such a programme
The BBC makes probably one or two excellent programmes a year which then are very successful across the world. The rest is rubbish. And the news and current affairs are so patronising that I cant watch for more than 2 minutes.
They could learn from programmes like Salvados, but I doubt the Tories would let them make such a programme
In addition, there was even more variety of foreign programming . For example, many British series. I remember some, like " Andy Robson ", " Benny Hill ", " George & Mildred (In Spain, " Los Roper ") etc etc etc. Are some examples
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#130
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I like the old Spanish films from the 70s, often with a touch of humour as well as giving a bit of a feel for how things were back then.
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Certainly up until Franco's death, you saw what the censor wanted you to see, it was very heavily censored. Many of the directors that were banged up or murdered by the Franco regime didn't see the humourous side of it!
#132
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I don't recall any from that time with strong or even any political overtones, so maybe that explains it.
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Beaches!
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Talking of beaches, I have a couple of sunbeds just like they sell space for on the beach, I can just take them with me to the beach rather than pay for one.
Its ok if your on holiday but they can be expensive if you live here and plan to go often.