Originally Posted by carvoeiro

Because on BE, all the emoticons are under the heading 'Smilies'. You can take offense to any of them, smile at them, ignore them, your choice, personally they make me smile but ymmv.

Originally Posted by Red Eric

Originally Posted by Naaling

What did It say????

Originally Posted by Naaling

carvoeiro.
This is an open thread in an open forum.
You have no control over how others choose to contribute, provided they stay within forum rules.
That is why you will never get what you want!

Originally Posted by Pulaski

When you have made such an utter pig's breakfast of the quotes it is hard to know what in earth you are referring to!

Tip: every quote needs a "[QUOTË]" tag at the start, preferably including "=username" and the post number, so something like this: [QUOTË=Naaling;12250444] and a [/QUOTË] tag at the end. If you start deleting the quote start and end tags then you end up messing up not only the quotes in your own post but also those in anyone who quotes your post. .... Unless they manually fix the problem.

Originally Posted by liveaboard

I pretty much ignore local politics; the language barrier makes this pretty much a non-choice.

A German friend of ours was really into it; went so far as to get nominated as his party's candidate for camara president, held rallies, and had his blond haired blue eyed posters around town.

Of course they got crushed by the status quo, but it was fun to see.

Our village is run by the biggest land owner, who was freguesia president after his father; when his term ran out, he put a relative in.

The camara president is known to be a bit... flexible. I think he drives an Escalade. Whatever it is, it's HUGE.
So why do people vote for leaders with doubtful credentials of honesty?
Because when you want to get your plan passed, the last thing you want is a local government who is always busy proving that they are not corrupt. The only way to do that is to deny applications and permits.

Of course leaders have to look out for their constituents too, and as long as they mostly perform their functions no one seems to mind if they mysteriously accrue wealth while in office.

Despite all the allegations, I've yet to meet anyone who paid a direct bribe here. And I do ask people I [if I know them well enough]. Corruption clearly exists, but they seem to keep it above ground level.

My OH is very good with language, but says she doesn't ever want to learn Portuguese. It's nice to not even be able to get involved in real politics and squabbles.
Bom dia, tudo bom?
Si.

Originally Posted by macliam

Bem, not bom and sim, not si..... Good effort though

So someone who lives here and is "good with language" doesn't want to learn the 6th most widely spoken language in the world and interact with her real neighbours? That does seem a little odd to me. Portuguese is not difficult, it's a romance language and closer to Latin than Spanish .... once you get past the pronunciation. Not speaking the official language is one sure way to ensure you'll have issues with the everyday things needed in life, but hey, that's a choice.

Originally Posted by carvoeiro

you really go out of your way to be a pain in the ass - i know its personal so just pack it in or put me on your ignore list - your constant attacks ruin every thread we both contribute to

its the Portuguese forum - theres a general european forum for open topics
i repeat this topic is aimed at anyone - who has a real interest in Portugal - living property owning -
thinking of coming here or merely curious about Portugal - of all races colours and creed - why on earth would other people have a serious interest in whats happening here

Originally Posted by Knoxy_UK

It's up to the Mods whether they feel this is appropriate.

Simply titled "local politics (not EU/bre@it) would seem to have been as good a thread name. But it's up to the threads creator to set the name, and if Mods are happy, then others should accept it.

Originally Posted by Knoxy_UK

Carv, you know I own a Portuguese property as I've discussed my IMI, how I found the property, which bank I use, transfers of money etc...on this forum.

Look through all my posts and show me where I've ever supported either Brexit or remain. Yet you constantly call me and others Brexit Morons. Even Not2old was called a Brexit Moron and he lives in flipping Canada!

I'm quite happy for you to have a thread that excludes people, I'd even be happy for you to have your own Sub forum where you're given the MOD's hat. I just felt the title is not polite and welcoming for newbies who want to land on here and find info.

But you chose to cut my quote so it did not reflect what was said in full. The rest of it said. That if the Mods are happy then others should accept it.

Originally Posted by Naaling

Really couldn't care less.
You are always welcome to eat your popcorn somewhere else!

Originally Posted by carvoeiro

i already stated on this thread anyone with an interest of any kind in Portugal is most welcome to post here - i never said otherwise
your post now is ridiculous - more of the same old same old crap - i'm bored with it - everyone else is bored with it - you're like my ex constantly quoting nonesense that is from the distant past just to cause argument
i say again give it a rest -
everytime i look at a thread another personal attack - you really should get a life