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Forum: Spain
Dec 22nd 2009, 9:34 am
Replies: 23
Views: 1,994
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Grammar? now it is back to school.

I love your technique for discrediting completely valid comments. I too shall use unfounded thinly veiled sarcastic comments to discredit whomever opposes my views in the future.

Well done on your...
Forum: Spain
Dec 22nd 2009, 9:24 am
Replies: 35
Views: 4,468
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Google streetview

Clumsy in what sense? You can go down (or up) a street really easily, and also pan and zoom.

I use it quite frequently to see where exactly I'm going if I've not been before. This has come in very...
Forum: Spain
Aug 16th 2009, 3:13 am
Replies: 16
Views: 8,690
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Spain Pay-as-you-go mobile service with data connection??

Sorry, when I suggested Simyo I thought you were going to buy a new SIM card. I have two friends who tried getting their number ported, for one of them it took close to a month, and the other friend...
Forum: Spain
Aug 16th 2009, 2:44 am
Replies: 12
Views: 982
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Telephone socket

Oh if it's from a recent installation and it has never worked you can maybe complain to them and get it done for free.
Forum: Spain
Aug 15th 2009, 4:02 am
Replies: 12
Views: 982
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Telephone socket

It's a roseta de teléfono.


You'll quite likely get charged, in Barcelona they quoted me 90 euros to change a socket. They consider the threshold of your front door to be the border between...
Forum: Spain
Aug 15th 2009, 3:36 am
Replies: 72
Views: 4,653
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Spanish Lessons!

The first reply was perfect and succinct. lynnxa at some point you said spainrico didn't explain that 'puedo yo tener...' isn't the correct phrase to use, but in fact he did. You then basically...
Forum: Spain
Aug 12th 2009, 9:35 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 1,130
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: mail forwarding call taking expat call centre

In Barcelona the business centres I know of can all provide service in English, so you should ask them. It's certainly not the Queen's English, but if your clients are in Spain it shouldn't be much...
Forum: Spain
Aug 11th 2009, 7:51 pm
Replies: 34
Views: 2,485
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Madrid V Coast

On the motorbike forums I read Spring is always a fun time for madrileños because they can take their bikes out again - I don't think year-round riding is feasible.

Maybe they're just pansies.
Forum: Spain
Aug 11th 2009, 3:45 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,130
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: mail forwarding call taking expat call centre

In Spanish they call these 'centro(s) de negocio(s)' and/or 'business centre', a quick google turned up at least 5 different ones in Alicante, so it would be a case of seeing which ones offer what...
Forum: Spain
Aug 11th 2009, 3:03 am
Replies: 34
Views: 2,485
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Madrid V Coast

Minor! I for one take this affront to a fellow internet stranger's honour very seriously and shall hunt thee down, ruffian. Remember my words!
Forum: Spain
Aug 11th 2009, 2:54 am
Replies: 21
Nie
Views: 1,708
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Nie

Oh, I'd always assumed it was the NIE. The more you know.
Forum: Spain
Aug 11th 2009, 2:49 am
Replies: 21
Nie
Views: 1,708
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Nie

If you had the nice plastic credit card-sized NIEs you'll be ecstatic (not really) to find out they no longer give those out and instead print off an A4 sheet of paper. This A4 sheet of paper is now...
Forum: Spain
Aug 11th 2009, 2:41 am
Replies: 115
Views: 8,772
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: can you become too spanish?

I don't know how correct it is, but I've certainly seen underwhelmed being used in situations where something has been over hyped. I digress though, I agree with not trying to over analyse it. (Maybe...
Forum: Spain
Aug 10th 2009, 2:10 am
Replies: 115
Views: 8,772
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: can you become too spanish?

Yes, some Spanish women do use 'me suda la polla' and also 'no me toques los cojones'. Usually its younger people that say it and depending on the situation noting that they don't in fact have a...
Forum: Spain
Aug 10th 2009, 1:46 am
Replies: 63
Views: 4,482
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Driving in Spain

Did you click on the 'Submit reply' button halfway through your sentence? I don't know if you're trolling or were trying to make a point.

If you were trolling, well played.
Forum: Spain
Aug 10th 2009, 1:26 am
Replies: 8
Views: 1,111
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Moving to Spain

For language schools that focus on businesses, probably very difficult. With the current economy companies are slashing training budgets. Language schools focused on private lessons might be...
Forum: Spain
Aug 9th 2009, 11:31 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,429
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Mopeds

You mean to say that putting a 75cc piston and lightweight bearings and bigger carburetor and racing air filter and a race exhaust isn't a good idea? You crazy, mang. vr vr...
Forum: Spain
Aug 9th 2009, 10:33 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,429
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Mopeds

Lots of people mix mopeds and scooters up without realising there is a difference, so to expand on your post and put it into context:
Moped

Looks like a bicycle
Has bicycle pedals to start the...
Forum: Spain
Aug 9th 2009, 10:14 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 3,710
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Struggling to settle

This exact concept has been kicking around in my head for years. In my experience it produces the most gains when learning a language. I have never been able to express the concept eloquently, nicely...
Forum: Spain
Aug 9th 2009, 9:48 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 8,690
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Spain Pay-as-you-go mobile service with data connection??

Sorry for the delay, the 5 euro limit doesn't kick in after exactly 5 euros, I had 6.7 euros charged last month and 6.5 euros this month. It seems the billing lags a little behind the data usage, but...
Forum: Spain
Jul 11th 2009, 11:07 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 8,690
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Spain Pay-as-you-go mobile service with data connection??

Yeah thats the webpage. It's not very clear, but notice for the 500mB they leave out 'día': the 500mB limit is monthly. Here (https://www.simyo.es/simyo/portal/store/select-data-priceplan) is a...
Forum: Spain
Jul 11th 2009, 9:53 am
Replies: 16
Views: 8,690
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Spain Pay-as-you-go mobile service with data connection??

If you have good coverage Simyo should do the trick for you. With their prepaid sim cards data is dirt cheap. 5 EUR/month for up to 500mB, if you need more they have 5gB for 25 EUR/month.

edit:...
Forum: Spain
Jul 10th 2009, 12:09 am
Replies: 41
Views: 3,909
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: laptop internet

The Simyo one I posted on the first page is unlocked unless I'm very mistaken, the company ethos is 'locked stuff is bad'.

The price also seems to be a lot better than Movistar or Vodafone, so if...
Forum: Spain
Jul 9th 2009, 11:55 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,642
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Doggie Wee

I got the impression it was the OP's own dogs. As for the reading up, having dogs and *not* taking the time to understand their behaviour seems the nuttier thing to do. The idea would of course to be...
Forum: Spain
Jul 4th 2009, 10:06 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 1,642
Posted By johnnycakes

Re: Doggie Wee

There's a good website (ignore the horrible format, the menu is on the right hand side -took me a while to find it), http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/articles/whybaddog.html, with tonnes of resources...
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