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Forum: Spain
Aug 3rd 2010, 6:28 am
Replies: 268
Views: 23,893
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Are the times still tough?

Perhaps jackytoo has become to de-Anglicised to care ? :huh:

' I'm all right Jack ' y :thumbup:

Cheers
Fredthered
Forum: Spain
Aug 2nd 2010, 8:22 am
Replies: 268
Views: 23,893
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Are the times still tough?

:thumbup: Well said, bil.

Unfortunately our present 'Society' is riddled with these particularly odious individuals, who break no law, primarily because as they are the ones to make them, they...
Forum: Spain
Jul 26th 2010, 6:09 am
Replies: 9
Views: 965
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Car help

Eddie.
I applaud you trying to make a living mate, but fear your enthusiasm to seize every opportunity, may lead you into conflict with the moderators, as you may have posted a little recklessly, on...
Forum: Spain
Jul 26th 2010, 5:43 am
Replies: 24
Views: 6,694
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Laying turf? Help?

Or even sow, if you find difficulty in threading a needle, like me .
(I'll bet your lawn is better than mine). ;)
Cheers
Fredthered
Forum: Spain
Jul 21st 2010, 7:47 am
Replies: 268
Views: 23,893
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Are the times still tough?

:lol: SO True, Lushdaddy !
It often seems that literally EVERYBODY over here, has their eye open for the ' Main Chance' to rip you off, for as much as they think they can get away with, if they...
Forum: Spain
Jul 20th 2010, 8:32 pm
Replies: 24
Views: 6,694
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Laying turf? Help?

Your Father was absolutely Spot On ! :thumbup: Although it can actually be TOO wet, if you actually do it while raining, and leave you floudering around towards the end of the 'Lay' in a Sea of MUD...
Forum: Spain
Jul 20th 2010, 8:35 am
Replies: 69
Views: 37,750
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Moving back to the UK from Spain

quote : ' 80yrs old in good health '
and I DID say as a TEMPORARY measure only ! :huh:
and I am assuming the WORST possible case of no other relations or friends who could possibly act as surrogate...
Forum: Spain
Jul 20th 2010, 5:59 am
Replies: 69
Views: 37,750
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Moving back to the UK from Spain

With something like 36/39 pubs per week closing in the UK each week (if the many statistics are to be believed), I'm surprised it even entered your head as a viable possibility :ohmy:
Now, A...
Forum: Spain
Jul 19th 2010, 9:31 am
Replies: 69
Views: 37,750
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Moving back to the UK from Spain

Hi suzie
To be honest, I am aghast at your current situation.
It would be all too easy to be unsympathatic and use glib phrases like 'chickens finally coming home to roost ' etc. you having been...
Forum: Spain
Jun 14th 2010, 7:33 pm
Replies: 119
Views: 9,140
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Ivanmax is back-You ready for a Spanish bankruptcy?)

Obama has annoyed me so much in recent days over his anti-British comments, that I’m strongly considering not buying any more Coca Cola, but what else can you put in Vodka to make it taste...
Forum: Spain
May 25th 2010, 6:28 am
Replies: 8
Views: 4,524
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Broken glass in Community Swimming Pool

[QUOTE=Lushdaddy;8587245]Only because it's the same colour as it. Maybe if the water was dyed blue the glass would stand out more.

:blink:

Glass being completely transparent, and therefore the...
Forum: Spain
May 18th 2010, 11:10 am
Replies: 19
Views: 1,909
Posted By Fredthered

Re: New traffic laws:

Is that 'operating' a GPS (ie pressing the buttons), or having a GPS in operation (as in listening to the directions) ? :unsure:

Either way it's a hellova shock for any unsuspecting foreign...
Forum: Spain
May 14th 2010, 6:56 am
Replies: 72
Views: 5,378
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Zapatero and Spain's Budget Cuts

Hell ! Could I apply to become one of these 'philanthropists', jojo ? :thumbsup:

(only tweakin' your tail) ;)

Fredthered
Forum: Spain
May 14th 2010, 5:47 am
Replies: 298
Views: 28,027
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Euro about to crash..?

We do manage to save a little money though, because our dogs don't all have to have their own (personal) psychiatrist ! :p ;)

Cheers
Fredthered
Forum: Spain
May 13th 2010, 8:08 am
Replies: 298
Views: 28,027
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Euro about to crash..?

I wouldn't exactly call a hung Parliament and a coalition Government, stable, especially a Con-Lib one :unsure:
Some are already predicting another General Election, possibly in about 18 months...
Forum: Spain
May 12th 2010, 3:30 pm
Replies: 4
Views: 897
Posted By Fredthered

Tourism 2010 ?

Has anyone visited the island of Mallorca recently, in particular Magaluf, and have any idea about how the season is shaping up so far ?
I have just been having a 'mooch' around, using Google Earth...
Forum: Spain
May 11th 2010, 11:22 am
Replies: 47
Views: 4,006
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Is the volcanic ash affecting the weather

Arrrgh !:curse: Shot down...... in flames ! :lol:

I wondered where they got all their info from.
It's the 'Jellyheads' is it ?

Cheers
Fredthered
Forum: Spain
May 11th 2010, 9:26 am
Replies: 10
Views: 967
Posted By Fredthered

Re: mobilility help at airports

Can only speak for Manchester Airport, as I once assisted people there. (A chair pusher ! LOL)
You should have no problems with the company supplying the service, if you ever have to use this...
Forum: Spain
May 11th 2010, 9:00 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,132
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Wot Pot Hole ?

You mean here in the UK, it would have been coned-off etc. within days, jojo.
Then the actual 'repair', would have taken WEEKS ! :lol:
You forgot to include the: '1 digging, 7 watching' factor into...
Forum: Spain
May 11th 2010, 8:38 am
Replies: 47
Views: 4,006
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Is the volcanic ash affecting the weather

With regards to the OP:
Here in the UK, we do seem to have had an unusually 'dry' April, (ash sucking the moisture up (?), although heavy rain and flooding in a lot of places over the May bank...
Forum: Spain
May 11th 2010, 6:07 am
Replies: 298
Views: 28,027
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Euro about to crash..?

Err, don't you mean: If Spain goes down, it'll make sure it takes Britain with it ? :thumbdown:

I think bobd22, makes a couple of valid points.

With regards to what the EU Fund would say to...
Forum: Spain
May 10th 2010, 9:26 am
Replies: 298
Views: 28,027
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Euro about to crash..?

Yoo mass be a Savvaner, mate ! :lol:
Up ere int' North we avvent got time (ort' brass) for such silly prices as you'd pay in the 'Smoke'. ;)
Latest prices here in Llandudno Wetherspoons (Mondays...
Forum: Spain
May 10th 2010, 9:01 am
Replies: 298
Views: 28,027
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Euro about to crash..?

As you know though matt, few of us in the UK are actually involved enough in the relatively small Tourist industry and it's spin-offs to derive any benefit from this.
I'll give you a short account...
Forum: Spain
May 10th 2010, 6:54 am
Replies: 298
Views: 28,027
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Euro about to crash..?

Thanks Guys.
I understand the basics of course, (which is about the level I am able to operate on ! :lol:) but let's stand the argument on it's head for a moment, and say that: If it is advantageous...
Forum: Spain
May 9th 2010, 12:20 pm
Replies: 298
Views: 28,027
Posted By Fredthered

Re: Euro about to crash..?

:mad:

Absolutely bloody typical !
The Pound sinks from it's once 'heady' high of something like 1.65 Euros, to parity, and nobody does a bloody thing.
The Pound starts to recover only a little...
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