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Forum: Spain
Apr 30th 2010, 9:43 am
Replies: 166
Views: 10,468
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: Labour Party revival

They certainly are.... Someone used to say that the very fact someone wants to be PM should debar them. All the main parties, and their focus groups, advisors etc, think we can be swayed by their...
Forum: Spain
Apr 30th 2010, 9:40 am
Replies: 116
Views: 8,656
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: Are you biggotted!!!!!!HA!!!!!!

Question from Rochdale "Where are all these Eastern Europeans coming from?"

Gordon should have said "Probably Eastern Europe!"
Forum: Spain
Apr 30th 2010, 9:22 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,071
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: Time to own up......

No, but I once spend 10 days of a fortnight's holiday teaching the parrot in the hotel reception in Majorca to say "Bollocks!" Hours of amusement for the last 4 days of my holiday!
Forum: Spain
Apr 30th 2010, 9:20 am
Replies: 58
Views: 5,769
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: Best companies to work for in Spain

I have a degree "Business Studies" - which is classed slightly above Media Studies ie Oxford and Cambridge don't offer it. I also have a management qualification and have a really good job here in...
Forum: Spain
Feb 23rd 2010, 9:10 am
Replies: 110
Views: 9,511
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: Espanol - theory vs reality!

Thanks for all the replies, and the very encouraging responses. I have the Michel Thomas CDs to supplement my lessons, and I do think they are really useful - I finally understood the placement of...
Forum: Spain
Feb 23rd 2010, 8:34 am
Replies: 29
Views: 3,751
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: How to get back into the UK system after years.

Even if you think you may not be entitled to anything, it is essential that you register a claim as soon as you return to the UK. Then if you are entitled to anything you will get it from day one. ...
Forum: Spain
Jan 29th 2010, 11:54 am
Replies: 110
Views: 9,511
Posted By Makingthemove

Espanol - theory vs reality!

Haven't posted for a bit. I know, and this forum backs me up, that I should learn Spanish. I am now on Advanced 1 with Instituto Cervantes, but why does no-one warn you that, when faced with a...
Forum: Spain
Dec 24th 2009, 10:30 am
Replies: 2
Views: 1,006
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: No me llames Guiri - Don't call me Guiri!

I understood most of it! Probably cos they were extrajeneros speaking Spanish but still well pleased.

The language thing does bug me though - I see so many British people here in the UK...
Forum: Spain
Dec 9th 2009, 6:09 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 2,365
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: Pay tax in Spain or UK

Many thanks - both your replies are a lot clearer than the books I have referred to on the subject!
Forum: Spain
Dec 8th 2009, 6:31 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 2,365
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: Pay tax in Spain or UK

Does the double taxation rule mean that the tax I will pay on my local government pension at source is taken off my tax liability in spain, OR that the LG pension income is not counted as part of my...
Forum: Spain
Dec 8th 2009, 10:28 am
Replies: 35
Views: 5,860
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: pure spanish - correct pronunciation

Not sure - I have had teachers from all over Spain (and Argentina). I am not sure whether this reflects 'received pronunciation' or not, but the easiest to understand when they spoke in Spanish was...
Forum: Spain
Dec 8th 2009, 10:21 am
Replies: 39
Views: 3,441
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: godmother godfather.....

Well said. Sometimes you can be put off posting something for fear of what seems to be an 'over the top' attack on what you have said.

Of course, one of the benefits of the forum is getting those...
Forum: Spain
Dec 3rd 2009, 10:39 am
Replies: 334
Views: 30,920
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: Its looking up for a better exchange rate.

Whoever gets in, we are looking at structural weaknesses in the UK economy until at least 2030 unless the new government (of whichever party) is willing to both cut public spending and raise taxes,...
Forum: Spain
Dec 3rd 2009, 5:10 am
Replies: 39
Views: 3,441
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: godmother godfather.....

I have never heard anyone directly addressed as 'godmother' etc. If the child is still young, I think its more likely they will address as 'auntie Bet' etc, even if they are not blood-related.
Forum: Spain
Dec 2nd 2009, 8:06 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,117
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: Ryanair to charge for Visa Electron cards

Thanks for letting us know!

We have been using my step-son's Visa Electron card for a few years now - this has meant we have been able to get the 99p flights etc.

Will have to look into the...
Forum: Spain
Nov 28th 2009, 11:04 am
Replies: 240
Views: 15,404
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: EU President-"Global Warming" Being Used As A Vehicle To Suppress Human Freedom

I am sorry but I am extremely sceptical of any messages re global warming from any government.

You can shoot me down now, but my own approach to the green agenda goes back to my upbringing - 'you...
Forum: Spain
Nov 28th 2009, 10:47 am
Replies: 77
Views: 6,017
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: Spain 36 years ago.

I think if you did not live through this, or your family did, then it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, to understand.

But a few years ago it was publicised that the UK government is...
Forum: Spain
Nov 28th 2009, 10:40 am
Replies: 85
Views: 5,608
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: Trouble finding a job?

And I am going to wade in here - I may have missed any intended sarcasm, but there are very few decent jobs being advertised in the UK at the moment.

Unless you are willing to cold-call for...
Forum: Spain
Nov 28th 2009, 10:38 am
Replies: 85
Views: 5,608
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: Trouble finding a job?

My friend from Spanish class recently returned from teaching English in Madrid for the British Council - she did not have any 'special friends' there, just applied for the job. As she had not taught...
Forum: Spain
Nov 28th 2009, 10:31 am
Replies: 171
Views: 13,282
Posted By Makingthemove

Smile Re: A sad and sorry story - the highs and lows of living in Spain

The official term now is ethnic origin - so I would select 'White - British', others may select 'Black - African' etc. These are not my phrases, I am only quoting what is stated on the forms in the...
Forum: Spain
Nov 22nd 2009, 12:26 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,283
Posted By Makingthemove

Smile Re: New mini city abandoned near sesena

I got all excited for a sec then - thought you meant a new mini car! I was going to claim it, if it was going spare!
Forum: Spain
Nov 18th 2009, 9:41 am
Replies: 18
Views: 4,856
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: Spanish Mortgage Rates - Who is the Cheapest?

A lot of people in the UK who are on tracker mortgages were also surprised to find, as the base rate dropped, they had a minimum interest rate in their agreement!
Forum: Spain
Nov 18th 2009, 9:12 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,390
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: Favourite train stations - Spain, UK or wherever..

I would have to vote Faro train station as one of the worst. Thanks to the snow in February this year (in the UK) we ended up flying to Faro and then had to get the train up to Porto to pick our...
Forum: Spain
Nov 16th 2009, 7:19 am
Replies: 150
Views: 9,152
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: Surprises

Aren't you meant to get used to it, and then wake up at 6am when they don't come?

Mind you I have never managed to sleep through my hard-of-hearing neighbour's easy listening music on a Sunday...
Forum: Spain
Nov 16th 2009, 7:05 am
Replies: 150
Views: 9,152
Posted By Makingthemove

Re: Surprises

As I still only at the stage of holidaying in Spain, albeit 4 or 5 times a year, I am not yet fed up of the food, but could see how the restaurant menus could get a bit samey.

I have been...
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