British Expats - Search Results

Go Back  British Expats > Search Forums
Reload this Page >

Search Results

 
Search: Posts Made By: superskib
Showing results 1 to 25 of 29
Search took 0.05 seconds.
Forum: Spain
Sep 12th 2010, 3:18 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 548
Posted By superskib

Question Spanish residency?

Does the Spanish government require visas before granting permanent residency? How does that relate to people from outside the EU?
Forum: Spain
Aug 22nd 2010, 10:45 am
Replies: 185
Views: 61,811
Posted By superskib

Re: Why do Spaniards hate British so much?

You don't have to be dead to be a pathologist
Forum: Spain
Aug 21st 2010, 12:11 pm
Replies: 185
Views: 61,811
Posted By superskib

Re: Why do Spaniards hate British so much?

They're all Taffys love

PS so do I admire Senor Zapatero even if I couldn't remember his other three names!
Forum: Spain
Aug 18th 2010, 10:58 am
Replies: 185
Views: 61,811
Posted By superskib

Re: Why do Spaniards hate British so much?

BTW a survey showed that many spaniards don't know Zetaparo's name either![/QUOTE]

Some couldn't even spell it either!!

Off the top of my head - Juan Louis Romires Zapatero ? anywhere near it?...
Forum: Spain
Jul 22nd 2010, 10:48 am
Replies: 24
Views: 6,694
Posted By superskib

Re: Laying turf? Help?

Just remember that old Irish adage GREEN ON TOP
Forum: Spain
May 2nd 2010, 2:28 pm
Replies: 107
Views: 7,552
Posted By superskib

Re: Toros - tide turning?

[QUOTE=cricketman;8532546]You're entitled to your view and me on mine.

It was Albert Einstein who stated "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion; but no one is entitled to their own facts".
...
Forum: Singapore
Apr 16th 2010, 6:03 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,390
Posted By superskib

Re: HEALTH SERVICE

From this reply I take it that there is no State Provision like the NHS for citizens?
Forum: Singapore
Apr 15th 2010, 11:54 am
Replies: 11
Views: 41,107
Posted By superskib

Re: Fake Rolex Singapore

no mate, I was in the market, I know the Bugis Parco, very pleasant; as you say the MKT is crowded, sweaty and a Fire Officers nightmare.
Forum: Singapore
Apr 15th 2010, 10:41 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,390
Posted By superskib

HEALTH SERVICE

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE HEALTH SITUATION IS IN SINGAPORE, CAN ANY ONE OFFER A A BRIEF ACCURATE SUMMARY?
Forum: Singapore
Apr 15th 2010, 10:34 am
Replies: 11
Views: 41,107
Posted By superskib

Re: Fake Rolex Singapore

"but you might start at Bugis Junction market" -

I loved this market, 4 floors of lovely teenagers having a great time buying cheapo kit for their Saturday night out.

In the cafe on the 3rd...
Forum: Spain
Apr 10th 2010, 6:20 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 1,343
Posted By superskib

EL CAMPELLO QUESTION

Can you please advise me as to the good/bad aspects of the El Campello area?
Forum: Spain
Mar 24th 2010, 9:12 am
Replies: 625
Views: 45,674
Posted By superskib

Re: Living in Spain - the good things!

they say pigeons are rats with wings! Just a thought
Forum: Spain
Mar 21st 2010, 1:44 pm
Replies: 625
Views: 45,674
Posted By superskib

Red face Re: Living in Spain - the good things!

Was that the finale of Franco's fracas, or the beginning of the Bush & Blair bust up? Either way you need to go to Oz for a real firework wonderland. Don't you just love a little alliteration?
Forum: Spain
Mar 17th 2010, 5:45 pm
Replies: 625
Views: 45,674
Posted By superskib

Re: Living in Spain - the good things!

It is great to hear that a disabled person is able to live a decent life; great stuff.

In my reading about Spain there are many mentions of beggars. In 2004 I went to the old cathedral in...
Forum: Spain
Mar 17th 2010, 5:24 pm
Replies: 171
Views: 19,500
Posted By superskib

Re: Is Spain still much cheaper than the UK?

I am reminded that the John Lewis Partnership is a superb employer which pays its staff a fine anual bonus, this year 15%. Their terms and conditions are about as good as any employer in the UK,...
Forum: Spain
Mar 16th 2010, 10:37 am
Replies: 171
Views: 19,500
Posted By superskib

Re: Is Spain still much cheaper than the UK?

I ran my own business for twenty years in the building industry – hardly a feather bed – and only had one employee who was a pain in the arse (he was a recovering alcoholic and went off the rails)....
Forum: Spain
Mar 15th 2010, 5:47 pm
Replies: 171
Views: 19,500
Posted By superskib

Re: Is Spain still much cheaper than the UK?

I live in Lincs, the cabbage county of England. I see people working in the fields in sub zero weather, up to their arse in mud, hands red raw; how many of you lot would work in those conditions for...
Forum: Spain
Mar 5th 2010, 10:33 am
Replies: 27
Views: 19,383
Posted By superskib

Re: CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS IN SPAIN

any reaction to the use of DPC in Spain (damp roof course0?
Mar 4th 2010, 3:43 pm
Replies: 87
Views: 19,484
Posted By superskib

Re: 25 years up, and I would do it all again.

No corrie and fish and chips

Shove the Corrie mate, but you can get a fair dinkum bag of Fish & Chips at Woy Woy just up the coast from Sydney, and you can share it with the pelicans.

Only been...
Forum: Spain
Mar 4th 2010, 1:16 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 19,383
Posted By superskib

Question CONSTRUCTION STANDARDS IN SPAIN

Another request for help/information I'm afraid.

I have both family and friends with Spanish property, some holiday some permanent residence, all on the Costa Blanca. After the current winter of...
Forum: Spain
Feb 23rd 2010, 2:34 pm
Replies: 625
Views: 45,674
Posted By superskib

Re: Living in Spain - the good things!

'The beaurocracy is mad'

It's also spelt very differently by all accounts
Forum: Spain
Feb 23rd 2010, 2:10 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 509
Posted By superskib

CATHOLIC SHRINES

Back in the 1970s a friend of mine went to live near Seville, at the shrine of Palma de Troya. This was where several local children claimed to have visions of Our Lady, the BVM. Sadly my friend...
Forum: Spain
Feb 8th 2010, 12:41 pm
Replies: 69
Views: 5,478
Posted By superskib

Re: Civil War - Belchite

By sheer coincidence last night I read about the battle for Belchite in Anthony Beevor's history of the SCW, these videos really bring it home just how horrendous it must have been.

You may well...
Forum: Spain
Feb 6th 2010, 4:50 pm
Replies: 69
Views: 5,478
Posted By superskib

Re: Civil War

There is a podcast by Prof. Helen Graham about the InternationalBrigaders on this address
...
Forum: Spain
Jan 27th 2010, 12:52 pm
Replies: 16
Views: 6,626
Posted By superskib

Re: Strange little grubs eating door frames

In the museum of rescued religious statuary in Barca every wooden item was riddled with bore holes and other insect damage. Rentokil would do well.
Showing results 1 to 25 of 29
 


 
Forum Jump

Contact Us - Archive - Advertising - Cookie Policy - Privacy Statement - Terms of Service -

Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.