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Forum: Information Technology
Oct 17th 2010, 2:43 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 2,436
Posted By strobl_j

Re: Finding jobs abroad

Hi, use firefox and you can have twenty tabs open with twenty different countries and searches, and the whole thing saved as one bookmark that you just click to open. I do it with about 8 at a time....
Forum: Spain
Sep 25th 2010, 3:58 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 870
Posted By strobl_j

Re: Insect ID please

Thanks for the ID. They have to go! I may try dissuading them with a strong chilli/garlic solution, but I ain't eating them with it :)
Forum: Spain
Sep 25th 2010, 9:52 am
Replies: 13
Views: 870
Posted By strobl_j

Re: Insect ID please

I would be happy if they were a ladybird, as god knows there are enough aphids here when the broad beans come up. They seem to make a buzzing noise when they fly if that helps?
Forum: Spain
Sep 25th 2010, 9:50 am
Replies: 52
Views: 4,837
Posted By strobl_j

Re: Spanish Industrial Action/Service Disruption

I think it makes more sense to fight for rights when the economy is more stable, there is one think that will definitely never be restored, and that is lost business. The UK has precious little left...
Forum: Spain
Sep 25th 2010, 9:47 am
Replies: 13
Views: 870
Posted By strobl_j

Re: Insect ID please

I think Adalia-bipunctata is the ladybird family, and nothing on google looked at all like my critters to me, so open to other offers on this. The critters body are a different shape and...
Forum: Spain
Sep 25th 2010, 9:30 am
Replies: 13
Views: 870
Posted By strobl_j

Re: Insect ID please

Would say that was a pic of a ladybird variant, these look like a different branch to me?
Forum: Spain
Sep 25th 2010, 9:03 am
Replies: 13
Views: 870
Posted By strobl_j

Insect ID please

Hi, I have these criitters everywhere in my garden, and I don't know what they are, so I can't lookup to see if they are good or bad guys. They seem to be a beetle, so it's 50/50 good or bad. ...
Forum: Spain
Sep 22nd 2010, 10:57 am
Replies: 5
Views: 1,147
Posted By strobl_j

Re: pitfalls of cheap calling to UK .

We use skype for UK calls, but it does disconnect us regularly in the first 2 minutes of the call, so it is normally the third call before we get a reliable connect. It is under 2c per minute though...
Forum: Spain
Sep 6th 2010, 8:48 am
Replies: 29
Views: 2,133
Posted By strobl_j

Re: Question for the Guy

Thanks for the info. When I have finished wiring the electricity and walls and laid a floor in the living room I might give the 80cm a go. We can get most of BBC through t'internet anyway :-)
Forum: Spain
Sep 5th 2010, 5:12 pm
Replies: 29
Views: 2,133
Posted By strobl_j

Re: Question for the Guy

While we are playing "Ask The Guy" I am in Andalucia up near Extramadura and want to know if there is any likelihood of getting programmes from an 80cm dish I already have, or if I should just wait a...
Forum: Spain
Aug 29th 2010, 10:23 am
Replies: 4
Views: 729
Posted By strobl_j

Re: Identifying a plant

Good chance it is pokeweed / inkberry

http://urbpan.livejournal.com/375157.html
Forum: Spain
Aug 27th 2010, 6:19 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 22,780
Posted By strobl_j

Re: Spanish TV channel in english

There used to be a Sony channel until it went scrambled a few months back - I can't get anything now without satellite.
Forum: Spain
Aug 27th 2010, 5:06 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 835
Posted By strobl_j

Re: What can we grow over winter?

They seem INCREDIBLY stuck in their ways here, don't seem to plant a damn thing until the end of May when I am already picking stuff, they look at me funny when I follow the instructions on the back...
Forum: Spain
Aug 27th 2010, 4:45 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 835
Posted By strobl_j

Re: What can we grow over winter?

I have the beard, don't need any help with the older - was looking more in the fruit and veg line actually :)
Forum: Spain
Aug 27th 2010, 4:04 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 835
Posted By strobl_j

What can we grow over winter?

We are in the hills of Huelva province, about 500m up, what can we get away with growing over winter? As well as a good size garden we have a reasonable greenhouse too. We noticed the tomatoes...
Forum: Spain
Aug 23rd 2010, 12:40 pm
Replies: 10
Views: 5,293
Posted By strobl_j

Re: ready mixed concrete

We are doing this piece by piece with a mixer to cover some underfloor heating. I have never done work that hard, and we built all the internals walls ourselves. Feeding the mixer quick enough for...
Forum: Spain
Aug 13th 2010, 10:12 am
Replies: 12
Views: 1,030
Posted By strobl_j

Re: Perseid Shooting Stars

Hi, we were out between 1:30 and 2:30 am and saw a few, the smoke on the horizon from Portugal blocked some of the viewing, the shower should be around the next couple of days though. That...
Forum: Spain
Aug 7th 2010, 5:14 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 5,051
Posted By strobl_j

Re: Running a UK business from Spain

Hi, we just moved my wife's web business here this year, and find that the postal costs are savage - we have had to abandon some popular but heavy lines altogether, and selling her books is a farce -...
Forum: Spain
Jun 29th 2010, 2:28 pm
Replies: 120
Views: 8,529
Posted By strobl_j

Cool Re: 300,000 (Going Up!)

Who defines illegal? We were advising our *spanish* friend that he was in a murky deal when the developer wanted all the taxes up front before he laid a brick. That whole street full of Spaniards...
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