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Forum: Spain
Jun 23rd 2020, 2:59 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 1,749
Posted By houdini1

Re: Electricity problem at our holiday home

Hi Mark. When you say remove the breakers, does that mean that I would have to unscrew the wires from the back of each breaker ?
Forum: Spain
Jun 22nd 2020, 4:46 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 1,749
Posted By houdini1

Re: Electricity problem at our holiday home

Hi Keith. No, no aircon in our house. We use ceiling fans. Yeah, I know all about the high standing charges and have taken those into account. Frankly, the bills I have received for the last few...
Forum: Spain
Jun 22nd 2020, 4:38 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 1,749
Posted By houdini1

Re: Electricity problem at our holiday home

Thanks for that tip Fred. Yes, the pool pump runs for about 8 hours per day. Please tell me what you think the timer should be set for in summer. We are there August/September, a total of 4 people,...
Forum: Spain
Jun 18th 2020, 11:55 am
Replies: 27
Views: 1,749
Posted By houdini1

Re: Electricity problem at our holiday home

Hi Bob. The meter is in a hole in the wall of my front garden. It doesn't look too smart to me. It's the same one that's been there for years, covered in cobwebs and dust. The pool is not heated; I...
Forum: Spain
Jun 18th 2020, 11:51 am
Replies: 27
Views: 1,749
Posted By houdini1

Smile Re: Electricity problem at our holiday home

Thanks for that. Interesting that one can open a denuncia, but yes it's clear that one needs some sort of evidence for that to go ahead. I'm going to get my friend to photograph the meter reading...
Forum: Spain
Jun 18th 2020, 7:39 am
Replies: 27
Views: 1,749
Posted By houdini1

Re: Electricity problem at our holiday home

Hi Amideislas,

So if the meter goes faulty or Iberdrola otherwise screw up your meter reading then they will simply adjust your consumption and bill you for what they think it should be ?? That...
Forum: Spain
Jun 17th 2020, 11:45 am
Replies: 27
Views: 1,749
Posted By houdini1

Re: Electricity problem at our holiday home

Thanks Moses. Yes, the only power draw is the pool pump and the electrician says its working normally, drawing about 7 kW per day. He took meter readings on 3 successive days to confirm this.
Forum: Spain
Jun 17th 2020, 11:41 am
Replies: 27
Views: 1,749
Posted By houdini1

Re: Electricity problem at our holiday home

Hi Rosemary,
Thanks. I checked the invoices and it does say 'con lectura real'.......so the bills are not estimates.
Forum: Spain
Jun 17th 2020, 10:48 am
Replies: 27
Views: 1,749
Posted By houdini1

Electricity problem at our holiday home

Hi Everybody,
My monthly electricity charges from Iberdrola have suddenly increased significantly in the last 3 months.
My 'normal' monthly invoice when the house is unoccupied is about €55. This...
Forum: Spain
Jan 23rd 2012, 11:52 am
Replies: 16
Views: 13,242
Posted By houdini1

Re: Depositing cash in a Spanish bank ?

Thanks everybody for replying. I want to keep and use the money in Spain, but rather not put it under the mattress !
Forum: Spain
Jan 23rd 2012, 10:18 am
Replies: 16
Views: 13,242
Posted By houdini1

Depositing cash in a Spanish bank ?

Hi, I'll be getting some cash as part of a property deal and was wondering if there are restrictions on the amounts of money one can deposit in a Spanish bank. There won't be any documentation with...
Forum: Spain
Sep 16th 2011, 3:31 pm
Replies: 0
Views: 431
Posted By houdini1

A football question

Hi all. I'm in Altea on the 28th. September. My favourite football team, Chelsea, are playing Valencia at the Mestella on that night. I don't think the game will be a sell-out so I'd like to go to...
Forum: Spain
May 12th 2011, 4:35 pm
Replies: 64
Views: 6,691
Posted By houdini1

Re: Earthquake in Murcia

Hi everybody. Terrible event for all concerned. Swiss newspapers featured it prominently this morning with pictures. I have a question : Does house insurance cover the poor people who lost or had...
Forum: Spain
Jan 21st 2011, 8:43 am
Replies: 534
Views: 38,110
Posted By houdini1

Re: Is the new anti-smoking law working?

I would find it rather quaint to enter a bar, bartender absent, only to find him in the back exhaling smoke out the window and then him telling you to serve yourself :) Reminds me of Ireland.
Forum: Spain
Jan 20th 2011, 5:23 pm
Replies: 534
Views: 38,110
Posted By houdini1

Re: Is the new anti-smoking law working?

Hi cricketman, an attempt at levity: if one was to splice turtle genes into the ninja genome, what would happen ?:D

The motives of any large company are the same; to maximize profits for its...
Forum: Spain
Jan 20th 2011, 5:02 pm
Replies: 534
Views: 38,110
Posted By houdini1

Re: Is the new anti-smoking law working?

Hi bil, I seem to have written reams on the other subject and you're tempting me with this one :). When I talk about boundaries I mean the pretty obvious ones, such as for example, inter-species...
Forum: Spain
Jan 20th 2011, 4:49 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 5,778
Posted By houdini1

Smile Re: Hello from Tarragona

Well I trust you're having a nice time....was finding work difficult (or maybe you don't indulge :)?
Forum: Spain
Jan 20th 2011, 1:57 pm
Replies: 534
Views: 38,110
Posted By houdini1

Re: Is the new anti-smoking law working?

I'm talking about the fact that 'nature' has natural boundaries, matt, and the fact that genetic engineering is in many cases an attempt to mess with these boundaries.
Forum: Spain
Jan 20th 2011, 1:39 pm
Replies: 534
Views: 38,110
Posted By houdini1

Re: Is the new anti-smoking law working?

Hi jim, I don't quite understand your reply, but I'm in the business of science, not 'slanting' things, not opinion, not speculation, but hard science. I deal with scientific fact and empirical data....
Forum: Spain
Jan 20th 2011, 12:18 pm
Replies: 534
Views: 38,110
Posted By houdini1

Re: Is the new anti-smoking law working?

Hi matt, I think what cricketman is worried about is not artificial selection or natual selection but the act of genetic engineering, i.e. splicing a gene or genes into an existing helix which could...
Forum: Spain
Jan 20th 2011, 9:08 am
Replies: 534
Views: 38,110
Posted By houdini1

Re: Is the new anti-smoking law working?

Hi jim, your statement that cannabis is more carcinogenic has actually been proven to be incorrect. I refer you to an important UCLA study from 2006 where a group of exclusively cannabis smokers and...
Forum: Spain
Jan 20th 2011, 7:55 am
Replies: 534
Views: 38,110
Posted By houdini1

Re: Is the new anti-smoking law working?

Hi matt, Skunk is a hybrid of the original landrace plants, i.e. it remains within that genepool. To my knowledge their are no GM cannabis plants as of today.

Matt, like you I understand well the...
Forum: Spain
Jan 20th 2011, 7:29 am
Replies: 19
Views: 5,778
Posted By houdini1

Re: Hello from Tarragona

So your girlfriend's family are Swiss..where are you from ? and are you resident in Spain ?
Forum: Spain
Jan 19th 2011, 5:59 pm
Replies: 534
Views: 38,110
Posted By houdini1

Re: Is the new anti-smoking law working?

Hi Matt, I understand from your first para. that you are differentiating between the Skunk strain and other varieties ? There seems to be a sort of conventional wisdom that has arisen in the UK...
Forum: Spain
Jan 19th 2011, 12:51 pm
Replies: 534
Views: 38,110
Posted By houdini1

Re: Is the new anti-smoking law working?

You probably don't need me to tell you that alcohol is a very dangerous drug. And your dope-smoking acquaintances are objectively correct. All things being equal, abusing alcohol has far more serious...
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