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Forum: Spain
Sep 22nd 2012, 4:02 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 4,427
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Expat communities in the Cadiz and Almeria regions.

We like to wander through the botanic gardens in Cadiz on a Sunday morning and spend a couple of hours there. Its an ideal place to watch the world go by if that's the sort of thing you like to do.
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Forum: Spain
Sep 21st 2012, 7:51 am
Replies: 33
Views: 2,718
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Aid to learning Spanish

If you are anyware near a big car boot sale in the UK you can pick up English/ Spanish text books for next to nothing, e.g. less than 50 pence. Just counted mine and had 9 different ones in the UK...
Forum: Spain
Jul 16th 2012, 1:16 pm
Replies: 161
Views: 9,360
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Multiple identities-have you tried it on BE or other forums?

Wouldn't it be more sensible to ignore them rather than pander to them?

Unless of course the majority really do find them amusing in which case please carry on. We can always look in from time to...
Forum: Spain
Jul 6th 2012, 1:22 pm
Replies: 73
Views: 18,533
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Dilemma for those wanting to retire to Spain

Sorry mate but this is garbage. Spain is usually too cold in the winter and too hot in the summer to be comfortable. We spend three months in UK, 3 in Spain 3 in UK and 3 in Spain each year.

As to...
Forum: Spain
Jul 3rd 2012, 4:38 pm
Replies: 65
Views: 9,417
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Speed Camera Location Warnings Illegal - France

Quote from one of the major manufacturer on sat navs - These could be the shortest living technology items ever made!!!!!

Jim
Forum: Spain
Jul 3rd 2012, 3:27 pm
Replies: 65
Views: 9,417
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Speed Camera Location Warnings Illegal - France

But they could use the Brit/French drones and photo their number plates?

Jim
Forum: Spain
Jun 10th 2012, 4:56 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 3,280
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Spain accepts the ransom of its banks

And from Merkel down they all loose face! but will still want to see their project finalised.

Jim
Forum: Spain
Jun 10th 2012, 4:43 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 2,236
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Re' Roads, What is the reason they do this?

In the UK its called "Not yet adopted" and they can also wait for years!! Same stuff different country.

Jim
Forum: Spain
Jun 7th 2012, 12:14 pm
Replies: 281
Views: 20,942
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Spain in a 'state of total emergency' ?

Not so far away now some have range of 3000 miles.

Jim
Forum: Spain
Jun 5th 2012, 12:50 pm
Replies: 70
Views: 4,806
Posted By Bigger Jim

Angry Re: Foreign Parts

When I was twelve in Gib I got an infection that caused me to spend a few days in the BMH hospital. The evening meal was always accompanied by a bottle of stout for all patients including me. Alas I...
Forum: Spain
Jun 5th 2012, 10:55 am
Replies: 70
Views: 4,806
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Foreign Parts

Although sometimes believed to have originated the stout style of beer, the first use of the word stout in relation to beer was in a letter in the Egerton Manuscript dated 1677, almost 50 years...
Forum: Spain
Jun 5th 2012, 7:46 am
Replies: 70
Views: 4,806
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Foreign Parts

The story goes that the original Guinness used water that originated from a old black death cemetery and it was claimed that it never tasted the same after the moved the brewery.

Jim
Forum: Spain
Jun 4th 2012, 2:04 pm
Replies: 70
Views: 4,806
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Foreign Parts

Yes but they seemed to have left Spain by 1600 or so which is somewhat before the, " fish and chip" period.

A tenuous history could be as follows

No one knows precisely where or when fish and...
Forum: Spain
Jun 4th 2012, 12:30 pm
Replies: 70
Views: 4,806
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Foreign Parts

Wrong Guinness may have been but who knows with haggis. The Romans were reputed to have enjoyed a similar dish.

Guinness ( /ˈɡɪnɨs/ gin-is) is a popular Irish dry stout that originated in the...
Forum: Spain
Jun 4th 2012, 12:20 pm
Replies: 70
Views: 4,806
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Foreign Parts

Try this then

Haggis is popularly assumed to be of Scottish origin, but there is a lack of historical evidence that could conclusively attribute its origins to any one place.


A serving of...
Forum: Spain
Jun 4th 2012, 11:08 am
Replies: 70
Views: 4,806
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Foreign Parts

Sorry but fish and chips is not English! It was introduced to the Brits by the Spanish but that is a common mistake!

Jim.
Forum: Spain
Jun 4th 2012, 10:48 am
Replies: 70
Views: 4,806
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Foreign Parts

Rank Country International tourist arrivals
1 France 76.82 million
2 United States 54.96 million
3 Spain 52.18 million
4 China 50.88 million
5 Italy 43.24 million
6 United Kingdom 28.20...
Forum: Spain
Jun 3rd 2012, 5:07 pm
Replies: 43
Views: 2,320
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Job vacancy with a difference coming up

The Norwegians are much more enlightened than we are when it comes to jail time.

Mate of mine was done for driving under the influence and got 3 months in prison. This was reduced if he did his...
Forum: Spain
May 30th 2012, 12:04 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 9,211
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Astra 2 signal problem - Again !!

I've been reading a joint US and Japanese report and they reckon that it will continue at least beyond the next 30 years and possible more.

If you Google the "future of sat broadcasting" or...
Forum: Spain
May 29th 2012, 5:38 am
Replies: 197
Views: 16,952
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Sterling/Euro

But haven't they already done a runner?

Jim
Forum: Spain
May 28th 2012, 2:19 pm
Replies: 197
Views: 16,952
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Sterling/Euro

[QUOTE=HBG;10085930].
The lady in charge of the IMF summed it up nicely when she told Greece they could solve their debt problem by paying their taxes.[Quote]

Am I the only one who finds this...
Forum: Spain
May 28th 2012, 1:18 pm
Replies: 197
Views: 16,952
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Sterling/Euro

Obviously you were not a German stamp collector or you might know better!

Have you not heard about millions of marks being required for a loaf of bread or to send a letter.

Of course you have...
Forum: Spain
May 14th 2012, 11:16 am
Replies: 197
Views: 16,952
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Sterling/Euro

Probably in the same way that the official west german mark rate was one to one with the east mark. But the reality was one west mark to four east marks.

Jim
Forum: Spain
May 13th 2012, 1:17 pm
Replies: 197
Views: 16,952
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Sterling/Euro

There speaks someone who has no idea at all of battlefield accounting, it becomes a nightmare the moment the first round is fired. The number of rounds issued to the unit is all neatly recorded but...
Forum: Spain
May 4th 2012, 2:09 pm
Replies: 85
Views: 15,066
Posted By Bigger Jim

Re: Abandoned British Cars

The only point I was making was that the only bit of documentation the DVLA was interested in was the bit I referred to as the bit of paper. Same bit that the scrap yards in the UK all worry about.
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