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Forum: Spain

Apr 18th 2010, 10:50 am

Replies: 133

It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

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Posted By Dick Dasterdly

Re: It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

Spanish version of Manchester I'm beginning to think.
Was told when I first arrived that April was usually the wettest month of the year here, so could be a wee drop more to come yet.
Ah...

Forum: Spain

Apr 18th 2010, 7:24 am

Replies: 133

It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

Views: 10,913

Posted By Dick Dasterdly

Re: It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

Cats ans Dogs here.:thumbdown:

Forum: Spain

Apr 15th 2010, 9:22 pm

Replies: 133

It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

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Posted By Dick Dasterdly

Re: It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

Not really,for me anyway.
Only thing was the flights became much more expensive and difficult,where previously I could walk straight onto a half full plane just about anytime for peanuts.
Thought...

Forum: Spain

Apr 15th 2010, 11:31 am

Replies: 133

It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

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Posted By Dick Dasterdly

Re: It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

You don't need to change country,..just hop on a flight to Tenerife.
Lived there most of ten years and here for more than six and without doubt there is a much bigger difference from here to the...

Forum: Spain

Apr 14th 2010, 7:48 pm

Replies: 133

It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

Views: 10,913

Posted By Dick Dasterdly

Re: It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

Oh to be in England,now that April's there.(Robert Browning).

Sitting here in Spain freezin to death with 2 shirts,a thick cardi,a fleece and water lapping around my toes.

Maybe should have...

Forum: Spain

Apr 14th 2010, 12:02 pm

Replies: 133

It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

Views: 10,913

Posted By Dick Dasterdly

Re: It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

Well I for one was very grateful for that heavy rain two days ago.
I was just about to pay the builder for storm damage repairs when I discovered the situation was worse than when they started, with...

Forum: Spain

Mar 28th 2010, 2:36 pm

Replies: 133

It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

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Posted By Dick Dasterdly

Re: It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

Ah,so you must live in one of them posh ones.;)

We do actually have a few doors here,but they seem to have fallen quite heavily of the back of a truck at some distant time in the past...(Valencian...

Forum: Spain

Mar 27th 2010, 8:30 pm

Replies: 133

It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

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Posted By Dick Dasterdly

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You wouldn't by any chance be a relation of Heath Robinson?.:rofl:

Must admit I've made a few strange devices myself in the past to try and avoid expensive solutions to basically simple...

Forum: Spain

Mar 24th 2010, 8:01 am

Replies: 133

It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

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Posted By Dick Dasterdly

Re: It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

Sure you got that right tele addict?
House full of fans of 150cm minimum,.....so whats the max?
Are you trying to achieve lift off into the great blue yonder, as a means of cooling your house?...

Forum: Spain

Mar 22nd 2010, 10:21 am

Replies: 133

It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

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Posted By Dick Dasterdly

Re: It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

I believe the ppl of Madrid reckon there are only two seasons,a very cold Winter and a red hot Summer(infierno).
I begin to think the same thing applies to most of the country.
I find it a huge...

Forum: Spain

Mar 21st 2010, 10:53 pm

Replies: 133

It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

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Posted By Dick Dasterdly

Re: It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

Mean beggar!
Leave some food in for it next time.;)

Forum: Spain

Mar 21st 2010, 9:26 pm

Replies: 133

It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

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Posted By Dick Dasterdly

Re: It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

Bet you use home-made candles to light the house and a S/H bicycle to power your PC....
Sorry,only joking...:rofl:

Forum: Spain

Mar 21st 2010, 9:16 pm

Replies: 133

It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

Views: 10,913

Posted By Dick Dasterdly

Re: It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

Interesting.
The cost of buying and running a small fan in the window opening is miniscule, compared to buying and running aircon.
Its more akin to the the running cost of a lightbulb.

Forum: Spain

Mar 21st 2010, 8:56 pm

Replies: 133

It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

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Posted By Dick Dasterdly

Re: It's raining, it's pouring; this is getting boring....

Much the same,except I stick at least one fan in an open window night time to pull the cool air in, as during hot spells its often very still with little air movement.
Dont believe in air-con....

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