Leaving Spain ?
Apr 20th 2008 | 10:22 pm
#46
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Re: Leaving Spain ?
There's a lot of different Spain's out there! And the Spain we live in is very different to the environment that most of the people on this forum live in.
Mitzy has been here but is unlikely to have seen more than what's on the surface to the average tourist. But when the victims....sorry visitors come in June.....they'll see real life!
Friday night I'll take them (if they're up for it) to a bar full of Gypsies where they all get up and sing their song about what they did during the week....really funny stuff where they just adlib the lyrics as they go along.
One of the best I heard was..."Came home from work, I was really tired, wife was waiting on the bed for a shag, couldn't get a hard on"
Not exactly Bob Dylan you understand....but still a valid social message.
Please note that you won't get stabbed or anything like that! As long as I don't tell them to of course!
Mitzy has been here but is unlikely to have seen more than what's on the surface to the average tourist. But when the victims....sorry visitors come in June.....they'll see real life!
Friday night I'll take them (if they're up for it) to a bar full of Gypsies where they all get up and sing their song about what they did during the week....really funny stuff where they just adlib the lyrics as they go along.
One of the best I heard was..."Came home from work, I was really tired, wife was waiting on the bed for a shag, couldn't get a hard on"
Not exactly Bob Dylan you understand....but still a valid social message.
Please note that you won't get stabbed or anything like that! As long as I don't tell them to of course!
I'm hopeful that we will be able to commune at the caves communal areas to some extent as going down the road means driving
Apr 20th 2008 | 10:35 pm
#48
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Apr 20th 2008 | 11:05 pm
#50
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Apr 21st 2008 | 12:02 am
#51
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Re: Leaving Spain ?
Go on.....venture out of your Brit comfort zone and see what real life is all about. It would certainly be another string to your bow in terms of your mod gig as well.....because you'd be able to advise on more issues other than irrelevant papers and soft furnishings!
Apr 21st 2008 | 1:01 am
#52
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Re: Leaving Spain ?
So you haven't even got the cojones to come out of the cave complex?
Go on.....venture out of your Brit comfort zone and see what real life is all about. It would certainly be another string to your bow in terms of your mod gig as well.....because you'd be able to advise on more issues other than irrelevant papers and soft furnishings!
Go on.....venture out of your Brit comfort zone and see what real life is all about. It would certainly be another string to your bow in terms of your mod gig as well.....because you'd be able to advise on more issues other than irrelevant papers and soft furnishings!
I'm always out of my comfort zone which is why I can often be found in a giibbering heap mumbling incoherently to myself.
I can see life with the gitano's is going to be something ever so helpful I can advise about on the site for prospective new ex pats, as opposed to the things they really need to get sorted when they come out here.
Apr 21st 2008 | 1:05 am
#53
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Re: Leaving Spain ?
You presume too much m'lud!
I'm always out of my comfort zone which is why I can often be found in a giibbering heap mumbling incoherently to myself.
I can see life with the gitano's is going to be something ever so helpful I can advise about on the site for prospective new ex pats, as opposed to the things they really need to get sorted when they come out here.
I'm always out of my comfort zone which is why I can often be found in a giibbering heap mumbling incoherently to myself.
I can see life with the gitano's is going to be something ever so helpful I can advise about on the site for prospective new ex pats, as opposed to the things they really need to get sorted when they come out here.
Apr 21st 2008 | 1:12 am
#54
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Re: Leaving Spain ?
Hi all,
An interesting thread!
We would love to move to Spain, but financially it would not work, so we are planning our future to try to make it happen.We already own a house in Almeria povince.
It is dificult sometimes to get a balanced view, as we see people who have taken huge risks moving over and unfortunatley, things have not worked out.We have also seen others who have embraced their new country settled in well and are earning a good living.
I do not want to work 100 hours a week though Pete!!
We do not "hate" the UK, so that is not the reason we want to move. We have a good lifestyle and live in a beautiful part of the country.
The warmer weather would help though particularly as I now have arthritis on top of my other health issues. I am 51, so have a few years to go yet!
We are learning the language, and this will only improve if we are in Spain.
Any comments, advice or encouragement greatly appreciated.
LMJ
An interesting thread!
We would love to move to Spain, but financially it would not work, so we are planning our future to try to make it happen.We already own a house in Almeria povince.
It is dificult sometimes to get a balanced view, as we see people who have taken huge risks moving over and unfortunatley, things have not worked out.We have also seen others who have embraced their new country settled in well and are earning a good living.
I do not want to work 100 hours a week though Pete!!
We do not "hate" the UK, so that is not the reason we want to move. We have a good lifestyle and live in a beautiful part of the country.
The warmer weather would help though particularly as I now have arthritis on top of my other health issues. I am 51, so have a few years to go yet!
We are learning the language, and this will only improve if we are in Spain.
Any comments, advice or encouragement greatly appreciated.
LMJ
Last edited by lmj50; Apr 21st 2008 at 1:33 am.
Apr 21st 2008 | 1:22 am
#56
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From: Huescar
Re: Leaving Spain ?
It's all well and good reciting rules and regulations on a forum, but there's no substitute for real life experiences.
Then in the future when racist bigots come on here and spout filth, and when Brits mindlessly repeat the prejudices that they've heard from a friend of a friend etc, you will be able to speak of your personal experiences with some authority and credibility.
As I've said before, there are in excess of 800,000 Roma spread right across Spain, so I'm sure this is an issue that could affect many people coming here. Particularly in light of the prejudices that are demonstrated by certain sections of the population, and mindlessly endorsed by Brits who are too stupid and lazy to find out the truth for themselves.
It's your opportunity to find out for yourself, and you are free to recount your findings (good or bad) on all the forums you visit.
You up for some investigative journalism here?
Apr 21st 2008 | 1:27 am
#58
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Apr 21st 2008 | 1:39 am
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Re: Leaving Spain ?
I should have guessed! No serious replies then.
Only someone correcting my spelling, sad git. And Matts usual dull comment
Yes a good win for Joe. One more fight, take the money and retire I say.
As for me maybe 9 years to go!!
LMJ
Only someone correcting my spelling, sad git. And Matts usual dull commentYes a good win for Joe. One more fight, take the money and retire I say.
As for me maybe 9 years to go!!
LMJ
