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Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Afternoon all.
Little did I know when I started this thread that I was also starting a vegetable war. Wifey and I were looking at flights this morning Luton to Malaga with ezJ during April. Any way I recon if we fill up a couple of cases with parsnips, bread and earl grey tea, flog em down the market it should pay for the trip. Not sure what I can do about my ugliness but I think I have a decent sense of humour. Will be bringing own crumpet (wifey) who is a beautiful English rose! Lo siento senoritas, I know many of you are mucha hermosa, but I will stick with my English rose. Anyway thanks to all who have posted so far. Much of the info is useful or funny. You can call me Al.:) |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
hello al
pip here we are looking at trying to grow lots of things out here as well as gaz will miss her parsnips as well but from what i have seen of our garden i am sure we will be ok :) |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Originally Posted by agoreira
(Post 8412479)
Double agreed! I bet if he had been working for you and spent as much time as he does googling and posting, he'd have been sacked long ago!
Only El Jefe is allowed to waste time on forums in this office:rofl: |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Originally Posted by jackytoo
(Post 8412014)
Why am I here...maybe because I like it, warts and all. I just counteract people spewing statements like there are no yobs in Spain, you can live well on a pittance and many more which are totally unrealistic.
Of course all spanish women aren't fat (the ones from Madrid etc. are quite elegant). Andalucian women are shorter and more inclined to put it on, it's the Moorish genes. Neither are all British youths yobs. It is clearly evident that many posters on here don't read or watch spanish news. Either that or they prefer to supress what they know:blink: You CAN live better here on less money than the U.K. Fact. You did say 'Spanish women' you did generalize. (We are all guilty from time to time but I'm just proving a point). Fact. You do tend to get things wrong when they are right in front of you. 100 tons of cocaine. Fact. I do not believe I personally said that ALL British youths are yobs. Just a lot of them when they congregate in city centres and parks. I'm done now, I know what I know and I know what's what. So there. It isn't an argument or an attack either, I like people to disagree or it would be boring. People wouldn't exchange opinions or learn anything. I've still seen no proof that the wildlife was shot either. :p What a FACTING nuisance I am..:rofl: |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Originally Posted by agoreira
(Post 8412463)
Érase una vez................ y vivieron felices y comieron perdices.
You want the truth.?? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH...!!! SPAIN IS LUSH..!!:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup: |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Originally Posted by HBG
(Post 8411756)
Look, don’t keep writing stuff like that, there’s enough expats going home without you starting. And it’s not as bad as all that, I’ve just been down to the basura bin and there’s plenty of wildlife left, there’s rats everywhere. And I’ve seen some lovely graffiti on the way back. And I like fat women.
P.S. Those rats down our way would've been eaten by all the cats. We even have our own wildlife hygiene system.:rofl: Pest control at its best.:):thumbup: |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
The cats round my way seem to have smoked the peace pipe with the rats, but a pair of new saviours have appeared. Just before nightfall, a large Falcon appears in the sky, it’s lightning fast and circles the basura bin. I think it’s a Peregrine, but they’re pretty rare, aren’t they?
Then, after dark, an owl the size of an eagle starts making its rounds in silence. That’s when I panic and bring the little dog indoors. The owl has even swopped on the Dobe and he jumps as high as he can to try and catch it. But what really keeps the rats down is the Russian guy (he pretends he’s Finnish), who lives opposite the basura bin. I caught him on his wall once, firing a pistol at the bin. He showed it to me and said it was an air pistol. With a silencer? |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Originally Posted by HBG
(Post 8412806)
The cats round my way seem to have smoked the peace pipe with the rats, but a pair of new saviours have appeared. Just before nightfall, a large Falcon appears in the sky, it’s lightning fast and circles the basura bin. I think it’s a Peregrine, but they’re pretty rare, aren’t they?
Then, after dark, an owl the size of an eagle starts making its rounds in silence. That’s when I panic and bring the little dog indoors. The owl has even swopped on the Dobe and he jumps as high as he can to try and catch it. But what really keeps the rats down is the Russian guy (he pretends he’s Finnish), who lives opposite the basura bin. I caught him on his wall once, firing a pistol at the bin. He showed it to me and said it was an air pistol. With a silencer? |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
She (vet nurse, worked on farm for 30 years ) who know more than me says
" cats are not much good for adult rats, they will catch the small ones or babies, Jack Russell or German Shepherd Dog are good." Old GSD of wifey caught 100 rats in 1 day when they turned over an old hay stack. You can call me Al. |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Originally Posted by HBG
(Post 8412164)
I’m neutral on this. I watched the Spanish news this morning, as I do every morning, and there was a couple from Andalucia walking around their house up to their knees in mud. Then there were scenes of snow in Majorca and Barcelona and I got depressed and switched it off. I tried La Sexta but that was in English.
It was nice to see Prince Felipe in Chile. Now there’s a tall Spaniard, didn’t the family escape when the Moors were around? But to be honest, the Moors were here for 300 years, they must have left something behind, surely? Imagine if the Germans had been in the UK for 300 years – we’d all have blue eyes. |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Originally Posted by Youcancallmeal
(Post 8413083)
She (vet nurse, worked on farm for 30 years ) who know more than me says
" cats are not much good for adult rats, they will catch the small ones or babies, Jack Russell or German Shepherd Dog are good." Old GSD of wifey caught 100 rats in 1 day when they turned over an old hay stack. You can call me Al. A great pesky cat had roamed in and was tucking into my chicken..:eek: The other time I left my door open and went out. (I don't do it on a regular basis but I can if I want:p) another great pesky cat had got in and got stuck up the chimney:(. We didn't find it until the day after though and we awoke to the sound of unpleasant cat howls to find our drapes coverd in cat paw prints of soot where it had climbed right up them. Little git.:frown: Naughty cat, better than a rat though..:thumbsup::thumbsup: Smiley's rock..:cool: |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Originally Posted by pip001
(Post 8412568)
hello al
pip here we are looking at trying to grow lots of things out here as well as gaz will miss her parsnips as well but from what i have seen of our garden i am sure we will be ok :) Rats, those snappy plastic traps with a smear of peanut butter on the bait lever does the biz in record time. Our rats are VERY arboreal here, so I am planning trapping stations in the fig trees this year as last year the rats got more than I did. |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Originally Posted by LittleWeed
(Post 8412841)
What other country could do daily rubbish collection and throw in the evenings entertainment for free ? :rofl::rofl::rofl:
I was tempted to try it, but then I saw the electric plug and didn’t bother. Needless to say, when I walked past an hour later, it was gone. |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Originally Posted by HBG
(Post 8413452)
It’s not just in the evenings. When I walked past the basura this lunchtime,. there was an organ placed next to it. I had a look and I was tempted. It had all the keys, two rows of them, and foot pedals at the bottom. It looked a bit tatty but could have been cleaned up.
I was tempted to try it, but then I saw the electric plug and didn’t bother. Needless to say, when I walked past an hour later, it was gone. |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Originally Posted by jonboy
(Post 8413550)
They must be huge to do that!:eek:
This time of the year especially when its wet, they move up into the top of the orange trees and indulge themselves on whats left,...not much left on the lower branches,..the local sheep flock always make short work of that. |
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