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Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Originally Posted by Dick Dasterdly
(Post 8413882)
Well there was a beat up old guitar walked off from my local basura last week, so I imagine they're trying to get a band together,..rats on tour, appearing at your local basura tonight and every night.:rofl:
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. I was tempted to make a blowgun and use the acacia thorns as darts. |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
I really must be shopping in different places to the rest of you who say you don't get ripped off.
We bought a hoover (Carrefour) - two brushes missing We bought a printer (Worten) - disc and manual missing We bought some wood (madera not leña) from a local wood yard - 60% of it warped and unusable My friend bought a little gadget to make roll-up fags from a local tobacconist - unusable, does not make roll-ups The last two items come under the label of what I call 'Spanish Tat' - don't expect it to do what it says on the tin. You'd be better off just giving the shopkeeper your money and leaving the item in the shop. My advice if you buy anything in a box is to unpack it in the shop and make sure it is all there. Good points about Spain: Council Tax cheap, bins emptied every day, people welcoming and friendly, scenery (in our part at least) beautiful. |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Im getting the impression this thread is drifting off topic.........carrots!
There, firmly back on track! We have been very lucky in all our purchases, furnished a three bed house with every item working without a hitch. Including fridge, freezer, washing machine, tumble drier, vacuum, microwave, two ovens, hob, TV, Sat system and all furniture. Did buy a log burner in the UK, took it all apart and packed it into two suitcases and flight bags. Got some comical comments at the airport when they were x-rayed. One security guy kept scratching his head and wondering at the strange things people took on holiday! |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Really!! How do you quote more than one person in a reply?
Originally Posted by Lushdaddy
(Post 8412694)
Sorry, I'll try to be more positive about Spain in the future. And how the hell do you quote more than one person in a reply, I'm no computer whizz kid and keep having to put single replies on.
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!
Originally Posted by Lushdaddy
(Post 8412694)
Sorry, I'll try to be more positive about Spain in the future. And how the hell do you quote more than one person in a reply, I'm no computer whizz kid and keep having to put single replies on.
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:
Originally Posted by reggiedh
(Post 8415042)
Really!! How do you quote more than one person in a reply?
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...ht=multi+quote http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...ht=multi+quote http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...ht=multi+quote |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Originally Posted by bil
(Post 8414886)
What amazed me was to find that they had been up in the tree eating the lemons.
I was tempted to make a blowgun and use the acacia thorns as darts. However my Spanish neighbour told me it was rats for sure and then my Jack Russell would sit out under the tree all night, on one occasion climbing half way up into the branches, only for the rat to dive out and disappear rapidly underground much to his frustration. |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
we did watch the fruit bats flying around at night while we were out this time in albunol
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Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Originally Posted by pip001
(Post 8415118)
we did watch the fruit bats flying around at night while we were out this time in albunol
Wonder if its still the same,...suppose the locals knew what they were about but couldn't quite understand how they got away with it myself. |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
its not that bad in albunol our track up to our place is a bit of a disaster though but most of it is ok and concerete as well just the first bit a bit challenging:)
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Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
yes it has a lot of plastic greenhouses, but hey we all have to work and make a living dont knock it unless you dont need it, we dont need to make a living out there but love the people where we have brought our cortijo they are very friendly and great neighbours
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Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Originally Posted by pip001
(Post 8415266)
yes it has a lot of plastic greenhouses, but hey we all have to work and make a living dont knock it unless you dont need it, we dont need to make a living out there but love the people where we have brought our cortijo they are very friendly and great neighbours
Remember struggling up a steep hill through some little streets to my place and the old women always greeted me with "Vaya con Dios",.......they must have thought I wasn't gonna be around to much longer, looking at the state I was in....:blink: |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Originally Posted by Dick Dasterdly
(Post 8415099)
I was quite surprised myself the first time I found all these half eaten oranges in the higher branches and thought maybe it was down to fruit bats or something else.
However my Spanish neighbour told me it was rats for sure and then my Jack Russell would sit out under the tree all night, on one occasion climbing half way up into the branches, only for the rat to dive out and disappear rapidly underground much to his frustration. It was then put in a plastic bag to be taken down to the basura. On one such walk, I felt the wind shaking the plastic bag, but realised there wasn’t any and my big stick had only stunned the rat. It was in a flimsy Mercadona bag and I ran to the bin and banged the lid down on it. A friendly neighbour, a smiling Scandinavian lady, was on her way to the bin with a small bag of rubbish. I ran back home as fast as I could, and heard her scream just as I was shutting the gate. She hasn’t smiled at me since. |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Originally Posted by HBG
(Post 8416189)
That reminds me of our little dog, not a Jack Russell, but just as brave. He would sit for hours under an orange tree staring up at a rat. We had plan B, my wife would hit the side of the tree with a stick, and I was waiting on the other side with a bigger stick to clump the rat as it jumped out.
It was then put in a plastic bag to be taken down to the basura. On one such walk, I felt the wind shaking the plastic bag, but realised there wasn’t any and my big stick had only stunned the rat. It was in a flimsy Mercadona bag and I ran to the bin and banged the lid down on it. A friendly neighbour, a smiling Scandinavian lady, was on her way to the bin with a small bag of rubbish. I ran back home as fast as I could, and heard her scream just as I was shutting the gate. She hasn’t smiled at me since. |
Re: Living in Spain - the good things!
Originally Posted by HBG
(Post 8416189)
That reminds me of our little dog, not a Jack Russell, but just as brave. He would sit for hours under an orange tree staring up at a rat. We had plan B, my wife would hit the side of the tree with a stick, and I was waiting on the other side with a bigger stick to clump the rat as it jumped out.
It was then put in a plastic bag to be taken down to the basura. On one such walk, I felt the wind shaking the plastic bag, but realised there wasn’t any and my big stick had only stunned the rat. It was in a flimsy Mercadona bag and I ran to the bin and banged the lid down on it. A friendly neighbour, a smiling Scandinavian lady, was on her way to the bin with a small bag of rubbish. I ran back home as fast as I could, and heard her scream just as I was shutting the gate. She hasn’t smiled at me since. |
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