Originally Posted by mikelincs (Post 4992349)

Wheras I do agree with some of your points, I find I just can't agree with the ones left, especially now. I fell that the ones left have sadly disappeared.

Originally Posted by workingNOMAD (Post 4992773)

Those good points are very valid about England - when get struck down seriously ill somewhere overseas you then appreciate our NHS and not getting a huge medical bill at the end of it.

Anyway I thought healthcare was pretty much free in Spain?

Originally Posted by mingusdynasty (Post 4992373)

you don't agree with those you selected in your post, or the other way around :confused:

Originally Posted by mingusdynasty (Post 4992121)

Friends and family ** Make new ones
Worlds best democracy ** Your having a laugh of course !!Freedom of speech ** Your having a bigger laugh here surely !!
History ** Every Country has history so thats just something as a stocking filler lol Wealthy country with low poverty ** This a bigger laugh than the last big laugh !!!access to free health care system ** Spain has that and all modern clean hospitals !!Excellent emergency services ** Poor services as roads to congested
Good facilities ** This another stocking filler is it ? what facilities ??Amazing cultural heritage ** Which is being destroyed daily ! Dont you open your eyes ? Sense of humor only fellow brits understand ** Us decent funny ones are moving away quickly !! So that will follow whereever we go , I always crack the Spanish up when i am out , they love me :)

Originally Posted by helenba (Post 4571601)

some of my friends and family think im mad for wanting to live in spain i say give me 10 reasons why i would like to stay in england they only get to about three then give up .so can any of you beat that i thing ive proven a point dont you go on have ago .helen

Originally Posted by pjj (Post 5036483)

hi helen what a brillant thread i can think of plenty of reasons to leave uk 1 yob culture 2 the weather 3 beinging constantly over taxed on everything 4high council tax charges 5 tv license 6 we work longer hours 7 increaseing fuel prices 8 crime on the up and seems not getting any better 9 easy prison sentences 10 houseing market over priced could go on for another 10reasons but i wont ! i think spain is a lovely country and it has so much to offer far more than our country which seems to take but never give any think back to the people that in to it

Originally Posted by pjj (Post 5036483)

hi helen what a brillant thread i can think of plenty of reasons to leave uk 1 yob culture 2 the weather 3 beinging constantly over taxed on everything 4high council tax charges 5 tv license 6 we work longer hours 7 increaseing fuel prices 8 crime on the up and seems not getting any better 9 easy prison sentences 10 houseing market over priced could go on for another 10reasons but i wont ! i think spain is a lovely country and it has so much to offer far more than our country which seems to take but never give any think back to the people that in to it

Originally Posted by scampicat (Post 5037957)

How about crippling bureaucracy (never being able to just make a telephone call when three forms and two visits will do); price of second-hand cars; local government corruption - not everything in Spain is better!

Originally Posted by Big Pete (Post 5037981)

Nope but 98% good is better than 98% bad , so you have to fill a few forms big deal , You get to sit out on a warm evening and watch the sunset while you fill them .
Dont buy second hand then buy new then sell it and benefit from the superb resale values :thumbup:

Who cares if there corrupt doesnt effect the majority one diddly , and proves there human unlike our bunch of out of touch idiots we have running our once superb country :mad:

Also nowhere is going to be perfect is it lets be honest , Perfection to me would be . a Town where only smokers can go , Free Fuel , A House on the Beach with a Boat Mooring to the right , Rubbish collected free of charge including them emptying the bin in the kitchen as well etc,, etc..

Its all compromises and Spain Mallorca gets more ticks than crosses in my book..:)

Originally Posted by gudes (Post 4571979)

Yes I know your area and it´s very pretty, although it won´t be green in a few months but it still be beautiful.
Obviously there were Celts in Spain, some names like Segovia (Segobriga) still carry a typical Celtic name for towns ("briga") after 2500 years, but this is a complicated issue and Spain a land of many different tribes. Some Spanish people tend to exaggerate the Celtic influence. It might sound cool to them.

The blood connection between the British population and Spain doesn´t seem to be Celtic - there are also big doubts about how much Celtic are the British. Of course Gaelic is a Celtic language and the English speak a Germanic language. But it seems like all those invasions brought culture and language but it did not replace the basic genetic makeup of the British tribes. But now take a look at these maps and tell me: ¿Where did the Basque go? I am sure you´ll find the answer fascinating.

http://www.relativegenetics.com/geno...b_large_RG.jpg

This map refers to a specific genetic marker included in the Y chromosome. This marker happens to be the most common in Western Europe.

Originally Posted by scampicat (Post 5037957)

How about crippling bureaucracy (never being able to just make a telephone call when three forms and two visits will do); price of second-hand cars; local government corruption - not everything in Spain is better!

Originally Posted by Big Pete (Post 5037981)

Nope but 98% good is better than 98% bad , so you have to fill a few forms big deal , You get to sit out on a warm evening and watch the sunset while you fill them .
Dont buy second hand then buy new then sell it and benefit from the superb resale values :thumbup:

Who cares if there corrupt doesnt effect the majority one diddly , and proves there human unlike our bunch of out of touch idiots we have running our once superb country :mad:

Also nowhere is going to be perfect is it lets be honest , Perfection to me would be . a Town where only smokers can go , Free Fuel , A House on the Beach with a Boat Mooring to the right , Rubbish collected free of charge including them emptying the bin in the kitchen as well etc,, etc..

Its all compromises and Spain Mallorca gets more ticks than crosses in my book..:)

Originally Posted by scampicat (Post 5037957)

How about crippling bureaucracy (never being able to just make a telephone call when three forms and two visits will do); price of second-hand cars; local government corruption - not everything in Spain is better!

Originally Posted by gudes (Post 4571979)

Yes I know your area and it´s very pretty, although it won´t be green in a few months but it still be beautiful.
Obviously there were Celts in Spain, some names like Segovia (Segobriga) still carry a typical Celtic name for towns ("briga") after 2500 years, but this is a complicated issue and Spain a land of many different tribes. Some Spanish people tend to exaggerate the Celtic influence. It might sound cool to them.

The blood connection between the British population and Spain doesn´t seem to be Celtic - there are also big doubts about how much Celtic are the British. Of course Gaelic is a Celtic language and the English speak a Germanic language. But it seems like all those invasions brought culture and language but it did not replace the basic genetic makeup of the British tribes. But now take a look at these maps and tell me: ¿Where did the Basque go? I am sure you´ll find the answer fascinating.

http://www.relativegenetics.com/geno...b_large_RG.jpg

This map refers to a specific genetic marker included in the Y chromosome. This marker happens to be the most common in Western Europe.

Originally Posted by pjj (Post 5039157)

dont care too much about the bureaucracy i think you get in that in most countrys , you never been able to make telephone calls now thats bad havent you got a mobile phone ha ha ! second hand cars i would go to germany ive been looking quite good value