Well said Cricketman, could not have put it better myself !!

We had our Spain flag up here in England for the last 2 weeks showing our support for the country we love and hope to one day call our home (had the St George up as well until we went out the competition).

Amen to that too

why because i am patriotic and love my country cricketman?
you idiots that have lived here a bit or are lucky enought to have 2 homes dont realise what a bunch of bastards the spanish are,i really hate you naive twats,i see so many sad storys here yet all you ****ers do is do the pro spanish thing,get a life and get in the real world then see how spain is for most people including the effing spanish that you all seem to love

oh and btw i will move back to north devon asap as i hate the ex-pat attitude here,seen you all come and go over the years,you all think you have died and gone to heaven when you move here,why?
cos most come from scumbag cities in the uk and seeing the sea is a wow factor for you,covered in scum tho,as spain now is since you guys appeared,left and sent more over,who left etc....
90% of the idiots that come here are gone in 2 years anyway
nice paradise

btw,i tend to get banned from forums as i tell it like it is,was banned from a.com,and trip advisor as i said what fuengirola was like,they now give such strange advice,reccommending bars that shut down 9 months ago,/the destination expert is called kazz she goes there 2 weeks a year,she got me banned as i said what she was writing was rubbish and out of date
so now i expect a ban here as you sometimes just wanna hear the good stuff

Should I stick a provisional"THREAD CLOSED" on this one?

You should try living in Britain it's even worse there!

You know it is perfectly simple to "tell it like it is" without calling people fu**ers, bas***ds, twa*ts and idiots and then you'd be able to get your point across without being banned by the Mods and sniggered at by the rest.

Not the sharpest tool are you?

it is isn't it?

I've 'told it like it is' good & bad & will continue to do so - but I've never iirc been 'jumped on'

If you carry on the way you are you won't be long on this forum either. Posting your opinions is one thing, to do so only to wind people up is entirely another and it's called trolling. So please tone it down a bit.

Thanks

Being relatively new to this forum some of the conversations that I have read certainly hadn't been what I expected.

I thought the idea of these forums was to help and advice people, new and old, on topics across the board.

Constructive opinions or ideas can been given in a polite and well thought out manner. Why do people need to be so abusive towards other people and their ideals etc. If you don't like the country, why did you move there? If the UK is so good why did you leave? Why are you so bitter and twisted about a country and a lifestyle that you chose?
Why do you have to ridicule and be abusive towards people who want a better life. Not all of us are happy here in the UK.

Yes I did watch the footy final and yes I did cheer for Spain and yes the best team won!!!

I agree with you and once you get used to this forum you soon learn who to listen to, who talks nonsense, who is gonna post negative and unhappy comments... I guess forums are like life really and you learn about everyones personalities and values and take what you want from those who's values you trust

But this forum can be a tad volatile sometimes

Jo xxx

if you look carefully you'll see that it's just one or two posters who get nasty, abrasive or personal

on a lot of these forums there are only a few regular posters who have become 'friends' - anyone who disagrees with them will simply be banned & their posts deleted

it's not like that here - here there are so very many that not everyone will get along - just like in 'the real world'

personally I think it's good for the forum that alternate opinions are allowed - and arguments to an extent - as long as they don't get too personal & nasty

the moderators do a good job of stopping any really nasty behaviour - but they are volunteers - & can't be here 24/7 - they have lives too

if anything is really bad & you find it offensive - use the report button - on the left - looks like an exclamation mark - & someone will deal with it

I've seen it happen before, people get disillusioned with a place they used to like, for their own reasons, and then slag the place off, going well over the top.

I wish this poster well back in North Devon, a lovely place that I know quite well, and when he drops his fishing line into the deep harbour at Ilfracoombe, he'll soon forget his bad years in Fuengirola and remember the happy ones.

I must admit there are a couple of places in Spain I'm not keen on either, but I was lucky enough to have just been able to move away to places that I did like. I could easily start on the place where I live now, but I won't, in case I run out of places.

And sometimes, if I post after midnight, my judgment can get a bit skewed too.