Genuine Counterfeit By Rob Innis Most users of Microsoft computers will probably have experienced the dreaded viruses that people with nothing better to do send to other people who have nothing better to do than play with computers all day. So running software scans and generally spending … [Read more...]
All Over For Another Year
December 28, 2011 By 3 Comments
Well El Gordo has come and gone again - over 3 hours of chanting, I hope you can now say E - Uro correctly (emphasise both vowels) and maybe you are even a few E - Uros richer. Me? Well I had a premonition that 2011 was the year for an El Gordo result, everywhere I went the tickets on sale seem to … [Read more...]
Online advertising – know what you’re paying for!
November 2, 2011 By
So, you've realised the potential in advertising your business on-line. Whether it is to make a direct sale or simply for brand awareness internet advertising is a great ocst effective way to get your business seen. However, there are no shortage of sharks in the water when it comes to selling … [Read more...]
The Pioneer’s Motto….
November 2, 2011 By
The Pioneer’s Motto…. By Rob Innis My Dutch neighbour has a large swimming pool on his 1,000 m2 plot. He decided, after wisely getting approval from the local water company, to empty the water to do some regrouting and other repairs to his pool. He and I were some of the very first … [Read more...]
Hamming it up!
May 12, 2011 By
My Spanish students have a lot of trouble with the English words jam and ham. Which is the one that comes from pigs and which is the fruit preserve? Just in case you’re not sure ham is the pig product. Britons and Spaniards also have a different idea of a ham. Mention ham and Spanish people … [Read more...]
Never Again!
April 24, 2011 By
by Nicola Cleasby After what seems like the longest, wettest winter in the history of Spain, it seems like spring is actually here, and I’ve started casting longing glances towards my empty swimming pool. When I first moved to Spain, I had this image of myself lying by a beautiful blue pool, … [Read more...]
Adios Costa (Nothing to do with the Beach!)
March 20, 2011 By
by Nicola Cleasby Costa, for those who haven’t had the dubious pleasure, is the traditionally made, local wine. It’s an intriguing brown in colour, hovers somewhere around 14-15 % proof and has a distinctive (and not entirely pleasant) flavour. As well as the bigger commercial ventures, … [Read more...]
From Monóvar to Casablanca
March 7, 2011 By
I’m a bit of a sucker for links between ideas. Victor Laszlo in front of the band, “Play the Marseillaise, Play it!”, German officers singing – “Die Wacht am Rhein “, Rick nods, the band strikes up and everyone but everyone sings their lungs out. The Germans give up, defeated by a song, … [Read more...]
I think i have had my first ‘Senior Moment’
February 6, 2011 By
I think I have had my first ‘Senior Moment’ Trying to save a few centimos I decided to use an Eroski petrol station as I was passing. My mate had been on at me for months about how cheap they were. I eventually found the way in – it is tucked away down the side of the new commercial … [Read more...]
I want to be a Swapper
December 29, 2010 By
We own a little rental flat in Spain that is empty at the moment. We had a Spaniard renting it out until recently when he decided to buy so he moved out. I stuck up the ‘Se Alquiler’ board and twenty minutes later (I am not kidding) the phone rang. t turned out to be an Italian, badly in need … [Read more...]
