Genuine Counterfeit

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

el gordo

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...]

The Pioneer’s Motto….

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...]

I think i have had my first ‘Senior Moment’

petrol pump

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

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...]

It’s Not to Hot to Tango

It’s August the mercury is in the 30+ region so summer is in full swing – or should I say Tango. A new feature for summer in Torrevieja is street entertainment. Whilst taking my ‘paseo’ last night I came across a couple in ‘Come Dancing’ mode demonstrating the Tango. Fortunately no Bruce … [Read more...]

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