I am also a linux mint user - i 'upgraded' my dell inspiron 1150 - its a much quicker OS than windows on that old machine, even tho i upgraded the ram. As for your win 10 desktop - i downloaded win 10 from MS onto a USB (cos i did it at work one day) and then when i was installing it on my pc at hom...

katy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 05, 2021 10:43 amTry Googling how many Spaniards drive around uninsured.

yes, that and no ITV - something silly in andalucia like 600,000 non-itv´d cars i think?

Quite likely @firsttango - there have been tourists visiting Spain for years before that, but I´m talking about the "mass tourism" and cheap Ryanair flights. you never really used to see that 20 years ago. Going on holiday was a once or twice a year event, now (pre-covid / brexit) you coul...

I´d have to agree with that @fincalospinos - I was in the car park next to that on Saturday, and i commented to the wife about how many there were, it was a surprise to see so many foreign plates there - The police say that theres no way they have the manpower to enforce things, but you imagine that...

Surely by driving about with Uk plates / no MOT - when you are a resident is reason enough to stop and confiscate?

That´s a shame, alot of them would of not long started working there - When i was in there in January there were more staff than customers...and shelves full of one item.

Spain as a whole doesn't *need" tourists. Yeah i bet they don't. :lol: no no.. hear me out - I say that spain as a whole doesn´t "need" tourists.. because think about it.. the streets of Malaga / fuengerola etc were always full of Spanish people before (20 years ago) and there were a...

You can download win 10 from microsoft themselves now, you just need to buy a code. But then win 8 is upgradeable for free i believe, so you can use your win 8 code. I did it for the first time the other week, until recently ive been on xp ! I was amazed how fast and easy they have made it. And it s...

Noted today the amount of planes ive heard overhead compaired to normal We delivered 15 cars last weekend, compared to 1 a week for the past 3 months its a fair increase. There were some brits too, but they flew in from other places / maybe it was essential. To be fair i think its really nice every...

I suffer mainly in the mornings, waking up with it. It affects me sometimes late in the evenings too.

Its strange, we live in the campo, surrounded by trees, but sleep with all the doors and windows closed.

When i lived in town it was much less.

All the people who drive around with foreign cars after 3-4-10 years, paying no road tax, working for cash should be deported, they are only hurting the economy here in spain, wether they are brits or otherwise.

Olive, is your mask not helping?

I suffer from heyfever, but have noticed that its actually much better with the mask. It doesnt stop it, but i dont suffer as much.

That and daily loratadine tablets.

Theres an international criminal tattoo database - theres a documentry or 20 on youtube about it

El Cid wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 2:36 pm This seems to be behind a paywall now

Why anyone would pay €60/yr to read it is beyond me!

Sid

The printed version, that probably costs them thousands per week to produce.. is free ? and they want people to pay to look at it online? are they on drugs??

This should help people who dont understand spanish - or any other language ! Get google go from the app store, press translate, take a photo of the paperwork or sign or anything that you dont understand, and a few seconds later you get a translated version that you can look at, or have it read back...

strange, i tried radio 1, and radio 1 xtra last night and it said "unavaliable" on simple radio

When a town hall says "theres 20,000 foreigners registered here" .. they know theres many more who are not.

The undercover police in pubs and shops is a great idea.

We are in that area for about a week of every month, my gf has family there. Theres houses for sale next door to them, overlooking the beach for 140k, but they dont have gardens - I´m looking for something that I can have a little garden - only around 1000m2, but finding that is difficult. We saw on...

To move to spain now you have to apply for a visa before you leave the uk. You need a job offer or a shedload of cash...

The days of packing up and driving down are gone...

Thanks Daisy, i´m looking at the properties that they have on their books - some look very interesting