Thanks for that. I'm on to a friend right away.

MMMM. Found this on a movistar website. Says Nov 2008. WARNING!!! DUE TO SPANISH ANTI-TERRORISM LAWS PASSED IN NOVEMBER 2007 TO AVOID UNLAWFUL USE OF SIM CARDS IN TERRORIST ATTACKS, THE SPANISH CELL COMPANIES ARE REQUIRING THAT ALL SIM CARDS BE CORRECLTY REGISTERED BY NOVEMBER 1st, 2008. THOSE SIM C...

Iv'e had a movistar sim for about 3 years now. I put 30€ on it just before returning to UK a month ago. Now it's dead as a nail. Found out since that due to fighting terorists etc. if you dont use you phone, then Movistar 'may cancel your sim'. Anyone had this problem? Where do I call to get my 30€ ...

I got fed-up with tar from the olive wood seeping out the joints of the flu. When back in uk I visited a specialist and he knew all about Spanish wood burning stoves. He had a supply of male / female converter fittings made in Stainles steel. I replaced the lot with stainles steel and never looked b...

Always paid the old 'wealth tax' via my solisitor due to a nasty experiance at the Hacienda when I tried to DIY. [Though he charged the earth]. Anyway my solisitor has not contacted me about the New non resident tax. [he's missed an oppertunity]. My question is that I know dozens of people that look...

1.15.20.4 and climbing

Thanks Sid

So. As I already own my Spanish home but are not resident yet. I should sell my UK house and hang around for a while to make sure I do not cop for Spanish tax before becomming resident.

My friend has built a system of ducts that run to the bedrooms. A canopy above the stove has a slide door that he opens to alow the warm rising air to heat his bedrooms as required. Works a treat.

Forgot to say. I offered to put central heating in but the 'Boss' says she loves the log burner. I must admit it stirs my hunter gatherer instinct and a few days with the chainsaw is great fun. there is nothing more rewarding than six tonne of fire wood cut and stacked. One good tip I got from a Spa...

We have a small free standing log burner with an oven on top. Fantastic stews and bread. The flue goes through the upstairs bathroom and heats it up [no condensation]. What we have learnt is : Store olive logs for at least six months or they give off a lot of tar that smells like kippers and also ch...

He should know that if you are resident permanently in Spain you are liable for tax on your world wide income. I was under the impression that Spain has an agreement with UK that a UK person resident in Spain can pay tax on his UK earnings, bank interst, pension etc that evolve from the UK, to the ...

Pound making a slight recovery at nearly 1.12 at close on Friday. Crime is rising in the countryside as many spanish have lost jobs and gone on the olives. Problem is all the looky looky men from the coast that come inland from November to March and now have no work or money. petty crime is on the r...

Yep 'catch that pigeon' and soak it's feet in luke-warm water until Klingon's dissolve and fall off.

Personally I think everyone should visit a slaughterhouse and a chicken processing plant and see how animals are dispatched.

When you have seen a sow squealing because it knows what is in store and seen chickens thrashing about on the hook conveyor, then a bull fight is not that bad.

It's a baby fledgling and the stone-like growths are S""t stuck to it's toes from the nest.

All I can say is that I've found that all the agricultural chemicals used are many times stronger than those available in the UK. Potentially all sprayed areas are a danger to pets.

Dig up the lawn an gravel it all.
It will save wasting much needed water and you can cut down on gardening costs.