Spanish are hurting too

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Re: Spanish are hurting too

Postby Chrissie » Thu May 14, 2009 10:00 am

lucy locket wrote:dont join in then katy :roll: and how do you know he is spanish :?:
Probably because she speaks fluent Spanish and is intelligent enough to want to know :roll:
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Re: Spanish are hurting too

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Re: Spanish are hurting too

Postby lucy locket » Thu May 14, 2009 10:22 am

Many immigrants speak fluent spanish and intelligence doesnt come in to it.

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Re: Spanish are hurting too

Postby katy » Thu May 14, 2009 10:25 am

I do know the difference between a foreigner or a national speaking spanish. Anyway he seems to be a friend of the supermarket staff too.

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Re: Spanish are hurting too

Postby katy » Thu May 14, 2009 11:29 am

rt21 wrote:Looks as though the number of thieves in Spain is multiplying!

I was quite surprised to read an article this morning on the web site"Typically Spanish" in which a British Insurance company, which specialises in the travel insurance for the over 50’s, 50plus Insurance, has warned about the risk of travelling to Spain. The company is telling potential travellers of the increased risk of violent robbery and theft, a result of the large increase in unemployment. The statement notes that the number of robberies per inhabitant in Spain is 1,123.19 for every 100,000 residents, compared to just 183.83 in Britain.


Must confess I have always felt safe in Spain although an article in a recent Expatica circular was warning of a plague of pickpockets in Barcelona and an increase in violent robberies in that city

Does anyone know about this? haven't seen anything in the spanish news!
http://www.surinenglish.com/20090512/ne ... 21127.html




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Re: Spanish are hurting too

Postby frank » Thu May 14, 2009 12:37 pm

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[b]Does anyone know about this? haven't seen anything in the spanish news! [/b]
http://www.surinenglish.com/20090512/news/costasol-malaga/year-dies-after-having-200905121127.html
A quick google reveals there are lots of reports in Spanish, Katy.
http://www.europapress.es/andalucia/not ... 00408.html
http://elperiodico.com/default.asp?idpu ... PK=1021&h=
http://www.ymalaga.com/calle/sucesos/an ... 10325.html

Lots more, but all carrying the same report.
Regards, Frank

No soy residente, simplemente un turista, ¿qué sé yo?

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Re: Spanish are hurting too

Postby katy » Thu May 14, 2009 1:13 pm

Thanks Frank! Only did a search in Diario sur. :oops: Not much info' is there, wondered if he was British as it's a mainly British area.

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Re: Spanish are hurting too

Postby julian » Fri May 15, 2009 7:31 am

Lavanda , I have been looking for ideas for our new political party, I found this in the news in velez malaga which looks like a great solution to helping to ease the crisis, maybe we could look into it in more detail to include it in our list of things we can offer the nation if you become president..............

"Imparten clases de baile para los empresarios preocupados por la crisis"

what do you reckon? could be the answer the politicians have so far overlooked.

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Re: Spanish are hurting too

Postby Lavanda » Fri May 15, 2009 7:51 am

I think you may be on to something ... :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: Spanish are hurting too

Postby Paula » Fri May 15, 2009 9:53 am

I'd quite enjoy seeing you Morris dancing Julian, I've got a couple of my dads nice checked hankies you could borrow, just need to find you some bells :wink:

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Re: Spanish are hurting too

Postby julian » Fri May 15, 2009 10:38 am

thanks for your help Paula, that´s another minister (or ministress??) we have lined up ..would you like to be minister for "fiestas"? believe me we are going to have a lot of fiestas !!
I´m not sure that Morris dancing is exactly what the depressed businessman want to dance...but it will be taken into consideration and discussed at the cabinet meeting.

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Re: Spanish are hurting too

Postby Paula » Fri May 15, 2009 10:42 am

I want to be a cabinet minister, I'll be the drinks cabinet minister please :wink:

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Re: Spanish are hurting too

Postby K chameleon » Fri May 15, 2009 2:42 pm

Can we claim expenses for second homes, contents, cleaners etc if we get voted in?

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Re: Spanish are hurting too

Postby julian » Fri May 15, 2009 6:07 pm

only "party" expenses can be claimed...the word party is left open to interpretion by each cabinet member

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Re: Spanish are hurting too

Postby K chameleon » Fri May 15, 2009 6:17 pm

That sounds more like it! "Party on!"

(I don't have a second home anyway)

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Re: Spanish are hurting too

Postby julian » Fri May 15, 2009 6:28 pm

if you need a second home to host the parties that would be taken into account so you could claim for the neccessity of having a second home and claim for funds to be made available for the purchase.

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Re: Spanish are hurting too

Postby katy » Tue May 19, 2009 3:38 pm

Seems the spanish are having it bad:

http://www.diariosur.es/20090519/malaga ... 90519.html

Interesting (racist) comments at the end

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Re: Spanish are hurting too

Postby Jool » Tue May 19, 2009 4:22 pm

Well there´s not much point in just feeding them if they have nowhere to live is there!!

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Re: Spanish are hurting too

Postby julian » Tue May 19, 2009 4:26 pm

Jool.......If I was homeless I´d still be more than grateful for food !


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