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4/5 POLICE different colours...
7 CYCLING different colours...
9 ANDREA...rental contracts...
11 TONY MAYESlife in the UK...
17 CONFUSIONSa tea bag is a tea bag
17 NATUREfluffy things with feathers... 19 SANTA POLA... he’s off agin...
23 GRAN ALACANT...life on the hill..
24 LA MARINA... do you speak LMB...?
24/5 COMPUTERS... bluemoon...naked...
31 MOTORING IN SPAIN get it sorted...
34/5 SPORT...energetic stuff...
36/37 LIVING LIFE...feel better and smile... 39 HOROSCOPES... the only accurate ones in the world...... 40/1 PUZZLES... if you is smart try these fings...
42 WHAT’S ON...get up and out and busy...
43 LETTERS...you say what you think...
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this month‘Weather
THE BIRDMAN OF ALTABIXNow, Brian Conduit, who most of you will know has
been writing the JD Nature page for the past five
years or so, is in hospital for a head transplant, or
something. We wish him the best and hope he’s
back to work soon as the rest of us know sod all
about wildlife. His (other) problem is that being a
birdwatcher, Brain can’t see many birds from his
window – the closest he’s got was when I dropped
my chicken nuggets and we had to get matron to
take his binoculars off him on that occasion. I even
offered to take up my washing to dry it outside his
window, as I can guarantee that within minutes of me
putting it out there, there’ll be hundreds of the little
b******s relieving themselves on it… but now I hear
he’s started people-watching which, surely must be
far more interesting. Especially as he now has more
foot traffic than Jordan’s hallway carpet. But, to make
an old man happy, if anyone can spare the time - and
feels comfortable dressed as the RoadRunner - it
would be much appreciated by Brian if you could
make a few passes of the window to room 305
in Elche hospital, and, by the way, he’s
also become the official outlet for
Jungle Drums in Elche hospital
so at least you know
where to get one…
cheep…
I was in a bar and watching the Spanish weather
forecast with a Spanish friend when he launched
into a (very) foul-mouthed tirade about Spanish
weather forecasters and how they always get
it wrong. He has a point. The Spanish weather
forecasts are not the best in the world and with
the guy (or girl) standing in front of half of Spain,
blocking it off to half the population, they don’t
really help themselves. ‘Look at it!’ he shouted
above the TV, the stereo, the clientele, and the
other telly, ‘they always say that every day is
gonna be da bloody same! In England they tell
you it is gonna rain at bloody half-past two,
and it does!’ I didn’t have the heart to remind
him that this is Spain and it usually is the same
weather, most of the time.
As it turned out, it is (apparently) Zapatero’s
and Franco’s combined fault that the weather
was wrong and the weatherman was ‘son of a
bitch’. Whether it turns out to be right or wrong,
you just feel better after a Spanish forecast
than you do a British one. Theirs leaves you
looking forward to a barbecue or the beach at the
weekend. Ours will tell us how long we can spend
outside before we catch some form of skin diease
or whether hay fever sufferers should even
bother getting up…
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This country seems to have more variations
of coppers than the royal mint. Who are they?
What do they do? And why? Well, JD has been
investigating the investigators and come up with
some answers, and a little bit of their history, to
explain who it is that cruises the highways of this
rather nice piece of turf that we’ve decided to
help occupy.
The main enforcers of public order and security
as of 1988 were the Civil Guard and the National
Police Corps (Cuerpo Nacional de Policia). The
Civil Guard, fortified by nearly a century and
a half of tradition, was a highly disciplined
paramilitary body with close links to the army.
As it evolved, it served mainly as a rural police
to protect property and order and to reinforce
the authority of the central government.
Under Franco, a tripartite system of police was
formalized: the Civil Guard in rural areas; the
Armed and Traffic Police (renamed the National
Police in 1979), which fulfilled normal police
functions in communities with a population
of more than 20,000; and the Higher Police
Corps of plainclothes police with responsibility
for investigating crimes and political offenses.
Separate municipal police forces under the
control of local mayors were concerned mainly
with traffic control and with enforcement of local
ordinances.
So who are they?
THE BOYS IN BLUEFirstly they guys and gals that we see most
commonly in our neighbourhood and it is they
who deal with very minor things and with traffic
movement in towns.
The Local(or municipal) police are attached to
local town halls in towns with a population of
over 5,000. They wear blue uniforms with white-
chequered bands on their hats and sleeves,
and usually patrol in white or blue cars...and
they’ve got guns. These coppers will deal with
minor crime such as traffic control, protection of
property, civil disturbances and the enforcement
of municipal laws. In large cities, municipal police
often have multilingual offices and some towns
have mounted police. They’re the said to be the
most sympathetic Spanish police force...although
seeing them in jack boots, overalls and with a
sub-machine gun I think they can be anything
they want… In resort areas, the local police
sometimes speak English and during the summer
spend most of their time dealing with drunken
tourists. On-the-spot fines are imposed for a
range of offences.
THE BOYS IN GREENThe Civil Guard was founded in 1844 during the
reign of Queen Isabel II of Spain by the Basque
Navarrese aristocrat Francisco Javier Girón y
Ezpeleta, second Duke of Ahumada although
the first academy of “guardias civiles” was
established in the town of Valdemoro, south of
Madrid, in 1855.
The Guardia Civil’s first job was to restore and
maintain security in the Spanish countryside
because at the end of the First Carlist War the
Spanish landscape had been left scarred by the
destruction of civil war, so the government moved
fast to prevent the increasing danger of banditry
and rebellion in rural areas. Based on the
model of light infantry used by Napoleon in his
European campaigns, the Guardia Civil was born
as a police force with high mobility that could be
deployed irrespective of inhospitable conditions
and that was able to patrol large areas of the
countryside. Its members, called ‘guardias’,
maintain to this date a basic patrol unit formed
by two agents, usually called a “pareja” (a pair),
in which one of the ‘guardias’ will initiate the
intervention while the second ‘guardia’ serves as
a backup to the first one.
Today the Guardia Civil is still a police force
subject to the checks and supervision expected
in a democratic society. Morevoer, the guardias’
proven effectiveness throughout history, whether
in controlling banditry or in addressing the
subsequent challenges and tasks given them,
meant that additional tasks have been added
regularly to their job description.
The Civil Guard has been involved in work as
peacekeepers in United Nations sponsored
operations, including in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Angola, Congo, Nicaragua, Haiti, East Timor
and El Salvador. They served with the Spanish
contingent in the war in Iraq, mainly in
intelligence gathering, and they lost seven
‘números’. In addition to el instituto armado (“the
armed institution”, the Guardia Civil is known
as la benemérita (“the good-deserving”). They
served in the Spanish colonies, including Cuba,
Puerto Rico, the Philippines and Morocco.
The Guardia Civil has a sister force in Costa Rica
also called the Guardia Civil. The Costa Rican
‘guardias’ often train at the same academy as
regular Spanish officers.
CharacteristicsThey typically patrol in pairs.
Their traditional hat is the tricornio, originally
a tricorne, which looks like someone has bent
an old LP and stuck it on their head – original
though…. Its use now is reserved to parades or
ceremonies, being now substituted by a cap, a
beret or the characteristic “gorra teresiana”[1].
Members of the Guardia Civil often live in
garrisons (casa-cuartel) with their families.
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Since the Guardia Civil must accommodate the
families of its “guardias”, it was the first police
force in Europe that accommodated a same-sex
partner in a military installation.
The symbol of the Guardia Civil consists of the
Royal Crown of Spain, a sword and a fasces. The
different units have variations of this symbol.
Today, they are primarily responsible for policing
and/or safety regarding the following (but not
limited to) areas and/or safety related issues
(given in no special order):
- highway patrol,
- counter drugs operations,
- anti-smuggling operations,
- customs and ports of entry control,
- safety of prisons and safeguarding of prisoners,
- weapons licenses and arms control,
- security of border areas,
- bomb squad and explosives,
- security in rural areas and in locations with less
than 10,000 inhabitants,
-anti-terrorism;
- coast guard,
- police deployments abroad (embassies);
- intelligence and counter-intelligence gathering,
cyber- and internet crime;
- hunting permits and
- environmental law enforcement.
A different issue is the heavy-handedness used
by the ‘guardias’. For a long time the Guardias
were feared because of their excesses, great
power and authority in rural areas, and for what
seemed to be a total lack of accountability for
their actions. The fact that they covered mostly
rural and isolated parts of the country allowed
for this lack of accountability. At the end of the
nineteenth century, the Guardia Civil conducted a
campaign against Andalusian anarchists (Spain),
accusing them of being members of the secret
society The Black Hand. For this reason the
‘guardias’ had a mythical (negative) reputation
in literature and in popular history. Some of
the poems of Federico García Lorca, especially
the world-famous Gypsy Ballads, portray the
‘guardias civiles’ as the natural enemies of
both gypsies and marginal figures including the
against anarchists that were popular in rural
areas of southern Spain. Lorca’s poems have
contributed to the Civil’s traditional reputation as
a heavy-handed police force.
THE OTHER BOYS IN BLUEThe national police replaced the despised armed
police (policía armada). The policía armada were
much hated and feared, but the national police
are now ‘quite popular’ as far as the old bill can
be anyway. They’re stationed in towns with a
population of over 20,000 and deal with serious
crime such as theft, rape and muggings, and are
also used to control demonstrations and crowds.
Other duties include guarding embassies, railway
stations, post offices and army barracks in
most towns and cities, when they’re armed with
submachine guns. The national police are housed
in a police station (comisaría de policía), many of
which have a foreigners (extranjeros) department
dealing with matters such as residence permits.
There are also plain clothes policemen (cuerpo
superior de policía) in urban areas.Where the
Guardia are, policia nacional will usually not be,
there is a strange law here that prevents them
being in the same place (we call it a restraining
order ‘round here…). Policia Nacional also deal
with immigrant paper work and the registration
of foerigners for things like the NIE or fiscal
number and residencia application paperwork
If you were mugged in Spain, you would report
it to either the Policia Local or the Guardia
and you would be asked to make a denouncia,
which translates to ‘report’ and you’d probably
(definitely if you want to get away before
midnight) need to take a tranaslator with you,
they are not provided as part of the normal
service.
Duties1. The issuing of identity documents - ID cards
and passports.
2. To control receipts and outgoings of the foreign
people and Spaniards.
3. Immigration law, refuge and asylum,
extradition and expulsion.
4. Gaming enforcement
5. Drug enforcement
6. Collaborattion with Interpol and Europol.
7. Control of private security companies
8. General law enforcement
Requirements - Born or naturalized Spanish
- Between 18 and 30 years old
- At least 1.65 meters tall (for men), and 1.60
metres for women
- Not to have been a convicted of fraud or
dismissed by the state, autonomous or local
governments, or prevented from holding public
functions.
- Hold a driving licence of the class specified by
the government.
So that’s it a concise guide to the old bill in spain.
Next time you’re sitting in a lay bye - awaiting
the policeman whose lights still fill the rearview
mirror – at least you’ll know who it is who is
handing over the fine. Although as we stated the
National Police and the Guardia
are never in the same place
at the same time…could it be
there is only one force
after all…?
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Due to the current financial climate and the
sales slump in the property market for a
considerable number of non-resident home-
owners rentals are the obvious way to get a
revenue and have gone up accordingly. Here I
am going to give you some information to take
into consideration.
The current Law of Urban Lettings provides
that residential contracts are subjet to yearly
renewals up to five years. If your rental con-
tract is made for one year the law requires that
the contract is renewable for a total five-year
period. The rent is usually revised annually
and increased by the cost of living published
by the authorities each year. At the end of the
five years, the landlord can raise the rent as
much as he wishes, either for a new tenant or
for his existing one.
Since such long-term lets with all the implica-
tions of eviction problems are usually not the
best option for foreign property owners the
alternative sought by most is the holiday rental
which has separate rules. These short-term
rental contracts called arrienda de temporada
or contrato de temporada do not grant the
tenant any right to automatic extension. The
tenant has to vacate the property when the
contract ends. Usually these contracts are
made for any short-term period up to a maxi-
mum of eleven months.
I am sure it is no news for you that even these
holiday rentals have their pitfalls. Choose
your tenants carefully! Nonfulfillment of the
rent payment and possible damages to your
property are a couple of hazards. As a guar-
antee against the latter, the law establishes
the landlord’s right to a deposit. It consists of
one month’s rent for a residential property and
two months’ rent for commercial premises.
In practice tenants tend to think that they no
longer have to pay for the last month because
they left said one month’s deposit. This is ab-
solutely wrong and against the law. You need
it also as a safeguard for electric and water
bills that always arrive late.
BUT…even though you sign a rental contract
between landlord and tenant in which such
conditions are stipulated there is of course no
guarantee that your tenant is going to fulfill all
those. It is very common that tenants do not
stay the full term for which they have signed
the contract. If this occurs due to their lack
of finances (although the reasons given may
differ) be prepared just to let them go. There
is no point in taking legal action in order to
force a tenant to stay for the contracted period
if they cannot pay the rent anyway. And even
less if you have pocketed the rental income
without fulfilling your own obligation, that is
paying the taxman his share.
So finally we have the tax implications. Only
resident landlords have reductions on rental
income and can also deduct a whole range of
expenses. Non-resident have absolutely no
reduction or deduction at all and declare their
rental income on a special tax form that has
to be presented and paid on a monthly basis,
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Last week, Scotland abolished car parking charges at NHS
hospital car parks. Previously, Wales abolished prescription
charges and has announced it intends to abolish car parking
charges in 2011.
That leaves us in England forking out bucket-loads of money if
we want to visit hospitals or need a presciption and do not fall
into an exempt category.
It’s no wonder that people living in
villages near the Welsh border want
to become part of Wales, and the
likes of Carlisle want the Scottish
border to the moved south.
Come to think of it, perhaps we
should become part of Spain - re-
ducing our council tax from around
£1,100 to £300pa has some merit!
Car parking charges in England’s
hospitals are nothing more than
an additional tax and us, targeted
on sickness. Cancer patients, for
example, need regular hospital visits
for treatment and car parking over
a year can cost several hundreds of
pounds.
This is totally unfair. I would refer to
a pompous statement on the issue
from the Department of Health from
this dreadful government, stating:
“We do not think it a sensible use
of limited resources to subsidise car
parking at hospitals for everyone.
Our priority is the safety and speed
of health care.”
Now isn’t that a good one? Is this government spokesman
seriously suggesting that “safety and speed of health care” is
grossly compromised in Scotland and Wales? If that’s the case,
then let’s have a proper examination of the facts.
At a time when hundreds of thousands of people are being
thrown out of work due to the recession, just consider those
lucky people who work in town halls or government. They’re not
only virtually immune and have nice, cosy retirement packages,
they have actually been earning more than their counterparts in
the private sector.
Research by the right-wing TaxPayers’ Alliance has shown that
while the average pay in private companies was £20,715 in
2008, in the public sector was £21,413.
It’s often crossed my mind during my career in journalism, what
on earth I have been doing working with the stresses that exist
producing newspapers, week in, week out, when I could have a
cushy little number writing endless press releases working in a
council or government office, and getting more money into the
bargain.
Government and councils must bear
their fair share of the pain this recession is
going to cause and it is wrong for them to continue their spend,
spend,spend ways. All it does is put up taxes, now or in future.
Take, for instance, an example offered by the TaxPayers’ Alliance
of the way some councils have been
adding to their payrolls by creating
useless non-jobs.
How would you like to be a com-
munity space challenge co-ordinator
with a salary of £33,777? I bet you
would. No, it’s not working on the
next space flight of the Challenger.
It’s all about engaging young people
at risk of offending by helping them
develop their environmental aware-
ness and deliver exciting projects
within the community.
I don’t think I would be really cut
out for this job. I don’t think my
sympathies would be channelled in
the right direction. I think a tough
ex-sergeant major might be the right
person to “develop the environmen-
tal awareness” by deliving a kick up
their backsides.
The leading clergy in Britain have
embarked on mass criticism of the
Labour government over the past
few weeks.
They have accused Labour of “in-
vesting hopes in a project which was bound to disappoint – the
project of growth without limit without any end in view”.
Other clergy have accused the party of being “beguiled by mon-
ey” and “morally corrupt” and it had “reneged on its promises”.
The government was also accused of squandering their oppor-
tunity to transform society and has run out of steam, sacrificing
principled politics and long-term solutions for policies designed
to win votes.
And Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has said
increasing public spending in recession was like an “addict re-
turning to the drug”.
And another leading figure has said:”It is becoming clearer how
far we have been mortgaging our children’s tomorrow to fund
our today, both financially and in our use of the finite resources
of the earth.”
A few decades ago such concerted criticism of a government by
the church would have quickly led to the downfall of that gov-
ernment. Perhaps sadly, today it does not wield such influence.
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opping into
the local ‘trendy’ café bar used
to be a simple affair; the usual
arrangement of coffees a wide
choice of booze but if you’ve
been lately you’ll notice that
anyone who actually is trendy
is supping tea. Now before you
start thinking that PG Tips is the
new ‘black’ and that you’re ob-
viously right up to date as your
cupboard is full of catering bags
of the stuff, stop. For this isn’t
tea as you and I know it this is
an ‘infusion.’
Behind the bar you’ll see the ‘Jar-
din Del Te,’ or a shelf as you and
I know it, brimming with attrac-
tive containers that contain, what
looks
like
what is commonly
known amongst
bird fanciers as
‘Trill’. Now these teas
have magical powers and
will stimulate your mind, open
up your breathing passages and
make you regular along with
many other benefits helping you
relax in your trendy bar, unless
your passages have opened up a
bit too keenly…
They are called ‘teas of the world’
with certain countries offering up
differing variations, for example
the English tea is Earl Grey but
I’ve yet to meet anyone from
England who actually drinks the
stuff apart from our photogra-
pher who comes from Manches-
ter so that doesn’t count. It
should be PG in there when
they open the fancy tin. Im-
agine the look on some poor
Yuppies face as he sees a
tea bag dropped into a cup
with two big lumps ofsugar and
god
po r t i on
of milk. Slap a bacon butty down
next to it and you’ve got a proper
English tea with the appropriate
accompaniment instead of Earl
Grey which tastes like someone
has dropped a dandelion in it to
soak…for several days.
No, give me a good old English
cuppa anytime. ‘Tropical Sunrise’
may well relax me and help me
breathe and ‘Midnight Sunset’
may aid my digestive system.
But when I was little I had simi-
lar tasting stuff to this which did
exactly the same as an infusion,
but for a quarter of the price…
we called it medicine…
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Two or three months ago I was having trouble
swallowing. I put it down to maybe an oversized olive,
or a sweet and sour prawn ball, gobbled down too
quickly before anyone else could grab it. Turns out
it’s a Tumour, caused probably by all those Marlboro I
smoked many years ago, ( John Wayne’s really got a lot
to answer for ).
Anyway, here I am in Elche Hospital, awaiting my fate
as they say, but it’s not all doom and gloom, as the rest
of this missive will, I hope prove.
Firstly, I can’t eat or drink anything at all, which poses
one or two problems, especially to someone like me
who thinks that eating is one of the great pleasures of
life.
So they feed me through a tube with a white liquid
which gives me all the nourishment I need. But It’s
not the same, as I can’t taste it, ( just as well ).Also
a number of my visitors will insist on telling me what
they had for dinner last night, and what they are having
tomorrow, and would I like some grapes, (very funny).
So, to take my mind off food, I glance up at the TV
and see a commercial for Pizza, or there’s a cookery
program on.
Anyway, the thing is, I don’t smoke, I don’t drink, I
don’t eat, and I don’t go out with women, but I make
all my own dresses. Keeping your pecker up has a
whole new meaning in here.
I’m in a room for two, (not bad for a NHS hospital),
and my roommate Antonio has his wife Isabel with
him 24-7, and they usually change places in the night
and he ends up on the relaxer chair with her in the
bed. Now, the first nurse in the morning is taking
temperatures, so she bustles in, and seeing a shape in
the bed, stuffed the thermometer straight into Isabel’s
ear by mistake. I have to say, that one look at Antonio
would have told the nurse who was the patient and who
was the visitor.
Isabel has also worked out that if you pull out the plug
of the TV and put it straight back in, you get another
20 hrs free before you have to pay another 4€, ( typical
Spanish ingenuity ).
As you can imagine, I have a bit of time on my hands
while they ponder my problem, so I got to thinking
about all the different members of staff that I’ve seen
in the 12 days or so I’ve been here. I got up to 30 and
stopped counting. 30 different people, all doing their bit
to make me well again. From the surgeon and doctors,
all the nurses, ( and there a lot of them ), scanner
technicians ,cleaners and ambulance drivers. I owe
these people a huge debt of thanks, and I’ll do my best
not to let them down.
You Need Friends.
Bird watching from my hospital window has only
turned up a few Sparrows, A pigeon and a very lost
Grey Heron, so I’ve started keeping a list of all the
visitors I’ve had, and how many times they’ve been
to see me. It’s quite amazing, I didn’t know I knew so
many people, never mind having them visit me, ( they
obviously haven’t seen my will )
Have you noticed, everyone wants to bring you
something, but not grapes in my case. Someone who
shall be nameless brought me a 500 piece jigsaw, and
I told her to change it for a 250 piece, just in case I
don’t have time to finish it, ( humour is the way I’m
dealing with this ) The time goes by quickly with visitors
coming and going every morning and afternoon, and I’d
like to thank you all from the bottom of my heart, (you
know who you are ), because without you all it would be
all too easy to descend into despair. So my battle with
this goes on, in fact when my bed side phone rings, I’m
liable to say “ War Office, who wants a fight”
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At about this time of the year, my old Grand-
dad used to say to me in his broad Hampshire
accent,
“ Winter has gone, and Summer is here,
and the Boid is on the wing,
But that is absoid,
Because the wing is on the Boid”.
This is a great time of the year, when we can
look forward to warm summer days, and balmy
nights, cold beer, sangria and barbecues.
As usual there’s always a down side to every-
thing, and this time of the year is no exception.
I know I’ve mentioned this before, but April is
the month for the proccesionary Caterpillars to
come crawling down from their silvery spun nests
high up in the pine trees. As their name implies,
they travel along in a line, nose to tail, and the
line can be up to a metre in length. These crea-
tures must not be touched, as the hairs on their
bodies contain a toxin which will bring you out
in a nasty rash. Those of you with dogs need to
extra vigilant, as some dogs have been known to
die after sniffing these strange caterpillars.
Mosquito’s are always a pain in the summer
months, particularly near water. I’ve found that
rather than wait until you’ve been bitten, use a
repellent, and one of the best on the market is a
product called GOBI,. It has a pleasant smell and
is notsticky. You can get itin any chemist.Snakes
and scorpions show their faces as soon as the
temperature climbs, and turning over large rocks
can usually uncover a scorpion or two. The brown
scorpion found here in Spain, although giving
you a nasty nip, is no way life threatening .The
largest snake is a Bastarda, which can be up to 2
metres in length, and I had a skin once that was
over that.
So let’s look forward to a nice warm summer,
free of these nasties, and a large increase in the
pound euro exchange rate.
COSTA BLANCA BIRD CLUBProbably the most popular of our trips, is the one
where we end up at Crevillente at the Bonelli’s
eagle nest site. 27 of us set off on a bright sunny
Thursday morning, for once not stopping on the
Salinas, but working our way across the Vista-
bella fields birding from the vehicles. Buzzard,
Booted eagle, Kestrel and 4 Magpies, (quite
unusual here), kept our list of species growing.
An early Swallow was seen, along with a number
of warblers, and 5 or 6 large raptors far off in the
distance that were probably buzzards and booted
eagles.
We spent a very pleasant 45 mins or so at the
back gate of El Hondo, Watching a superb
Booted Eagle perched in a nearby euca-
lyptus tree, and all the
telescopes were kept
busy with 27 pairs of
eyes feasting on this
wonderful bird. A
Kingfisher per-
formed for us as
we made our way
to the San Felipe reserve. A newly opened walk
gave us good views of Moustached warbler, and
a magic moment when 26 Cranes flew overhead
and landed in a nearby field.
We were all looking forward to our lunch with
Colin and Jane at Finca bonelli’s Eagle, and they
didn’t let us down, with a great meal in the sun-
shine on their terrace. Then the Eagles appeared,
with the male perching on a ledge, and the
female standing up on the nest, taking a short
rest from incubating her two eggs. A club mem-
ber was heard to say, “Where else could you,
in-between courses, jump up and watch Bonelli’s
Eagles on their nest”.
A great day out, and I can recommend Colin and
Jane’s finca for a meal, dinner or overnight stays,
at very reasonable rates.
Aprils field trip is on Wed 15th and will take in
the Sierra Espuña and the steppe area of the
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new hide on the Clot de Galveney in the morning
at about 11 00 am if anyone would like to come
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“ Winter has gone, and Summer is here, and the Boid is on the wing,
But that is absoid, Because the wing is on the Boid”
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YOU CAN’T PULL THE WOLF OVER MY EYES...Well, like the little lost boy my mind is a blank this month; my usual source
seems to have dried up. Because when I visited the GA centre there was
no newspapers left which contain all the facts and information I use to write
this column. It’s written in Spanish and I just pick out the articles that are rel-
evant, translate them and re write them. Now, while were at it would whoever
borrowed a set of jumper leads off me please return them as I cant remem-
ber who you are…thank you in anticipation for returning them.
Now the next subject on everyone’s minds of late is this promise of a golf
course, or rather lack of one so far and just rumours. Well, sorry but I have
been here 23 yrs and their still isn’t one, just lots of hot air and whitewash.
Yes plans have been made and no doubt passed by the local council and
even looked into by the valencian government. But here is an imaginary
scenario which is purely a hypothetical scenario, (if anyone is understanding
any of this please write in and tell me…ED).
Just supposing you owned a big shop in a small town and a big chain want-
ed to open one of their shops on a out of town site with all the usual fringe
things like car parks, cinema, and whatever else they could offer to entice
shoppers out of the town centre and into their store. But you were able to
keep putting back planning permission because you had a member of your
family in a high government position. We’ll say no more about the proposed
golf course in Santa Pola, but what you will no doubt get, and you can quote
me on this, is more houses and roads with the inevitable building of more
units for bars. Golf course? now that’s another entity and what do we want
a golf course for when we have El Plantio golf course just behind the airport
which is only a short distance away by car, excellent facilities and its owned
by the prime minister’s cousin…now how bad is that for all you golf loving
friendly people.
Well, as I am sitting here writing this article I am trying the internet for up-
coming fiestas and whatever in Santa Pola but I am not finding much in the
way of information. The only thing showing so far is the world championship
for wind surfing which is being held here in Santa Pola from the 09/09/2009
till the 19/09/2009 firstly there is the Spanish championship then the follow-
ing week the world championship.
Still searching and not a lot being shown I am afraid except the usual public-
ity for bars and hotels, so it looks like this month’s article will be a bit short
and not my usual ‘editor’s nightmare’ of trying to keep within a certain num-
ber of words which for me is an impossibility as anyone who knows me will
testify that once I start talking I don’t know when to stop and its the same
with my literary skills. (With you there Colin…ED). Well anyway have a nice
month till next time and if you’re having a fete or anything please let me
know so I can write about it and get you some free publicity.
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devised was to stack
them as a square
based pyramid, with
one ball on top, rest-
ing on four, resting on
nine, which rested on
sixteen.
Thus, a supply of 30
cannon balls could
be stacked in a small
area right next to the
cannon. There was
only one problem --
how to prevent the
bottom layer from slid-
ing/rolling from under
the others.
The solution was a
metal plate with 16
round indentations,
called, for reasons
unknown, a Monkey.
But if
this plate were made
of iron, the iron balls
would quickly rust to
it. The solution to the
rusting
problem was to make
them of brass - hence,
Brass Monkeys.
Few landlubbers re-
alize that brass con-
tracts much more and
much faster than iron
when chilled.
consequently, when
the temperature
dropped too far, the
brass indentations
would shrink so much
that the
iron cannon balls
would come right off
the monkey.
Thus, it was quite lit-
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During the month of March 2009 there have been several complaints from residents about the graffiti which has been appeared on private buildings in Santa Pola – one of the areas in question is beside the Correos and another is in Calle Belgica in Gran Alacant. They have told me and I have also seen with my own eyes that there is rubbish and rubble on the sierra. After speaking to the department responsible for the cleaning, they say that they cannot do anything because they are private buildings. I asked him if he is able to send a letter to these communities suggesting that they clean it themselves in, and the reply was that it was not possible as they are private residences. However, he did indicate that they were monitoring the complaints. I am hoping that they clean it, and maintain awareness about keeping our country-side clean because it has an effect on the image people have of Santa Pola.Well, we are starting the month of April with a lot of rain – an abundance of water, and I hope that the weather improves because from 3rd to the 12th April we have religious fiestas and processions - that is to say it is our “Semana Santa”. During this period there will be a medieval market in the castle which was built in the 14th century. The market takes us back into olden times and I have to mention that courtyard of weapons that has been witnessed as being one of the most im-portant historical finds that has happened in these centuries – tales such as the expulsion of the Moors in 1609, or the visit to Santa Pola by Alfonso XII in order to award it the title of a town. For centuries the courtyard of weapons was the centre of political and military life – today it is one of the places where people like to gather. It is a welcoming place which completely changes during the fiesta, with people meeting to watch different processions and sentimental fiestas which reflect on the spirit of these people and our tradi-tions. I take the opportunity to invite you to experience them and feel how I do about them. Enjoy the fiestas as much as you can.
If you have any questions that you would like to ask Loreto - pop along to the municipal centre in GA and make an appointment to see her. You’ll find her ex-tremely helpful, and don’t worry - she apeaks English!
Hello to all of you again,
IDear friends,
Once again it is a pleasure to write some words about the news regarding the life in Gran Alacant.
First of all, I would like to let you know about the Eastern fiestas that we are going to celebrate in Santa Pola. We are going to be able to join this festivity next week from 6th to 12th of April. This is a very important celebration for the people living in Santa Pola and I would hope you will enjoy them this year. You will have the schedule of all the activities we have prepared for you at the Municipal Office in Gran Alacant.
You will also see in a very short period of time that we are going to put around 30 small bins in some streets of Gran Alacant. They will be distributed along Avenida Carabasí, Mediterráneo and Escandinavia. I hope this action will help somehow to keep our area a little bit cleaner. I think all of us must bear in mind that it is necessary to be clean to have a clean town. This is the reason why I would like to ask you to use these new small bins that are going to be installed soon.
Finally, I would like to thank all the people who have joined the courses and activities we are developing in our new halls at Life Resort. It has been a great success and we will provide you with more activities soon. One of these new activities we are going to start with is like “a languages exchange”; we are going to get together English speaking people with Spanish speaking people and try to make them speak in the other language. If you are interested in this new project and you would like to learn some Spanish and help a Spanish person to learn some of your English, please, do not hesitate and write down your name in the list of interested people at the Municipal Library. I think this could be a great experience that can help you to get more integrated in our culture and language and, at the same time, you will help somebody else to learn English language. The integration of the different languages, cultures and nationalities that we have in our area is one of the main aims as a councillor of Gran Alacant and I think this type of activities can help to get it.
Thank you very much for your collaboration to make Gran Alacant a better place to live day after day.
Speak to you next month.
Hi GuysWell, I’m back from my annual jaunt across the pond, and I am happy to say I’m glad to be back this time - no more pangs and longing to be back in England or to move to America! I had a great time with family in England and America, but this time it felt like coming home.When I got back, I was shocked at how quiet Gran Alacant was. I saw no-one passing my casa for the first 2 weeks that I was back and when I got over my jet lag and ventured out, I was surprised at how quiet the bars and restaurants were – and also the amount of people who have packed up and gone back to England.I would like to wish Dave & Sue the Best of Luck in their new venture at the Sioux Bar. I was surprised to hear that they had left Destinations, but so glad they had not gone back to Eng-land.I would also like to wish my good friends Moya & Reg of La Palma all the best in whatever they de-cide to do next and I would like to thank them for their friendship and thoughtfulness over the past 4 years. I am going to miss you guys!I went to the opening day at the Life Resort on Saturday, but was disappointed with them for not having organised trips round the Resort. As I am not good on my legs, I would have liked a buggy ride and someone to have ex-plained what the Life Resort is all about. Although they had promised free sangria and pres-ents for everyone, I did not see any of this. Having said this, I did enjoy the music and the art gallery. I thought the ladies mak-ing lace were very good - I don’t know how they remember which bobbin to move! It was good to see an English lady (Angie) in the grip as well. I like seeing the British trying to integrate with the Spanish.The opening day of the Life Re-sort was a great day out for the family. There were 2 bouncy castles for the children, ice
creams, games, and half price meals at the cafe bar – but I wish the over 55’s had been bet-ter catered for.I got a call from Loretta whilst I was in America (5 o’clock in the morning!) to tell me about the new classes that were starting in the Life Resort – Flamenco Dancing, Ballroom Dancing, Sal-sa and exercise classes as well. I have been along to observe these classes, and although I have bad knees and find the classes too much for me, I rec-ommend everyone to go along and try some of the classes as they looked really good – and again it gives everyone a chance to integrate. Loretta, the person I would really like to see doing a class in The Life Resort is Tony Pitt. He has a great program for us over 21’s (which in my case is a seat to do my exercises on!)Well, that’s all for now.“Have a nice day ya all” Mo
Don’t forget the walk for life on 19th April – you are all invited to take part. It is a sponsored walk in aid of the Elche Oncology wing. It takes place at the Car-rabassi beach at 10am on the 19th April. Please come along in your decorated bras (prize for the best one!) at 9.30am to reg-ister. Get your sponsor forms from Maureen – ring 618 183 298. Look forward to seeing you all. Mo.The British Legion needs you! They are looking for more mem-bers to join them. They meet at the Norwegian bar in Urb Sierra Mar (opposite Just Desserts) on the first Tuesday of the month. The next meeting is 7th April at 7.30pm. Please go along and support them. They are holding a dinner dance in Destinations on the 18th April. It is the first event since their inauguration and you can get the tickets from Destinations Bar. Price €15. If anyone has any ideas about what events day they would like to see run on Gran Alacant or ideas for days out, please come along on the 7th April and put your ideas to the committee.
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Do you speak LMB ? I try not to, but living on the
urbanization that I do, it’s hard not to. So what is LMB,
I hear you ask ? Well, it actually stands for La Marina
B******s !! I’m not going to actually write the word,
but in Spanish it’s cojones - testicles to be grammatically
correct. I’m sure you catch my drift……It’s not difficult to
speak, unlike Spanish.
You see the thing is, if you live here you may actually be
speaking it, but not even know it ! I first noticed this new
language shortly after we came to live here, can that be
ten years ago, where has that time gone ? At that time, of
course, I needed lots of information, about how things are
done here, as it definitely differed from England. Where
we came from in the UK, it either worked or it didn’t,
it was black or white, A or B, you filled in a form, and
provided you did it right, you got the right result. Here...
sigh…well, it’s not like that here, is it ? This is where I first
encountered LMB. It was in the form of advice, sought
or unsought, on all things Spanish, how and where to do
it, how much, who from…..and the funny thing was… I
believed it all….well, most of it anyway !
Gradually, it began to dawn on me, as things did not turn
out as I had been advised…that ‘some’ people did not know
what they were talking about….then after several more
years here, I began to realise… MOST people didn’t know
what they were talking about ! Subjects like residencia
(shudder !), banks, money, cars, the law, rates, bills, the
list is endless. Thank the Lord I did not have to battle with
schools, I did my bit in the UK years ago. However, due to
a legacy from the previous owner of my first house here,
my early speciality LMB subject was building regulations
here. Hah ! I got some wonderful advice there, my
confused opinions about permissions etc depended on who
I had spoken to last. Everyone differed from the last, or
anything previously and almost all were wrong – classic
LMB ! The current one is UK driving licences, and the
hot issue of medicals, needed or not ? Not loadsa money,
loadsa LMB !
The amount of cojones I was told about the above subjects
was amazing, and the accuracy of it ? Less than ten per
cent, I would say ! I gradually began to disbelieve whatever
I was told, especially if it came from a British direction. I
was rarely disappointed ! I say ‘British’, because LMB can
be spoken in a bewildering variety of accents. Don’t get
me wrong, I love accents, they make me howl – I always
imagine someone from a foreign country having supposedly
learnt, say ‘BBC’- type English, then being parachuted
into… parts of Geordieland / Yorkshire / Lancashire /
Midlands / Scotland / Wales ( hang on, I’m just taking the
phone off ! ) where the local accent is strong and peculiar
to that particular area. I consider I have been around a
bit, especially in my working life as a salesman, but even
I have great trouble understanding my fellow countrymen,
even out here, so what chance does someone from another
country stand ? But LMB has no particular loyalty, it is
practiced in just about every UK accent there is here.
I can’t leave without giving you a couple of recent
examples of LMB - a helicopter sighted over La Marina
was apparently searching for a group of East - European
muggers (complete with knives, naturally !) intent on
slashing and holding us up here, in broad daylight, of
course, like you do. It transpired that the Police were on a
training exercise which covered our area, but I’m sure you
get my point. I’m not sure whether that particular piece
was linked to the attempted shooting on ‘that’ roundabout
( you know, the N332 one !), and the activities that go on
there.
Perhaps I still believe in Father Christmas and that the
council in San Fulgencio will one day do the right thing and
spend some of our money here in La Marina putting the
roads and lighting right, keeping the place clean. I actually
like living here, and I wouldn’t if I thought I was living in a
(British !) ghetto, like some UK dailies would have their
readers believe. I’m beginning to ascend my soap box now,
and as I’m not particularly political, I think I’ll call it a day
here ! So now that I’ve identified this very local dialect
here, look out and listen for LMB around you on the Urb
– someone, somewhere is speaking it, right now – it’s not
you, is it ?
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JD – You’ve been here almost three years now, working as a computer engineer – which means you fix computers – so come on, in my experience people who repair computers usually have a ‘interesting’ background, what was your trade in the UK? Ice cream man?RC – Ha-ha, no I’m afraid it was nothing as exciting as that, I have been involved in computers pretty much since I left school, many years ago now! I am a terrible fan of gadgets and all things ‘techy’ as you say. Before I left the UK I headed a team of 60 people which provided IT and computer services for companies such as Barclaycard, Securicor, Microsoft, Dell and Guinness amongst many others. It was fun and interesting - is there anything better than having a job that is also your hobby?
JD – As far as I know, in an interview, it’s supposed to be me who asks the questions so I’ll ignore yours and ask about BlueMoon Solutions, in other words, what is it?...holistic healing?RC – now there I was last night worrying about this interview and imagining a ‘Paxman’ sitting in front of me asking tough questions!
JD – just answer the question would you!...better?RC- Ha-ha! Ok two friends and myself set up BlueMoon as a supplier of IT services to the small to medium businesses that were, at that time, either having to pay big fees to the existing IT companies or they would have to rely on a friend who ‘might know a bit about computers’. That’s still what we do as a company but my role in Spain is slightly different but much more satisfying.
JD – Satisfying? Why?RC – well, back in the UK it was 95% corporate business; dealing with companies and working in offices, 100% suit wearing! Here in Spain I help people who have problems with their home PC or laptop and I get to meet so many genuinely happy people that my days of ‘work’ are actually a social outing too! Having said that, I still supply IT services to small and medium sized businesses, but businesses here seem
much more ‘personal’ and getting to know the people that run them is great. What keeps me busy is helping the individuals and I travel all over our region doing this and have found out so much more about this great country at the same time. Plus! I get to wear jeans or shorts and a tee shirt most of the time instead of a suit. I love the relaxed way of going about things here in Spain - it’s so infectious.
JD – so is it just the Brits you help out?...do they come to your shop or office?RC – No, we now look after many different nationalities, fortunately they have a good
grasp of English. My Spanish is improving all the time so I’m ok with the natives but I’ve not yet mastered the Scandinavian, German, French and Chinese tongues quite yet! Luckily, I’ve been working with computers for so long now that I can operate a PC in any language and our relationship with Dell means that it’s just as easy for us to supply a new computer in Dutch as it is in English. Plus I keep myself up to date with the latest innovations and by taking exams frequently for my qualifications. As for premises…we considered the idea but our service is all about getting people back online or solving problems as quickly as possible for our customers and most of the time I can do that with their computer in their home. It means that they don’t have to lose the use of it for a few days and they don’t have to unplug all those leads!
JD – yeah, I’ve seen the list of letters but to me, and a lot of others, they look like a disease, I mean, what on earth is an MCSE?...and does it hurt?RC – Er…no, there’s no pain involved, unless you include taking the many exams, but it means that I’m very well qualified to deal with pretty much any problem you might come across either at home or in business. I can also get help, support, and advice, directly from Microsoft and our other partners. That helps me be able to sort out someone’s PC in the shortest possible time and in their own home or office, as I said earlier - our customers appreciate that.
JD – Well, we’re coming to the end but if there is one piece of advice you’d offer home users to keep their PC running smoothly, what is it?RC – Ok, one important thing to remember is don’t download illegal software or music files as they often come attached to viruses and always, always back up data regularly to ensure that your files are as protected as possible should the worst happen. Whatever you do don’t get frustrated like the guy in this link http://tinyurl.com/df86fl - call us before you get to this stage! JD – Thanks for that Richard, off to work now?RC – Er…yes, I’m off to meet a customer with her laptop…over a coffee.
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Jungle Drums’ computer expert, Richard Cavender has been with us for over two years now and is by far the most successful ‘techy’ we’ve had on these pages. His experience and expertise have helped out scores of readers (and me…) but we thought it was about time we found out a little bit more about what this fellow from Northamptonshire does, and how he does it.
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In my previous existence as an Engineering Projects Manager I became heavily
reliant on my Laptop, but always had in house IT backup. Now in Spain and running
a Restaurant, old habits die hard. All my literature, accounts and planning (albeit
simple stuff) are produced and kept on my laptop. Then one day it gave up the ghost,
panic set in when I realised the IT backup was no longer there. A customer referred
me to Richard. I have never looked back and can confidently refer people to his
professional approach to dealing with problems and solutions without the confusing
jargon associated with IT that normally stumps us novices.
Joe Wilson – The Lemon Tree Restaurant – La Marina Pueblo
"When my computer died (literally!) I phoned a trusted friend to ask if they
could recommend an IT company. To say it was an emergency was an un-
derstatement. BlueMoon arrived when they said they would, dealt with the
problem and gave me an immediate solution which meant I could continue
running my business. To find such a reliable, professional IT expert in
Spain is nothing short of miracle. It's good to know that I have BlueMoon
on standby for all my computer support in the future. I regularly recom-
mend them to my friends and associates."
Caroline Garrett, Spice Marketing & PR, Costa Blanca
With eight computers in daily use and the type of business that no
longer works with just a pencil, piece of paper and a brain, it’s impera-
tive that we have a professionally run company to keep us up to date
and running smoothly and also be ready to jump in speedily when
things go wrong. Bluemoon hosts our web page, backs up
and securely stores our data, fights our viruses, services
our hardware and solves everything that happens to
our computers. It’s a reliable, expert company and we
recommend them wholeheartedly.
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WHAT PEOPLE SAYWe at Pocket Pages are more than satisfied with the excellent advice and service
given by Richard of Bluemoon Solutions.
Pocket Pages is a business reliant on computer systems, with numerous data on
various systems, we were concerned about back up etc, so we called Richard of
whom we had every confidence in helping us safe guard all our systems.
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“My company relies on computer systems so when
things go wrong I need fast reliable assistance.
BlueMoon was recommended to me and has now
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Just to update last month’s SUMA
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AriesMar 20 - Apr 19
Star crossed lovers are set to bring a Shakespear-ean twist to your love life this month, beware win-dow ledges or porches in all of their forms - and hats with feathers in them.
A wise decision you made last month is set to pay dividends. This could be a fractionally lower cho-lesterol reading after eating all that fresh fish, or it might be that purchase of bank shares that rose sharply after bottoming out last month. Whatever good is about to unfold it is well deserved and you should enjoy it to its fullest extent possibly to the nth degree or at least the fth degree.
TaurusApr 20 - May 19
strange Harry Potter type incident involving an owl with a message attached to one of its legs will add a moment of both extreme excitement and anguish as feathers fly like you have just come across some kind of real life Tom and Jerry animal fight. Read the message the owl reluc-tantly gives you carefully. It wasn’t meant for you, but findseeskeepsies as they say. Act on this message carefully.A crash course in economics theory is all that stands between you and financial oblivion this month. Read any modestly relevant textbook with well thumbed pages for advice.
Gemini May 22nd - June 21st
In these credit crunch times retailers are only too happy to accept less than the price they are displaying to get a sale, but to get this you must pretend that you don’t really want the thing you are buying at all. The trick Saturn is keen to teach this month is that for best results never ever ever take ‘no’ for an answer. This month you will also learn the hard way not to take ‘the store is closing at 9pm’ for an answer either - if the police have to carry you from the building keep up the indifference at all times for best re-sults. (Saturn thinks we should get a premium rate telephone number and a £39.99 DVD to further explain this technique.)
Cancer June 22nd - July 22nd
Gladiatorial combat is highly starred this month, either in the sword-and-sandles bashing up an-other person sense or just the watching it on television sense. In either sense, probably best to avoid starchy foods which will only slow you down, or make you want to go to the toilet at the most inconvenient of moments.You have always distrusted horoscopes after your parents schemed to give you the medi-cal nightmare star sign that is Cancer. Jupiter agrees, but what to do?
LeoJuly 23rd - August 23rd
This might or might not be the best month in a long while to take a huge risk. The uncertainty is being caused by a small gale on the upper mid side of Jupiter’s lower eastern flank which is set to blow for much of the month. The best advice we can offer is to put off life changing decisions until the wind clears early in March, but perhaps take the odd small risk to keep up the practice.This year is now firmly set on a positive course that is the envy of all the other star signs, apart from Taurus. Be happy, laugh freely and feel un-encumbered by economic woes.
Virgo Aug 23 - Sept 21
A member of royalty from the north of europe is important this month, and for ever. Put off ev-erything else in your life and enjoy the company of them as you know how important they are. Priceless. Other inportant things will most cer-tainly occur this month but just look after what is important to you. Keep your eye on Charlie’s chocolate factory as only good will come from it. Unwrap any sweets with care and love because as you are finding out, the more you unwrap - the better it gets. Beware of a Tiddler that gets swal-lowed as you may have to help the famous pirate Kalsa go backwards.Talking is good, kissing is better so stick to tradi-tion and enjoy it and remember just how lucky you are.
Libra September 23rd - October 23rd
As you sometimes pride yourself, Libra are the know-it-all star sign. This month Saturn is on side to give you free rein to show off your inti-mate knowledge of loads of stuff to people who just haven’t got a clue.Software development in particular is set to en-croach on your spare time after you accidentally click on a link in an e-mail from Microsoft acci-dentally sent to you by a developer working on the next edition of Windows. You will initially be flummoxed by what is known in the trade as ‘an uncaught exception’.
Scorpio October 24th - November 22nd
‘Let them wait’ will be your motto this month. Keep to this and you will increase your accuracy ten fold, even though your actual productivity will reduce staggeringly. Don’t worry, nobody will notice.Cake, cookies and chocolate are so well starred this month that you may be tempted to consume enormous quantities of them. Beware, however: Neptune has its eye on an exercise plan for you later in the year that could make your veins pop if you are too overweight. (Remember, Neptune is zillions of miles away and can’t actually see your overweight physique, even though it can make you do things you would rather not do.)
Sagittarius November 23rd - December 21st
This month you will never be more than 30 min-utes away from a top hat and tails musical rendi-tion of ‘Me and my shadow’. Getting the dance steps right now will pay dividends later.A ‘storm in a teacup’ is a nicely English type way of saying that there may be moments of sudden small scale torment up until 16th of the month, by which time the main danger should be confined to the bathroom by blocking the door with a large cupboard or wardrobe.
Capricorn December 22nd - January 20th
Upsy Daisy is important in your life right now and rightly so but Tiddler may need your help in getting out of a deep hole. A new friend is very keen on you and would like to spend lots and lots of time playing your games. Look out for the bright lights as it means someone is coming to see you - and it will be fun! Blue is the colour of his chariot and once inside you can go wherever you want to so long as the beautiful princess ac-companies you, as she will forever.
Aquarius January 21st - February 18th
All your internet shopping bargain hunting is set to come under the influence of Neptune from the 5th after which time bargains will literally drip from your keyboard. Half-priced household goods, dvds, and other products too numerous to mention will be priced so unbelievably low that you will have to pinch yourself that this isn’t all a dream. Yes, you have moved to Bargains-ville. No money? - Don’t worry - Saturn has a surprise in store for you on the 10th!
Pisces February 19th - March 20th
A tall shop that you never used to go into is now open, just for you, and welcoming you with open arms. Everything in there is yours if you want it and in this special place you can wish for what-ever you desire and it will be realised.Accept that you are beautiful and intelligent and bask in the fact that someone out there is dreaming about you constantly and driving him-self crazy. The world has been yours since you were crowned and your guardian, the bull, will protect you forever. Sinun aari hämmästyttävä says Beefy.
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Hi Dave! (What’s the difference between Mr. Humphreys and Dave Bull? No difference - they’re both FREE!) I hope you’ll be glad to know that your ambition to get a panto staged in Gran Alacant is a step nearer to reality. Oh yes it is!I recently put out an invitation to anyone interested in forming a drama group based in Gran Alacant to perform plays and pantos, and I’m delighted to say that the response has been very positive. A good number of people have been in touch with me, many of them with considerable experience of amateur theatre from their time in the UK, and almost without exception they have told me one thing - a Gran Alacant Theatre Group is just what they’ve been waiting for. So that’s what I’m in the process of setting up. We’re calling it GASP Theatre (for Gran Alacant Santa Pola, of course.) I’ve already had a meeting with our GA councillor Loreto, and the help and support she has offered on behalf of the Santa Pola Ayuntiamento could not have been more generous. The next plan is to have a meeting for all those interested, and this is scheduled for mid-April in the meeting room at the GA Library, so can any JD readers who would like to join us contact me on 966 695 043 for more details. Looking forward to hearing from all those frustrated actors.Roger Keevil
We’re on our way the Roger, or should that be darling? Anyway tell everyone you can to join in the fun and we’ll have a great time at Christmas! Dave
Your English has become Spanish grammatically, you write similar to how Manwell the waiter in Faulty Towers speaks. It does not help having an East London education, well if there is one! However blame that on the middle classes who cannot cope with any competition, so they make sure the working classes are unable to achieve. I always tell my students that being born into a wealthy nuturing family does not compensate for the fact that intelligience is provided by nature. The less of a pedigree you have decreases the risk of chromosome malformation through incestual breeding. Umm you could argue that one in the case of the Cornish students though? Just joking. Nature has no prejudice with regard to intellect, however nuture is serendipty and only the ideologies of social class brought about by the by the insecure rich have created the inequalites that exist in societies all over the world. Some would argue though that the latter is a biological function that is instigated through the need to survive that is still with us from the paoelithic period. I often wonder how many working class people live off their tacit knowledge. Mine, and I think yours, was definitely not from our academic careers provided by the East London Education Authority. Bought a 2 litre Saab 95 over the Internet a couple of weeks ago, lovely car. Have a few
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LEIGH ADOOFitness Training Tel 606 717 159
CENTRAL OPTICAGran Alacant Tel: 966 698 802
DIGINOVASanta Pola Tel: 660 631 380REFORMNOVAGran Alacant Tel 670 260 684
COMPLETE UPHOLSTERYAlmoradi Tel. 96 570 1844MOZISTOPAll Areas Tel. 659 259 319
ROWLAND INSURANCESanta Pola Tel 96 541 3076 ALMARCHA INSURANCELa Marina Tel. 96 572 9747PERPETUO SOCORROAll Areas Tel. 678 570 432
CGL JEWELLERSSanta Pola Tel 629 383 268
LEZSONJA’S BOARDING KENNELS Sax, Tel 965 475 463
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SUNSHINE MOBILITYBenejuzar Tel. 96 677 7985
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MAYOGran Alacant Tel 665 063 228REFORMNOVAGran Alacant Tel 670 260 684
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OFFEXAll Areas Tel. 96 672 0959
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MISTER VANAll Areas Tel. 697 775 588
COCOA’S Gran Alacant Tel. 96 669 8509LEMON TREELa Marina Tel. 96 541 9598LOS LUNARESGran Alacant Tel 96 669 5399SAFFRONGran Alcant Tel. 96 669 8098
CORTES SIGNSSanta Pola Tel. 686 464 076
JLCA LAWYERSGran Alacant Tel: 966 698 796
TOLDOS PENALVERSanta Pola Tel. 96 543 2350
GA POOLS Gran Alacant Tel 628 030 184PJ’sGran Alacant Tel 619 501 657
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ANDREA BURNSGran Alacant Tel 96 669 7824JLCA LAWYERSGran Alacant Tel: 966 698 796
ANDREA BURNSGran Alacant Tel 96 669 7824JOHN TRANSLATORGran Alacant Tel. 677 876 371MICHELLEGran Alacant Tel 669 791 201
ALICANTE AIRPORTEl Altet Tel 96 691 9000TAXISanta Pola Tel 609 959 408
GETAWAY TOURSSanta Pola Tel. 96 669 6269
DIGINOVASanta Pola Tel 660 631 380SIMULSATSanta Pola Tel. 677 878 210
CLINICA VETERINARIASanta Pola Tel 96 669 8463
PUREFLOGran Alacant Tel. 656 649 221
CRYSTAL WINDOW CLEANINGGran Alacant Tel. 680 478 191
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Physiotherapistprofessional treatment for low back and leg pain, neck and shoul-der pain, arthritis, arthrosis, sport injuries - overuse and work strain
Rosa Martinez Valdivieso fully licensed Physiotherapist and Osteopath
happy to receive you all year round
English, Spanish and some Scandinavian
find the clinic in the Municipal building next to the library
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