Talking
of love . . . This week has seen the spring-winter romance to end the
genre. The 86 year old footballing legend, Di Stefano, says he'll be
marrying his 35 year old assistant. And, needless to say, his 5
children say he won't be. Much, I imagine, to the horror of his kids,
the old buck has been 'dating' his young lady for 3 years. The
children, of course, are going to court to try to stop the wedding.
Well, what did he expect? Looks like an old goal to me.
After
all I've said over the years about the levels of noise in Spain and
the constant threat to one's (everyone's!) hearing, you won't be
surprised to hear I wasn't surprised to hear that young people are
increasingly suffering from MP3-induced deafness. Me, I've still got
tinnitus from the wedding of 2-3 weeks ago.
The
Guardia Civil were stopping cars at the bottom of the hill yesterday.
Well, those that were going up it anyway. My assumption was they were
looking either for people intending to bomb the granite-carvers' school at the top or for people delivering drugs to the gypsy
encampment down below the SEK private school. My guess is the latter.
Which
reminds me . . . My elder daughter today told me of a new SMS
acronym. You know, like OMG (Oh my God), LOL (Laughing out loud) and
ROFL (Rolling on the floor laughing). It's SLAGWAM. Or Sweating like
a gypsy with a mortgage. I do hope that's not offensive. If it is,
I'll just have to fall back on the stock Spanish excuse – I didn't mean
to be offensive; so nobody can be offended.
Finally
. . . Jeremy Warner in today's Telegraph
concludes that a big Spanish debt
restructuring is inevitable and he warns that “confiscation of
deposits looks all too possible.” And he ends his article with a
worrying peroration: I don't advise getting your money out
lightly. Indeed, such advice is generally thought grossly
irresponsible, for it risks inducing a self reinforcing panic. Yet
looking at the IMF projections, it's the only rational thing to do.
See the whole article here. And, if you disagree, do let us know. I'm still havering, having not done it when the last panic came round.
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