I
live at the stop of a rather steep hill, with a 30kph limit. Or
19mph. No one has ever come up it at this speed. At least not
until I did so this morning, against the backcloth of the increased
fines for driving this stretch at 31/20 or more. Not surprisingly, I
had to stay in 2nd gear. Even 1st gear, when recovering from the
laughingly pointless speed bumps. So, I guess I'll be keeping the
record.
Spain
is planning to add a second control line at her border
with Gibraltar. The Andalucian government has queried whether this is
necessary, given that the first has already significantly hit the
economy of the nearby town of La Línea. I'm betting on the completion of the 2nd line, as this'll play well with the natural supporters of
the PP government. Which is far more important than problems in a stronghold of the opposition party.
As
Spanish papers overflow with reports of trials - usually for
corruption - there's plenty of opportunity to read the words
arrestado, imputado, acusado, sentenciado, banquillado
and indultado. I may have made one of these up and the only
one I'm sure of is the last one, indultado. It's a word applied
to politicians and their businessmen friends just after they've been
sentenced. It means 'pardoned'.
Spanglish:
I don't think I've seen the word el running before. My
impression is it's the same thing as el footing and,
therefore, means jogging.
Finally
. . . A couple of Public Service Announcements:
1.
I may have mentioned that I've had problems with my Humax digital
recorder, for at least 2 years. On the possibility that it may help
you, here's what's turned out to be the only solution:- Stand the
machine on one end and attach it to the side of your TV with a few
bits of blue tack. Don't bother to contact Humax or to search
any site full of complainants offering other other solutions.
2.
Switching my wi-fi off and back on every time I use it causes my
download speed to soar from 150kpbs to the heights of 800 or even
1,000. Or 1 mega. For which, by the way, I pay 20 quid a month.
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