Spanish
(non)Government: As the likelihood of a June second general election
get ever greater, the prospects of the caretaker right-of-centre PP party seem to
improving. The FT thinks it's even possible that Sr Rajoy has been
prematurely written off as a continuing President. God forbid.
Spain's
Fiestas: Sevilla's Feria de Abril is reckoned to be second only to
Valencia's Fallas of last month. (They start early down south). It
looks very Spanish and there's more on it here.
Spanish
Banks: These are (in)famous for doing all sorts of nasty things to
their customers. Or victims, as they should be called. And for being
inefficient, always in their favour. One of their tricks is the floor-rate clause in their
mortgage contracts. Here's Don Quijones on the subject. As he/she
says, 'Variable mortgages' are only really variable in one
direction: upwards! But the Supreme Court, one hopes, has dealt these
a death blow. And ordered repayment of all the gains ill-gotten in
the last 3 years.
Funny
Spanish Names: HTs to Lenox of Business Over Tapas for the first of
these and to my friend Dutch Peter de Santiago for the rest:-
- Socorro. Or 'Succour', I guess. Rather than 'Help'.
- Digna Marciana
- Burgudófora Cancionila
- Iluminada Nínfodora
- Cilina Renería
All of
Peter's come from a place called Huerta del Rey, which I've just
researched. The list of its odd names is far too long to reproduce here.
So here's the link. Enjoy.
The
Franco-Spanish Wine war of 2016: Some details on this here, from The
Guardian.
Facebook -
The Latest Irritation?: Not only inserting unwanted RELATED items but
making them un-deletable.
Domestic
Trivia: Electricity: This is the equivalent in light bulbs to one
hour of each of the following:-
- Hob 37
- Drier 36
- Hair dryer 25
- Dishwasher 18
- Oven 17
- Iron 17
- Microwave 15
- Hoover 12
- Washing machine 9
- TV 2
- Fridge 0.4 (but on 24/7)
A couple of cartoons from recent Private Eye issues:
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