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Spanish Bureaucracy

Often cited as the least favorite thing about life as an ex-pat, bureaucracy is the bête noire of living in Spain
A viral video appeared on social media video a while back that took a humorous look at the nature of administration in Spanish offices. All the issues in the video, the plethora of documents, the need for copies, the importance and finality of the rubber stamp, will be familiar to those of us who live here and bear the scars of many battles in the offices of local and central government, utilities and even many commercial organisations such as car-hire companies (which... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, February 2, 2020 5:18:00 PM Categories: Spain
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Logical Thought

Recalling the Book Straight and Crooked Thinking.
I make no apologies for how ever dull, dry and boring some of my blog posts here may seem to some people. This may be one of those posts, but this is my blog and I'll write want I want to. Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self. - Cyril Connolly New Statesman, February 25, 1933 My favourite pastime is studying. I like learning about all sorts of things, music, science, politics, economics, history and current affairs. This led... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, January 26, 2020 2:44:00 PM Categories: Philosophy Thinking Thought
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The Tyger

Things that go bump in the night
The Tyger
I felt eyes burning from behind. I heard a growl so low it could have come from the depths of Hades. It was a big cat. I'm running now. It may have been a tiger, a jaguar, perhaps a leopard but who cares when you're scared. Feline taxonomy becomes secondary to survival. I just knew it moved stealthily and with intelligence. Whichever way I ran it took a shortcut towards me. Hide? Forget it. Had to keep moving. Then I caught a break. I opened the kitchen door and stood to the... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, January 19, 2020 4:38:00 PM Categories: Dreams Israel Poetry
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