Andalucia Steve

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Making money in Spain

The hardest thing about moving here is the income problem.
I wanna job in Spain and basically need to know if there is work out there for me, I’d do anything I just wanna move for the sun. Please help!! The above quote was a genuine question asked a few weeks ago on an online forum for 'expats' in Spain. I kid you not that I see these sort of requests all the time. Sifting through the three hundred or so replies reveals an interesting snapshot of people's experiences of having moved here in search of work. "Most men ... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, September 20, 2020 9:58:00 AM Categories: Black money Economy Lifeskills Spain
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Getting Old is Rubbish!

OK It's my Birthday. Go Easy With Me!
Happy birthday to me! I've reached 58 which is in some regards an admirable milestone. From the Paleolithic era to the days of early modern England, a male commoner like myself would have been considered exceptionally lucky to see out his thirties. Most of the credit for this probably goes to vaccines and antibiotics, though the stable social period through which I've lived has seen little in the way of war and much in the way of an affordable, nutritious diet which has probably helped a... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, September 13, 2020 12:14:00 AM Categories: Lifeskills Mood Psychology Thought
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A brief sketch of my dad

A tribute to my late father on his birthday
My late father would have been celebrating his 112 birthday today were he alive, which is a good excuse for me to relate a few stories about him. When I was a youngster there were no end of people who would take me aside and tell me what a good man my father was. His work colleagues, neighbours, seemingly anyone who knew him, deemed it necessary to point out to me I had a good dad. We moved house when he retired and within months our new neighbours were taking me aside telling me ... read more
 
Posted by Steve Gould Sunday, August 23, 2020 9:03:00 AM Categories: Family history Lifeskills Plumbing
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