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Summertime and the living is easy….or so goes
the song but if you´ve been living in Spain for
the month of August – I bet you lost weight.
Hot? If you weren´t here in the heat of Spain
last month you have no idea – Scorchio! does
not cover it. People were literally melting in the
streets (according to the tabloids) and most
people felt the need to have one extra beer in
the fight against dehydration. A fight that I might
add us British took to with gusto from what I wit-
nessed in the bars of the region last month.
2 litres of water a day they suggest in the health
manuals apparently (have you ever seen a
´Health Manual’ by the way?) and as we know,
beer, wine and spirits are all made
by using
water and
therefore
it stands
to reason
that we
should
drink
more of
them
– and
more
often.
My pal,
The
Sheriff at Real Radio has led from the front from
what I can see – I’ll guarantee you´ll not see
him dehydrated – or able to pronounce it come
to that.
But its September now and the cool evenings
are almost here. Having spent a good few days
riding around the country on trains and buses for
a travel article I’m glad that this month (depend-
ing on where they send me of course) I should
be able to share a train ride with someone less,
shall we say, aromatic?
In this month´s magazine we´ve had a look at
the success stories of expats and featured 10
who are doing very nicely thank you. Obviously
we couldn´t include everyone (and we haven´t
chosen only advertisers by the way) but if you
feel your business should be mentioned next
month – why not get in touch? We won´t pres-
sure you (or even ask) for an advert – we just
want to report on the good news stories that are
plentiful out there!
Footnote:
Spain may well be in recession and struggling
but there are many good businesses out there
working hard to make a go of it – so let’s try and
support them and not promote Spain as not a
good place to be – we know different and if we
are going to struggle through a recession – well I
know where I’d rather be doing it- BIENVENIDO
A ESPAÑA!
THINK YOU´VE
GOT TASTE IN
MUSIC?
So me and my mate Paul Payne can´t agree on what is good music and what isn´t. Clearly he´s wrong but we´ve decided to air our differing views (literally) and will be broadcasting our own radio show starting this month – once a week on Real Radio 95.6fm (or online at www.realll.webs.com) and playing music from the past four decades (three classic years each show) . We´ll also be offering up our own choices from each year – and just as importantly explaining why. And that’s where you come in…How many times have you thought ´turn that racket off!´ while someone is enjoying what, to you, is audio torture? Or perhaps you think you have good taste in music from a certain era?– get in touch with us on the show – and we might agree or even disagree! But we´ll have some fun doing it. Join us on Facebook and interact with the show – NOW THAT´S WHAT HE CALLS MUSIC!
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veryone who has been a property owner here in
Spain for a while will prob-ably not have much use for this article. Most, I am sure however, will remem-ber their own uncertainties and preoccupied moments when trying to budget just how much this little dream they’ve made come true willcost them on an annual ba-sis.
To make things a little more transpar-ent I have decided to give new and prospective property owners in Spain a brief guide regarding theannual fixed bills.
First of all for the prospectives, when buying a property you pay an approxi-mate 10% on top of the sales price in legal fees, taxes and registration. Add a further 2% if you are buying with a mortgage. Once your deed is signed the bills listed below will be at your expense:
(Please understand that I cannot give you any figures since those differ enormously depending on size, loca-tion and value of the property).- Insurance of building and con-tents – compulsory if mortgaged, oth-erwise optional
- Community fees – only if your prop-erty is part of an urbanisation, the fees are chargedby the Administration of the Commu-nity- Rubbish collection (basura) – veryreasonable compared to other EEU countries and is collected daily- Sewage (alcantarillado) – same asabove apart from the daily collections - Water (Aquagest) – charged every 3 months – they cut off after 2 unpaid bills- Electricity (Iberdrola) - every 1 or 2 months depending on area and when contract was made – they cut off when 1 bill is not paid- Local rates (SUMA) – in most mu-nicipalities charged on 1st September of each year for the year in course, very reasonable compared to the UK - Non-residents’ income tax – pay-able at any day during the tax year between 1st Jan and 31st Dec. The declarations will be done and pre-sented by your fiscal representative upon your orders, the tax office will not send any notification.- Residents’ income tax – the income tax declarations for residents are filed in May and June for the previous tax year. Again, the tax office will not no-tify you. You provide your fiscal repre-sentative with all the data and he will prepare and present the tax declara-tion.
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ANNUAL EXPENSESFOR A PROPERTY OWNER
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MOVE ASIDE OLYMPICS, THE PREMIERSHIP IS BACK AGAIN.
The start of the Premier League brought some fascinating results and
close-fought contests. The newly promoted sides were impressive, de-
spite two defeats (as of 23rd August). Southampton almost toppled
the Premiership champions Man City, where City fought back from 1-2
down to win 3-2. Reading nearly upset the odds too, but dodgy deci-
sions and goalkeeping blunders meant that Chelsea ran out 4-2 win-
ners in their midweek game to propel them to the top of the league.
The Blues won 2-0 against Wigan on Sunday too. West Ham also im-
pressed as they won 1-0 and have 3 points already.
Looking to the league contenders, Man Utd began with an awful dis-
play against an Everton side containing the brilliant Fellaini. He scored
and was stunning against one of the teams tipped to win the title. Rob-
in Van Persie, United’s 24million pound signing, couldn’t aid United as
they lost 1-0. Having discussed Man City and Chelsea, Arsenal started
life without striker Van Persie and Alex Song, who left for Barcelona. It
was not a bad performance, summer signing Santi Cazorla impressing,
but Sunderland managed to keep them out in a 0-0 draw.
Newcastle beat Spurs in an enthralling contest as they continued their
form from the previous year. Demba Ba returned to his goal scoring
with a lovely goal. Andre Villas-Boas suffered defeat in his first game
as manager for Spurs, as the match ended 2-1.
Talking about enthralling games, take a look at Swansea and Fulham.
Both teams incredibly won 5-0 and summer signing Michu was incredi-
ble for Swansea against big-spending QPR, while Fulham’s Mladen Pet-
ric gave an equally impressive performance. Liverpool, highly tipped
to improve from last season with a new manager, were beaten 3-0 by
a remarkable West Brom, coached by ex-Liverpool assistant manager
Steve Clarke. Three goals conceded was awful for Liverpool, and if the
Baggies finished better it could have been worse.
By the time this is published, a host of games will have been played.
The ones that stick in my mind now are the contests between Chelsea
and Newcastle, where Chelsea will seek revenge for a pair of Cisse
wonder goals last time, and Liverpool and Man City. The latter will
be interesting for multiple reasons. How can Liverpool respond from
their previous loss? Can Man City show champion’s credentials again?
I predict a hard-fought 2-1 victory to the Citizens.
The other interesting story right now is the transfer market. In my
opinion, no matter what Mancini says, Man City does not need another
signing. They’re already good enough. Chelsea needs another striker;
two isn’t enough. Reports about Hulk (the player, not the superhero)
and Cavani have been going on for a while, but will either sign?
Man Utd need a defender, desperately. They cannot continue using
Carrick as a centre back and I don’t think that Ferdinand is good
enough anymore. To the rest of the teams, just hold on to your gems!
Fellaini cannot leave Everton just as Demba Ba and Yohan Cabaye
cannot leave Newcastle. Arsenal simply cannot lose anybody else after
failing to keep two vital players.
Good luck in the next fixtures and I’ll be bringing another update in a
month’s time.
Michael Saliba´s
Premier League Round-up
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not everyone and will have pay taxes on their decla-
ration and the odds are that if you’ve retired here in
Spain and are receiving your pension from abroad,
you might not have to pay depending on certain
requirements.
If you have retired to Spain and stay in the country
more than 183 days then you too must declare your
income here and not in the UK. You will also benefit
from the special International Treaty between Spain
and the UK. There are still an awful lot of people liv-
ing in Spain but still declaring their incomes in the UK
which means that could be missing out on saving a
lot of money just because
they don’t realise that they can do their declaration
here and take advantage of the fiscal benefits such
as inheritance tax for residents, or just paying less
taxes, for example.
Why?Obviously the Spanish government needs taxes and,
if you are receiving an income you need to be legal.
Even if you know there will be nothing to pay – you’ll
get yourself in the system (which, trust me on this
one, only make life easier) so when the day comes
that someone (we’ll call him ‘Johnny Foreigner’)
dies in Spain Johnny’s family will have a simple task
dealing with the fiscal (the Will etc.) matters than
someone who has never gone into the system.
ExceptionsTo keep it simple (remember it’s me writing this… )
here are some exceptions to the rule of ‘Having to
declare’ but remember also what I said earlier about
there being no harm (only benefits) in getting into the
system.
If you earn less than 22,000€ annually (from one em-
ployer and are already having tax deducted) or (if you
have incomes from several place) that none of those
exceed 1,500€ annually.
If you have received profits from shares or dividends
of less than 1,600€ per year (this even applies if you
have, for example, sold a car for a profit privately).
Salaries or incomes below 11,200€ (usually pen-
sioners) are exempt but remember also that if you
are employed your employer is obliged to deduct a
minimum of 15% from your wage packet to withhold
for the taxman here in Spain. If that does not happen,
because your pension comes from the UK and is
over 11.200 euros (and it has not been tax-deducted
in Spain) - even though you only have one pension,
you must to declare your income in Spain.
Compensation from a road traffic accident is also
exempt from the tax office but again – it’s worth
declaring it anyway.
Anyone receiving unemployment benefit (up to
15,000€ - who’s getting that much..?!) is also free
from deductions.
How?To make sure you don’t need to pay tax on your
income, or indeed reduce your bill at the end of the fi-
nancial year, it’s highly recommended that you speak
to someone who is experienced in the Spanish tax
system – or you could end up paying more than you
need to!
Pedro told me that there are often an array of options
for people to reduce their tax bill (or even pay nothing
at all) if their case is looked at professionally and
with an experienced eye. For example, someone who
has their parents living in the same house can have
certain funds deducted from their end of year tax bill
as can anyone who has perhaps had to adapt their
house for disabled access.
As ever, with any tax office, things are a little more
complicated than we’d like but by dealing with
someone in the know it often works out far simpler
(and less expensive) to have someone who knows
what they are doing look after those (very) important
fiscal matters that can often become an expensive
nightmare in the wrong hands – ours.
From my own experience, the fee charged to make
my declaration was less than Pedro managed to
reduce my tax bill after showing me exactly what I
could and couldn’t claim and therefore the cost of
doing it properly has cost me nothing… in fact I’ve
made a little on the deal, now… do I declare that… ?
If you have any questions or queries about the
upcoming ‘Renta’ and whether indeed you should be
declaring your income – call either Pedro or Ignacio
and they’ll put you straight. And the benefit for All
Abroad readers is that they’ll give you first consulta-
tion free – so what have you got to lose apart from a
headache from those piles of paper!
KEEPING IT SIMPLE IN SPAINWe all want an easy (ish)
life here in Spain but not
always that easy is it?
Especially when it comes
to the man with the rubber
stamp. And let’s face it,
the tremendous amount of
paperwork currently run-
ning through the Spanish
bureaucracy system not
only brings (several) South
American countries’ rain
forests down, but assur-
edly their unemployment
numbers too. But that’s the
system we have to work
with but with some expert
help you can make sure
that you’re not one of the
ones rushing to the bank
on the 20th of June to pay a
tax bill at the last minute, or
worse still a fine.
With the annual tax dec-
laration (Renta) deadline
coming soon, on 30th June,
anyone with an income
should be getting their
declaration in order (if
you really want that ‘easy’
life) so we asked Alicante
lawyers, Ignacio and Pedro
to once again step in and
explain just what the ‘Renta’
is and who should be get-
ting the pens out to fill in a
form or two.
Who?
Everyone who has an
income while living here in
Spain needs to make a dec-
laration whether it is from
a salary or from a pension
in another country. Now
before you start worrying,
About Pedro & IgnacioThe two spent a year at South-ampton Institute of interna-tional law so it’s no surprise that they speak English so well. Later, having studied law together at Alicante university, Pedro and Ignacio teamed up and formed the highly success-ful Pellicer & Heredia Solicitors (based in the same building as the British Consulate) and using their understanding of British people have built a firm of three offices (so far) with a fourth opening in Ciudad Quesada very soon –and all the staff speak English, very handy.
The taxman cometh…Dave Bull
discovers the easy way to live
a trouble-free (as far as the Tax man is
concerned) life in Spain.
In order to assist you
in complying with the
Traffic Department’s
Regulations in Spain,
there are a couple
of important points I
would like to draw your
attention to.
Firstly, if you have a
foreign registered vehi-
cle in Spain, which you
keep here on a perma-
nent basis, you should,
after no longer than
two months, re-register
the vehicle onto Span-
ish number plates. In
order to do this, you
will need an engineer’s
report followed by a
technical inspection
of the vehicle at an
ITV station. Usually,
with English registered
vehicles, this involves
replacing or adjusting
the headlights and fog
light/s to meet the Eu-
ropean regulations, and
can be done at your
local garage.
PELLICER & HEREDIA offices
(Alicante Region)
CIUDAD QUESADAAvenida de las Naciones 36, L.6, Ciudad Quesada, RojalesTel. 965 480 737 – 606 056 282Email: [email protected]
Their doors are always open – even if you´re not sure if you really need a lawyer – so pop along and see them in Avda de Naciones, Ciudad Quesada – or one of their other local offices.
Once the vehicle has passed the technical in-
spection, one can then proceed with the paper-
work involved in the re-registration. Important
factors to remember here are that lower C02
emissions mean less import duty, and that if you
are changing your place of residence, you are
exempt from import duty altogether, providing
you are within the established time limits.
The re-registering of your car need not be an
expensive nor complicated process, although
it does seem mind-boggling when you are
presented with an endless list of requisites,
half of which you have no idea how to go about
organizing. You may be well advised to put the
job in the hands of a professional, who can get
it done for you in a just a few days without any
fuss and bother.
The second important point, which you need to
be well informed about, is your Driver’s Licence.
One hears many conflicting reports about what
one should and should not do, however it is re-
ally quite simple.
If you are a Resident in Spain and your Driver’s
Licence comes up for renewal, you are legally
obliged to exchange it here for a Spanish Driv-
er’s Licence. One should leave plenty of
time, as this process takes approximately
four months from the day of presentation
in the Traffic Department. It is necessary
to pass a medical test beforehand at a spe-
cific medical centre, and there are various
documents required. Should one’s Driver’s
Licence not need renewing in the near
future, then it is sufficient to have this Licence
registered at the Traffic Department, where
one will then be periodically informed of when
one needs to go for a medical test. Driver’s
Licences which are no longer valid in the driver’s
country of origin, for example the old cardboard
type, are also not valid in Spain, and need to be
exchanged for the plastic type. The insurance
company should be informed of the up-to-date
status of their client’s Driver’s Licence, to avoid
possible problems in case of a claim.
The paperwork involved in the exchanging or
registering of your Driver’s Licence can be rather
overwhelming, not to mention the endless
queues in the Traffic Departments in Alicante
and Murcia. Again, you may be well advised
to let a professional take care of everything for
you, so that you can use your time for the things
you came to Spain to enjoy!
For more information on vehicle re-registering
or transfers, and on exchanging or registering
your Driver’s Licence in the Traffic Department,
please contact me on landline 96 548 0737,
mobile 659 934 933 or e-mail jill@pellicerhere-
dia.com
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not everyone and will have pay taxes on their decla-
ration and the odds are that if you’ve retired here in
Spain and are receiving your pension from abroad,
you might not have to pay depending on certain
requirements.
If you have retired to Spain and stay in the country
more than 183 days then you too must declare your
income here and not in the UK. You will also benefit
from the special International Treaty between Spain
and the UK. There are still an awful lot of people liv-
ing in Spain but still declaring their incomes in the UK
which means that could be missing out on saving a
lot of money just because
they don’t realise that they can do their declaration
here and take advantage of the fiscal benefits such
as inheritance tax for residents, or just paying less
taxes, for example.
Why?Obviously the Spanish government needs taxes and,
if you are receiving an income you need to be legal.
Even if you know there will be nothing to pay – you’ll
get yourself in the system (which, trust me on this
one, only make life easier) so when the day comes
that someone (we’ll call him ‘Johnny Foreigner’)
dies in Spain Johnny’s family will have a simple task
dealing with the fiscal (the Will etc.) matters than
someone who has never gone into the system.
ExceptionsTo keep it simple (remember it’s me writing this… )
here are some exceptions to the rule of ‘Having to
declare’ but remember also what I said earlier about
there being no harm (only benefits) in getting into the
system.
If you earn less than 22,000€ annually (from one em-
ployer and are already having tax deducted) or (if you
have incomes from several place) that none of those
exceed 1,500€ annually.
If you have received profits from shares or dividends
of less than 1,600€ per year (this even applies if you
have, for example, sold a car for a profit privately).
Salaries or incomes below 11,200€ (usually pen-
sioners) are exempt but remember also that if you
are employed your employer is obliged to deduct a
minimum of 15% from your wage packet to withhold
for the taxman here in Spain. If that does not happen,
because your pension comes from the UK and is
over 11.200 euros (and it has not been tax-deducted
in Spain) - even though you only have one pension,
you must to declare your income in Spain.
Compensation from a road traffic accident is also
exempt from the tax office but again – it’s worth
declaring it anyway.
Anyone receiving unemployment benefit (up to
15,000€ - who’s getting that much..?!) is also free
from deductions.
How?To make sure you don’t need to pay tax on your
income, or indeed reduce your bill at the end of the fi-
nancial year, it’s highly recommended that you speak
to someone who is experienced in the Spanish tax
system – or you could end up paying more than you
need to!
Pedro told me that there are often an array of options
for people to reduce their tax bill (or even pay nothing
at all) if their case is looked at professionally and
with an experienced eye. For example, someone who
has their parents living in the same house can have
certain funds deducted from their end of year tax bill
as can anyone who has perhaps had to adapt their
house for disabled access.
As ever, with any tax office, things are a little more
complicated than we’d like but by dealing with
someone in the know it often works out far simpler
(and less expensive) to have someone who knows
what they are doing look after those (very) important
fiscal matters that can often become an expensive
nightmare in the wrong hands – ours.
From my own experience, the fee charged to make
my declaration was less than Pedro managed to
reduce my tax bill after showing me exactly what I
could and couldn’t claim and therefore the cost of
doing it properly has cost me nothing… in fact I’ve
made a little on the deal, now… do I declare that… ?
If you have any questions or queries about the
upcoming ‘Renta’ and whether indeed you should be
declaring your income – call either Pedro or Ignacio
and they’ll put you straight. And the benefit for All
Abroad readers is that they’ll give you first consulta-
tion free – so what have you got to lose apart from a
headache from those piles of paper!
KEEPING IT SIMPLE IN SPAINWe all want an easy (ish)
life here in Spain but not
always that easy is it?
Especially when it comes
to the man with the rubber
stamp. And let’s face it,
the tremendous amount of
paperwork currently run-
ning through the Spanish
bureaucracy system not
only brings (several) South
American countries’ rain
forests down, but assur-
edly their unemployment
numbers too. But that’s the
system we have to work
with but with some expert
help you can make sure
that you’re not one of the
ones rushing to the bank
on the 20th of June to pay a
tax bill at the last minute, or
worse still a fine.
With the annual tax dec-
laration (Renta) deadline
coming soon, on 30th June,
anyone with an income
should be getting their
declaration in order (if
you really want that ‘easy’
life) so we asked Alicante
lawyers, Ignacio and Pedro
to once again step in and
explain just what the ‘Renta’
is and who should be get-
ting the pens out to fill in a
form or two.
Who?
Everyone who has an
income while living here in
Spain needs to make a dec-
laration whether it is from
a salary or from a pension
in another country. Now
before you start worrying,
About Pedro & IgnacioThe two spent a year at South-ampton Institute of interna-tional law so it’s no surprise that they speak English so well. Later, having studied law together at Alicante university, Pedro and Ignacio teamed up and formed the highly success-ful Pellicer & Heredia Solicitors (based in the same building as the British Consulate) and using their understanding of British people have built a firm of three offices (so far) with a fourth opening in Ciudad Quesada very soon –and all the staff speak English, very handy.
The taxman cometh…Dave Bull
discovers the easy way to live
a trouble-free (as far as the Tax man is
concerned) life in Spain.
In order to assist you
in complying with the
Traffic Department’s
Regulations in Spain,
there are a couple
of important points I
would like to draw your
attention to.
Firstly, if you have a
foreign registered vehi-
cle in Spain, which you
keep here on a perma-
nent basis, you should,
after no longer than
two months, re-register
the vehicle onto Span-
ish number plates. In
order to do this, you
will need an engineer’s
report followed by a
technical inspection
of the vehicle at an
ITV station. Usually,
with English registered
vehicles, this involves
replacing or adjusting
the headlights and fog
light/s to meet the Eu-
ropean regulations, and
can be done at your
local garage.
PELLICER & HEREDIA offices
(Alicante Region)
CIUDAD QUESADAAvenida de las Naciones 36, L.6, Ciudad Quesada, RojalesTel. 965 480 737 – 606 056 282Email: [email protected]
Their doors are always open – even if you´re not sure if you really need a lawyer – so pop along and see them in Avda de Naciones, Ciudad Quesada – or one of their other local offices.
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ABOUT GROWING OLDER... First ~Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it. Second ~ The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for. Third ~ Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me; I want people to know ‘why’ I look this way. I’ve traveled a long way, and some of the roads weren’t paved. Fourth ~ When you are dissatisfied and would like to go back to youth, think of Algebra. Fifth ~ You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks. Sixth ~ I don’t know how I got over the hill without getting to the top. Seventh ~ One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it’s such a nice change from being young. Eighth ~ One must wait until evening to see how splendid the day has been. Ninth ~ Being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable. Tenth ~ Long ago, when men cursed and beat the ground with sticks, it was called witchcraft. Today it’s called golf. And, finally ~ If you don’t learn to laugh at trouble, you won’t have anything to laugh at when you’re old.
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When it’s clear that Joe is dying, Mike visits him every day. One day Mike says, “Joe, we both loved rugby all our lives, and we played rugby on Saturdays together for so many years. Please do me one favour, when you get to Heaven, somehow you must let me know if there’s rugby
there.”Joe looks up at Mike from
his death bed,” Mike, you’ve been my best friend for many years. If it’s at all possible, I’ll do this favour for you.Shortly after that, Joe
passes on.At midnight a couple of nights later, Mike is awakened from
a sound sleep by a blind-ing flash of white light and a voice calling out to him, “Mike--
Mike.”“Who is it? asks Mike sitting
up suddenly. “Who is it?”“Mike--it’s me, Joe.”
“You’re not Joe. Joe just died.”
“I’m telling you, it’s me, Joe,” insists the voice.”
“Joe! Where are you?”“In heaven”, replies Joe. “I have some really good news
and a little bad news.”“Tell me the good news first,”
says Mike.“The good news,” Joe says,”
is that there’s rugby in heaven. Better yet, all of our old friends who died before
us are here, too. Better than that, we’re all young again.
Better still, it’s always spring time and it never rains or snows. And best of all, we can play rugby all we want, and we never get tired.”
That’s fantastic,” says Mike. “It’s beyond my wildest
dreams! So what’s the bad news?
“You’re in the team for this Saturday.”
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10 expat businesses that are GOING FOR IT in Spain!
1) The Card Place – Benijofar & Punta Prima: Rob and Lisa Gibbs have been in Spain for ten years now and many expats will either know them or have used one of their shops that sell every-thing from newspapers to greeting cards to souvenirs – and they do it well. Having chosen their staff carefully they have instilled a community feel to both places and by doing so many expats and Spanish frequent the premises (sometimes just for a chat!) often daily.
2) I.P.G. – La Marina: I´ve worked on and off with Alan and Anne many times over the years and have always been impressed by their work ethic and attention to their customers. Many are the times I’ve had to wait my turn to meet with them as they´ve answered (patiently) potential client’s questions. They´ve not only kept going through the quieter times but have evolved and now are prospering as one of the first sought out estate agents by potential buyers in the region.
3) New2you – Mar Azul & El Zoco: I wrote about Karen Dowsing (owner and founder of New2you second hand furniture shops) some time ago and the story is still pretty much the same, New2you is still doing well in the current climate and Karen, as ever, is looking to grow her business even more. By always selling quality products she has established a good reputation along the coast, and inland too!
4) Performance & Diesel – Guardamar & Santa Pola: The lads at P & D (and of course the lovely Judith) have been going a good few years now and as with any well-run business that goes that bit further for its customers (and me, often…) they have ´bucked the trend´ and grown in the last few years from one very busy workshop on the Poligono at Guardamar to a second unit on the Santa Pola industrial estate with a Mercedes qualified me-chanic looking after customers cars there.
I don´t know if you read one of the UK tabloids last month as you were cleaning out the budgie but…there seems to be a (desperate) search by the British media to highlight those expats who are struggling out here – but only those. When I’ve replied to their emails and tweets asking why they don´t feature those expats out here who have made a go of it, despite the economic climate the response is always the same – none…So, as a thanks (and a pat on the back) to those businesses that are doing well out here we´ve decided to take the bull by the horns and feature just a few of the many that have made a commercial success of their time here.
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10 expat businesses that are GOING FOR IT in Spain!
1) The Card Place – Benijofar & Punta Prima: Rob and Lisa Gibbs have been in Spain for ten years now and many expats will either know them or have used one of their shops that sell every-thing from newspapers to greeting cards to souvenirs – and they do it well. Having chosen their staff carefully they have instilled a community feel to both places and by doing so many expats and Spanish frequent the premises (sometimes just for a chat!) often daily.
2) I.P.G. – La Marina: I´ve worked on and off with Alan and Anne many times over the years and have always been impressed by their work ethic and attention to their customers. Many are the times I’ve had to wait my turn to meet with them as they´ve answered (patiently) potential client’s questions. They´ve not only kept going through the quieter times but have evolved and now are prospering as one of the first sought out estate agents by potential buyers in the region.
3) New2you – Mar Azul & El Zoco: I wrote about Karen Dowsing (owner and founder of New2you second hand furniture shops) some time ago and the story is still pretty much the same, New2you is still doing well in the current climate and Karen, as ever, is looking to grow her business even more. By always selling quality products she has established a good reputation along the coast, and inland too!
4) Performance & Diesel – Guardamar & Santa Pola: The lads at P & D (and of course the lovely Judith) have been going a good few years now and as with any well-run business that goes that bit further for its customers (and me, often…) they have ´bucked the trend´ and grown in the last few years from one very busy workshop on the Poligono at Guardamar to a second unit on the Santa Pola industrial estate with a Mercedes qualified me-chanic looking after customers cars there.
I don´t know if you read one of the UK tabloids last month as you were cleaning out the budgie but…there seems to be a (desperate) search by the British media to highlight those expats who are struggling out here – but only those. When I’ve replied to their emails and tweets asking why they don´t feature those expats out here who have made a go of it, despite the economic climate the response is always the same – none…So, as a thanks (and a pat on the back) to those businesses that are doing well out here we´ve decided to take the bull by the horns and feature just a few of the many that have made a commercial success of their time here.
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10 expat businesses that are GOING FOR IT in Spain!
5) The Coastrider: The Coastrider newspaper have grown year
on year proving that if you deliver the goods to your customers
– in this case readers and advertisers – you´ll reap the rewards
and having now established itself as arguably the favourite weekly
read among expats they are now looking to build on their status
in the marketplace.
6) La Marina Furniture – La Marina Village: Alan and the
team have been looking after expats furniture and office needs
since taking over the business several years ago when it was just
´ticking over.´ Nowadays you´ll see the La Marina Furniture vans
all along the Costa Blanca as they deliver (and collect) yet more
furniture. Since the recession Alan has looked at the business and
reshaped where he´s needed to in an effort to reach the market
and that effort has been proved worthwhile as La Marina Furniture
continues to grow in spite of a tough economic
climate.
7) Real Radio:Real Radio popped up about a year or so ago and
from then on it has grown, attracting listeners with some great
retro music and of course some decent banter. But a radio station
doesn´t survive on that and the Real Radio team have worked
hard to build the station in a short space of time to one of the
most popular in the area. Relying on other businesses to buy ad-
vertising in tough times is never easy (I know!) but RR have again
´bucked the trend´and not only started but continued to grow a
business in its first year.
8) Linen Mills – Gran Alacant – Quesada:
This is another business that can be seen to be growing year on
year with more shops being added. The team at Linen Mills rely
on supplying decent quality products at a decent price, and of
course with good service.it sounds like a testimonial but it´s not
– it´s basic business sense. Give the customer what they want,
at a price they can afford – and always do it with a smile – works
for all businesses and as Linen Mills are showing, it makes perfect
business sense!
9) Plaza Mayor – Gran Alacant: If you´ve been reading this
magazine recently you´ll know about this group of busi-
nesses who have knuckled down to work together and
bring in the customers to this pleasant square in Gran
Alacant. And it´s working! The square is full at week-
ends these days and from what was once a quiet square
that not many would bother visiting – they have now
´put bums on seats´ as the saying goes!
9) Bar Central – Hondon de las Nieves: I´ve
known owner, Yvonne, only a short time but it always
a pleasure to visit her bar. Yes of course it’s got beer
(and food) but when you can visit a place and come
away smiling it always is heartening. Apart from
doing some of the best home-cooked grub around
(just take a visit and see how many agree with me)
a (genuinely) warm welcome is always given and
along with real value for money food and drink it’s
no wonder Bar Central is flourishing in the ´crisis.´
continues to grow in spite of a tough economic
climate.
magazine recently you´ll know about this group of busi
nesses who have knuckled down to work together and
bring in the customers to this pleasant square in Gran
Alacant. And it´s working! The square is full at week
ends these days and from what was once a quiet square
that not many would bother visiting – they have now
´put bums on seats´ as the saying goes!
9) Bar Central – Hondon de las Nieves
known owner, Yvonne, only a short time but it always
a pleasure to visit her bar. Yes of course it’s got beer
(and food) but when you can visit a place and come
away smiling it always is heartening. Apart from
doing some of the best home-cooked grub around
(just take a visit and see how many agree with me)
a (genuinely) warm welcome is always given and
along with real value for money food and drink it’s
no wonder Bar Central is flourishing in the ´crisis.´
So there you have it 10 (of many) businesses not just doing ok, but being successful, and there are many more out there too. Support them if you can – and we can all go home smiling!I should point out that not all of the businesses here are advertisers and have been chosen on their success rather than any financial incentive for or by us.
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After last months warnings on beach sports, the problems just keep coming this month. Sunscreen has come under the influence of a cynical Neptune and may be at least a factor 1 less than that advertised on the bottle.
Getting angry will not make any difference on the 23rd when you are set to confront on the phone a customer services agent who can’t really speak English - beware of speaking sentences off her list because it doesn’t really matter how much you yell she wont understand.
A phone call will answer a question you have pondered upon since the 16th of last month. The answer may be a disappointment unless you understand complex math-ematical formulas explained to you over the phone.
Explaining things without using your hands is a test you might like to practice for some reason or other. What have the planets got in store for you? Handcuffs look highly starred.
Climbing trees is well starred, especially the low ones and especially when a lion isn’t trying to eat you from below, otherwise they are badly starred with a falling from great heights advisory throughout.
Sweeping, glamorous, deep blue sea, palm trees swaying in a light breeze with not a cloud in the sky scenes will either induce feelings of ‘gotta get away from this office job’, or send you to sleep this month, depending on which anxiety dvd course the planets have got you on.
Neptune has been impressed by the yellow and red cards the referees in the Premier League have been using and particularly the power these seem to wield on those who have been naughty. Beware yellow and red in all of their forms until we can work this one out.
Drunk speed dating is positively starred as long as you check out the talent before the drinking starts and not during or after.
After last months excursions into the joys of text messaging, now might be the time to try to stop writing u for you, 2 for to or too, and ROTFLMFAO for rolling on the floor laughing my ass off [edited for family newspaper], or, on second thoughts, maybe don’t for the last one just rolls of the tongue doesn’t it?
A hearty walk, a hearty meal but not Braveheart are well starred, unless you are in the mood for painting the Scottish flag on your face and donning a kilt, or a skirt if you get the wrong kind of fabric again.
Blaming others for your misfortune is well starred this month, especially in any career or motoring decisions offered you by elders in the past.
Jupiter and Saturn are both set to waft a celestial criticism your way during attempts at rapping - that bit when you just can’t think of the next sentence? That’s the influence of Saturn that is... (Jupiter is just happy when you work the word boobies in somewhere).
Mystic Monkey
After last months warnings on beach sports, the problems
SEPTEMBER 2012‘Uuuummmmm...’
The red-bearded mechanic at Performance & Diesel
The worst job I have had ever had (cue Derek and Clive aka Peter Cook & Dudley Moore) as a mechanic happened 2½ years ago in December when a Spanish customer brought his VW diesel van to me on a grua.
For more help and advice call in and see us or contact us using the details below:contact Steve direct on [email protected] or 96 671 8705
It can often seem like kids nowa-days pop into the world already able to use a PC.
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HOT SUMMER NIGHTS
Have you ever heard a piece of music
on the radio, or when you were pass-
ing a bar or a shop, and it’s taken you
right back to another place and time.
This happens to me a lot. For example,
one night many years ago we were sit-
ting in a beach bar in the little town of
Scala on the Greek island of Kefalonia.
We were the only people in the bar, it
was dark, and we were watching the
lights of ships moving slowly along the
horizon. The barman put on this piece
of music, which we weren’t familiar
with, so we asked him who it was by.
He told us it was called 29 Palms and
was from the solo album of Robert
Plant, of Led Zeppelin fame. Now
whenever I listen to that track it takes
me right back to that night.
Another song which always reminds
me of holidays is Losing my Religion
by REM. For a few years we used to
go to a place called Saint George’s
Complex in Lardos, Rhodes. Every
night at the disco we used to ask the
DJ to play this and he always saved it
for the last track of the night. Some-
times we were the only people left on
the dance floor but we didn’t care we
were having fun!
After a few years of going to Lardos
we started to stay in the nearby vil-
lage of Lindos instead. It is a great
place and every night after our meal
we used to go round the various little
bars in the village. Most of the bars
were not very busy but we noticed
that every time we walked past Mano-
lis bar, it was packed and there were
people dancing on the benches and
on the tables which looked like fun!
Eventually we plucked up the courage
to go in there. It was a bit of a crush
but the atmosphere was great and we
met some interesting people there. In
Lindos the music used to stop at mid-
night and at about ten to twelve we
would hear ‘long long time ago, I can
still remember how that music used
to make me smile ….’ .Every night the
DJ would play American Pie by Don
Mclean as the last track of the night.
Absolutely everyone in the bar used to
be on their feet singing every word all
the way through. Great memories!
We have just returned from an enjoy-able visit to Santiago de Compostela. I’m afraid we can’t claim to have walked there along one of the Camino routes, but instead we flew from Alicante to Santiago, which got us there in about an hour and a half. Santiago de Compostela is more than 1000km North West of Ali-cante, in the Galicia region of Spain and is most famous for being the final desti-nation of various pilgrim routes. Appar-ently, it is the third most visited site for a religious pilgrimage after Jerusalem and Rome. The city is named in honour of Saint James, whose remains were dis-covered after a hermit saw strange stars over the hillside and reported this to the Bishop of the time. The name translates roughly as ‘Saint James’ (Sant iago) and ’field of stars’ (Campus Stellae and later Compostela).
The Cathedral and the Plaza de Obradoiro - The most important attraction for any visitor is the cathedral. The interior is large and incor-porates several side chapels and impressive altar pieces. The museum is also worth a visit and gives access to a balcony, where you get good views of the main square. The famous botafumeiro, a huge oil burner which is some-times swung across the nave, is only used at special services. According to my guide book it began to be used in the 14th century to perfume the air, lessening the odour of sweat from the pilgrims after their long journey! The exterior of the Cathedral is quite spectacular when viewed from the main Plaza de Obra-doiro (Stonemason’s Square). The building has many elaborate carvings which provide evidence of the prosperity of the city resulting from the many pilgrims and visitors it has at-tracted over the years.
The other sides of the square are made up with three more impressive buildings. The Hostal de los Reyes was commissioned by the Catholic Monarchs to provide accommodation and a hospital for pilgrims and the building is now a Parador. The Rajoy Palace was built by a former Archbishop and the ninety metre long
front is made up of a large portico of many arches. This building now houses various Government De-partments and the City Coun-cil offices. The College of San Jerome is a less imposing building than the others, it does, however, feature an ornately carved doorway opening onto the square. It was originally built as a school for poor stu-dents and now makes up part of the Santiago University. A walk round the outside of the cathedral takes you to various other squares, including, Plaza de las Platerias, Plaza de la Quintana and Plaza de la Inmaculada where you will also find the Monastery of San Martin Pinario.
City streets, shops, bars and restaurants - When you leave the area of the Cathedral there are many small streets to walk around, and the area is largely free of vehicles. The Rua de Franco and the Rua de Vilar are both worth a visit and the latter contains the tour-ist information office where you can pick up a map from the helpful staff who all speak Eng-lish. These streets contain small tourist shops selling a variety of souvenirs and guide books. There are also café bars and restaurants, in-cluding our personal favourite, Paradiso. We also ate at a café in La Quintana Square where we had a very good menu del dia for just 7 euros. Parks and photo viewpoints - A visit to La Alameda park is recommended if you need a rest as there are plenty of benches where you can sit in the shade and watch the people go by. A walk around the park will take you to various miradors where you can get great views looking towards the Cathedral and the old city. Another viewpoint looks over the Fer-radura Gardens and out into the countryside. Accomodation - We stayed at the small but comfortable Hotel Miradoiro de Belvis where the staff were very helpful, and which is about 10 minutes walk from the Cathedral area and a short 20 euro taxi ride from the airport. Be-hind our hotel there was a lovely park and we had a nice view of the Convent de Belvis from our room. Overall we had a great time and, in just a few days saw all of the main sites. If we visit Santiago again it would be good to hire a car and explore some of the Galician coast and countryside which certainly looks well worth a visit.
A Weekend in
Santiago de CompostelaMary Brazier
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Down1. Place for a control freak2. Field3. Musical phrase4. Little in Lausanne 5. Residue6. West and Whitman 7. Famous island near Tuscany8. Elastic9. Controversial Bryant10. Goal11. Honolulu neckwear12. Julian to John, e.g.13. Part of U.K.18. __ Chi19. His wife looked back23. Voyageur’s vessel25. Twilled fabric26. Scaler’s spikes27. A style used in opera28. Freed of dependence on something29. Feeling of sympathy30. Safe and sound31. Item in a den, maybe33. Crude34. Paces37. To impede or prohibit in law38. Org. for Orr39. Faker40. Hall-of-Famer Mel42. Large vase46. Venerable Harlem theater49. It gained Indian statehood in 198750. Empire overthrown by Cortes in 151952. Aliens, abbr.53. Joint55. Attach56. Taro root58. Stake59. Stravinsky60. Nicholas was the last61. Co. acquired by American Airlines in 200162. Monopolize63. Before64. Gave65. “Roundabout” band
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Down1. ‘Flakey’ tiger2. Hodgepodge3. Dish list4. Euphemistic expletives5. How to make glycerin explosive6. Weight allowance7. Type of rock8. B __ Baby9. Item oft lost in the couch10. Onetime sprint record-holder, for short11. Luigi’s capital city12. Guiness13. It has a turret21. Takes too much LSD22. More prudent25. Smoking, e.g.26. Place for spectacles27. A well-known one is green29. Ditch plants30. Emcee’s concern31. Capital of Senegal32. It needs dressing33. Lift up34. Furnishings36. Downed39. Pigeon patter41. Caper42. Firmly inserted48. Waco campus49. Last word in “America the Beautiful”51. Not a liability53. Pass a bill54. Notion55. Make like Waldo56. ___ of Man57. Poet and feminist of the Americas (1895-1965), Lee58. Calif. neighbor59. Courteous60. Girder61. Ultimatum word62. Vichyssoise ingredient
Word riddleRiddles - Answers below
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Well, why don’t you try this fun Muller-Lyer Illu sion. Which of the 2 cir cles sur-rounded by other cir cles is bigger?
2. The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: “We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly.” How can that be possible? 3. 13 people came into a hotel with 12 rooms and each guest wanted his own room. The bellboy solved this problem. He asked the thirteenth guest to wait a little with the first guest in room number 1. So in the first room there were two people. The bellboy took the third guest to room number 2, the fourth to number 3, ..., and the twelfth guest to room num-ber 11. Then he returned to room number 1 and took the thirteenth guest to room number 12, still vacant. How can everybody have his own room?
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33. Tying34. U.S. acquisition of 186735. Trusted guide37. Tear38. Stockholm’s airline41. Containing copper42. Flightless bird47. To a great degree49. You ___ would! (Sure!)51. Greek letters53. One is Halley’s55. Ash, for instance56. Longest river in Spain57. Open a crack58. High ranking NCO60. ___ Brockovich62. A Gershwin63. Future flounder64. ___ 60 (stat)65. Sought election
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Word: SOMETHING Easy...ish It's a toughy!
Across1. Smoker wants civic abrogation redressed (8,7) 8. Grace or Anne to Mr. Cook (8)10. Pigpen has mari-juana that is lacking consistency (6) 11. ‘Creampuffs Vien-nese’ is sister’s turn to showoff (7) 13. How sweet it is to pull together a leader-less crew at day’s end (5) 16. 1 Across could be a small Danish leader (4) 18. He loves the rock group, ‘Igloo Gest’ (9) 21. Nutty type of com-puter commercial ends with a soldier who’s lost (9) 22. A division of Sony and Honda merged in London (4) 24. Director Benedek appears in Warhol’s “A Look Back”. (5) 26. These bloom when sail had made a come-back (7) 30. Ostentatiously elegant hello (6) 31. Troll with one large wart returning to trap (5,3) 33. For example, Huron and Erie are vast in cin-ema adaptation (6,9)
Down 2. Comparitive ending that is first-rate (3) 3. Drags around a bunch of prom goers (5) 4. Behaves like stray cats (4) 5. See hotel cats bounding over bar (8) 6. Removed from a card game by force (5) 7. Shares digs (4) 9. Tied up at first mom gets new start (4)12. I can start to walk to and fro up across the Arctic (6) 14. Send in the ring leader. Time’s up (5) 15. Hats off to Mom’s allergic reaction (6) 17. Readjust and sample, perhaps (3) 19. The first genuine African safari-type mask (3) 20. Outlet to follow smoky object (8) 23. Odd sort of class war for living space in Mexico (4) 25. A code like Latin 102 (5) 27. A color I call out-landish (5) 28. Stop! Who’s going to answer? (4) 29. Tittle a turkey (4) 32. The Bard’s intensive just to a poet (3)
1.Quick! say aloud what color you see in every word, NOT the word you read. Expla na tion: The Stroop test is used in neu ropsy cho log i cal eval u a tions to mea-sure men tal vital ity and flex i bil ity, since per form ing well requires strong atten tion and self-regulation capability.
2. Quick! Count the num ber of times that the let ter F appears in the fol low ing sen tence: “Fin ished files are the result of years of sci en tific study com bined with the expe ri ence of yearsHow many did you find?
3. Exer cise mul ti ple areas of your brain by try ing to answer this riddle: A blind beg gar had a brother who died. What rela tion was the blind beg gar to the brother who died? “Brother” is not the answer. Now, your brain’s turn. What is the answer?
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2.Almost everyone guesses three. Why? It seems that the brain cannot correctly pro-cess the word “OF”. The letter F usually makes the “f” sound, like in “fox”. However, in the word “of”, it makes a “v” sound. Somehow, your brain overlooks the word “of” as it scans for the sound of “f”.
3. This puz zle is very sim ply stated and yet stumps those who have not heard it before, because the lis tener tends to make an im-plicit assump tion about gen der — in this case that a blind beg gar is a man.
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Down1. Place for a control freak2. Field3. Musical phrase4. Little in Lausanne 5. Residue6. West and Whitman 7. Famous island near Tuscany8. Elastic9. Controversial Bryant10. Goal11. Honolulu neckwear12. Julian to John, e.g.13. Part of U.K.18. __ Chi19. His wife looked back23. Voyageur’s vessel25. Twilled fabric26. Scaler’s spikes27. A style used in opera28. Freed of dependence on something29. Feeling of sympathy30. Safe and sound31. Item in a den, maybe33. Crude34. Paces37. To impede or prohibit in law38. Org. for Orr39. Faker40. Hall-of-Famer Mel42. Large vase46. Venerable Harlem theater49. It gained Indian statehood in 198750. Empire overthrown by Cortes in 151952. Aliens, abbr.53. Joint55. Attach56. Taro root58. Stake59. Stravinsky60. Nicholas was the last61. Co. acquired by American Airlines in 200162. Monopolize63. Before64. Gave65. “Roundabout” band
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Down1. ‘Flakey’ tiger2. Hodgepodge3. Dish list4. Euphemistic expletives5. How to make glycerin explosive6. Weight allowance7. Type of rock8. B __ Baby9. Item oft lost in the couch10. Onetime sprint record-holder, for short11. Luigi’s capital city12. Guiness13. It has a turret21. Takes too much LSD22. More prudent25. Smoking, e.g.26. Place for spectacles27. A well-known one is green29. Ditch plants30. Emcee’s concern31. Capital of Senegal32. It needs dressing33. Lift up34. Furnishings36. Downed39. Pigeon patter41. Caper42. Firmly inserted48. Waco campus49. Last word in “America the Beautiful”51. Not a liability53. Pass a bill54. Notion55. Make like Waldo56. ___ of Man57. Poet and feminist of the Americas (1895-1965), Lee58. Calif. neighbor59. Courteous60. Girder61. Ultimatum word62. Vichyssoise ingredient
Word riddleRiddles - Answers below
1 You have prob a bly seen a num ber of vir tual illu sions that prove the lim its of our per cep tion (and “per fec tion”!), such as the one below, or the one where you are asked to com pare the length of two lines. Easy stuff, right?
Well, why don’t you try this fun Muller-Lyer Illu sion. Which of the 2 cir cles sur-rounded by other cir cles is bigger?
2. The captain of a ship was telling this interesting story: “We traveled the sea far and wide. At one time, two of my sailors were standing on opposite sides of the ship. One was looking west and the other one east. And at the same time, they could see each other clearly.” How can that be possible? 3. 13 people came into a hotel with 12 rooms and each guest wanted his own room. The bellboy solved this problem. He asked the thirteenth guest to wait a little with the first guest in room number 1. So in the first room there were two people. The bellboy took the third guest to room number 2, the fourth to number 3, ..., and the twelfth guest to room num-ber 11. Then he returned to room number 1 and took the thirteenth guest to room number 12, still vacant. How can everybody have his own room?
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33. Tying34. U.S. acquisition of 186735. Trusted guide37. Tear38. Stockholm’s airline41. Containing copper42. Flightless bird47. To a great degree49. You ___ would! (Sure!)51. Greek letters53. One is Halley’s55. Ash, for instance56. Longest river in Spain57. Open a crack58. High ranking NCO60. ___ Brockovich62. A Gershwin63. Future flounder64. ___ 60 (stat)65. Sought election
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Answer1. “No,” answered the Director. “A normal pthey are both the same size.2. The marines were standing back against the sides of the ship so they were looking at each other. It does not matter where the ship is (of course it does not apply to the North and South Pole).3. Of course, it is impossible. Into the second room should have gone the 2nd guest, because the 13th guest was waiting in room number 1.
Word: SOMETHING Easy...ish It's a toughy!
Across1. Smoker wants civic abrogation redressed (8,7) 8. Grace or Anne to Mr. Cook (8)10. Pigpen has mari-juana that is lacking consistency (6) 11. ‘Creampuffs Vien-nese’ is sister’s turn to showoff (7) 13. How sweet it is to pull together a leader-less crew at day’s end (5) 16. 1 Across could be a small Danish leader (4) 18. He loves the rock group, ‘Igloo Gest’ (9) 21. Nutty type of com-puter commercial ends with a soldier who’s lost (9) 22. A division of Sony and Honda merged in London (4) 24. Director Benedek appears in Warhol’s “A Look Back”. (5) 26. These bloom when sail had made a come-back (7) 30. Ostentatiously elegant hello (6) 31. Troll with one large wart returning to trap (5,3) 33. For example, Huron and Erie are vast in cin-ema adaptation (6,9)
Down 2. Comparitive ending that is first-rate (3) 3. Drags around a bunch of prom goers (5) 4. Behaves like stray cats (4) 5. See hotel cats bounding over bar (8) 6. Removed from a card game by force (5) 7. Shares digs (4) 9. Tied up at first mom gets new start (4)12. I can start to walk to and fro up across the Arctic (6) 14. Send in the ring leader. Time’s up (5) 15. Hats off to Mom’s allergic reaction (6) 17. Readjust and sample, perhaps (3) 19. The first genuine African safari-type mask (3) 20. Outlet to follow smoky object (8) 23. Odd sort of class war for living space in Mexico (4) 25. A code like Latin 102 (5) 27. A color I call out-landish (5) 28. Stop! Who’s going to answer? (4) 29. Tittle a turkey (4) 32. The Bard’s intensive just to a poet (3)
1.Quick! say aloud what color you see in every word, NOT the word you read. Expla na tion: The Stroop test is used in neu ropsy cho log i cal eval u a tions to mea-sure men tal vital ity and flex i bil ity, since per form ing well requires strong atten tion and self-regulation capability.
2. Quick! Count the num ber of times that the let ter F appears in the fol low ing sen tence: “Fin ished files are the result of years of sci en tific study com bined with the expe ri ence of yearsHow many did you find?
3. Exer cise mul ti ple areas of your brain by try ing to answer this riddle: A blind beg gar had a brother who died. What rela tion was the blind beg gar to the brother who died? “Brother” is not the answer. Now, your brain’s turn. What is the answer?
It's a toughy! It's a toughy!
SOLUTIONS:
2.Almost everyone guesses three. Why? It seems that the brain cannot correctly pro-cess the word “OF”. The letter F usually makes the “f” sound, like in “fox”. However, in the word “of”, it makes a “v” sound. Somehow, your brain overlooks the word “of” as it scans for the sound of “f”.
3. This puz zle is very sim ply stated and yet stumps those who have not heard it before, because the lis tener tends to make an im-plicit assump tion about gen der — in this case that a blind beg gar is a man.
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If you take the first letter and move it to the rear of the word, you get the same word when read backwards.
Clues may not adhere to strict convention but I hope the added entertainment of the diagonal entries (read diagonals from top left-hand and top right-hand cor-ners) will give people some small pleasure.
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