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47 Blog results found for 'Grumpy, Grumpy'
By Mr Grumpy - Sun 8th Dec 2013
This past weekend I had the misfortune to be stuck in an airport lounge for a couple of hours en-route to a business meeting somewhere, with nothing but one of those God-forsaken glossy “Spanish Lifestyle” Magazines for ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Sat 12th Oct 2013
Why in the name of Satan’s underpants does Spain need so many Politicians in order to make a mess of things, when half the amount could make the same mess, but at least with half the cost ? ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Mon 16th Sep 2013
The sale of annual calendars to raise money for various charities is nothing new ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Sun 28th Jul 2013
Let’s face it : The Spanish Government are selfish Bastards ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Sat 6th Jul 2013
It might not come any great surprise, but I have never been spotted on the red carpet with Jean Paul Gaultier. Nor have I exchanged Christmas cards with Posh Spice, and I dare say that I am not in Gok Wan’s i-Phone ... more
By The Equalizer - Wed 5th Jun 2013
A little over a week ago the The Instituto de Estudios Turisticos (National Institute of Tourism) reported how Expenditure by Foreign Visitors was up for the month of April ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Sun 19th May 2013
A report in Saturday's edition of the Telegraph – titled ”
Costa Del Crime: Marbella is 'synonymous with villainy' “ has only exacerbated the largely unfounded stereotype that 50% of all Expat Brits are on the run from some ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Sun 12th May 2013
“I was thirty, and before me stood a portentous and menacing new decade...” ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Sun 28th Apr 2013
There are few certainties in both the British and Spanish media ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Sun 21st Apr 2013
This is a first for me.
After reading the news earlier today – specifically regarding the latest antics of Ryanair – I am fuming. ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Fri 15th Mar 2013
Over the course of the last 6 months I have been fortunate / unfortunate enough to have travelled abroad on business, where I have had to pitch various projects to Engineers in Germany, Hungary, Greece, Ireland, Kuala Lumpur ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Fri 1st Mar 2013
And before anyone gets all defensive with me, note the ironic use of the speech marks ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Wed 7th Nov 2012
What is going on in the world at the moment that has caused "Charities" to polarise into 2 totally different entities ? ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Thu 1st Nov 2012
Banking : I look back with dewey-eyed nostalgia to a time when communicating with my Bank of choice was so much easier than it is today ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Thu 11th Oct 2012
As much as I enjoy Blogging and reading other blogs, there is one particular genre that really swings on my rope ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Thu 19th Jul 2012
I’m sorry, but after a recent trip to a British supermarket, I am struggling to comprehend what, if anything, is so “Super” about them ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Thu 24th May 2012
For reasons I won’t go into here, I had to fly to the UK a couple of weeks ago, and then fly back home to Spain barely 12 hours later ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Wed 9th May 2012
Love them or hate them, it seems that everybody has an opinion about Facebook ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Thu 3rd May 2012
I was looking back on my childhood the other week with dewey-eyed nostalgia, and was thinking how much old folk have changed over recent decades.
... more
By Mr Grumpy - Thu 26th Apr 2012
Before anyone accuses me of prejudice or discrimination they should first of all understand that I have taken 4 flights to and from Spanish airports in the space of last two weeks. Likewise I have dropped off and collected ... more
By Jo Green - Sat 21st Apr 2012
Perhaps it is because there are so many similarities between the Spanish and British cultures, it is when there are slight differences that they are all the more obvious ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Thu 19th Apr 2012
As somebody who has skilfully managed to avoid marriage for the whole of my adult life to date, I feel no shame, irony or hypocrisy in smugly doling out marital advice to others, who in most cases, never even ask me for my ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Thu 12th Apr 2012
I have been involved in the thick of some pretty violent and frightening gang warfare taking place on my own doorstep over the course of these last few weeks ... more
By Jo Green - Mon 9th Apr 2012
It only seems two minutes since I was last 6 months pregnant, and here I am once again, 5 years down the line ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Thu 22th Mar 2012
When Mrs Grumpy and I first moved to Spain 7 years back, little did we imagine that we would end up living with a hyperactive chainsaw ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Thu 8th Mar 2012
Shameful as it is to admit, after living in Spain for almost 8 years I have never once made a trip to Valencia – the regional capital ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Thu 1st Mar 2012
No, that's not a typo - I did mean Cat theft (with a " t ") ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Fri 13th Jan 2012
I had this really great idea for a blog a few weeks back. All lofty high-brow stuff that would need loads of research and take ages to write and make me look really knowledgeable and stuff ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Fri 23rd Dec 2011
Last year I blogged about the Horrors of Attending Expat Christmas ‘Fayres’ and, after 12 months of reflection, I have to admit that I stand by every word ... more
By Jo Green - Fri 23rd Dec 2011
Thursday was the last day of school before the Christmas break for my daughter ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Fri 16th Dec 2011
There are few things guaranteed to scramble your sanity and make you lose all sense of rational reasoning quite as much as being trapped in a vehicle with four year old whilst on a lengthy car journey ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Fri 11th Nov 2011
A quintessential Spanish tradition in our valley is the weekly Rastro ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Fri 14th Oct 2011
Living in Spain inevitably means that a lot of time is spent outside - especially during the summer months, and as such watching any TV at, let alone British TV, is a rarity ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Thu 22th Jul 2010
After almost 6 years in Spain, I have made no formal attempt to learn the language. I say ‘formal’ because I had studied a language ( German ) in the past and knew that I had a pretty good memory, and started of being pretty ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Mon 24th May 2010
Click here to read How NOT to buy a house and move to Spain – Part 1 ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Thu 29th Apr 2010
There is no subject or procedure that I could ever stand up and claim to be experienced or an expert in. That said, there are countless subjects and procedures that I am fully experienced and proficient in how not to do. It ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Sat 8th Aug 2009
Anybody who has been living in Spain for more than a few weeks will know that Telefonica is a dirty word. Even my Spanish friends know that they are a fantastic example of how not to run a company and how to alienate your ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Sun 2th Aug 2009
Anybody over the age of 25 will doubtlessly be able to look back at their childhood with dewey eyed nostalgia - to a time when a ball and a cardboard box held more interest than a game boy.
Growing up in the 70's, a game ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Thu 23rd Jul 2009
George Orwell famously wrote “ Every man is equal - but some are more equal than others… “ in his book Animal Farm. Scholars say that this quote, and indeed the book as a whole, is an allegory referring to Communism. At ... more
By Mr Grumpy - Thu 16th Jul 2009
If I had the energy and inclination to look up on Google who it was that first quoted the phrase " Only two things in life are certain - Death and Taxes..." then I would do so, but unfortunately I have just returned from my ... more