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Old 29th October 2007, 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Big Pete View Post
Pete is going to live in Mallorca Spain, a quiet little area away from the hustle and bustles , with a 5 minute walk to the softest sandy beach with the clear blue seas gently lapping in a nice cove , where Petrol is only 70p a litre and a Smoke only cost £ 1.70 a pack , with fruits and vegetables grow in the garden that you just pop out and grab as needed .
Where you can breath fresh air and wake to the sunshine just glistening over the horizon and shimmering on the blue sea , where you can get the UK daily paper to have a laugh whilst you wait for the Mrs to do the egg and bacon brekky .

Where the rubbish bins are emptied daily and the streets are clean and shops dont shut at 5pm .

Where you can watch Sky Sattelite all night long if you want and if you really need to ,or if you just want to go back to have a look at what your missing or if your forced back due to family matters etc well within 2 hours you can be back to the Mixed up Multi racial over taxed UK ..

In regard to well balanced , dont see that what you call well balanced as to my way of thinking Uk is out of balance !!

In Uk you work to survive you dont live as such you just work to feed the government , and to stay alive
You have rose tinted glasses Pete ... the reality is slightly different. You'll find out when you actually get here.

The shops OPEN at 5 ... they are closed all afternoon. They dont open on Sunday at all.

The Spanish throw rubbish anywhere without any thought. Fly tipping is everywhere ... builders rubbish and the like. SKY sattelite is illegal here ... we only get it by defualt and every so often they narrow the "bandwidth" so you lose a lot of programmes at certain times of the day.

Multi racial? Welcome to Spain! Thats what we are
When you peg it, ALL of your precious fortune will be liable to IHT at anything up to 40%. Whilst you live here ALL of your income worldwide will be liable to income tax at rates comparable to the UK, and also wealth tax on your total wealth.

What I am trying to say Pete, is nothing is perfect, and you haven't experienced living here yet
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