Comments for River Ebro Babble http://www.riverebro.com All about living, working and playing in the River Ebro area of Tarragona, Spain Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:14:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on The Correos and the Stamp! by Brother Brian http://www.riverebro.com/2012/01/the-correos-and-the-stamp/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Brother Brian Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:14:06 +0000 http://www.riverebro.com/?p=994#comment-726 Really funny Dena, I suppose it could be frustrating for us foreigner's , but then we are not as laid back as Spain, which is a pity. The postage system has altered in the Uk, not just the pricing. We now have Letters - Large Letters - and Packets, all to do with dimensions and weights. The only way to be sure of what you are sending these days, is by a visit to the post office. Really funny Dena, I suppose it could be frustrating for us foreigner’s , but then we are not as laid back as Spain, which is a pity.
The postage system has altered in the Uk, not just the pricing.
We now have Letters – Large Letters – and Packets, all to do with dimensions and weights. The only way to be sure of what you are sending these days, is by a visit to the post office.

]]> Comment on The Correos and the Stamp! by Dena http://www.riverebro.com/2012/01/the-correos-and-the-stamp/comment-page-1/#comment-723 Dena Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:09:41 +0000 http://www.riverebro.com/?p=994#comment-723 I don't think our guest was bothered too much about the price she would have been happy just to have been given stamps! Hasn't the postage in UK gone up quite a lot though? And is more complex concerning size and weight? I've lost touch it's so long since I had to send mail from there. Thanks for visiting - glad you enjoyed! I don’t think our guest was bothered too much about the price she would have been happy just to have been given stamps! Hasn’t the postage in UK gone up quite a lot though? And is more complex concerning size and weight? I’ve lost touch it’s so long since I had to send mail from there.
Thanks for visiting – glad you enjoyed!

]]> Comment on The Correos and the Stamp! by Pamela Lewis http://www.riverebro.com/2012/01/the-correos-and-the-stamp/comment-page-1/#comment-722 Pamela Lewis Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:58:25 +0000 http://www.riverebro.com/?p=994#comment-722 This has made me laugh. My husband and I wrote our usual Xmas cards to be sent to England. I made sure they were smaller cards, not too heavy, that would only require the normal stamp to the UK. But going to our main post office here in Vinaros in December, they wouldn't allow me to purchase said stamps. They wanted to weigh each and every card and then stamp them. After weighing one, they wanted DOUBLE what I would usually pay for a card to the UK from Spain. We said forget it, and took all the cards back with us for a very brief Xmas visit to family. I refuse to be ripped off like that! This has made me laugh. My husband and I wrote our usual Xmas cards to be sent to England. I made sure they were smaller cards, not too heavy, that would only require the normal stamp to the UK. But going to our main post office here in Vinaros in December, they wouldn’t allow me to purchase said stamps. They wanted to weigh each and every card and then stamp them. After weighing one, they wanted DOUBLE what I would usually pay for a card to the UK from Spain. We said forget it, and took all the cards back with us for a very brief Xmas visit to family. I refuse to be ripped off like that!

]]> Comment on The Correos and the Stamp! by Dena http://www.riverebro.com/2012/01/the-correos-and-the-stamp/comment-page-1/#comment-721 Dena Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:17:56 +0000 http://www.riverebro.com/?p=994#comment-721 And it's funny because one way or another we have all experienced something very similar! And you are right - as frustrating as it sometimes is - I think we'd all be a little disappointed if we woke tomorrow and Spain ran like clockwork! Well it wouldn't be Spain would it?! Thanks for popping along to my blog Lisa! And it’s funny because one way or another we have all experienced something very similar!
And you are right – as frustrating as it sometimes is – I think we’d all be a little disappointed if we woke tomorrow and Spain ran like clockwork! Well it wouldn’t be Spain would it?!
Thanks for popping along to my blog Lisa!

]]> Comment on The Correos and the Stamp! by Lisa Sadleir http://www.riverebro.com/2012/01/the-correos-and-the-stamp/comment-page-1/#comment-720 Lisa Sadleir Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:11:27 +0000 http://www.riverebro.com/?p=994#comment-720 You have to laugh otherwise you'd cry! It is so true that you very rarely follow the same procedure twice in Spain ... even for the simple things. Some things will never change and for this we still love Spain ! You have to laugh otherwise you’d cry! It is so true that you very rarely follow the same procedure twice in Spain … even for the simple things.
Some things will never change and for this we still love Spain !

]]> Comment on The 2011 Birding Challenge – Final Total by Dena http://www.riverebro.com/2012/01/the-2011-birding-challenge-final-total/comment-page-1/#comment-712 Dena Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:26:52 +0000 http://www.riverebro.com/?p=959#comment-712 Thanks Stewart!! I'm starting all over again now. How was your year? Thanks Stewart!! I’m starting all over again now.
How was your year?

]]> Comment on The 2011 Birding Challenge – Final Total by Stewart http://www.riverebro.com/2012/01/the-2011-birding-challenge-final-total/comment-page-1/#comment-711 Stewart Sun, 08 Jan 2012 21:04:59 +0000 http://www.riverebro.com/?p=959#comment-711 Congratulations Dena! and Happy New Year! Congratulations Dena! and Happy New Year!

]]> Comment on The 2011 Birding Challenge – Final Total by Craig Nash http://www.riverebro.com/2012/01/the-2011-birding-challenge-final-total/comment-page-1/#comment-704 Craig Nash Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:56:49 +0000 http://www.riverebro.com/?p=959#comment-704 Good I'm glad you are starting again. My strange Pipit was a Richard's Pipit only the fourth record for Northern Ireland so happy days. Good I’m glad you are starting again. My strange Pipit was a Richard’s Pipit only the fourth record for Northern Ireland so happy days.

]]> Comment on The 2011 Birding Challenge – Final Total by Dena http://www.riverebro.com/2012/01/the-2011-birding-challenge-final-total/comment-page-1/#comment-703 Dena Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:25:29 +0000 http://www.riverebro.com/?p=959#comment-703 Thanks Craig. Yes it was all your fault - you are to blame! hahaha! I'm glad you did though. Thoroughly enjoyed it. And now a new year and a new list! See what you started! ;) Thanks Craig. Yes it was all your fault – you are to blame! hahaha! I’m glad you did though. Thoroughly enjoyed it. And now a new year and a new list! See what you started! ;)

]]> Comment on The 2011 Birding Challenge – Final Total by Kiersten http://www.riverebro.com/2012/01/the-2011-birding-challenge-final-total/comment-page-1/#comment-702 Kiersten Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:24:33 +0000 http://www.riverebro.com/?p=959#comment-702 Hey Dena Congratulations, thats a mighty fine list for a 1st year. I havnt seen some of the birds you have on your list. Great stuff. Look forward to seeing what 2012 brings. Happy twitching ;) Hey Dena

Congratulations, thats a mighty fine list for a 1st year. I havnt seen some of the birds you have on your list. Great stuff. Look forward to seeing what 2012 brings. Happy twitching ;)

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