12 Oct 2010 7:30 PM:

Well - well - well !

My username has certainly caused some fuss! This is a new one I created a while back to reply to another thread in the Roda forum where the moaning was getting out of hand and some very nasty personal attacks were being made on individuals who I know personally and did not deserve the abuse that they were getting. I have posted on EOS under my "real" name for 4 years and just didn't want to to post this comment using that name. What's in a username? .

Robert - Did I actually say that I thought this thread was hijacked by moaners? No, you inferred it from my username. What I actually said was it had been hijacked on presidential authority - just meaning that somewhere along the way SpainJo's original questions appeared to have been lost and IMHO her request for advice on how to deal with what she views as a problem president had been missed.

Re my comment "avoid presidents" - I did not intend it as an "idiotic" comment. I own a property on a large community and am FULLY in support of my President and VPs, and I help out as much as I can to back them up and enforce rules - especially when it comes to the pool and dog pooh. Perhaps it would have been better put as "if you want to avoid presidents" - I just meant that when in a villa (as there is often no community) there probably isn't a president at all. There was a drowning at our community 2 years ago - and mum was 20 yards away from her 2-year old child, but not watching out for him. That's why I am a tough on unaccompanied kids in pools to avoid another mother having to go through the same heartache. As I said, I've seen one before and it isn't very nice to witness.

I do not think anyone in authority is a pratt - As I said above, I offer my full support to all Presidents. They have a thankless task and one that I would not be willing to do. I just hope you weren't calling me a pratt by association.

Roberto - I agree with you wholeheartedly about some of the very valid comments that various contributors have made. I'll back you all to the hilt.

However, regarding Sky: As you say, there is no law forbidding anyone receiving any satelite transmission, if they have the equipment to do so. However, to watch any Sky transmissions you are required to buy the equipment from Sky and pay them a subscription. Any Sky channels that we watch here in Spain where the equipment has not been purchased from them (and it usually hasn't), and we aren't paying our monthly subscription, means that technically we are watching them illegally. Why do you think there was all that fuss 12-18 months ago - especially regarding re-broadcasters - when people like Torresat etc dropped their Sky channels? Did you also know that not only can Sky prosecute the person watching it without having a paid up subscription, a President can be deemed to have given them permission to do so and also be prosecuted? Worthy of some though eh!

I'll stick with my username thanks for some fun and see how many more people can so wrongly interpret my actual comments just becaus of it.

Thread: Problem President :(

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08 Oct 2010 10:16 PM:

SpainJo

To get back to your original points - before this thread got hijacked on presidentail authority.

1. Pools - I was a life guard in the UK at my local pool during my late teens (to pay my uni fees). I was lucky enough to save one 12 year old's life who was running along the pool side to dive bomb his mates, slipped, banged his head and knocked himself out. I was also devasted when I could NOT save a 14 year old doing similar - he cracked his head and broke his neck doing exactly the same. There was nothing I could do - he was dead by the time I got to him! Not from the broken neck apparently - he drowned because I wasn't quick enough as I was watching 2 other stupid lads doing the same thing. I live with his death to this day.

That was ina pool with 3 lifeguards - so please think very carefully before allowing your children to be in the pool on their own when there is no-one watching out for them - whatever their age. Otherwise accept the consequences if they die. It doesn't need to be them mis-behaving, it might be some other unaccompanied kid who dive bombs them and pushes them to the bottom without anyone noticing.

2. Sky TV - do you know that is is actually illegal to have Sky in Spain? Yes everyone does it but your presidente can be as awkward as he likes if he wants to be.

My advice - find a villa with it's own pool to rent and avoid presidents and be able to keep an eye on them whilst you work.

 

Thread: Problem President :(

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