October 2007 - Posts

• Spelling Doesn’t Matter

  I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht Read More... Posted 28 October 2007 01:52 by notthat | 0 Comments
• Dark Suckers

  For years it has been believed that electric bulbs emitted light. However, recent information from Bell Labs has proven otherwise. Electric bulbs don't emit light, they suck dark. Thus they now call these bulbs dark suckers. The dark sucker theory, according Read More... Posted 28 October 2007 01:45 by notthat | 0 Comments
• Broadband connections are never as fast as they should be

  Companies promise “20 megas” but only four per cent of users in the country have the chance to reach that speed The majority of internet users in the province of Malaga and other parts of Spain do not get what they were promised when they took on the Read More... Posted 26 October 2007 15:55 by notthat | 0 Comments
• Muñoz and Román tell court they remember little about awarding an illegal licence

  Marbella’s former mayor and councillors don’t recall granting permission to build a house on land reserved for a school Julián Muñoz claimed he “signed planning deals on car boots” Former mayor of Marbella, Julián Muñoz, and former deputy, Pedro Román, Read More... Posted 26 October 2007 15:46 by notthat | 1 Comments
• The Malaga-Fuengirola coastal train line a source of conflict between central and regional governments

  The alternatives are building a completely new line or restructuring the existing one, and agreement on this issue has not yet been reached While the present rail service between Malaga and Fuengirola is on the point of collapse, the Delegate for Public Read More... Posted 26 October 2007 15:41 by notthat | 0 Comments
• Nothat's Top Tips

  Save a fortune on laundry bills. Give your dirty shirts to Oxfam. They will wash and iron them and you can buy them back for fifty pence. Create instant designer stubble by sucking a magnet and dipping your chin into a bowl of iron filings. X-Files fans. Read More... Posted 19 October 2007 23:30 by notthat | 2 Comments
• Conservatives Abroad Conference attended by over 70 delegates

  The Costa del Sol Conservatives Abroad hosted the International Annual Conference on the 12th and 13th October at the Beatriz Palace Hotel, Mijas Costa. It attracted over seventy delegates and Conservative Abroad branch chairmen from across Europe. The Read More... Posted 19 October 2007 23:18 by notthat | 0 Comments
• Last minute rush brings Marbella PGOU objections up to 6,000

  The majority of the complaints are from owners of the 18,000 illegal homes affected by the compensation system “More or less 6,000”, announced the Mayor of Marbella, ángeles Muñoz, when asked how many objections the Town Hall had received about the new Read More... Posted 19 October 2007 23:17 by notthat | 0 Comments
• Looking to London for Malaga’s new metro system

  The Infrastructure Commission of the Andalusian Parliament visited London recently to see its underground system at first hand COMPARING Malaga city to London may not seem the most intelligent way of finding a model for a new metro system in Andalucía, Read More... Posted 18 October 2007 15:53 by notthat | 0 Comments