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Post by Sir Ped of Ro on Jul 15, 2005 9:26:46 GMT
to everyone
me and my wife will be going next sunday to Portugal, to be/have our summer holidays near with our loved ones (yep, the parents of us both are down there).
it's been a longtime since we haven't see them and lived the good life in Portugal: great traditional cooking, fine beachs, sun, etc...and no, no drinks for us Sharky (apart homemade ice teas and plenty of milkshakes, lol).
also, today is my last day here at work (accepted a far from being interesting job, just so Christina could focus full time on her tests...best investisement of the year!!!). it fills funny/strange, even when the work/tasks are boring, i had the chance of meeting some very nice/fine people...so the last day is a little more emotional, lol
anyway, i just wanted to wish you all the best to each one of you: have a great summer holidays and take care, longing to see you all within one month (mid august).
don't do anything too foolish, or if you do be careful ;D
regards, Pedro.
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Post by philster on Jul 15, 2005 9:43:39 GMT
Have fun, Pedro, don't get too sun burnt
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Post by Elliot Kane on Jul 15, 2005 12:47:16 GMT
Hope you & Christina have a great time, Pedro
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Post by Dark Phoenix Rising on Jul 15, 2005 12:49:13 GMT
Have a nice holiday, and don't forget the sun cream
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Post by Tsel on Jul 15, 2005 12:58:27 GMT
SPofR, I wish you and your family a blast of a good time. ;D Tsel
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BJC
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Post by BJC on Jul 15, 2005 14:01:37 GMT
Have a good time, Pedro
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Post by Shan on Jul 15, 2005 15:16:28 GMT
Sounds like a great time, Pedro. Hope you guys have tons of fun. Enjoy and you can tell us all about it when you get back. Take care. Shan
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Post by Gray Lensman on Jul 15, 2005 15:32:11 GMT
Enjoy your trip, Pedro. Hope you have a good time away. See you when you get back.
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Post by Max on Jul 15, 2005 17:31:04 GMT
Have a great time, Pedro!
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Post by Venom65437 on Jul 15, 2005 21:35:01 GMT
Sun cream? LoL Have fun Pedro, but more importantly, bring me back something!
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Post by Terrordar on Jul 15, 2005 21:41:01 GMT
Have fun friend.
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Post by thebarkingshark on Jul 16, 2005 5:17:19 GMT
Have a good time, Pedro. And at least have a couple of drinks and think of me! -SHARK DIGGLER
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Post by ptsteelers on Jul 16, 2005 10:58:32 GMT
... And at least have a couple of drinks and think of me! -SHARK DIGGLERNo PEDRO. DON"T DO IT !!!!!! Don't listen to Shark The last time I did that, things happened that I can't discuss on these boards. Bad Juan ... bad, bad Juan. Take care Pedro and have fun with the family.
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Post by Sir Ped of Ro on Jul 16, 2005 12:16:13 GMT
Philster, DragonLord i always must put a ton of sun cream (max. protection), i'm not much of the mediterranean skin type (white as milk, lol), so any extra sun exposure and i'm a pure lobster with legs...and a super red nose (it would seem like i was having holidays with good old Barky, lol). Venom i'll try to bring something...any special requests?! E., Tsel, Phil, BJC, Shanatra, Steve, Max, Terrordar thanks for the thoughts. we are eagerly waiting for the departure/arrival...can't wait to give a big hug to my loved ones, feel the air/sun of my country and specially...relax on the beach (missing the ocean is one of the things that drives me nuts here on frogs legs land...!!!!). Pst Don't worry i won't...at worst what i'll drink is some finest Oporto wine (i'm an Oporto wine lover/passionated...by the way, that reminds me of visiting the cellars!!! i'll think of you Sharky, you would go crazy with all those finest licours all around...some of the best in the planet...!!!) ;D if anyone wants a postcard, just send me today your name/adress via PM have a great time you all, take care, Pedro
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Post by Sir Ped of Ro on Jul 16, 2005 14:12:35 GMT
Phil and Steeve PM's well received guys... i'll chose a nice postcard for you fellas regards
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Post by Alrik on Jul 16, 2005 17:59:21 GMT
Take water with you ! Because there isn't much left anymore there ! (Half kidding, half serious ...) And have fun also.
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Post by Sir Ped of Ro on Jul 16, 2005 18:30:01 GMT
Take water with you ! Because there isn't much left anymore there ! (Half kidding, half serious ...) And have fun also. you should be full serious...the country is completly devastated, lakes and their environment dying, non-stop burnings, an already "survive type" of agriculture completly lost, deep ecological long therm impact on the soil/earth, etc... this is just a continuous series of natural disasters (along with the economical/political/financial catastrophes of the last decade) makes Portugal a very hard daily living country for it's citizens... the only richness we really had for the mid/long therm future were some forests, that were completly burned down 2 years ago (you could see the brown stains from nasa photo satelites)...almost 400.000 hc of burned area (barely 200.000 as the government stated, lol) :(yes it's a beautiful country...but not to live in. it's revolting and frustating regards
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Post by philster on Jul 16, 2005 18:47:49 GMT
I wasn't aware of the poor living conditions in Portugal at all. Sorry, Pedro
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Post by Elliot Kane on Jul 16, 2005 18:50:04 GMT
I'm with Phil. I had no idea... Horrible to hear your country is in such a dire strait, Pedro
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Post by Sir Ped of Ro on Jul 16, 2005 19:26:47 GMT
I wasn't aware of the poor living conditions in Portugal at all. Sorry, Pedro it's very, very hard to have a well balanced daily life: - An almost non-existent job market: a job market that isn't able to provide the minimum % of jobs for the active population and way less to present anything for the young adults who have graduated from the universities (the "professional" field - more physical work - have more openings). the more schoolarship level you have the harder it is to obtain anything... - A third world health and educational system: if you don't have money just pray to God to not be sick. The public hospitals are a living nightmare if you don't know any good doctors who might follow you closely/resiouslly. But not everyone working on a public hospital is a bad worker of course, but the environment hardly "invites" them to do a good job (low salaries, long hours, bad public reputation, non-existing conditions to work, lack of investisement, lack of interest by the government and not much payback in the end of a career). One of the main professional choices that my parents made in their careers was to work and stay working until the end to public/governmental institutions, to have a good health assurance (otherwise quite possibly i wouldn't be here writing you this). years to get an operation, people dying on the waiting line, lack of structures/material and education...makes an hospital more like a morgue! The educational system is a joke. after the late 80's/90's struggle for the end of iliteracy (hope it's the correct word) along with an old mentality (only the one who goes to the university is someone in life) opened the doors for private universities, where families sinked small fortunes in hope of giving something to their children...someprivate universities were opening/full working without the government permissions... in the end you have an huge amount of people rushing for university diplomes, low educational quality, non-existence job market...a vicious circle. - The daily cost of life. Only when i started living here in Paris i was surprised, shocked by how expensive living in my country is. The minimum salary is a little less than 1/3 than here in france and apart 2 main differences (the rents and the transports which are more expensive here) all is almost the same, except what you get paied in the end of the month. there are even a lot of stuff here that's much cheaper than in Portugal: culture acess (buying book), the phone bill (2 months in france is what you pay for 1 month in Portugal), etc... in general the food is a little bit cheaper (and in general better) in Portugal, but regarding what you get paied is still expensive. here we manage to survive with one pay chewk, in Portugal with 2 pay checks we couldn't... - A non-effective political class linked to a shallow and fragile role either be in the country or in europe. - Non competitive economic/financial market: The fishing industry is seriouslly dying, the agriculture is a non-existent one (small villages empty, schools closeing, abandoned fields, public services that slowly close down in the interior of the country...) and an industrial production that has been decaying for the last 20 years... our imature entering on the economical european community was like killing the golden eggs goose: corruption, lack of surveillance, short-time projects tha would be abondened as soon as the european surveillance was off...made us burn a golden oportunity to raise/build the country, trying to catch the 60 years of frozen modernity (due to one of the longest modern dictatorship). i'll stop rambling, the post is already a long and boring one...but i can't help it, it really crushes my heart all this. but in the end you'll be fine you have have some good contacts...otherwise hang on and survive, that's the national sport of a Portuguese citizen... regards
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