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Well, guys, thanks for the explanations. You explained it very well. Don't blame you for going to Spain, Arthur.

I must have read one of Cornwall's propaganda pieces. :lol:

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Originally posted by arthurarnell@Sep 2 2005, 05:26 AM
Hi Stumpy

No we saw it on television, and some people got injured in the running of the bulls, I agree with you about their customs but it's not a bad country. We also took in day trips to Gibralter, which as it is a British colony was obviously like going home and during a tour of the rock we looked at some of the 34 miles of tunnels hewn out of the rock during the Second World War by the British sappers and Canadians. During the height of the war when Hitler was threatening to invade Gibralter the tunnels housed 16,000 soldiers. One interesting point to Americans is that the rock has only had one foreign governor in its history and that was General Eisenhower when he was planning operation Torch the invasion of North Aftrica.

The rock has Barbary apes running free at the top and its a tradition that if the apes leave the rock then the British will also leave. During the war Churchill noticed that the number of apes was declining slightly and ordered another thirty to be put on. Nowadays there are about two hundred and they are thriving.

And speaking of North Africa it is only fourteen kilometers from the Spanish Border and we spent a day in Tangiers walking round the famous Casbah, Charles Boyer wasn't there but it was fascinating all the same.
Regards

Arthur

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I'm curious, Arthur. From what I've read, Cornwall and Devon have fairly balmy climates with lots of sunshine. If that's true, why did you spend your money on the Costa del Sol? Why not help out your fellow Englishmen by spending the money at home, so to speak?

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Originally posted by arthurarnell@Sep 1 2005, 01:59 PM
Just got back from Spain

Did you participate in the tomato fight, Arthur?

Man, those Spaniards have some strange customs, I think.