--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "do.rflex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Spain is known to be a rather boring place for foreigners > > who often take do drinking and doing nothing. Well known > > phenomenon. > > Well known to whom? Do you have solid evidence of this or > are you just making stuff up, like you did about Trotakacharya > having been a murderer?
Well, I'm pretty sure that Nabby was just making it up, but he's not that far off the mark when it comes to *some* foreigners who move to Spain. :-) In my case, even though I write in bars and about bars a lot, I don't actually drink very much, because at my age I can't get away with it. For- tunately, in Spain there is no "stigma" about sitting in bars and drinking Perrier or sipping on the same glass of beer or wine for hours, so I fit in. Strangely, it is actually more common to see people drinking *non* alcoholic beverages at bars and cafes than alcoholic ones. It could be the heat; drink alcohol during the day or even on hot summer nights and you'll be fast asleep before the fun starts. As for "doing nothing," I'd be willing to bet that my "nothing" earns me at least 10X more money per month than Nabby makes as a "photographer." It certainly earns me more than 10X the average salary in Spain. If I were a God freak I'd say "Thank God for the Internet and the ability to work using it," but since I'm not I'll just thank Maharishi for it. I'm pretty sure that sooner or later Nabby will get around to claiming that Maharishi invented both. :-)
