the sentinella, costa west edition. feb/march 2011

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Enjoy!

What an amazing start to the year, with the

gorgeous weather making us feel great! And

we thought it would continue, but as I write

this it is freezing cold, raining and very

windy!!! (Typical British – always moaning

about the weather)

So as 2011 really gets into gear, most of us

should have blown away the 2010 cobwebs

and Christmas holiday blues and planned

our future, eventhough even the best made

plans often go down the pan!

We are going to make this a bumper year

for all involved: to help the local community

– expats and Spanish - to recover from what

can only be described as an awful two years

of struggle and strife.

We have no doubt that you, our readers,

have plans, ideas or even advice for this

coming year and, here at the Sentinella, we

want to hear about them. Let others benefit

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A lady walks into Tiffany's. She browses

around, spots a beautiful diamond

bracelet and walks over to inspect it. As

she bends over to look more closely she

inadvertently breaks wind.

Very embarrassed, she looks around

nervously to see if anyone has noticed

her little accident and prays that a sales

person doesn't pop up right now.

As she turns around, her worst nightmare

materializes in the form of a salesman

standing right behind her.

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plete professionalism, the salesman

greets the lady with, 'Good day, Madam.

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salesman may just not have been there

at the time of her little 'accident', she

asks, 'Sir, what is the price of this lovely

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Did you Know ....

If a statue in the park of a person on

a horse has both front legs in the air,

the person died in battle; if the horse

has one front leg in the air, the

person died as a result of wounds

received in battle; if the horse has all

four legs on the ground, the person

died of natural causes.

"I am." is the shortest complete sen-

tence in the English language.

The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived

from an old English law which stated

that you couldn't beat your wife with

anything wider than your thumb.

The cruise liner, Queen Elizabeth II,

moves only six inches for each gallon

of diesel that it burns.

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Patrick's pregnant sister was in

a terrible car accident and went into

a deep coma. After being in the

coma for nearly six months, she

wakes up and sees that she is no

longer pregnant.

Frantically, she asks the doctor

about her baby.

The doctor replies, 'Ma'am, you had

twins ... a boy and a girl. The babies

are fine, however, they were poorly at

birth, and had to be christened im-

mediately so your brother Patrick

came in and named them.

The woman thinks to herself, ' Oh

suffering Jesus, no, not me brother,

he's a clueless idiot ...

Expecting the worst, she asks the

doctor,' Well, what's my daughter's

name?

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brother', she thought ...'I really like

Denise '

Then she asks, ' What's the boy's

name?'

The doctor replies ' Denephew '

Two blonde girls were working for

the city public works department.

One would dig a hole and the other

would follow behind her and fill the

hole in. They worked up one side of

the street, then down the other, then

moved on to the next street, working

furiously all day without rest, one girl

digging a hole, the other girl filling it

in again.

An onlooker was amazed at their

hard work, but couldn't understand

what they were doing. So he asked

the hole digger, 'I'm impressed by the

effort you two are putting in to your

work, but I don't get it -- why do you

dig a hole, only to have your partner

follow behind and fill it up again?'

The hole digger wiped her brow and

sighed, 'Well, I suppose it probably

looks odd because we're normally a

three-person team. But today the girl

who plants the trees called in sick.'

A man walks into Ann Summers to

purchase some see-through lingerie

for his wife.

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range from £50 to £150 in price, the

more see-through, the higher the

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home.

He presents it to his wife and asks

her to go upstairs, put it on and

model it for him.

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idea. It's so see-through that it might

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morrow and get a £150 refund and

keep the money for myself'.

So she appears naked at the top of

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The husband says 'Stone me, it was-

n't that creased in the shop'.

His funeral is this Thursday.

Nigel and Stephen, are keen fish-

ermen and wine drinkers;

Slurping a large Bordeaux Supérieur,

Nigel announces, 'I think I'm going to

divorce my wife, she hasn't spoken to

me in eighteen months.'

Stephen downs his glass of the red

wine thoughtfully and after a while

responds, 'Think it over a bit more,

Nige; women like that are hard to

find.'

Thanks to all of you who send in

your jokes & funny stories!

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Some Valentine's Day Facts.

As Valentine's Day comes once more,

with flowers, chocolates and gifts

let's take a look the secrets of this

day...

So on this Valentine's Day as your

heart reaches out to your sweet-

heart, let this old but valuable trivia

help you select the perfect gift for

your loved one.

Valentine Cards ...

•Every year around 1 billion Valen-

tine cards are sent across. After

Christmas it's a single largest

seasonal card-sending occasion.

•Teachers receive the most Valen-

tine's Day cards, followed by

children, mothers, wives, and then,

sweethearts.

Children between ages 6 to 10 years

exchange more than 650 million

Valentine's cards with teachers,

classmates, and family members.

Valentine Flowers/Roses...

•Have you ever received Valentine

Flowers? If you answer yes,I guess

you are a woman. 73% of the people

who buy Valentine's Day flowers are

men, while only 27 percent are

women.

•A single perfect red rose framed

with baby's breath is named by some

florists as a "signature rose," and is

the preferred choice for most for

giving on Valentine's Day, anniver-

saries and birthdays.

•The red rose was the favorite flower

of Venus, the Roman goddess of

love. The color red stands for strong

romantic feelings making the red

rose the flower of love.

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•Cupid is a symbol of Valentine's

Day. Cupid was associated with

Valentine's Day because he was the

son of Venus, the Roman god of love

and beauty. Cupid often appears on

Valentine cards and gift tokens hold-

ing a bow and arrows as he is

believed to use magical arrows to

arouse feelings of love.

Love Letters and Poems...

•Verona, the Italian city where

Shakespeare's play lovers Romeo

and Juliet lived, receives about

1,000 letters every year sent to Juliet

on Valentine's Day.

•The oldest surviving love poem tol

date is written in a clay tablet from

the times of the Sumerians, inven-

tors of writing, around 3500 B.C.

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•In the Middle Ages young men and

women drew the names from a bowl

to see who would be their Valentine.

They would wear this name pinned

on their sleeves for one week. This

was done so that it becomes easy for

other people to know your true feel-

ings. This was known as "to wear

your heart on your sleeve".

Valentine Gifts...

•On February 14th wooden love

spoons were carved and given as

gifts on Valentine's Day in Wales.

Hearts, keys and keyholes were

favorite Valentine decorations on the

wooden spoons. This Valentine deco-

ration meant, "You unlock my heart!"

•The most beautiful and incredible

gift of love is the monument Taj

Mahal in India. Built by Mughal

Emperor Shahjahan as a memorial to

his wife it stands as the emblem of

the eternal love story. Work on the

Taj Mahal began in 1634 and contin-

ued for almost 22 years and required

the labor of 20,000 workers from all

over India and Central Asia.

•In America, the pil-

grims used to sent

confections, such

as sugar wafers,

marzipan, sweet-

meats and sugar

plums, to their affi-

anced. Lot of value was placed on

these gifts because they included

what was then a rare product, sugar.

After the late 1800's, beet sugar be-

came widely used and more avail-

able, and sweet gifts continued to be

cherished and enjoyed.

•Amongst the earliest Valentine's

Day gifts were candies. The most

common were chocolates in heart

shaped boxes.

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Non-resident tax returns. Incorrect

assessment can be very expensive. As a non-resident you should have sub-

mitted your 2009 annual tax declaration.

If you have owned your property for sev-

eral years, do not be surprised if you re-

ceive a communication from your lawyer

or tax consultant advising you that this

obligation should be fulfilled. If you are

advised to include previous year’s decla-

rations and to implement this require-

ment the amount deemed payable is

excessive, do not automatically accept

that the information with which you have

been provided is correct and seek further

advice. Costa Advice Bureau came across

such an example. A non-resident was pre-

sented with a written quote for tax

payable and fees totaling almost

9.000.00 euro. By some research and a

careful study of the figures and with the

correct advice the total including taxes

due was reduced to 739.00 euro exclud-

ing IVA. Always seek a second opinion if

you are advised to fulfill this requirement

and the amount owed is excessive. Do

not accept that the information with

which you have been provided is correct.

Fear of being hounded for a mortgage

debt. Dacion en pago (discharge all or part of

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a debt) is the preferred option but not al-

ways available. The normal route a bank

takes against debtors, for whom all

avenues have been exhausted ,is legal

action to embargo your property. This will

not leave you debt free and the bank is

free to auction your property for up to fifty

percent below its actual value. This, in

effect, will leave you with the balance of

the debt. At this stage, the amount owed

will have raised substantially due to legal

costs. Unable to pay the balance, the

courts will give the bank the right to

embargo your bank accounts, your

salaries and any other asset you own

including the family car as payment

towards the debt.

To date, we have no news of any debtors

having to relinquish any asset, such as a

property in their home country, but

lawyers are pursuing this action in the

hope of setting a precedent. Do not

ignore the banks demands, but seek

advice to attempt to obtain dacion en

pago. This is not a route that the banks

relish as they will themselves have to

meet your debt. With property values at

an all time low, this option is difficult, but

not impossible, to achieve.

Illegal buildings Andalucía

government’s talks indicate a

change in the law.With at least 300.000 known illegal

building scattered around Andalucía, the

Coastal regions being the worst offender,

the Junta recently held a planning

convention in the Cadiz province, where

it was decided to consider legalising the

majority of the dwellings, with the owners

liable to pay the costs. This is to include

homes built on land lacking the meters

necessary to comply with the planning

laws and are even to take into considera-

tion properties built without the relevant

licences.

Are you playing the Spanish

Traffic Laws lottery?If you are driving a UK plated vehicle in

Spain without a valid UK MOT, you are

driving illegally. A Spanish ITV (MOT) sticker on your UKregistered vehicle does not mean yourcar insurance is valid ... are you going torisk waiting until you need to make aclaim before you find out?

If you are resident in Spain and your car

is in Spain for more than 180days per

year, you are breaking the law.

For further information on the above and

any other matters contact:

Mijas Office : 952 48 68 06


Estepona Office: 952 79 78 21


Little Fishes- Spain, offer baby &

toddler swimming courses that are differ-

ent to traditional swimming lessons.

Whilst the main emphasis is on having

fun, the classes are highly structured,

progressive and carefully designed.

Without the use of armbands, our

classes encourage free movement in the

water that will enable your child to swim

when they are physically and emotionally

ready. Parents will be shown how to

assist their babies to move on their own

through and under the water, offering

physical support, praise & encourage-

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Wednesday afternoon and in Marbella on

a Monday afternoon & Thursday Morning.

With class numbers limited, to provide

your child with the individual attention

they need, we currently only have a few

spaces left. Our teachers are the most

experienced on the coast and with the

current special course price Little Fishes

classes are without doubt the best value

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10.00-14.00 at Bar Eden on the Forest

Hills road.

Stalls costs €10.

Commercial traders not permitted. There

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goods to sell – or like a rummage

amongst other people's- this is the oppor-

tunity!

Kennels: for enquiries relating to adoption

of dogs, lost animals, unwanted and aban-

doned animals, please contact the kennels

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Every time I see a person accompanied by

a less-than-handsome dog, I automatically

get a ‘good feeling’ about that person; the

same as when I am asked for a consulta-

tion with a dog whose behaviour clearly

leaves room for improvement and the own-

ers tell me “We adopted him from a rescue

centre – we know nothing about his past”.

Dog psychologists love working with rescue

centre adoptees; they are the ultimate

challenge in behaviour modification – all

we have to go on in order to diagnose the

problem and, consequently, modify their

behaviour is what we can see for ourselves,

plus our knowledge of how dogs learn and

how their brains and emotions develop.

Rescue-dog owners walk their dogs with

pride, and so they should.These dogs have

got “I am loved” written all over them, as

opposed to “I cost a fortune” in the case of

some posh pups and ‘designer dogs’ (poor

things, I say, despite the high price tag).

This winter has been plagued with disas-

ters for local animal rescue centres and

their inmates: flooding at PAD (Mijas) just

before Christmas, in which 20 animals lost

their lives and all the equipment and

supplies were destroyed; Triple A (Marbella)

desperate for adoptions, due to an over-

load of incoming dogs like they have never

seen before; the horrendous discovery of

the unlawful killing of over 2000 dogs at

Parque Animal (Torremolinos) and subse-

quent arrests of those responsible, to

mention just a few. Fortunately, local

animal lovers are quick to help out in any

way they can when these things happen.

If you are not in a position to adopt a dog,

perhaps you could foster one for a limited

period? Either way, it’s worth paying a

visit to the local rescue centres. You can

find a list of these on our website

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Remember when bands were all

about the music and not about the

hype? Well, Costa Rock is just that. The

band is going from strength to strength

after a complete change at the beginning

of this year, when founder member Rob

Thorby decided to hand over the reins to

vocalist Pete Carter.

Pete knew of the legacy he had inherited:

“Costa Rock was always THE band people

spoke of as one of the top acts in the

area,” he said “So when Robert asked me

to take the band on and restore that repu-

tation I jumped at the chance”

Joining Pete in the band is drummer Paul

Hodge and guitarist Stephen Toals.

‘Hodge’ was a founder member of Rocka-

billy legends The Sharks whilst Stephen is

fast establishing himself as one of the best

guitarists around. Meanwhile the recent

departure of bass player Dave Speers, left

a huge gap until the band heard that Keith

Bradshaw was looking for a new challenge

after the demise of local band The San-

dancers.

This year has seen Costa Rock play

throughout the coastal and inland areas

with regular fixtures at renown music

venue in Malaga, The ZZ Pub and The Zep-

pelin Bar in Alhaurin El Grande.

“The key to a great band is whether they

are asked back,” Pete explains “And we get

asked back everywhere we play, with one

venue even booking us for regular appear-

ances throughout next year after we'd fin-

ished our first set!”

It's not just the band that got a make-over,

the music got a major facelift too which ex-

plains the presence of a few surprises in

the set now. Costa Rock now don't just tip

a hat to the Rock legends of the 60's and

70's, but now they also make tribute to

acts such as The Mission, Kings of Leon,

Snow Patrol, Radiohead, Duran Duran and

Gary Numan.

Along with various private functions Costa

Rock is certainly finding things very busy.

So if you want to see what all the fuss is

about pop along to the following gigs:

JFebruary 11th Louie Louie - Estepona

February 26th Auld Dubliner - Estepona

March 5th Casita De Aperros - Alora

March 18th - Rumours - Alora

March 19th Auld Dubliner - Estepona

March 26th - Rock Island Line - Fuengirola Port

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St Valentine’s Day is really an excuse for

another day of indulgence. So this is

something that will be appearing on my

Valentine’s table.

There’s nothing Spanish at all about the

following dip but it is an incredible match

for the wonderful Gambas caught off

these shores. Look to buy raw, unpeeled

prawns, the best that you can afford. I

really like the small prawns from

Sanlucar or Huelva. They are a fiddle to

peel but they are the sweetest prawns

you will ever taste. I actually eat the

shells but not the heads – I save them

for my stock. When you drain the prawns,

save the poaching liqueur into which you

can add the discarded prawn shells to

boil for your stock for future use.

Prawns with Dipping Sauce

Enough prawns bought fresh from the

fish counter to feed assembled company

2 cloves garlic crushed or grated

Chopped red chilli to taste or a pinch of

dried red chilli flakes

approx. 4cm fresh ginger, finely grated

4 tablespoons fish sauce (available in

most large supermarkets in the Oriental

section)

2 tablespoons lime juice (about 1 lime).

(Tip: Roll it before cutting to make it eas-

ier to juice)

4 tablespoons water

2 tablespoons caster sugar

Bring to the boil enough water in a large

saucepan to cover the prawns. Add 2-3

tablespoons of salt.

Whilst waiting for the water to boil, assem-

ble all the dip ingredients in a jar and shake

like mad.

When the water comes to the boil, add the

prawns. After 30 seconds stir gently to mix

them around a bit. When the prawns start

to float to the top, stir again. Cooking time

will depend on the size of the prawns but

approx 2-3 minutes. When they float to the

top they are ready. Drain and run under the

cold water tap to cool down.

Decant dip into a shot glass per person into

which you dip your prawns and serve imme-

diately.

The dip is totally delicious if poured over a

mixture of noodles, fresh coriander and

shredded chicken etc.

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Recipe Idea

Ingredients:

2 oz Herradura Tequila Silver

1 oz white creme de cacao

1 oz double cream

1/2 oz Chambord

white chocolate flakes for rimming

fresh raspberries for garnish

Preparation:

In a cocktail shaker with ice, add Herradura

tequila, white crème de cacao, double

cream and Chambord.

Shake for 15 seconds.

Pour into a chilled cocktail glass, rimmed

with white chocolate, add a spear of fresh

raspberries, and serve.

Valentine Cocktail ...

Agave Kiss

E n t e r t a i n m

e n tTimeless Valentine

As time goes by from year to year,

One thing is surely true, my dear;

Though decades come and decades go,

Just seeing you sets me aglow.

Time shifts my body; I start to sag,

When I pass a mirror, it can make me gag.

My joints all ache; I can hardly move;

Still a smile from you, and I’m in the

groove.

Getting older can be a pain,

But with you along, I can’t complain.

Despite the things that we go through,

I know I’ll never stop loving you.

Your loving heart turns life to play,

As we laugh at time from day to day.

So I write this poem, and I’ll hang my sign,

Saying, "Always Be My Valentine."

Hindsight

I said to you, "Oh, please be mine;

Be mine forever, Valentine."

I must have seemed like quite a fool,

Although I thought I was being cool

.

I swore that we would never part,

As I put my hand upon my heart.

Had I been thinking with my head,

I'd probably have fled instead.

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8. Erratum

15. Maxim

16. Somersault

17. Curse

19. Focusing glass

20. Tardy

22. Antlered animal

Across

1. Memorable periods

5. A bunch of hair

9. Surely

10. Charge per unit

11. Break

12. Murres

13. Back then

14. Be adrift

16. Law enforcement agency

18. Not sharp

21. Shoestring

23. Neighborhood

24. Lacking in refinement

25. Fringe benefit

26. Alternatively

Down

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2. Backside

3. Artisan

4. Rob

5. "___ the season ..."

6. Abnormal

7. Stars and Stripes

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Medical Emergency 061

National Police 091

Local Police 092

Guardia Civil 062

Fire Brigade 080

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Guardia Civil 952 801 087

Local Police 952 808 040

Fire Brigade 952 804 483

Red Cross 952 806 542

MARBELLA

National Police 952 762 600

Guardia Civil 952 770 344

Local Police 952 899 900

Fire Brigade 952 774 349

Red Cross 952 861 688

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Maternity 951 030 200

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San Pedro 952 774 488

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