tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post3436846307361100926..comments2024-03-21T16:54:26.883+01:00Comments on Not Hemingway's Spain: PPSOE fusion, Spain finds lost 5,000 billion euro note in couch cushionAn American Spaniardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05357043835365025522noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-51600191350554111352012-04-22T11:02:51.392+02:002012-04-22T11:02:51.392+02:00Mother Theresa, yeah, the IKEA joke was about loca...Mother Theresa, yeah, the IKEA joke was about local Valencian furniture vendors, who fought long and hard to keep IKEA out. However, it looks like IKEA has finally secured a location to build, and claims it will open one in 1-2 years. (Though it has claimed this for the last 5 years.) While I think IKEA furniture (and employment practices) are pretty shabby, I think it's a great place for buying inexpensive accents for the home (and kitchen). And there's a reason IKEA is always full of pregnant women... cheap baby furniture (which really doesn't have to last)! So I find it irritating that Barcelona has two, Madrid 3, and yet Valencia not even one.<br /><br />Interesting they were able to fight off El Corte Inglés, it being Spanish. I assumed part of the Valencia furniture cartel's success against IKEA hinged on stirring up nativist sentiment. El Corte Inglés is usually the pride and joy of Spaniards, the height of good customer service (if you're willing to pay the price).An American Spaniardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357043835365025522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-82962037061137417242012-04-17T08:37:18.070+02:002012-04-17T08:37:18.070+02:00And the king is taking them all elephant hunting! ...And the king is taking them all elephant hunting! Thanks for a lighter take on this whole situation, I needed that. :D<br /><br />I'm assuming the IKEA thing is that you don't have one because of the smaller business owners objections. The same thing happened with El Corte Inglés over here, but in the end, ECI won, and now we finally have one. And the small businesses have flourished all around it. But I'm not holding my breath on getting an IKEA any time soon.Mother Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09648404612737553605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-59625179031328992502012-04-12T10:52:44.993+02:002012-04-12T10:52:44.993+02:00Mr. Grumpy, having read your IKEA post, all I can ...Mr. Grumpy, having read your IKEA post, all I can say is LMAO.An American Spaniardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357043835365025522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-24357728700594905382012-04-04T22:48:27.155+02:002012-04-04T22:48:27.155+02:00Not being of teenage years, I will resist the urge...Not being of teenage years, I will resist the urge to type an abreviation of 'laugh out loud' to show my mirth and amusement.<br /><br />Check out my IKEA Blog if you despise the Sweedish junkyard as much as I do, as do most other sane hetrosexual males.Tumbit - Mr Grumpyhttp://www.tumbit.com/blogs/1579-shopping-in-the-shop-that-shall-remain-nameless.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-67034667813943942842012-04-04T09:21:00.702+02:002012-04-04T09:21:00.702+02:00Sorokin, I had read that news story, too, and bein...Sorokin, I had read that news story, too, and being a Texan myself I felt it was a long time coming. If Texas unifies with Mexico, they can finally fight the true common enemy: California. Though I think the Tex-Mex/Mexican food fusion is more of an even exchange than the Chatanooga Post characterizes it... Texans want Mexicans' food quality and authenticity, while Mexicans secretly enjoy the tons of cheese that Texans add to all their dishes.<br /><br />Mr. Grumpy, I wonder if anyone got the joke about Valencian furniture cartels and IKEA. For me that was a real ace, but also pretty obscure if you don't live in Valencia and love IKEA.An American Spaniardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05357043835365025522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-16360869181696216632012-04-02T22:24:38.935+02:002012-04-02T22:24:38.935+02:00I see what you did there ....I see what you did there ....Tumbit - Mr Grumpyhttp://www.tumbit.com/blogs/1323-expat-books-v-expat-blogs.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-456371192846310724.post-28363136740630468142012-04-01T18:28:01.546+02:002012-04-01T18:28:01.546+02:00Surprising!!! Impressive!!! Today is a day of big ...Surprising!!! Impressive!!! Today is a day of big news coming: Also, in accordance to the Chatanooga Post, it would seem that conversations have opened between the Texas Governor and the Mexican President, Felipe Calderón, to make Texas again a part of a Mexican Federation and to revert one hundred years' injustice declaring General Santa Anna a national hero. The reasons for the move are still a bit unclear, but it would seem that the Texan people are a bit fed up that their food is not considered at the same level as the real quesadillas, zopes, antojitos and pozole.Sorokinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07435785507435856333noreply@blogger.com