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Michelle Johnstone 0:00 Hola Funky Media listeners from a completely scorching Costa del Sol.
Hi everyone, Essex here and I feel like the Wicked Witch of the North, like in The Wizard of Oz, you know the bit ? "Dorothy I'm melting". Over the weekend, the temps here, we're in the 40s in some places and when you're rushing around in it and the car is registering 41 degrees at four o'clock in the afternoon........Wow ! Yesterday it was 35 degrees in the shade. Still, it's been an interesting week, everything is functioning normally here, I'm noticing that there are a lot of Belgians and Danes here at the moment but the British are trickling in slowly with no problems in the airport this end at all and they seem to be saying, "to hell with the amber list" If it's okay for certain government health ministers to break the rules. it's okay for me. Here, we only have to wear masks in the shops now which is fair enough, I can live with that but the restaurants and bars are coming back to life. People are enjoying themselves on the beach and we do have a few more Brits here at the moment, and the ones I've spoken to have that "to hell with their attitude". That man, Matt Hancock fiasco, finish them off completely, and now they seem to have adopted the what I call, ´stuff it attitude´. We're going on holiday, we're going to see our loved ones, and we're going to the properties we invested in on the Costa del Sol, we're going to have a good time and to heck with a quarantine when we get back. Come on, Boris, you need to stop this farce now. The Costa del Sol is safe. If people have a negative test or two jobs, set us all free or we will have no immunity to anything. I'm not dissing the Delta variant. No one wants to get sick, and I'm certainly sympathetic to what we have all been through, but it's time to let the people decide to go back to a normal ish life. Even here, I see the odd person driving in a mask by themselves in the car. And I think ....."What the heck ?" ..... "Is that necessary ?" Let people decide before everyone loses their minds from paranoia and fear.
Funny, I read your lovely comments and messages from my podcast and from what I read, I realise that you like it when I rant. Sure you like the funny stories, but you seem to like it when I rant, so that's what I'm going to do. As I go about my business and a weekend of dining on the beach. Well, just Saturday night with friends who funny enough have just arrived from the UK for a few weeks. Which is good and bad, good because it's so lovely to see them and bad because my wine intake goes up considerably. On Friday night, my old man plays in a charity walking football match for a great cause. I am so proud of him. Sadly, his team didn't win, but a lot of money was raised for a very sick young woman here who has been diagnosed with motor neuron disease. One of the nice things about living here is the sense of community. It's a kinda, we try and look after our own mentality. That was also the night, Spain won their last game in the Euro 2020 competition that is currently on and the bar at the football ground went crazy. As we all threw COVID caution to the wind and crowded around the bar maskless and screaming as Spain went through on penalties. You see, if England and Spain, end up playing in the final, it's a win win situation for us Brits here in Spain. We get to party either way, As far as flags go, I've got one of each, so I'm ready. I don't know why, I'm not really into football that much but one must keep up appearances in order to be able to indulge and enjoy the revelry.
Now, while we're on the subject of live broadcasting. I see the BBC have decided to backtrack and go back to the over 75 again, starting this week. When the BBC said they weren't going to send in any of their goons,.....sorry, let's give them their proper name "TV licence inspectors" (cough) "Salesmen" who are back out chasing the silver tops. They said they wouldn't visit their houses, well guess what ? They've changed their minds. There are about 260,000 over 75, who have not paid their TV licence but then who is to say that they need one. When a lot of people are getting their news from other sources and journalists are reporting live on places like YouTube and Twitch, as opposed to the lefty presenters like the BBC, people are tuning out. I'm telling you the BBC is reaching its sell by date, and its only chance is advertising or subscription. Not everyone wants to see what they're churning out. Well, to be perfectly honest we're all watching ´Corrie´and ´EastEnders´ here in Spain, but some of the programming, let's be fair is total crap. This is a not a good look for a public broadcaster to be chasing the people that built this country, paid in all these years, paid their taxes and their TV licences. This subject really gets under my skin. I think they should leave the pensioners alone, some time the TV is their only company, a voice in the background for them to hear. It's disgusting and it's disrespectful BBC !
One of the things I've noticed as well is the price of food and electricity going up here, just at the time when we seriously need our air conditioning. I haven't seen a Scotch check in months and Iceland Overseas and other British supermarkets here are struggling to get certain items over to Spain thanks to Brexit. Remember that ? That was the last pandemic was swept over us. Ireland can't get sausages. What in this world is going on ? I despair. I think they should let the people decide. Isn't this why we choose MPs and politicians to represent us, the people ? At least there's no shortage of sunshine and Sangria to keep up our spirits. Crikey, this is turning into a soap box week by week.
Well this week, we say goodbye to the Peseta for good. Not that you can spend them out here but people have been collecting them as nostalgia or had them lying around the house but as of June, the 30th, you can no longer hand them back to the bank if you wanted to change them. They are to be archived. The Peseta was the currency here until March 1st, 2002, when the Euro came in. Personally, I loved Pesetas because when you changed your money up. It was the only time in your life you came close to becoming a millionaire. You change up some pounds and presto depending on where you were in the world, you'd have 5 million escudos. Only then to realise that an ice cream would cost you 3000 of those and that's without the flake. Now we're moving into the world of cryptocurrency, which we're all trying to understand before our governments do. Life as we know it has certainly changed over the years. I did watch the infamous statue unveiling this week, am I the only one left disappointed ? Diana was so glamorous vibrant and beautiful. I don't think that statue did her any justice at all. I sort of went "ugh".... with disappointment when they uncovered it. The ´ginger woke whinger´... sorry Prince Harry. He didn't hang around long did he ? Before you could say "piff, paff, poof´ he was off back to the ball and chain at the palace in Montecito, California. Couldn't even hang around for one more day to see his 95 year old granny. Her Majesty the Queen. Respect, .....out the window.
Finally, the things we do these days, Lilah Parsons a name that some of you might recognise, she's a 33 year old Heart FM presenter tried out some fake tan drops for the first time. I'm guessing you take these orally, hopefully, she was expecting a ´soft subtle glow´but woke up the next day with a not quite as she expected. In a video she posted to Tik Tok, of course, because a lot of people like to embarrass themselves on social media these days, posted it as a warning to our friends saying, If you don't see me for a while, it´s because I'm undercover because I had a little accident. I think that happened to me with hair dye once. The former Capitol breakfast co host, then showed off her bright orange face, which I gotta tell you, is several shades darker than her neck, Lilah captured the hilarious post ·Never Fake Tanning Again", the clip has been watched by over 288,000 people online with hundreds of people offering her advice and condolences. One person actually wrote, "Girl, You're only supposed to use a couple of drops". Maybe she had a tumbler full because she certainly turned orange. In fact, if she was a bit shorter, she could have auditioned as an Umpah Loompah in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. Lord knows what our insides look like. Well mis amigos, that's it for this week. I'm off to fry eggs on my freshly cleaned car bonnet. That'll save me some pesetas on my electric bill.
Have a great week, stay safe, and until next week, as always, from me Michelle,
Hasta Luego, from the Costa del Sol.
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By Michelle JohnstoneMichelle Johnstone 0:00 Hola Funky Media listeners from a completely scorching Costa del Sol.
Hi everyone, Essex here and I feel like the Wicked Witch of the North, like in The Wizard of Oz, you know the bit ? "Dorothy I'm melting". Over the weekend, the temps here, we're in the 40s in some places and when you're rushing around in it and the car is registering 41 degrees at four o'clock in the afternoon........Wow ! Yesterday it was 35 degrees in the shade. Still, it's been an interesting week, everything is functioning normally here, I'm noticing that there are a lot of Belgians and Danes here at the moment but the British are trickling in slowly with no problems in the airport this end at all and they seem to be saying, "to hell with the amber list" If it's okay for certain government health ministers to break the rules. it's okay for me. Here, we only have to wear masks in the shops now which is fair enough, I can live with that but the restaurants and bars are coming back to life. People are enjoying themselves on the beach and we do have a few more Brits here at the moment, and the ones I've spoken to have that "to hell with their attitude". That man, Matt Hancock fiasco, finish them off completely, and now they seem to have adopted the what I call, ´stuff it attitude´. We're going on holiday, we're going to see our loved ones, and we're going to the properties we invested in on the Costa del Sol, we're going to have a good time and to heck with a quarantine when we get back. Come on, Boris, you need to stop this farce now. The Costa del Sol is safe. If people have a negative test or two jobs, set us all free or we will have no immunity to anything. I'm not dissing the Delta variant. No one wants to get sick, and I'm certainly sympathetic to what we have all been through, but it's time to let the people decide to go back to a normal ish life. Even here, I see the odd person driving in a mask by themselves in the car. And I think ....."What the heck ?" ..... "Is that necessary ?" Let people decide before everyone loses their minds from paranoia and fear.
Funny, I read your lovely comments and messages from my podcast and from what I read, I realise that you like it when I rant. Sure you like the funny stories, but you seem to like it when I rant, so that's what I'm going to do. As I go about my business and a weekend of dining on the beach. Well, just Saturday night with friends who funny enough have just arrived from the UK for a few weeks. Which is good and bad, good because it's so lovely to see them and bad because my wine intake goes up considerably. On Friday night, my old man plays in a charity walking football match for a great cause. I am so proud of him. Sadly, his team didn't win, but a lot of money was raised for a very sick young woman here who has been diagnosed with motor neuron disease. One of the nice things about living here is the sense of community. It's a kinda, we try and look after our own mentality. That was also the night, Spain won their last game in the Euro 2020 competition that is currently on and the bar at the football ground went crazy. As we all threw COVID caution to the wind and crowded around the bar maskless and screaming as Spain went through on penalties. You see, if England and Spain, end up playing in the final, it's a win win situation for us Brits here in Spain. We get to party either way, As far as flags go, I've got one of each, so I'm ready. I don't know why, I'm not really into football that much but one must keep up appearances in order to be able to indulge and enjoy the revelry.
Now, while we're on the subject of live broadcasting. I see the BBC have decided to backtrack and go back to the over 75 again, starting this week. When the BBC said they weren't going to send in any of their goons,.....sorry, let's give them their proper name "TV licence inspectors" (cough) "Salesmen" who are back out chasing the silver tops. They said they wouldn't visit their houses, well guess what ? They've changed their minds. There are about 260,000 over 75, who have not paid their TV licence but then who is to say that they need one. When a lot of people are getting their news from other sources and journalists are reporting live on places like YouTube and Twitch, as opposed to the lefty presenters like the BBC, people are tuning out. I'm telling you the BBC is reaching its sell by date, and its only chance is advertising or subscription. Not everyone wants to see what they're churning out. Well, to be perfectly honest we're all watching ´Corrie´and ´EastEnders´ here in Spain, but some of the programming, let's be fair is total crap. This is a not a good look for a public broadcaster to be chasing the people that built this country, paid in all these years, paid their taxes and their TV licences. This subject really gets under my skin. I think they should leave the pensioners alone, some time the TV is their only company, a voice in the background for them to hear. It's disgusting and it's disrespectful BBC !
One of the things I've noticed as well is the price of food and electricity going up here, just at the time when we seriously need our air conditioning. I haven't seen a Scotch check in months and Iceland Overseas and other British supermarkets here are struggling to get certain items over to Spain thanks to Brexit. Remember that ? That was the last pandemic was swept over us. Ireland can't get sausages. What in this world is going on ? I despair. I think they should let the people decide. Isn't this why we choose MPs and politicians to represent us, the people ? At least there's no shortage of sunshine and Sangria to keep up our spirits. Crikey, this is turning into a soap box week by week.
Well this week, we say goodbye to the Peseta for good. Not that you can spend them out here but people have been collecting them as nostalgia or had them lying around the house but as of June, the 30th, you can no longer hand them back to the bank if you wanted to change them. They are to be archived. The Peseta was the currency here until March 1st, 2002, when the Euro came in. Personally, I loved Pesetas because when you changed your money up. It was the only time in your life you came close to becoming a millionaire. You change up some pounds and presto depending on where you were in the world, you'd have 5 million escudos. Only then to realise that an ice cream would cost you 3000 of those and that's without the flake. Now we're moving into the world of cryptocurrency, which we're all trying to understand before our governments do. Life as we know it has certainly changed over the years. I did watch the infamous statue unveiling this week, am I the only one left disappointed ? Diana was so glamorous vibrant and beautiful. I don't think that statue did her any justice at all. I sort of went "ugh".... with disappointment when they uncovered it. The ´ginger woke whinger´... sorry Prince Harry. He didn't hang around long did he ? Before you could say "piff, paff, poof´ he was off back to the ball and chain at the palace in Montecito, California. Couldn't even hang around for one more day to see his 95 year old granny. Her Majesty the Queen. Respect, .....out the window.
Finally, the things we do these days, Lilah Parsons a name that some of you might recognise, she's a 33 year old Heart FM presenter tried out some fake tan drops for the first time. I'm guessing you take these orally, hopefully, she was expecting a ´soft subtle glow´but woke up the next day with a not quite as she expected. In a video she posted to Tik Tok, of course, because a lot of people like to embarrass themselves on social media these days, posted it as a warning to our friends saying, If you don't see me for a while, it´s because I'm undercover because I had a little accident. I think that happened to me with hair dye once. The former Capitol breakfast co host, then showed off her bright orange face, which I gotta tell you, is several shades darker than her neck, Lilah captured the hilarious post ·Never Fake Tanning Again", the clip has been watched by over 288,000 people online with hundreds of people offering her advice and condolences. One person actually wrote, "Girl, You're only supposed to use a couple of drops". Maybe she had a tumbler full because she certainly turned orange. In fact, if she was a bit shorter, she could have auditioned as an Umpah Loompah in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. Lord knows what our insides look like. Well mis amigos, that's it for this week. I'm off to fry eggs on my freshly cleaned car bonnet. That'll save me some pesetas on my electric bill.
Have a great week, stay safe, and until next week, as always, from me Michelle,
Hasta Luego, from the Costa del Sol.
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