El Perro Negro's Day to Day Ramblings
16 notes in 2022
Spain scraps value-added tax on staple foods in aid package
Spain on Tuesday announced a new series of measures including scrapping valued-added tax on staple food, such as bread and milk, and is extending rent and eviction controls to help ease the economic crisis.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the measures in an end-of-year speech. The government said it would also cut VAT on cooking oil and pasta from 10% to 5%.
HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all. Tonight we shall be having a quiet New Years Eve, tucked up in front of the fire and TV, with this lovely bottle of wine 🍷
I'm not a wine snob, I buy my wine from El Campo, Mercadona, Carrefour etc like most others, but in the 1990's I became quite partial to Henschke wines. Based in the Barossa valley in south east Australia this vineyard consistently produces quality rich and fruity wines. Salud!
Yesterday we met a lovely couple from Indonesia and showed them round some hiking trails above Lanjarón. They obviously enjoyed their experience of the Alpujarra. Only afterwards did we realise that the diminutive, softly spoken, lady was a top media anchor for news in Indonesia, with 23 million Instagram followers! I have none by the way, as Facebook is the only Zuckerberg owned software I allow (occasionally) into my life 🤣🤣🤣
Been back in the UK to see the in-laws and family for Christmas. Cities aren't really my thing, but I did enjoy a visit to the spectacular Lichfield Cathedral
One of the best things about what I do is that I get to meet people from all walks (joke?) of life and show them where I live.
Trees lining the GR240 path through the Alpujarras and foothills of the Sierra Nevada this morning.
Difficult one. The AWS screws it for what I would suggest which is self hosted Ghost + Eleventy SSG. Have a look at Flat File SSGs. I've tried Grav and Kirby before but there are plenty others
6 episodes in and is proving to be Stallone's best work in years. After 25 years in Prison Stallone's character is out & ready to take back the life he missed. Great one liners and decent action. Worth watching
Let me introduce you to my two dogs, Rita and Arko. Rita is a bit of a mix and Arko is a husky/malamute cross as far as we can ascertain. Both lovely dogs and good hiking companions.
@Steveb
Just taken delivery of a Volla Phone 22. A minimalist cell phone that has been de-Googled and replaced with (android based) Volla OS. It's a very different interface to what I'm used to.
Looking forward to using it and letting you know, in due course, what I think of the revised OS and the phone's performance.
Definitely committed to now as have set up our own family server. Simple process and reasonably priced using the excellent hosting service at @ossrox. from old to new was simple and painless too.
Massive lenticular clouds forming over the peak of Kamen on the Kamchatka peninsular
We were there to ski tour and summit Klyuchevskaya Sopka (4754m) but the -30C+ temps and 100km/hr winds made life very difficult. Of course, we didn't summit, not even close, but a great experience nevertheless.
The Rio Lanjaron valley leading up to the initial snows of the Cerro de Caballo, 3009m
Began with Mastodon in Aug 2018 and now's the time to move from mastodon.social to my own server
For 10+ years I've survived without Microsoft and Apple. Now it's time to de-Google and de-Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp) my life and head for the hills