What you may have been missing (comments, Catalonia, skiing, ipod death and viruses)

Apologies to my legion of loyal readers for a bad week on thebadrash. After gong skiing last weekend (something I have yet to write about in much detail), I have been knackered every evening. Then, to make matters worse, I caught a virus. Not at home… Kubuntu's too good for that. No, at work where I have to download, install and execute shareware applications regularly, my computer got sick and died. The source of the virus was a Russian shareware developer's website (not even a program I had run). Scum. Subhuman scum.

What you may have missed is that thebadrash has not been completely quiet. 'Lurdle' from Germany posted a comment to our discussion of the Shire Horse Centre, to which I replied with some advice on Devon's other tourist attractions. Further information from helpful readers would be much appreciated. Also, the Catalan Statute issue has generated a few comments from interested readers.

The Catalan Statute is a minor issue which has been blown out of all proportion. Have I helped remedy this? Probably not. In the end, I think it's important to recognise that this is not the end of Spain and that most people here in Catalonia, while hopeful that the Statute is passed by the Madrid parliament, have been shocked and surprised by the strength of feeling in Spain against the changes.

For those of you utterly bored by regional politics and proposed coup d'etats, I apologise. This weekend, I hope to bring stories of skiing (including the moment I made a man the proudest he'd ever been of being British), iPod death (no flowers; donations to the RNLI) and more. Easy now.

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January 20, 2006 | Filed Under Catalonia, Internet computer, Site news 

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One Response to “What you may have been missing (comments, Catalonia, skiing, ipod death and viruses)”

  1. Nick on January 21st, 2006 12:25 pm

    Good to hear you are still alive Tom. The Americans warned us the Russians would eventually get us and it seems they got you first. As regards, the constitution, I think the fuss has been both in proportion and out of it at the same time. I think in proportion as far as Catalonia is concerned because its the most important piece of legislation since the death of Franco in granting the region further autonomy. I agree its been blown out of proportion, mainly by the far right obviously, because areas like Navarre and the Basque Country already enjoy the fiscal agreeents that Catalonia is asking for. Like you and many others though, I'm a bit tired of it all. So, lets forget about all this. You want some cheese? Smell my cheese. Smell my cheese. Smell my cheese, you mother.

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