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On Tue, 30 Apr 2013, Brad Rogers wrote:
On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:50:48 +0100 (BST) Gordon Henderson <gordon+lug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hello Gordon,I'm currently in Tenerife. Just been to the bank with my sister whereBusiness or pleasure? Or shouldn't I ask?
Neither really, however today is my last full day here, so I might go out and take some photos. I fly home tomorrow.
I'm here arranging my fathers funeral. He retired here 10 years ago and recently had some illness (cancer). I do not recommend allowing elderly relatives to retire to Spain... Fortunately my sister was living out here with him too and speaks some Spanish.
she withdrew a large sum of cash. There are no windows with bullet proof glass, you get to sit at the tellers desk (there were 2 side byLike many other things, bullet proof glass and what-not merely provides the illusion of security. It's only the inept criminals that enter a physical bank to steal money.No-one else batted an eyelid.It's all a case of what one is used to. We seem to like illusions in the UK.
I think that the more barriers we put up, the more hostile/aggressive/repressed a society we'll become. There will always be crime, it's just the management if it that needs addressing.
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