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Title: Siesta
Post by: DaveG on April 04, 2016, 22:20.: An interesting article in today's paper especially the move to GMT.
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Title: Siesta
Post by: Ash on April 05, 2016, 10:33.: https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spains-prime-minister-mariano-rajoy-set-to-drop-siesta-to-shorten-working-day-by-two-hours-a6967101.html%3famp?client=safari#

Should be interesting

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Title: Re: Siesta
Post by: Spurs on April 05, 2016, 10:40.: Interesting but what they really need is more Bank holidays some weeks in Spain don't have any or only 1 !!!!
Title: Re: Siesta
Post by: Ash on April 05, 2016, 18:36.: I would vote for at least 3 bank holidays a week

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Title: Re: Siesta
Post by: kevinb on April 05, 2016, 20:18.: The article says that as people work in air conditioned offices the siesta is redundant but their must be a bigger proportion who don't, say road workers, imagine doing manual labour outside at 3:00 p.m. in August
Title: Re: Siesta
Post by: Carruthers on April 05, 2016, 21:18.: Last august I was sweating like a Fat Lad at 3am never mind 3pm ( and all I was doing wad sitting drinking beer )
Title: Re: Siesta
Post by: kevinb on April 05, 2016, 23:22.: I got covered in sweat and had to lie down after grating cheese.
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Post by: mike and judith on April 06, 2016, 23:06.: Probably explains why so many firms close for August
Title: Re: Siesta
Post by: llamedos on April 07, 2016, 11:30.: Don't knock the Siesta, it empties our pool and the beach and makes shopping in Lidl much easier, I think they should extend it.
Title: Re: Siesta
Post by: Alicante Holiday Villas on April 07, 2016, 14:51.: Quote from: llamedos on April 07, 2016, 11:30.
Don't knock the Siesta, it empties our pool and the beach and makes shopping in Lidl much easier, I think they should extend it.

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