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    Thank you Carlos for your vigilance
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La Siesta II (almost) enters the XXIth Century

April 7, 2008 | Author: Carlos

If you, like me, bought a brand new TV recently, you might have pressed the DIGITAL button on your remote and had a black screen staring back at you. Well, this has changed now and we all have something to cellebrate: our friendly TV technician has installed today the components needed to see the TDT (Digital Television) and we now have a number beetween 18-30 new channels populating the digital spectrum.

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As I write this I am watching Rounders (with John Turturro, Matt Damon and Edward Norton) on channel “La Sexta”. It has to be a nice movie, but unfortunately I cannot say for sure since the reception quality is far from good and I am experiencing continuos cuts and freezes. What a sloppy job!

The problem is, apparently, that our old antenna needs a second one to support the reception. Said antenna cannot be reached because it seems to be mounted on the terrace of a particular owner who is not a permanent resident and seems to be out in his home country. President Dionisio in collaboration with Fisem are now trying to reach him to see if we are granted access to the apartment to finish the installation. How long will this take? It’s hard to say, as you might have guessed, but hopefully the full installation can be accomplished as soon as possible.

But hey, meanwhile you are welcome to have a glimpse at the brand new quality that the Digital signal has to offer. The quality (at least on my Sony Bravia) is top-notch, very far from the noisy-blurred signal we have been enjoying until now.

If your TV does not have TDT included, you dont need to buy a new one: just head off to your favourite shop (Opencor, Urende, Carrefur, you say…) and buy one of those small TDT decoders. They are to be found for Euros 30-40. If you can read spanish there is more information available on the official TDT page.

Update: This morning, the TDT has been working flawlessly with zero corruption or image freezes. It seems that even without the additional receiver we will be enjoying periods of good reception. Nice!

Burglars breaks in EUC offices

October 17, 2007 | Author: Carlos

We wrote about it and its on everybody mouth: our beloved street is simply pitch-black. This circunstance has been used by burglars to break in the EUC office.

Black Saturday

September 29, 2007 | Author: Carlos

This morning my wife and I woke up at approx 08:30 due to a strong sound happening outside. Since our bedroom leads to the river area it is unusual to have such a noise coming by this side. Shocking enough, the sound were caused by one of the 30-meters tall eucalyptus that populates the area, falling horribly to its death.

Access gates back to normal again.

September 7, 2007 | Author: Carlos

Some weeks ago we had several days of rain and strong winds that pushed the water towards the mechanism that opens and closes the access gates of the urbanization, causing severe malfunction and rending them unoperational.

Scientists from La Siesta discovers the Invisible Board.

August 23, 2007 | Author: Carlos

The Secret of Invisibility is peanuts, as it demonstrates spending a few hours sitting next to our swimming pool, watching the behavior of neighbors and visitors in general.

Unwelcome kids goes one step further

August 14, 2007 | Author: Carlos

As many of you know, for some years now we have been receiving the visit of a kid from our neighbor Community Parque Paraiso. This kid is the Leader of a group of kids that, under his direction, falls in very unproper behaviour acting against the most common Security and Community rules. It is only in his presence that the …

A wee too dark

August 12, 2007 | Author: Carlos

It causes a bit of uneasiness to look at our beloved Monte Paraiso street when it’s late at night and see… well, and see very little actually. It’s pitch black, to say the least. There are some lampposts but they are completely insuficient to cope with the whole street.

Water pipes for the swimming pool being repaired

August 6, 2007 | Author: Carlos

Parallel to the water deposit jobs, another repair scene can be seen being conducted under the storage / bathrooms building.

Water-pumping facility being built

August 5, 2007 | Author: Carlos

These days, improvement works are being carried on the eastern part of our gardens. The work consist on a shaft sunk deep into the ground to obtain water. A massive water deposit has been installed and our old four water containers, that were located close to the garages door, has been deployed around the main deposit.

Barking Dogs

August 3, 2007 | Author: Carlos

Members of our neighborhood as well as those of the adjacent communities, have been suffering for a period in excess of a year, the continuous annoyances of two German shepherd dogs located in Apartment 33 of this Community.

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