Guardia Civil.
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I've always had a lot of respect for these Guys & Gals.
But on the other hand, without exeption, I've found Policia Local to be a bunch of ignorant,rude, scruffy Tossers.
My respect for the Guardia Civil was justified again today.
Popped over to a house I've been renovating for a while today, to find my intruder alarm had been activated by the tamper switch on the siren box. There where signs it had been messed with.
My neighbour tells me it went off at 01.00 this morning.
I thought I'd pop into the local Guardia Civil station, and let them know, as we've had a string of burglaries in the area the last couple of years. (I was done 2 years ago, along with my two neighbours, and both nieghbours where done again this winter)
The Guy I spoke to asked me to wait five minutes. No problem, they are a busy bunch.
Next thing, a Nissan Pathfinder turns up with three Guardia. "Can we follow you to your house to take a look?"
I told them there was no damage, and the alarm had obviously scared them away.
No, they wanted to see the property!
They had a good look around, made a note that my halogen light on a movement detector can be seen from the street, noted my car, asked about friend cars etc.
Thanked ME for my time!, then popped around had a word with the neighbours.
Bloody hell! Can you imagine the Old Bill doing that in Blighty?
But on the other hand, without exeption, I've found Policia Local to be a bunch of ignorant,rude, scruffy Tossers.
My respect for the Guardia Civil was justified again today.
Popped over to a house I've been renovating for a while today, to find my intruder alarm had been activated by the tamper switch on the siren box. There where signs it had been messed with.
My neighbour tells me it went off at 01.00 this morning.
I thought I'd pop into the local Guardia Civil station, and let them know, as we've had a string of burglaries in the area the last couple of years. (I was done 2 years ago, along with my two neighbours, and both nieghbours where done again this winter)
The Guy I spoke to asked me to wait five minutes. No problem, they are a busy bunch.
Next thing, a Nissan Pathfinder turns up with three Guardia. "Can we follow you to your house to take a look?"
I told them there was no damage, and the alarm had obviously scared them away.
No, they wanted to see the property!
They had a good look around, made a note that my halogen light on a movement detector can be seen from the street, noted my car, asked about friend cars etc.
Thanked ME for my time!, then popped around had a word with the neighbours.
Bloody hell! Can you imagine the Old Bill doing that in Blighty?
sounds like good old fashioned service to me.funny that i agree with what you say about the policia local,one in my town must have been bullied at school or somthing cos he is a complete and utter prick,made a complaint about him and his lack of people skills and the big fat controller said i wasnt the first and he would have a quiet word-he still is out on the beat long hair,unshaved,scruffy uniform and a massive chip on his shoulder!
Quite agree with both of you, they are not really fit to be traffic wardens either, to become one you have to have been born into it as it is a pre requisite that instead of being given a dummy when you are born the chav parents stick a whistle in their gob and then as they start to mature into fully grown chavs they are then progressively made to wear the darkest black sunglasses which are never taken off w
kers, I have yet to meet a decent one.
They are not very keen either when you ask them to remove their glasses when you wish to speak to them, and they really hate having their shoulder number taken as do all police though.
kers, I have yet to meet a decent one.They are not very keen either when you ask them to remove their glasses when you wish to speak to them, and they really hate having their shoulder number taken as do all police though.
Because, in the Guardia, you never serve in the area you come from it's a good idea to try and get on with the locals
I've been touring Spain for seven years now and never got stopped at all until this year's TVR Tour - I think they wanted to look at the car ( asking me to open the bonnet was a bit of a giveaway!)
However getting stopped twice in 35 minutes on the way to Siguenza was a bit of a pain... Still, they spoke very good English and were impeccably polite
I've been touring Spain for seven years now and never got stopped at all until this year's TVR Tour - I think they wanted to look at the car ( asking me to open the bonnet was a bit of a giveaway!)
However getting stopped twice in 35 minutes on the way to Siguenza was a bit of a pain... Still, they spoke very good English and were impeccably polite
Jasper Gilder said:
Because, in the Guardia, you never serve in the area you come from it's a good idea to try and get on with the locals( nobody ever wishes to mix with them unless your a slime ball as they are not worth mixing with the lowest of the lows, that's why they live behind barricaded compounds..........never trust the Guardia )
I've been touring Spain for seven years now and never got stopped at all until this year's TVR Tour - I think they wanted to look at the car, poor boys ( asking me to open the bonnet was a bit of a giveaway!)
However getting stopped twice in 35 minutes on the way to Siguenza was a bit of a pain... Still, they spoke very good English and were impeccably polite
As a consultant I thought that running a business legally it was a pre requisite to be polite and have some of the various Spanish dialectos under your belt rather than relying on being an Engerlander !I've been touring Spain for seven years now and never got stopped at all until this year's TVR Tour - I think they wanted to look at the car, poor boys ( asking me to open the bonnet was a bit of a giveaway!)
However getting stopped twice in 35 minutes on the way to Siguenza was a bit of a pain... Still, they spoke very good English and were impeccably polite
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"nobody ever wishes to mix with them unless your a slime ball as they are not worth mixing with the lowest of the lows, that's why they live behind barricaded compounds..........never trust the Guardia"
What's all that about?
I'm aware they're posted over here from the mainland. My wife worked with them for two years as a Traductora. Helping out the poor ignorant Brits, who'd gotten themself in a pickle, on their beer Bingo and Chips binges.
They're some of the nicest politest people I've ever had dealings with.
They also cuaght the last bunch of scum who robbed me, and rang me up over the following months, to return some of my stuff as they recovered it.
I also got knicked by two Motorcycle Guardia in Palma a couple of years ago.
It was a fair cop, I was talking on my mobile while driving! They where doing their job. Respect.
"Still, they spoke very good English"
What's all that about?
I'm aware they're posted over here from the mainland. My wife worked with them for two years as a Traductora. Helping out the poor ignorant Brits, who'd gotten themself in a pickle, on their beer Bingo and Chips binges.
They're some of the nicest politest people I've ever had dealings with.
They also cuaght the last bunch of scum who robbed me, and rang me up over the following months, to return some of my stuff as they recovered it.
I also got knicked by two Motorcycle Guardia in Palma a couple of years ago.
It was a fair cop, I was talking on my mobile while driving! They where doing their job. Respect.
"Still, they spoke very good English"
Edited by mickrick on Tuesday 8th June 20:18
mickrick said:
"nobody ever wishes to mix with them unless your a slime ball as they are not worth mixing with the lowest of the lows, that's why they live behind barricaded compounds..........never trust the Guardia"
What's all that about?
I'm aware they're posted over here from the mainland. My wife worked with them for two years as a Traductora. Helping out the poor ignorant Brits, who'd gotten themself in a pickle, on their beer Bingo and Chips binges.
They're some of the nicest politest people I've ever had dealings with.
They also cuaght the last bunch of scum who robbed me, and rang me up over the following months, to return some of my stuff as they recovered it.
I also got knicked by two Motorcycle Guardia in Palma a couple of years ago.
It was a fair cop, I was talking on my mobile while driving! They where doing their job. Respect.
"Still, they spoke very good English"
Why is it then that the Spanish never wish to mix with them, go back to the time of Franco and since and see who mix with them, see where they always try and set up their blocks and it's normally on your property, they always seem polite but ask them any questions and see what answers you get.What's all that about?
I'm aware they're posted over here from the mainland. My wife worked with them for two years as a Traductora. Helping out the poor ignorant Brits, who'd gotten themself in a pickle, on their beer Bingo and Chips binges.
They're some of the nicest politest people I've ever had dealings with.
They also cuaght the last bunch of scum who robbed me, and rang me up over the following months, to return some of my stuff as they recovered it.
I also got knicked by two Motorcycle Guardia in Palma a couple of years ago.
It was a fair cop, I was talking on my mobile while driving! They where doing their job. Respect.
"Still, they spoke very good English"
Edited by mickrick on Tuesday 8th June 20:18
When they stand out in the outside lane of a Autovia and try and just stop you for no apparent reason.
Some are good others are a
holes..........and they live behind barricades for a very good reason.must say my spainish friends and many many conversations overheard in bars suggest to me that the general spanish populace hate the guardia and fear them in equal measures.in my own expirience they are impossible to reason with over minor infractions,they stick to their script as if they dont trust themselves in a reasonable conversation with the public they serve.i acctually have found the bib to be more even handed and sensible.on a lighter note i do think perhaps their attitude is down to those rather tight and coarse trousers, oh and why do they all have silly bigotas??
Well I've never had a problem with them. I've lived in Spain since 1991.
I asked one for directions last year in Valencia. I got a salute!
On my way back (I was walking) from where it was he'd directed me, a Guardia Nissan X-Trail came towards me, and pulled up alongside. It was the same guy. He asked if I'd found it O.K.
I think you'd only have something to worry about if you where doing something wrong. Then you'd have reason to fear them.
Pity there's no fear of the Police in U.K. there might be some order there.
I asked one for directions last year in Valencia. I got a salute!
On my way back (I was walking) from where it was he'd directed me, a Guardia Nissan X-Trail came towards me, and pulled up alongside. It was the same guy. He asked if I'd found it O.K.
I think you'd only have something to worry about if you where doing something wrong. Then you'd have reason to fear them.
Pity there's no fear of the Police in U.K. there might be some order there.
Edited by mickrick on Tuesday 8th June 20:59
mickrick said:
Well I've never had a problem with them. I've lived in Spain since 1991.
I asked one for directions last year in Valencia. I got a salute!
On my way back (I was walking) from where it was he'd directed me, a Guardia Nissan X-Trail came towards me, and pulled up alongside. It was the same guy. He asked if I'd found it O.K.
I think you'd only have something to worry about if you where doing something wrong. Then you'd have reason to fear them.
Pity there's no fear of the Police in U.K. there might be some order there.
I also have no fear of the Guardia either and have never had any real problems with them, but ask yourself why do the Spanish not trust them ?I asked one for directions last year in Valencia. I got a salute!
On my way back (I was walking) from where it was he'd directed me, a Guardia Nissan X-Trail came towards me, and pulled up alongside. It was the same guy. He asked if I'd found it O.K.
I think you'd only have something to worry about if you where doing something wrong. Then you'd have reason to fear them.
Pity there's no fear of the Police in U.K. there might be some order there.
Edited by mickrick on Tuesday 8th June 20:59
I have been done for speeding as well without any problems, I have been stopped for drink driving as well and they said have you been drinking, I said yes and all they said was well just drive home, no problems either.
But be very careful, I have been very very lucky but they can be a
holes just for the fun of it.I have a very good friend who is a Captain in the Guardia Civil Drugs squad and he was the one who told me to be very careful, so be warned.
nice to hear mickrick,spose they are easy to have a pop at,a couple of my minor infractions have left me seething with them,speak as you find i guess.got a multa for talking to my passenger entering a roundabout,i kid you not,i did get it cancelled later when common sense prevailed but they really did try and find other things to fine me on and came up with that when all my papers were present and correct and car was perfect.also stopped for routine papers check(no problem with this)and one of the 3 guardia cound'nt take his eyes off my gf ,really leering,asked her if i was her boyfriend etc and he even fking winked at her when we left!nothing major but not very proffessional!
king winked at her when we left!nothing major but not very proffessional!cabbron said:
must say my spainish friends and many many conversations overheard in bars suggest to me that the general spanish populace hate the guardia and fear them in equal measures.in my own expirience they are impossible to reason with over minor infractions,they stick to their script as if they dont trust themselves in a reasonable conversation with the public they serve.i acctually have found the bib to be more even handed and sensible.on a lighter note i do think perhaps their attitude is down to those rather tight and coarse trousers, oh and why do they all have silly bigotas??
The worse thing about not only them but also the rest of the Poicia is that the stupid pricks always wear dark glasses and if you ask them to take them off to speak to you they really get the hump............ and for why when you wish to talk to someone at least have the decency to take your sunglasses off to speak to someone face to face.The hardest Police are the Policia National from Bilbao and only Bilbao who are the riot Police the Guardia as opposed to them are pussycats ( Para Military ) nothing harder, they are serious.
just remembered a trip down the ap7 in my 110 landy towing my boat when a dark blue policia national van pulled alongside,side door slid open,guns clearly visible,shouting there heads off that i had a trailer light out
can they line you up shoot you and chuck you in a mass grave with suma defaulters for this?
can they line you up shoot you and chuck you in a mass grave with suma defaulters for this?cabbron said:
just remembered a trip down the ap7 in my 110 landy towing my boat when a dark blue policia national van pulled alongside,side door slid open,guns clearly visible,shouting there heads off that i had a trailer light outcan they line you up shoot you and chuck you in a mass grave with suma defaulters for this?
Puedes sercan they line you up shoot you and chuck you in a mass grave with suma defaulters for this?Kneetrembler said:
Jasper Gilder said:
Because, in the Guardia, you never serve in the area you come from it's a good idea to try and get on with the locals( nobody ever wishes to mix with them unless your a slime ball as they are not worth mixing with the lowest of the lows, that's why they live behind barricaded compounds..........never trust the Guardia )
I've been touring Spain for seven years now and never got stopped at all until this year's TVR Tour - I think they wanted to look at the car, poor boys ( asking me to open the bonnet was a bit of a giveaway!)
However getting stopped twice in 35 minutes on the way to Siguenza was a bit of a pain... Still, they spoke very good English and were impeccably polite
As a consultant I thought that running a business legally it was a pre requisite to be polite and have some of the various Spanish dialectos under your belt rather than relying on being an Engerlander !I've been touring Spain for seven years now and never got stopped at all until this year's TVR Tour - I think they wanted to look at the car, poor boys ( asking me to open the bonnet was a bit of a giveaway!)
However getting stopped twice in 35 minutes on the way to Siguenza was a bit of a pain... Still, they spoke very good English and were impeccably polite
Buena suerte con tu empresa para la futuro, y cuando tu tiene un empresa para bastante coches para un carrera de Espana puedes escriber Pistonheads de Espana
Tengo un empresa para una giro de Espana y reunion en Portugal para las Carreras a Portimao. Todas las detailles son a www.driveespana.com
Jasper Gilder said:
Kneetrembler said:
Jasper Gilder said:
Because, in the Guardia, you never serve in the area you come from it's a good idea to try and get on with the locals( nobody ever wishes to mix with them unless your a slime ball as they are not worth mixing with the lowest of the lows, that's why they live behind barricaded compounds..........never trust the Guardia )
I've been touring Spain for seven years now and never got stopped at all until this year's TVR Tour - I think they wanted to look at the car, poor boys ( asking me to open the bonnet was a bit of a giveaway!)
However getting stopped twice in 35 minutes on the way to Siguenza was a bit of a pain... Still, they spoke very good English and were impeccably polite
As a consultant I thought that running a business legally it was a pre requisite to be polite and have some of the various Spanish dialectos under your belt rather than relying on being an Engerlander !I've been touring Spain for seven years now and never got stopped at all until this year's TVR Tour - I think they wanted to look at the car, poor boys ( asking me to open the bonnet was a bit of a giveaway!)
However getting stopped twice in 35 minutes on the way to Siguenza was a bit of a pain... Still, they spoke very good English and were impeccably polite
Buena suerte con tu empresa para la futuro, y cuando tu tiene un empresa para bastante coches para un carrera de Espana puedes escriber Pistonheads de Espana
Tengo un empresa para una giro de Espana y reunion en Portugal para las Carreras a Portimao. Todas las detailles son a www.driveespana.com
Well, getting back on topic. My friends the Guardia Civil (Guess that makes me a slime ball) turned a blind eye when my detective work brought me into contact with one of the Scum who robbed me last time around. Unfourtunately the poor fellow Ahem...tripped over and ahem...fell, while I was trying to aprehend him 
Anyway, I was seriously considering a compound crossbow under the bed, for a bit of, erm, protection when I move in.
In other words, I'm so sick of these bds trying to get in, and nick my hard earned stuff, and the tools that put bread on my table, that anyone on my property at night gets a bolt through the thigh!
I've given it some thought, and even if I put the "Trespassers will be Shot!" sign up. I'm gonna end up in the nick.
So, I've had a brilliant idea!
A paintball gun!
They hurt like buggery eh? Leave nice big bruises? Can you imagine being hit by one in the dark! Pop Pop Pop, pain, red stuff! I recon they'd piss their pants Then call my "Mates" 
and tell them they're easy to spot, they're covered in red paint! 
Can anyone recomend the biggest, most powerfull one on the market?
Anyway, I was seriously considering a compound crossbow under the bed, for a bit of, erm, protection when I move in.
In other words, I'm so sick of these b
ds trying to get in, and nick my hard earned stuff, and the tools that put bread on my table, that anyone on my property at night gets a bolt through the thigh!I've given it some thought, and even if I put the "Trespassers will be Shot!" sign up. I'm gonna end up in the nick.
So, I've had a brilliant idea!
A paintball gun!
They hurt like buggery eh? Leave nice big bruises? Can you imagine being hit by one in the dark! Pop Pop Pop, pain, red stuff! I recon they'd piss their pants
Then call my "Mates" and tell them they're easy to spot, they're covered in red paint! Can anyone recomend the biggest, most powerfull one on the market?
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