tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post6140711313014463036..comments2024-03-03T22:51:42.487-08:00Comments on Necess City: Down and Out at The End of Europe - A budding journalist discouraged by The Gibraltar MagazineAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03027140025006302379noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-91373804103517488542021-11-15T02:44:44.042-08:002021-11-15T02:44:44.042-08:00wow what a great article this is :) i have searche...wow what a great article this is :) i have searched for many pages of Google to know what are the free websites available in net and unfortunately i found one 3 to 4 and that too which i know already :) but after seeing this i have no words :) i love u bro :) u are really worth to donate some thing :) love u ;) and thanks a lot :) thank thanks and thanks :) love u bro :)<br /><a href="https://aadihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12066123931026169779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-51786630254476795302015-06-29T06:00:36.870-07:002015-06-29T06:00:36.870-07:00It's all true. Gibraltarians love their hearsa...It's all true. Gibraltarians love their hearsay and conjecture, and lack any solid proof or evidence to back up their so-called truths. The place is a hellhole and your descriptions and photographs captured the ambience eloquently, down to the description of the knuckle-dragging Guido-type males punch-dancing in Celebrity's "Wine Bar". All Gibraltarian men are short, rotund, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-5252936444644497912015-06-29T05:57:30.553-07:002015-06-29T05:57:30.553-07:00I love this article and also this response! You hi...I love this article and also this response! You hit the nail on the head about Gibraltar. The narrow-mindedness and sheer squalor of the place lead me to fail to understand why anyone would want to exist there. I was dragged there kicking and screaming as a tween and managed to escape back to the country of my birth, glorious England, before I'd been there for 20 years. The hatred and spite Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-3343554233476789332014-12-26T03:39:32.208-08:002014-12-26T03:39:32.208-08:00As well as being paranoid, Gibraltarians are thin-...As well as being paranoid, Gibraltarians are thin-skinned and cannot take criticism of their supposed paradise. any suggestion that it is less than perfect or honourable provokes outrage and howls of 'but what about...?' The worst people for this are those who came to Gibraltar from the UK and went native, and indulge in inverse snobbery towards the UK, and Gibraltarians living in the UKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-11570006320502711382014-02-11T06:46:18.834-08:002014-02-11T06:46:18.834-08:00Cool keep me posted, and let me know how it goes (...Cool keep me posted, and let me know how it goes (@chrisgjcooley if you have twitter). I'm sure it will be fine. Not everyone has such bad luck as I do.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138969250634537343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-40167830723541411022014-02-11T06:34:39.229-08:002014-02-11T06:34:39.229-08:00I didn't think he'd mind. I thought I pain...I didn't think he'd mind. I thought I painted him in a kind light.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138969250634537343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-17574682574701645402014-02-04T08:36:38.615-08:002014-02-04T08:36:38.615-08:00Hi Chris! My blog is www.blogeato.blogspot.com and...Hi Chris! My blog is www.blogeato.blogspot.com and since writing my comment above I have relocated to Gibraltar you'll be interested to hear I'm sure... Sophie Bichenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088574897104136890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-75280598508509510712014-02-01T17:06:44.352-08:002014-02-01T17:06:44.352-08:00Why did you have to identify the kind 'Scots&#...Why did you have to identify the kind 'Scots' and name the guys employer? Is this how you reward for hospitality?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-84337065188769427232014-01-04T14:14:42.839-08:002014-01-04T14:14:42.839-08:00Ha ha thanks! Keep roaching those magazines!Ha ha thanks! Keep roaching those magazines!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138969250634537343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-76993740049000773242014-01-04T14:13:12.664-08:002014-01-04T14:13:12.664-08:00Could you please tell me specifically what it is t...Could you please tell me specifically what it is that is untrue?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138969250634537343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-37460141917005423202014-01-04T14:05:21.268-08:002014-01-04T14:05:21.268-08:00Potatoes... chips... chip... I get it. Nice. I'...Potatoes... chips... chip... I get it. Nice. I'll admit I was holding a little grudge. Thanks for reading. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138969250634537343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-54609518518415210572014-01-04T14:02:46.751-08:002014-01-04T14:02:46.751-08:00Thank you very much. I'm sad to hear that thin...Thank you very much. I'm sad to hear that things have gotten worse since last year. With it being the very start of 2014 I hope things will improve this year. <br /><br />I wondered why this article suddenly got hundreds of hits yesterday! Thanks for the heads up. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138969250634537343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-10387890962921567042014-01-04T08:15:24.148-08:002014-01-04T08:15:24.148-08:00From an outsider living in Gibraltar - i understan...From an outsider living in Gibraltar - i understand exactly how this guy feels - you are either in - and living in Gibraltar is everything you wish it to be - or its a hard slog through the corruption and laziness. The die hard locals could be a lot more open and less bigoted to those they feel choose are outsiders! Ps the woman at the gibraltar mag is known as a bitch by all - no loss not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-63070422359476122342014-01-04T04:27:19.428-08:002014-01-04T04:27:19.428-08:00The writer is an ignorant prat with a serious atti...The writer is an ignorant prat with a serious attitude problem. Massively inaccurate and totally misleading. The rule of journalism you seem to have missed is "report the truth".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08117313691955059936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-41171553557921481162014-01-04T01:13:04.725-08:002014-01-04T01:13:04.725-08:00Very good read, and by all accounts very accurate....Very good read, and by all accounts very accurate. Gibraltarians are an interesting breed though, and you will of course upset them greatly with this article. They are too small minded and ignorant to accept that they may not live in the luxury they like to believe, nor that others might not possibly like it. They naively believe that the UK loves it's Gibbo cousins, yet the truth of course Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-742749312188023762014-01-03T22:20:07.041-08:002014-01-03T22:20:07.041-08:00A budding journalist with a very short journalist ...A budding journalist with a very short journalist career. I think one has a huge sack of potatoes on his shoulder!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-197025753635241472013-10-08T03:01:00.588-07:002013-10-08T03:01:00.588-07:00I completely agree Sophie. Before moving there I v...I completely agree Sophie. Before moving there I visited for a week and enjoyed myself. I wouldn't have moved there unless I thought I'd like it. What is the address of your blog? I'd like to check it out.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138969250634537343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-41678659985843445412013-10-07T07:47:19.617-07:002013-10-07T07:47:19.617-07:00I've visited Gibraltar twice and had two very ...I've visited Gibraltar twice and had two very different experiences. I blog myself and the tone and 'view of the world' change dramatically depending on your own experience and emotions at the time so there's definitely cause for your view of Gib reading about your story! However, it can be a very beautiful and friendly place and does have a lot to offer if you're lucky enoughSophie Bichenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04088574897104136890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-7636512786585716702013-10-01T19:14:30.045-07:002013-10-01T19:14:30.045-07:00Dear Michael, thanks for your support :)Dear Michael, thanks for your support :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138969250634537343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-68620874822801654302013-10-01T19:01:55.861-07:002013-10-01T19:01:55.861-07:00I'm sorry if I offended you. I don't think...I'm sorry if I offended you. I don't think that I called all Gibraltarians idiots though. I merely insinuted that some where: namely those in charge of the recycling system, a few particular clientele of the bar where I worked and those who have the power to put a stop to the traffic jams. If you point out to me exactly where I classified Gibraltarians collectively as anything then I willAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138969250634537343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-53082981315373830992013-10-01T18:55:04.979-07:002013-10-01T18:55:04.979-07:00My sentiments exactly. Clean those beaches!My sentiments exactly. Clean those beaches!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138969250634537343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-10434608985927293952013-10-01T18:48:13.694-07:002013-10-01T18:48:13.694-07:00Dear anonymous: Thank you for your response but yo...Dear anonymous: Thank you for your response but you have made a few errors in your message, possibly due to being ditracted by Cbeebies while reading the article. To start with the magazine was not my only source of income; did you miss the part about me also working in a bar? Therefor I was not unemployed. I'm afaid I no longer read the Spanish press, but I did while I was there (in fact I Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138969250634537343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-45535184065803006872013-09-29T12:10:40.148-07:002013-09-29T12:10:40.148-07:00I'm sorry for your troubles but you are have b...I'm sorry for your troubles but you are have been quite unfair and rude with all Gibraltarians who haven't caused you any harm. I have been in the UK and met some idiots myself who have not made my life easy yet I wouldn't classify England or English people collectively as anything out of spite. If you have a grievance with anyone sort it out with them rather than attacking their Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-47810747211910736092013-09-27T20:36:20.376-07:002013-09-27T20:36:20.376-07:00I find your message very rude. Give him a break. ...I find your message very rude. Give him a break. I think it is actually a very well put day by day report. Life is not always easy, not even in Gibraltar.Michael Shawnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4154930310145349623.post-62710376978636707292013-09-27T14:03:46.593-07:002013-09-27T14:03:46.593-07:00What a load of rubbishWhat a load of rubbishAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com