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When Things Go Bang
Hi guys - I’m looking for a bit of help for my second life, which is writing! And I apologise for being off topic.
My new novel, When Things Go Bang, only has two days to go on its Kindle Scout campaign. I need more nominations! If you can do me a big favour, click the link, and if it does win I get an advance and a publishing contract - and you’ll win a free copy. It’s my third novel. Thank you!!! -
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How is this germane?
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Done + best wishes
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Well, @Microformulation, if I win the nomination I will have enough money to travel to Spain with a view to opening our lab there. It’s pretty relevant to me! And thanks, Ameen.
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Done good luck
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Still not Cosmetic Science. This forum is flooded already.
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Done Clive and my very best to you.
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@Perry SPAM
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No problem. Done. I hope it wins and you get that publishing contract.
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@Microformulation - I agree it is not cosmetic related. However, @Belassi is a frequent contributor to the forum and I think it’s ok for members to occasionally veer off topic & talk about something important to them.
I’ve created a separate category called “Off Topic” for things like this. Hopefully, there are not too many.
Does that seem reasonable?
If enough people don’t think it does I’ll remove the thread.
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I nominated you. Good luck with your project!!
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I’m fine with an “off-topic” category and occasional posts like this. Someone coming here just to do this, though, would definitely cross the line, as would even active members doing this frequently.
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Thanks guys. I have only made one off topic post in 4 years, and this one is a bit critical for me.
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Done
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Belassi,
Thank you for everything you contribute on this forum. I’ve read a ton of your responses and learned much from you. You deserve a little “off topic” help. I hope you get the contract and are able to move forward with your lab!
I nominated you! -
What a nice thing to say. Thank you so much. It’s been in the “hot”sector all day and will close imminently. It has been an interesting experience and I have learned a lot about Facebook marketing as a result, which I’ll be able to re-use in our personal care startup. At the moment we are looking to sell our house and relocate. My wife likes the idea of moving within Mexico but I want to investigate Spain. I need to find out if we’d be faced with insurmountable problems. People have been so helpful.
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Hi Belassi,
I was surprised to see that your book is based in England whereas you live in Mexico. Can’t help but ask if you have lived there for some time in the past because it all sounds pretty realistic to me - especially having lived there most of my life - including Liverpool for a short while.
Regarding Spain, I would highly recomend Barcelona. Highly vibrant with lots of innovative tech companies (Also, maybe I could get some tips from you if you were close by).
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Hi Pete. I am from north Merseyside, but in my 20s I began to travel the world as a broadcast engineer. That’s my original job, I worked in 30 countries. Later the industry contracted due to technology change, so I had to begin reinventing myself. Over here, I’ve worked in the plastics industry, the cement industry, and was a teacher for 8 years, including chemistry.
Isn’t Barcelona really expensive though? I’m thinking of Alicante. -
Belassi,
Wow, you have done a lot!
Relative to Mexico and Alicante it is fairly expensive, but it depends where you live. However, Barcelona is still seen as quite a cheap place to live.
Since the crisis there are plenty of cheap apartments on the outskirts of the city. Furthermore, most industry is based in Catalonia or in the Basque country, so it probably makes a lot of sense logistically.
I particularly like how Barcelona is pushing to be a tech hub, emulating California. There are a lot of start-ups with many ideas floating around.
The only downside from my point of view is that you have to learn two languages, but I still woundn’t live anywhere else.
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Two languages? What do you mean by that? Isn’t English and Spanish sufficient?
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The main language in Barcelona is Catalan (between Spanish and French). Everyone can speak Spanish, but it is expected that you attempt to learn some Catalan if you are here for a reasonable length of time (although I should add that I haven’t attempted yet:( ). This is probably fair given that Franco was trying to eliminate it.
I’m not sure if there is a similar expectation in the Basque country. Basque looks much more difficult to learn because it is completely different from Spanish - or any other language in fact.
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Good grief. Like being expected to learn Welsh if you live in Wales. I think they’ll have enough trouble with my Mexican Spanish!
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I don´t think you are going to have any communication problem in Barcelona with your spanish-mexican and with your english. For the reason that Pete explained to you, they take great care of the language. There are some companies that only hire you if you speak Catalán, but in a daily life, I think you will not have any problems with your customers, suppliers or friends.
In the Basque country I was once on vacation. Politically speaking, they live in another way the oppression suffered during the dictatorship, and it is more common to hear people speaking Castilian than in Barcelona to hear people speaking Castilian. 6o% understand Basque, but they speak it with difficulty. In Catalonia speaks Catalán and understands it more than 75% of the population.
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Thanks for the explanation Kloe!
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Good luck with this @Belassi clicked on the link, but too late. Nominations closed.
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Thanks. Yes, I’ll hear next week sometime if it won or not. Nail biting!
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