wrote on Nov 24^th, 2011 at 7:25pm:

Here here cactus jack! Shops being shut for such a long for  lunch drives me nuts but they do it for a reason. And from an environmental point of view its.better not to be cooling those places in the hottest part of the day. Does the previous poster work 12 til 3? Possibly not or they wouldnt be out shopping then. : ) And as for tax increases I learned recently that catalonia is one of the highest taxed provinces. This explained why fuel is cheaper in vinaros and the diy stores in Valencia are so much cheaper than tarragona. Express.your displeasure with your feet...or wheels? Also I apologise for any grammar or spelling mistakes but this android spell checker doesn't like me!

Yes i do work many times between 12 & 3! I dispute the 8 to 9 blanket working hours you seem to think all Catalan folk work.Many folk are on their way home at 7.00pm,just look at the road traffic at that time.Have you included in the quoted long working hours the long Breakfast breaks every morning that all locals take?  Come on TF members do any of  the declining few left here in TF land believe these Med folk are all hard working, as Cactus & Bruixot seem to think? Do four rush hours a day make sense?   >:(