Comment from Erik R.
Time: September 8, 2008, 3:31 pm

Awesome. He’s even older than Quentin Cook.

Oh those summer nights!

Comment from raytibbitts
Time: September 8, 2008, 3:47 pm

You jerk, that’s my father-in-law.

Okay, not really, but it does bring up one of those differences in Spanish nightlife, at least what I have observed…

About six years ago, when my wife and I were still newlyweds, and about 25 years old, we went ‘out on the town’ near Madrid. Every place we went to had a pretty good mix of dancing couples and singles, both considerably younger as well as considerably older than us.
Around 3AM, we ran into her parents, dancing and drinking with a group of people I assumed to be his retirement buddies. I decided it was a sign that we should just give up and go home.
“So early?!!” She replied.

I thought I disliked “going to bars” in the U.S. Bleahh.

Comment from vicentef
Time: September 8, 2008, 5:36 pm

you aint going to believe this, but i miss this kind of things

Comment from Spanish Lessons Phoenix Arizona
Time: September 8, 2008, 7:11 pm

Nothing like a good mustache. Still can’t touch Magnum PI.

Comment from MotoMujer
Time: September 8, 2008, 10:32 pm

awesome! he’s probably about my age and that gives me hope! all it takes is a nice long siesta right? but then I’ve been known to fall asleep in night clubs!

Comment from Bill
Time: September 8, 2008, 10:46 pm

Maybe the mustache is part of the climax to his act: YMCA by the Village People!

Comment from monikei
Time: September 8, 2008, 11:19 pm

ja ja ja long live guardia civil Dj. Love u all.

Comment from gary
Time: September 9, 2008, 12:36 am

this is my mate Chris, or his Spanish twin, Chris is a Geography teacher…

Comment from gary
Time: September 9, 2008, 12:38 am

In the interest of balance - I know you have a picture of a gent in his guiri outfit in BCN (cos I sent it) maybe you could publish it alongside this one and we could have a vote…

Comment from ValenciaSon
Time: September 9, 2008, 12:52 am

I guess high school principals have hobbies also.

Comment from Brandon
Time: September 9, 2008, 4:05 am

Good to see the Guardia Civil rocking out a little bit. This’ll do wonders for their public image!

Comment from prisma
Time: September 9, 2008, 8:56 am

Exactly right. It demonstrates the differences perfectly. In the average UK wedding you get the two families and a group of friends anxiously waiting for the whole sad thing to be finished at midnight. So that the older generation can go home and the younger generation on to a club. The closest it ever gets to a party is when Dancing Queen encourages the ladies. Whereas in Spain what’s important, how much you paid for the DJ or the fact that people are enjoying each others company, celebrating a wedding.

Comment from gary
Time: September 9, 2008, 10:24 am

Not entirely true, my daughters wedding was about three years ago - a North vs South affair so the poterntial for stand offishness was there. Immediately after the bride and groom had completed the first dance the dance floor filled and was full all nights, even I got up.
Mint the fact that the grooms lot had both latin america and tha carribean in their family tree might have hwe helped!!

Comment from raytibbitts
Time: September 9, 2008, 2:53 pm

@Brandon: The Guardia Civil’s public image…
They could also replace those darn military uniforms with some normal ‘highway patrol’ ones.
Isn’t it illegal in the European Union for a military police force to patrol the general populace?

Comment from ValenciaSon
Time: September 9, 2008, 7:04 pm

You mean like Erik Estrada?

Comment from gary
Time: September 9, 2008, 7:34 pm

@raytibbits - it didnt seem to be in Northern Ireland for many years though the military wotked alongside the constabulary

Comment from raytibbitts
Time: September 10, 2008, 3:32 am

@ValenciaSon

Precisely…

http://www.aaa-calif.com/WESTWAYS/0704/pg_57.jpg

@gary - that’s too bad. I’m sure it helped some people to feel safer, fewer to actually be safer. I hope it was worthwhile.