New and introducing ourselfs to North Cyprus

bof100


Joined: 29/07/2010
Posts: 15

Message Posted:
16/11/2010 20:16

Hi all

We (Alison and Ian) are finaly in North Cyprus, but not in our house, not finished. We are in digs in Alsancak and hope to move in, in January next year. I thought I would give you a potted history of us, Alison first, Over fifty still a looker, been married to me since 1975 two kids. Is a spiritualist, likes dogs walking sunbathing and barbies, is a good cook thats not a beer belly I have.

Now me Over fifty still a looker, been maried to Alison since 1975 same two kids. I have just been made redundant from Royal Mail and I am a multy skilled maintenance engineer working with electronic electrical mechanical equipment and was corgi registered but this has expired but I have not. I Like most sports and cycling. Drinking is a small part of my leisure time lol. "I get easily bored with nothing to do" and enjoy a good crack (thats a chin wag by the way).

Come back and talk to us

jamestalbot


Joined: 20/12/2009
Posts: 958

Message Posted:
16/11/2010 20:23

Alison and Ian



Welcome to North Cyprus and to the forum, I hope you both are settling in and I wish you good luck for the future.



Regards



James

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
16/11/2010 20:26

Welcome to the mad world of 44!!!



You will love North Cyprus , the people, the food, the weather etc etc etc.



We have been here 6 years in Lapta and love it.



Chris

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
16/11/2010 20:32

Welcome to the Forum Alison and Ian.



By the way, why bof100?

TheScarlets



Joined: 14/04/2009
Posts: 877

Message Posted:
16/11/2010 20:36

Welcome Ian and Alison



Hope everything goes well for you



Are you into swapping?



Ian

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
16/11/2010 20:56

Welcome to the forum Ian and Alison and more importantly welcome to the TRNC.

Enjoy the board and more importantly ignore the few idiots that post on here. Just ignore them and you will get a lot of benefit from this site.

AJ

malsancak


Joined: 23/08/2009
Posts: 2874

Message Posted:
16/11/2010 21:07

welcome Ian and Alison and don't forget to read North Cyprus Free Press at http://www.northcyprusfreepress.com

Ballyboffin


Joined: 25/08/2007
Posts: 903

Message Posted:
16/11/2010 21:15

I like your style bof100, though it sounds like you are ENGLISH!!! OMG.



As I am no.1 boffin, I have to correct you on your spelling, it is CRAIC not crack. I would look forward to some with you and your good lady. Best of Luck to you both.



X

Hector


Joined: 26/08/2008
Posts: 2352

Message Posted:
16/11/2010 21:31

Welcome Ian & Alison

What brought you to the TRNC?

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 00:53

Bally I was just about to point that out to them, however we all enjoy a craic. Ian and Allision enjoy. You will have your highs and lows but the majority here are with you x

littlejohn


Joined: 09/03/2009
Posts: 316

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 01:59

You will love TRNC,the weather, the local people, the food etc

Hippo


Joined: 02/02/2007
Posts: 2070

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 08:04

Welcome and as AJ said just ignore him

AlsancakJack



Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 10:19

Very funny Hipps

I knew as soon as I made that statement that one would crop up.

StGeorgeI


Joined: 27/08/2009
Posts: 973

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 11:57

Welcome to C44 and welcome to North Cyprus - hope you love it as much as us!!!



G

Smity



Joined: 14/09/2009
Posts: 826

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 12:34

Welcome Ian and Alison

Sundance


Joined: 15/07/2010
Posts: 213

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 13:25

Welcome to TRNC Ian and Alison, hope you move goes well in Jan, where I come from the beer and the craic go hand in hand,



Regards



Sundance

Smity



Joined: 14/09/2009
Posts: 826

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 13:33

What part of the UK have you left as the word crak ( for chin wag) is not commonly used anymore are you from the North by any chance

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 14:42

Smity. Says Coventry in his profile.

stilluvithere



Joined: 03/12/2008
Posts: 765

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 14:47

My kids used to call me bof which stands for boring old fa-- and that was when I was in my 40's. They love me really

bof100


Joined: 29/07/2010
Posts: 15

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 19:22

Thanks for the messages and stilluvithere is correct for bof, and thanks for the spelling lesson, spelling is my one weekness. Yes I am originaly from up north and now I am still living up north. I am looking for ideas to keep mosses and sand flies from biting me, I am getting paranoid every time I seen a flyin bug.



Thanks again Alison and Ian

Hector


Joined: 26/08/2008
Posts: 2352

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 21:55

There are a number of threads on this forum on the lovely sandfly problem. Here is but one



http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/10604.asp

suzi1951


Joined: 14/02/2010
Posts: 191

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 22:34

Welcome to TRNC Ian and Alison. We moved here earlier this year and love the life we have. Great to be out in the sun instead of freezing like the folks back in the UK. Hope all goes well with your house.

rosylee


Joined: 22/07/2010
Posts: 158

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 23:01

A BIG WELCOME to TRNC Alison & Ian.be flexible in all you do and then life here will not be so difficult.Hope your Xmas & NY will be the first of many good ones.it will be a novelty to have Xmas dinner in shorts n T shirt eh?as for mozzies n sand flies...they will either love you or hate you(leave you alone or make a meal of you!!)

the little B's come out from dusk to dawn so use your gumption(1 for the dialect proffessors !) and dont leave doors n windows open between those hours.as you are having a new home built,invest in quality fly screens from day 1.can't beat them.you will be needing van loads of spray and killing yourselves on the fumes especially in a new build as it will need to dry out and those B's LOVE damp conditions.

Have a great new life here and good luck to you both-so glad you are from the North,we need a bit of evening up here HA HA !!

ps try Janet for fly screens...can recommend.tel 0533 880 94 90

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
17/11/2010 23:12

Can I also tell you, my pale irish skin attracts them, they feast on me until i discovered avon skin so soft, they have changed the packaging. Now a white bottle with a blue aqua colour lable. Used my the US marines in war zones. Its not so cheap here and you get great deals in UK. So my friends keep me stocked up. I think in UK 3 for a fiver here 20tl a bottle

shel56


Joined: 10/09/2008
Posts: 438

Message Posted:
18/11/2010 14:00

Marmite (yeast extract - yuk tough I hate it, hubby loves it!) is good, take vitamin B6 (I think but it is one of the B's), red wine is also supposed to be good and you can enjoy that! Skin So Softly is another one I can recommend I brought loads back from the UK so anyone coming over has something to protect them. Keep a supply of antihistamenes (okay spelt badly but....) for when you need them if you do get bit! I had sand fly fever once and gosh I hope never again. We have fly screens but the little blighters can walk right through the door with you and you don't even see them coming!



Welcome to the TRNC, we hope you home build goes well and gets finished. Not all build stories here are nightmares we have just had extensive building work done to our villa and no hassle, no worries and almost completed now and on time. To say we are very happy is an understatement to say the least.