Why oh why! Expats, please get over it!!

Cocklebay


Joined: 26/02/2011
Posts: 353

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 09:10

Why are the ex pats living here continually trying to re-create the British way of life. We are living in the TRNC for goodness sake, yes it can be frustrating given the quirkiness of the Cypriot government and citizens!!!, but hey ho we chose to live here so please get over it and

enjoy!!!

batgirl


Joined: 04/02/2009
Posts: 676

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 09:45

Funny posting from someone who advertised the royal wedding with the added possibility of English trifle mmmmmmmmmmmmm or mmmmmmmmmmm?

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 09:49

Oh what a lovely day we had celebrating the Royal wedding in Cyprus soooooooooooo nice

Ralph96



Joined: 01/07/2008
Posts: 531

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 11:19

I will never forget it...

TRNCVaughan


Joined: 27/04/2008
Posts: 4578

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 11:22

msg 1,



So Turkish Cypriots in London shouldn't have their own cafes, bars and shops, etc. and stop living in areas where they are in the majority?

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 11:23

Easy for you to say;



You don't have the yearly hassle of blood tests and residency!

Cocklebay


Joined: 26/02/2011
Posts: 353

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 11:43

Royal Wedding? Posted on behalf of Mo as rteqwuested by himself!

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 12:21

msg4,..Forget what...???

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 12:42

Oh !! forget it jock1 lol

Ralph96



Joined: 01/07/2008
Posts: 531

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 12:45

Hi Jock,



The whole of the bar was in silence for ages...It was like a wake.

Off to the Hut i went.

Cocklebay


Joined: 26/02/2011
Posts: 353

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 13:31

Re message 3, don't forget that the wedding was one of the most internationally televised events ever. In the KKTC and mainland Turkey nearly every school celebrated that day by installing big screens for the pupils to enjoy this historic event. My children enjoyed every moment of it!!!

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 13:37

Well I for one do not happen to like cooking the good old fish and chips









Spider,X

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 13:41

eeeer uummm spider what? is that a terminology of 'cockney' ? fish and chips ?

Scoty


Joined: 23/05/2010
Posts: 846

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 13:44

Msg 3 - We had a lovely day not watching the wedding in Cyprus - soooooooooooooo nice

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 13:55

dizzycows its a little different from white pudding and chips...........



or even a deep fried mars bar !







Spider,X

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 13:59

ha ha ha, you bad girl, now Im off for a deep fried mars bar ... x

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 16:47

Ralph96..there is nothing worse, when the bar is like a dentist waiting room...

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 18:19

maybe its the fact that so many have been blatantly cheated ??

waddo


Joined: 29/11/2008
Posts: 1966

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 18:48

What royal wedding? Did not know the TRNC had royalty, must study harder...............

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 18:58

@ msg 11, cockclebay: (...) don't forget that the wedding was one of the most internationally televised events ever. In the KKTC and mainland Turkey nearly every school celebrated that day by installing big screens for the pupils to enjoy this historic event. My children enjoyed every moment of it!!! (...)

▶ The Middle Ages televised.

Arockingace



Joined: 24/01/2011
Posts: 75

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 19:20

As someone looking forward to the "quirkiness" of living in the TRNC, and having had property there for over 10 years, I have a lot of sympathy with the sentiments of Msg 1.

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 19:50

Arockingace;



Wait till you have to go through the annual residency crap.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 19:56

You can take the ex-pat out of England but..... finish it yourself!

Arockingace



Joined: 24/01/2011
Posts: 75

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 20:00

Newscoop.



Yeah! I have heard! But surely it''s a price we pay to live in someone else's country? At least we are fore-warned, we know what's coming and what has to be done! Is it not part of life on the island?



I know it's easy for me to say as I have it all to come, but 14 years as a "swallow" puts me in an "eyes open" position I think.



Been looking forward to moving over for years, hence the positive attitude!!!

IbrahimAbi


Joined: 24/10/2010
Posts: 245

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 20:01

Wedding what wedding? have I missed something here?

billybob


Joined: 29/03/2008
Posts: 576

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 21:23

Ask pipie, she knows lol

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 21:29

Arockingace;



Prepare to have your eyes opened big time.

steveafc


Joined: 12/12/2008
Posts: 405

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 21:34

if you don't like being here....................why don't you just go away ?

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 21:34

Msg 23

I've got it!

but.....You can get a Dutch team away from the World Cup!?

Yes or No?!



Richard

Deniz1


Joined: 28/07/2009
Posts: 3829

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 21:39

I agree Msg 1 and the residency is no problem whats the big deal.Less hassle than road tax tv licence council tax and all that crap in the uk.

Tango1


Joined: 19/02/2011
Posts: 1151

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 21:52

Msg.1 I'm not sure that quirkiness is the word I would use to describe the Government in the TRNC.

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 23:06

Deniz1;



Crikey, things must have changed since I was in the UK, you mean that to get road tax, pay council tax, and get a TV license you now have to queue in a corridor before paying 70-100TL to have someone stick a needle in your arm then go back to the original corridor to be told to go to the capital in a few weeks and queue under a hot sun then wait in a room before parting with 200TL to get road tax/council tax/TV license?



In my day you wrote a cheque and that was it.



steveafc; you wouldn't by any chance be a goner (sic) would you?

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
14/06/2011 23:20

I have just renewed my car tax and driving licence on the internet, direct debit for council tax and tv licence no hassle for me Deniz.

newscoop


Joined: 23/12/2007
Posts: 2197

Message Posted:
15/06/2011 05:40

Yeah I bet it was lots of hassle (Not) Woody?

steveafc


Joined: 12/12/2008
Posts: 405

Message Posted:
15/06/2011 06:47

mess 32.....no i'm not a goner, i'm still here !

Cocklebay


Joined: 26/02/2011
Posts: 353

Message Posted:
15/06/2011 08:20

Re message 32, my point exactly! That is how it is here, research before moving to another country would have told you that things are very different to living in the UK!!!

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
15/06/2011 08:51

So, 'Cocklebay', don't you think it's high time TRNC bureaucracy 'moved with the times'?

misunderstood


Joined: 08/04/2011
Posts: 1004

Message Posted:
15/06/2011 08:57

Positive attitude - I had that once - wonder where I left it? MIght have been in court on my 57th visit, who knows, if you find it, please return it to me.

billybob


Joined: 29/03/2008
Posts: 576

Message Posted:
15/06/2011 09:03

It really makes me smile

Message 32 queue under a hot sun - what 'in England'

England have had a hundred years to get things right (maybe more) if its considered right , the TRNC has had 10 if its lucky and all its got is a load of whingeing Brits continually knocking it, simples get used to the system or ship out, its their country to run their way, we're the immigrants whether we like it or not :(

Cocklebay


Joined: 26/02/2011
Posts: 353

Message Posted:
15/06/2011 10:02

Re Mess 37, Move with the times!!! Are you aware of the Islands history? Billybob has said it all and to quote mess 39 "get used to the system or ship out, it's their country to run their way, we're the immigrants whether we like it or not" So very well said!!!!

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
15/06/2011 11:43

Cocklebay. I agree with you that people should research before they get there (that's why I am not there wasn't for me) and once there stop comparing everything with the UK, when the whingers and moaners start about NC then up crops a mention of the UK.