basket weaving convention looking for a venue

mcstyler


Joined: 15/08/2011
Posts: 205

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 13:48

Dear cyprus 44 members my name is derek styler and my PASSION is basket weaving, after two decades of being involved with this GREAT art i am now head of the european basket weaving committee. Now that i reside in the north of cyprus i would love to share my passion and start my very own club here (well its for all passionate weavers) where by we can meet on a weekly basis, the only problem being is we do not have a venue, so i'm hoping that some business or establishment may invite me to use there premises for a TWO hour session once a week. I live in lapta so the west side of kyernia would be best suited (alsancak my suit us best) if someone offers a venue here i believe the club will be called the ABWCC which is the ALSANCAK BASKET WEAVING CONVENTION CLUB. If we can get this up and running we will become part of the world wide network which will include international club meetings, which will give us a chance to show of our handy work and to shine on a global basis.

Regards derek

JohhnyLee


Joined: 25/04/2009
Posts: 2495

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 13:59

Sounds very exciting Derek, Good Luck, (plenty of basket cases in TRNC)



I know N.N. was into basket weaving in a big way in the U.K.



He spearheaded the Quarry Bank group in the early 80,s. May be he will see your post and show an interest.

mcstyler


Joined: 15/08/2011
Posts: 205

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 14:15

Thankyou kind sir



Lets hope NN puts his name forward, anyone with experience in this field will be a big help. Please be aware that this is an art form that takes many years to master, and we will be willing to train people with no experience, all that is needed is that they are of a creative and patient nature. Please be aware although this is a free club subs are taken to cover the venue rental fee, which i would expect to be very low for two hours.

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 14:30

mcstler ,you crack me up , is there no end to your skills , you are a tonic , i would gladly haved joined ABWCC , but alas i am in the UK , could you do it as a correspondence course maybe , Weave away my friend weave away { i feel a song coming on }

Simbas

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 14:31

Spent the afternoon with Han's and Mike every Tue....Maybe some knitters might like to join too.



Contact Han's for the directions.







Spider,X

jock1



Joined: 06/01/2008
Posts: 3786

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 14:37

i know it follows the Doily convention...its a big thing out here, its held in most bars and cafes out here on a Saturday night.

look forward to sharing these magic moments talking about doily patterns..oh mcstyler youv got me all excited now !!!

kaiserphil


Joined: 14/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 14:43

Great idea! Maybe you could start a pigeon-ringing and pheasant-plucking club as well?

mcstyler


Joined: 15/08/2011
Posts: 205

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 14:52

Yes spider i have read many threads by this hans chap (dutch crusader i believe) but so far i have not been lucky enough to meet the man, he seems to be very intelligent and we share a lot in common, he would be an asset to my club. Please note that we will be able to cater for about twenty members, first come first serve (pun not intended) but of course certain 44 members qualify on merit irrespective.

So congratulations to the following.



dutch crusader

mike lapta

alsancak jack

pollymarples

hildysmith

zerochlor



Well done to the above who meet all the criteria without question.



Could the dutch crusader contact me please to discuss if it would possible to have a joint club night at the santoria (i'm sorry if not correct)



Regards derek

jimmyG


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 900

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 16:41

Taxi for mcstyler!!

mcstyler


Joined: 15/08/2011
Posts: 205

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 17:10

I was hoping for more interest in this native art form. Basket weaving club is a great place to make new friends and create master pieces from many different fibers, in a recent study in geneva it was shown to cure people suffering from stress and anxiety problems, and also giving all those involved an amazing sense of well being and a massive sense of achievement.



Derek styler

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 18:56

mcstyler. Derek or ben? Good to see your English has improved to excellent over the past couple of days, where did you have your lessons?

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 19:00

Derek - now you're cooking! I've been wishing and hoping for years that someone would take the initiative and start up a basket weaving group.



Problem is, like Simbas, I only visit a few times a year but would be more than willing to join a correspondence course, if one is started up.



I think you've had some brilliant ideas up until now, but I have to say that this one takes the biscuit. Well done Derek

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 19:09

very dissapointed of you styler.I thought I'd have had the automatic qualifications as well.

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 19:09

Jeannie. For a minute there I thought I had missed out on the cooking course, I love baking Derek, could you not find a venue and set up a baking course.

wynyardman



Joined: 15/12/2007
Posts: 4580

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 19:12

Oh what a tangled web he weaves. As he practises to deceive!



wyn

yorgozlu



Joined: 16/06/2009
Posts: 4437

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 19:14

Woodspeckie,

I've told him that but he wont listen,since my back ground is from there.........in fact my back is baking now from sitting in front of fire.

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 19:15

Woodspeckie - yes, I see what you mean, what with my cooking and biscuit references - it's my 'theme of the day' today, food, possibly due in some part to the fact that I have given up smoking.



Have to agree that a baking course would be a great idea. I'm sure if anyone could arrange it, Derek could, and, of course, I could still do it via correspondence course. See, I'm bloody obsessed with food.



J

x

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 19:34

@ msg 8, mcstyler: No illusions, please. You are not welcome where I can avoid your presence. And your emails will not be answered either. You're one in a long row of C44 idiots. My lack of "British humour" means I can't stand people like you. Geddit?

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 19:47

Hans. I thought you had accepted him for one of your walks when I saw you had replied by e-mail to him.

philbailey


Joined: 17/01/2011
Posts: 3534

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 20:28

Are D/C and mcstyler

the same person ?

mcstyler


Joined: 15/08/2011
Posts: 205

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 20:34

dutch crusader/hans



I was hoping you would reply but i had no idea how rude you are, is it because we are so alike or is it because you want to be the only ex pat club in alsancak. Well i have news for you my dutch friend being racist will not win you any respect from anyone. Please bare in mind i'm actually czech so i'm not effected by your anti brit drivel. I think we should meet in person so i can educate you on being a gentleman.



Yorg



I was actually going to ask you if you would help me run the club.

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 20:36

Philbaily.



Mind you might be on his hate list next lol..



macstyler..So funny





Spider,X

Ballyboffin


Joined: 25/08/2007
Posts: 903

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 20:41

Message 8..



You forgot to mention your friend Roomy!

augustal


Joined: 11/08/2011
Posts: 236

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 20:43

No!! Phil bailey post 20,,,, I think McStyler is Ac - Dc, and could you please inform him or her that when I open my cabaret club I will let the weaving society have a happy hour on a Tuesday afternoon,,,,,,, and by the way Mcstyler how do you manage to use a computer key board while wearing a straight jacket.......



Al August jnr......

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 20:44

@ msg 19, Woodspeckie (...) Hans. I thought you had accepted him for one of your walks when I saw you had replied by e-mail to him. (...)

▶ HIS words, Woodspeckie, his words. He's a liar. Instead of replying I blacklisted his email address. He probably doesn't like it.



@ msg 21, mcstyler: I'm not in the least interested in meeting you. Please also stop addressing me in threads - you are just another C44 board polluter.

mcstyler


Joined: 15/08/2011
Posts: 205

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 20:56

dutch crusader/hans



Please act like an adult, you offered to show me a good walk in lapta and you said you would walk the first half mile with me, this has been rightly stated by woodspecie. Now i know you have only become insulting since i mentioned starting a club for the benefit of the community, i think we all no the real reason why you are so angry don't we.



Al august



Thankyou i'm sure my party will be very interested in your happy hour.

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 21:32

mcstyler, you can also add the jam making and Jerusalem singing to your activities.

Think, with your other 99 identities as members of your club, what fun it could be!



Happy weaving!

AngelaT


Joined: 25/04/2011
Posts: 114

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 21:48

Derek , what a brilliant idea! I wish you luck in your new venture!



Angela

philbailey


Joined: 17/01/2011
Posts: 3534

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 21:50

Mcstyler if you do have "your other 99 identities"



please can some join that cyprusnow forum?

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 21:53

KarmaSooty1 will be joining you shortly...

AngelaT


Joined: 25/04/2011
Posts: 114

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 21:55

Derek, if your other 99 identities could work for you imagine what kind of taxi firm you could have!!



Angela

EamonnMc


Joined: 18/06/2010
Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 22:19

Mcstyler,



Sounds like another basket case, really !!

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
01/11/2011 23:58

Re: Msg 1,



mcstyler, how about a nightclub for a venue? You could combine your efforts.



http://www.cyprus44.com/forums/77531.asp

philbailey


Joined: 17/01/2011
Posts: 3534

Message Posted:
02/11/2011 00:54

And will you be providing "taxi" home

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
02/11/2011 01:08

Re: Msg 35,



Ask KarmaSooty branch of the enterprise or look up 'airport transfers'.

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
02/11/2011 01:18

I have the simplest possible request that I can think of, would you be willing to meet so hat I can understand what it is that I have done to deserve your disgust Clarissa2. I know that you are worried about the potential for nasty e-mails so I will not ask for your address but mine is available in my profile, please help me to resolve this hatred issue by meeting me, bring your by all accounts, really big husband, it isn't needed because I am actually an ex doorman; peaceful men not trouble makers, but if it is your need for confidence I will understand

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 17:58

@ msg 36, proger1: (...) because I am actually an ex doorman (...)

▶ On an oil rig? Who could have guessed..?!

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 18:14

DutchCrusader/Han's or is it DC...Why is it your so very spiteful and rude most of the time ? Maybe you need to change what you drink ?



http://postimage.org/image/5zdtvlorl/



and did you not post just the other day two finger at someone ? Shame on you..





Spider,X

marks


Joined: 01/11/2011
Posts: 83

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 18:16

What a nasty LITTLE man DC is, I think we should pity him and those close to him.

hattikins


Joined: 17/02/2008
Posts: 2793

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 18:28

Oh for Gods sake, what is going on here, we have DC waiting four days to insult Proger1, who is big enough and ugly enough to stand up for himself, then we have Spider posting links that don't do her any favours, why sink as low as some of the others, does it achieve anything?

If this Mcstyler, whoever he is (or was in a previous life) wants to play silly buggers then let him, but why don't the rest of you pack it in with the insults, the board is getting over run with nasty, pointless posts and that is not what it's supposed to be about. Come on folks, kiss and make up !!!

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 18:38

Hattinkins You should know me by know that I am just jesting..Han's is insulting and always will be !



and yes I also agree that at times 44 has turned into nothing but members back stabbing each other !



Just the other month I gave up on it..only to be told posters were asking where I was lol.



I have said it before, we should all go and hug and Olive tree



Spider,X

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 19:14

@ msg 41, spider: One can fight anything in this world except stupidity. Understand why I don't even reply to your silly posts?

P.S. Try to have some interest in Northern Cyprus, the locals and the activities of expats - instead of trying your 'skills' as a 'therapist' on your favourite posters. Hug your Vic and leave us or at least me alone her, please. Thank you.

P.S. You still can't spell my first name (difficult, I agree: four letters!) - so call me DC. But only in your dreams, not in more absolutely worthless posts.

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 20:55

Han's <<>Did you type this





<<< What's up with you ? Time to eat your posting me thinks >>



Dreaming of you would be a NIGHTMARE But dreams are funny things



Ps I don't think you could leave me alone !



Spider,X



PPS I do not try my skills I use them

mcstyler


Joined: 15/08/2011
Posts: 205

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 21:07

Good job i'm negative anyway with all this hijacking, this is about basket weaving.

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 21:13

soooooo



Funnny.......



We cant all like each others posting





Spider,X

KarmaSooty1


Joined: 29/09/2011
Posts: 91

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 22:15

Poor old Huns.

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 22:21

Is it Hun's I thought it was Han's lol..All I know is my husband has a heart..and that's all that matters.and from him I see how a gentleman can be...









Spider,X

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 22:28

Re: Msg 47,



spider, good thing that Priory is in Scotland too!

Book now!

mcstyler


Joined: 15/08/2011
Posts: 205

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 22:35

644 views on basket weaving, i knew there was a market for it.



spider



Please don't go to the priory, just keep posting.



NN

mcstyler


Joined: 15/08/2011
Posts: 205

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 22:39

Ladies and gentleman boys and girls, basket weaving is officially a hot topic.

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 22:39

I don't think was ever any doubt about there being a market for it.



I wonder, do they indulge in such hobbies as basket weaving at The Priory? I know they did in similar estabishments many years ago.

mcstyler


Joined: 15/08/2011
Posts: 205

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 22:46

jeannie





It costs a lot of money, i would expect more than that.



I did know spider was a millionaire, is she famous.

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 22:50

Only in certain circles, I believe.

spider


Joined: 03/01/2009
Posts: 5527

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 22:52

msg 48 and msg 49...



All booked and Paid for..The perks



I also have a new course to attend ...Improved assessment skills for use on the internet, Think I will find that this two day course very worthwhile





Spider,X



PPS mcstyler its pocket money I earn for the most expensive time of the year= Christmas

mcstyler


Joined: 15/08/2011
Posts: 205

Message Posted:
06/11/2011 22:58

okay, well i hope your course goes well, i'm sure your have a lovely christmas.



NN