[TREND] What are three subjects on C44 you like to read about?

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 16:25

What are three subjects on C44 you like to read about? Mine are: history, local news/politics and books.

Scoty


Joined: 23/05/2010
Posts: 846

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 16:40

Closed threads

Local info re esentepe area

Any NC relevant post that is still in an early stage before it turns into usual abuse

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 19:57

Helpful information on changes to standard practices within the authority situations ie. paperwork changes, office timings changes, costs.



Local businesses offers and requirements



Anything else but The Cyprus Problem (unless it is an official announcement), the housing issues (unless it is an official statement), Non Cyprus infill news stories (There are news sites for that), lost or lonely pets (there are dedicated sites for that)



I just realised, I don't have much interest in what is actually on C44, damn it I will just have to start my own forum and have Hans and Marky Mark as my main mods if they want the job

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 19:59

Paul

What about me?!!!!!!!!!!



Richard

Blackpoolfan


Joined: 03/12/2008
Posts: 1568

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 20:50

Resturant reviews

Beaches

Local news

proger1



Joined: 18/04/2009
Posts: 2919

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 20:53

Richard, you are the admin, way above mod

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 21:05

gravy, potatoes, favourite book, favourite this, favourite that!!



Hans, most of us as you well know like the posts you put up about NC, the past, the walks, the tours ( many of us wishing we could be on one)...



Pictures, photos of the scenery, the wild life, life in general in NC......

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 21:30

I like most subjects except the following.



Dogs

Cats



Hope that helps.

BillyB


Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 436

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 21:45

Alcohol, drugs, sex and violence.

Smity



Joined: 14/09/2009
Posts: 826

Message Posted:
20/10/2010 21:55

Imformation, local news about what is hapening or may happen, intesting topics

But when the threads go off to become a chat line cant see the point

apc2010


Joined: 28/07/2010
Posts: 1689

Message Posted:
21/10/2010 00:54

x factor , soaps and karoake ....

PaulW



Joined: 20/07/2009
Posts: 651

Message Posted:
21/10/2010 01:20

Hans, only three makes it a tough choice.

I like to know what may affect me in the TRNC, ie property issues, electricity prices,etc;

I like to know about general things in TRNC, bad weather, hot weather, water shortages.

But most of all I like to know what is happening with all the people I (we) know in TRNC, that is why 44 is popular I can keep in touch with all that is going on and all that the people we know are up to, well perhaps not all they are up to

apc2010


Joined: 28/07/2010
Posts: 1689

Message Posted:
21/10/2010 01:27

paul you may be in the minority , whenever a political or topical thread is posted it gets 3/4 replies ... gravy or a "good" agruement gets 500 , i think dutch proved this with his "trends" posts , people still did not get it , please look at dutch's photo/green line threads ,minimal views , a curry or personal post gets more ,,,

Lemtich



Joined: 15/02/2007
Posts: 1487

Message Posted:
21/10/2010 01:39

Hi Folks



I like to read about boring overpriced restaurants, boring pets, mostly dogs and cats, although the odd lost parrot in Karsiyaka gets a mention, and not least, boring posts about not getting Kocans and dodgy advocates and estate agents in North Cyprus. I mean, who would have ever believed that? Not me, I believe everything they say.



All in all, 90% of Cyprus44 postings have all these, I love them!



Whenever I get over to dear old Alsancak and chill for a month with no internet, I miss them all and can't wait to get back to the UK and read all the postings on the Forum! Hey, where's that dodgy restaurant I just ate at?



Those subjects are my 3 most favourites! I just can't get enough of them!



I'm going for a lie down now, feeling feverish, probably withdrawal symptoms now back in Blighty.



Lem (Member of the Honorable Society of Ex-Cyprus44 Moderators)

PaulW



Joined: 20/07/2009
Posts: 651

Message Posted:
21/10/2010 01:45

apc, I still post on the day to day stuff, that is what makes 44 what it is a community forum. I have meet many 44 members and we are all ordinary people with TRNC in common, I don't see what is wrong with that. I like to have banter with other members and most of the time it has nothing to do with Cyprus but more to do with people. After twenty years of an association with the TRNC I know people who I met then and who to my surprise not only remember Jean and I but also call us friends. Also everytime we go to TRNC we meet new people who become friends. 44 has been a catalyst for a lot of people.

apc2010


Joined: 28/07/2010
Posts: 1689

Message Posted:
21/10/2010 01:51

i am not criticising that point of view , just surpised that more people are not interested in knowing more about the country/ politicall enviroment they live in ,rather than who will win x factor ,or where to get a curry/english breakfast,,, how many people on here know cyprus history from both sides ..????

PaulW



Joined: 20/07/2009
Posts: 651

Message Posted:
21/10/2010 02:08

apc, I think, and this is my opinion, that most of the people I know do have a knowledge of the history of Cyprus, from both sides. Hans for one is very knowlegeable. Some expats do miss certain things, okay x factor may not be the most cerebral subject, but it is a link to the UK. Over the years there has been a different kind of person that has visited and settled in TRNC, but there are still the people who have been either coming here for a long time or have settled here for many years. Things change I'm sure other countries experience the same. It is frustrating when people say "I have never been to North Cyprus but I am buying a house there". You get people like that all over the world, it is sad that most seem to be brits.

That's it for me tonight................

Jessie


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 145

Message Posted:
21/10/2010 02:14

Football



Unwins



And that Italian restaurant. The name escapes me.

apc2010


Joined: 28/07/2010
Posts: 1689

Message Posted:
21/10/2010 02:24

paul , the reason i post cynical posts alot is because of my dismay of expats in general , i find it sad that when d/c posts factually things , little response , the other day greylag? posted a genuine question on direct trade ....nothing untill i bumped it .....post within the "click" ,, 500 views ...



i do not deny somethings i am disruptive , only out of lack of faith in people .....



btw who won strictly x facyor/ dancing / on ice ????

yenibob


Joined: 13/10/2010
Posts: 1203

Message Posted:
21/10/2010 02:43

I would read an obituary section, Three candidates is nowhere nbeer enouf and some meebers would take all tre on there own

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
21/10/2010 07:41

APC



The polarised views one gets on a board north or south for that matter don't really lend themselves to adult discussion of Cyprus history and the Cyprus problem... So it's not surprising that discussions of this nature tend to go awry.



I have a great interest in the subject but don't see that this forum is the best place to discuss these things for that reason. It has also been done to death... it's a bit like going into the pub for a bit of craic and hearing the same conversation over and over again... it wears a bit thin. Those people who live here must have raked over this ground so many times... If this forum is to be as Izzet wants, a community then like any community it's going to get a bit stale if the only topics of conversations are the serious issues of Cyprus. Do the local TC/GC communities only talk about Cyprus?



Things I look to contribute to or discuss... but which are not exclusive



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