Positives of living in North Cyprus

EricCrapton



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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 20:29

Having read two thirds of a previous thread back from 2010 (Got fed up reading all the negativnicks!) on the positives of living in Northern Cyprus (Which I can’t now find because of the maintenance this afternoon!) I thought I would start my own thread.



I have been here exactly one month today! I’m not meant to be here, I’m meant to be there! (RoC) I have to keep pinching myself into realising I have fallen into a nest of lovelies. A nest that covers the entirety of TRNC and I mean from Farmagusta to Iskele to Arapkoy to Alansancak to Lapta, which is the furthest I’ve travelled South so to speak, apart from trying to cross at Pygros on that disastrous first day here!



Dealing with the legal aspects of living here can be a chore but even that was not as bad as the officials in the customs were surprisingly helpful (Perhaps it was the two articles in the Kibris Gazette, slagging off the Greek officials that did it?) but as they say ‘when in Rome….’ (Continued next post)

EricCrapton



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Posts: 325

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 20:31

And if you don’t like it there are boats and planes leaving every day!



I’m a great believer in fate and have no doubts at all that I am meant to be here, not there! I hate to harp on (I don’t really mean that cos’ I do really!) but if anyone is interested in reading how fate bought me to Northern Cyprus, I have a blog page where one can read all about it.



Blog link:



https://www.blogger.com/blogin.g?blogspotURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ericcraptonshadow.blogspot.com%2F



Click on the orange adult consent menu block on the left (Only because I don’t mince my words) and it takes you to my page.

EricCrapton



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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 20:33

(Continued from previous post)



What I will say now is and I’m sure most people would have heard this said many times (Mainly to do with the amount of con-artists, arseholes etc. etc. here on the net) ‘If it’s too good to be true then it is.’ Well it’s what I keep thinking as I pinch myself out here but it’s all true; all true. In the very short time I have spent on this paradise of an island, I have made more friends than I made back in England in the last sixteen years. And yes, it’s all true! Even though I’m still not one hundred per cent sure that I will be able to settle long-term due to financial restraints, I’m going to give it a damned good try!



So please, no negativenickness (There you go, I’ve invented a new word on Cprrus44 )

Let’s be happy one and all and exhort the virtues of living on this beautiful isle.

EricCrapton



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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 20:35

That was hard work! Why only a thousand words when it's a book I want to write!

waddo


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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 20:47

Good for you Eric - enjoy the life here as long as you can stay, we do for sure.

AlsancakJack



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Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 20:51

Nick

Welcome to the TRNC, Its a bit like the 'Hotel California' once you are here it is hard to leave. But I guess you have been having a good time since you have been here.

AJ

EricCrapton



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Posts: 325

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 21:06

Good time, I'm in a dream world The sun sea and the sand. A swim in the Med nearly every evening then dinner in the beach restaurant. Meeting lots of wonderful people, you included of course. Saturday nights at the Black Olive. And being an optomist there is a lot more to come, I can feel it in my water

vonny


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Posts: 476

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 21:09

so will you be staying or are you planning on going back to the other side?

EamonnMc


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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 21:09

Msg, 6,



The invisible man returns for all to see !!

EricCrapton



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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 21:20

'Shud I stay or shud I go?' Would make a good title to a song



vonny: I will try and say this as politely as possible. Until I have a hole where the sun don't shine I will avoid the south like the plague, like I will never live there. I walked across the border a few weeks ago to visit my Godson and his parents. When I got to the Greek side of Ledra, the official gave me a wry knowing smile, the smarmy bitch!



Does that convey something to you?

EricCrapton



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Posts: 325

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 21:23

I'm not invisible Eamonn, everyone can see me at the Black Olive every Saturday night. Come and meet us and I'll by you a drink

negativenick


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Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 21:27

AJ's back..........



whats up - had a fall out with dutch ??

martinD41


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Posts: 3001

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 21:32

msg6...AJ in the lyrics of "Hotel California" ,it says, " you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave" a bit different to " It's hard to leave", don't you think?..............

EricCrapton



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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 21:36

Nit picking already........tut tut

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 21:44

@ msg 12, NitwitNick: (...) AJ's back.......... whats up - had a fall out with dutch ?? (...)

▶ I'm so pleased to disappoint you, NN. No problems at all, NN. We're almost ready. The launch of you_know_what_about_Cyprus will be this Thursday/Friday.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 21:48

Eric I loved your blog. As you say you do met lovely people and genuine. You get the asxxe holes on here but they are well know arxx holes . You are in a honeymoon period and for that I envy you. Make the best, you beleive in fate as I do. I have just returned after a month in UK and I have to say I found so much kindness there. I was in Wales, and it was lovely tan love where to did you get it, so the conversation starts. I had many other reasons to be there but Im back here and very pleased to be. Only today I had a call from a friend, do you have food, water etc do you need anything. Enjpy every minute of your time, may see you in the black olive. Fate will decide but you will help it along xxxxxx Good luck x

EamonnMc


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Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 21:49

Msg 11,



Thanks Nick, look forward to meeting you in September !

Lilli



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Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 21:51

Eamonn when are you coming here xxxx I would love to meet you also x

EricCrapton



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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 21:52

Come on now boys put the handbags away and be nice to one another and if you can't be nice go take a hike and start your own topic.



Perhaps an appropriate heading would be 'Jealousy is the root of one evil’

Pugwash


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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 21:53

Good post EriCrapton, hope all goes well for you.

EamonnMc


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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 21:54

Lilli,



Late September, hope to meet you too !

negativenick


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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 21:57

mess 15 - i'll get the flags out.......



hopefully no more from you, AJ and Erolz after that....



bliss.......

EricCrapton



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Posts: 325

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:06

Thank you Lilli, you’re too kind.



'You are in a honeymoon period and for that I envy you'



Oh dear that sounds ominous! But hey, I'm an easy going lad with a positive attitude many would be proud of. I was in Wales last year, Tonypandy. I had a great time and the Welsh are lovely people too and very much like the Turkish Cypriots until you get on the wrong side of them! It would be lovely to see you too at the Black Olive as it is to see everyone there. It’s a great place to be after a hard week of swimming in the Med etc. etc.

collinson


Joined: 28/07/2011
Posts: 30

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:10

wait until you've been here a few years and see if you like it then.



there are many here who have had the stuffing kicked out of them in one way or another.

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:10

@ msg 32, NitwitNick: Are your posts (well, let's call them that...) still headed by "From our C44 correspondent in Thailand"?

Still not got over the loss of your Russian blonde to you know who? And now the TRNC and others here are to blame? Grow up, NN.

AlsancakJack



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Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:13

Eamonn

Send an e-mail just before you get here in September and we will meet up.

AJ

EricCrapton



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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:15

Eamonn: I'm off to UK for a wedding but back on the 23rd so will look forward to meeting you.



Pugwash: Thanks for the comment. I have venom in my viens that I would like to empty into the South's officialdom! But also being a realist I have to move on and make the best of what fate has given me.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:16

Eric Tonypandy just up the road from me, are they not the lovelist people. I just love the welsh. Im Irish by the wat but we do not let that come between us. If that sea wasnt there they would all be Irish anyway. Ive jsut got back but will put the balck olive as I love Vicki anyway on my lsit. Are you there every night x

LittleQueenie


Joined: 20/04/2011
Posts: 107

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:21

EricCrapton have just linked you to my own blog

martinD41


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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:24

Msg14.Eric,I'm not nit picking, AJ and I have a long established Repartee....And I, unlike other members quite admire the man for his dictatorial moderating. I would have ten AJ's to one Clog, man any day ....

AlsancakJack



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Posts: 5762

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:27

Negative Nick

Is it about time you came down to the Black Olive Cafe to show us all what you can do?

Sorry I forgot, you do not live here anymore. Your loss nobody else's.

EricCrapton



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Posts: 325

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:36

Lilli: No The Black Olive is only open on a Sturday night. If it was open every night I'd be worn out and broke!



LittleQueenie: Thanks and wow! you are really into cooking. I too love to cook but list of recipies I can drum up don't add up to much. Will take another look at your blog when my fingers cool down. Incidently have you rver cooked queenies? Check out the Manx recipe on the net, they are delicious.



Martin: Please don't take me too seriously, I take things with a pinch of salt, really I do

EamonnMc


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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:37

Msg 26,



Thanks Dave, will let you know by e-mail as requested, look forward to having a pint or two with you ! This is a nice friendly post with a "positive Nick " for a change !!

LittleQueenie


Joined: 20/04/2011
Posts: 107

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:40

LOL yes I know it started as a blog about Northern Cyprus & turned into a food blog.. I think being from the UK i miss certain things (food wise) and now go out of my way to recreate them- sometimes to ridiculous lengths..



The cooking obsession has fired the gardening obsession- moving to Cyprus has made me a very strange girl ha ha



I will check for these recipes you mention! I don't think I have heard of this

Lilli



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Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:42

Thanks Eric This Saturday I'm making an appearance at \Haciali with Lee xxxxxxxx

EricCrapton



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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:44

Ok, so your a musician, singer?

EamonnMc


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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:45

Msg 35,



So that's " where you go to my lovely " !!!!!

negativenick


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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:46

Post removed , rule 3 ....... Simbas

collinson


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Posts: 30

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:48

yes AJ, why are you back ?



i though you said Cyprus44 sucked and you would never post here again.

Lilli



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Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:50

Hi eric Im a nothing I just ran a restaurant here so I never got out , I had to go to Uk first for a funeral of my ex husband then for medicial treatment. Lee promised me a song a fav of mime, so I will be there to hear it. Be good to see you there xxxxxxxx

TheBlackOlive


Joined: 06/04/2008
Posts: 755

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:51

Love your blog

You are soooooooooooo dead when i see you next love from THE OLD LANDLADY WITH THE ROCKET UP HER BOTTOM lol

Lilli



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Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:53

you vick you should be so lucky xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Hope to see you soon xxxx

EricCrapton



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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:55

msg 38: I've seen enough now! The first word starts with an F and the second word is off!!

EricCrapton



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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:56

Well, you know I like a laugh J....oops, I mean Jacki

EricCrapton



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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 22:58

I meant to write Vicky.....I'm a little wound up!

EricCrapton



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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 23:03

Ok, it wasn't that much fun in Wales then :-( I'm sorry Lilli but I left my heart at the Black Olive

TheBlackOlive


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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 23:03

Take it easy go have a game of golf

I still love you

EamonnMc


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Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 23:04

Msg 38,



Nick, reading some of your posts over the last year or so, I can see that you have been quite helpful in your comments and advice but really , for your own sanity, I think you need to adopt a more friendly attitude ! We all need help from time to time with life's problems and being an "elder lemon" does not mean we should become a "bitter lemon". This is not a criticism, merely an observation ! Whatever, life is short ! and I still enjoy many of your jokes ! Just lighten up, a little !

negativenick


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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 23:06

mess 48 - are you referring to post 1124 or 3628, maybe ?

EamonnMc


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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 23:10

Msg 49,



Ironic, isn't it !

simbas



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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 23:14

Msg 38 , edited for reason given

simbas

Lilli



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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 23:15

Eric no worries baby, i love Vicki and all she does, we are all born equal , sweetheart whatsoever you choose to do in life, but if fate decides i meet you i will, sod fatexxxxxxxxxxxxxx

EamonnMc


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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 23:16

Msg 49,



Ironic, isn't it !Sometimes you can be helpful despite you self ! Must be post 999999 !

negativenick


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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 23:17

mess 50 - ironic ? don't start me off....



mess 51 - he started it....



why not just ban AJ and put him out of his misery ?

EamonnMc


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Posts: 1019

Message Posted:
01/08/2011 23:30

Once again, Nick has succeeded in getting us off topic ! Let's not humor him anymore and return to the real world ! Way to go people !

simbas



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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 23:37

No Nick you started it with message 12

Simbas

stelee77


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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 23:38

Good luck eric clapton.



Its nice to here someone new there loving it,ill be there soon and i hope to be as happy as you are,but i must admit the negative comments on this site do make me think is this the right thing to do.

Glasbury


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Message Posted:
01/08/2011 23:41

Don't let anything deter you. If you want to go for it then go for it !

flowerfairy


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Message Posted:
02/08/2011 00:34

Eric clapton, ''honeymoon period'', babe, we've been living here for the past four years.

We are just a 'normal' couple,we don't go out drinking every night. We eat out, maybe once a week, if lucky.

But, I almost have to pinch myself each morning to realise how lucky we are to have found this lovely island.

I really hope you are as lucky as we are. We also were supposed to be moving south, but there by the grace of God go I. We ended up being here.

homerj



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Posts: 71

Message Posted:
02/08/2011 00:43

I don't know about this eric guy he looks like a drug dealer to me what do u guys think ?

paddywack


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Message Posted:
02/08/2011 00:45

Msg 54

Why not ban AJ and put him out of his misery.

Better idea :- ban Neg Nick and put us all out of our misery.

homerj



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Posts: 71

Message Posted:
02/08/2011 00:50

love the comparison,

My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim

I had to stop for the night

There she stood in the doorway;

I heard the mission bell

And I was thinking to myself,

’this could be heaven or this could be hell’

homerj



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Posts: 71

Message Posted:
02/08/2011 00:57

well actually I have written a song about this



darling, you gotta let me know

should I stay or should I go?

If you say that you are mine

I'll be there till the end of time

So you gotta let me know

Should I stay or should I go?



:lol:

erolz


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Message Posted:
02/08/2011 01:46

Firstly sorry to stray off topic, appologies to Eric and others.



NN said in msg22 "hopefully no more from you, AJ and Erolz after that.... "



I have already explained to you before NN, but once more, if you think helping others to start up a forum means I will no longer be participating here, then you are mistaken. I will continue to post here or not as I feel like it, just as I have done previously when I helped others create or keep up other forums or sites to this one. I will continue to try and help where I can, comment on things of interest to me and challenge those who I think post nonsense, misinformation, exageration and distortion. So hope all you like but if you are going to do so here is a poem for you



http://www1.poemhunter.com/poem/pointless-hope/

EricCrapton



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Posts: 325

Message Posted:
02/08/2011 02:03

collinson: I'm not saying I'm hard but it takes a lot of knocking to get the stuffing out of me!



stelee: Don't listen to the negatives of this world. I'm an old boy now and wish I'd done this years and years ago. People can wish their life away and never get to do what their heart tells them to. I never gave it a second thought once the idea of travelling across Europe to Cyprus entered my head. Even when I got negative advice! And look where it's got me? It's got me where I want to be.



homer: You old dog, was only speaking to your Dad an hour ago! Hotel California is the first song I want to play when I get up in front of a crowd and the second is shud I stay or shud I go! Answer my contact request on Skype.

EricCrapton



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Message Posted:
02/08/2011 02:07

Nice one erolz, nice one son. Nice one erolz, lets have another one

TheBlackOlive


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Message Posted:
02/08/2011 07:56

Morning Eric do you have any caraway seeds for when we have my Goulash lesson?

Want to fit it in before you go to UK, and any other Hungarian dishes you can teach me.

have freinds in Hungary now and maybe if there are anyother things we need they can bring back for me

xxxxxxx

misunderstood


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Posts: 1004

Message Posted:
02/08/2011 08:07

You know eric, even with all the problems I have encountered here I would not want to live anywhere else.

I wake up every morning (at my age a bonus), look out at the sea in front of me and the hills behind and thank God for it. THe Hawks that ride the thermals, the swifts that dip the pool, the beautiful bee eaters that visit, the little fox that says hello. Yes it is wonderful.



But not for everyone and thereby hangs a tale. Enloy it eric and I hope you never become any less enraptured by it, but as Lilli so rightly says, 'honeymoon period'. You do not have the right to tell people who do not like it to go, have you stopped to think, they may have had the wherewithal to start a new life somewhere else stolen from them? Life is not bliss here for everyone.



Nevertheless, I still love it and will stay, unless of course they deport me.

Cocklebay


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Posts: 353

Message Posted:
02/08/2011 08:19

Having lived here for nearly 7 years, we still wake up and smile! Life is what you make it and our life in the KKTC is good!!! To all you negs, please get a life and look around you!!!!!

EricCrapton



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Posts: 325

Message Posted:
02/08/2011 09:21

misunderstood: The only real problem I've had so far is from the customs and border police of the south. I vowed to drag them through every EU court in Strasbourg but hey, once my blood pressure dropped I decided life is too short. I'm enjoying what they gave me, a relaxed and tranquil life in the North.

As mentioned before somewhere, I had two articles published in the Kibris Gazette. On my last visit to the customs in Lefkosa the customs people couldn't have been more helpful after I showed them the articles. A few little things lurk in the back of my mind but they are for the future and will deal with them when they arise.

Cocklebay: Yep every morning I go out on the balcony, for my first fag and I sit looking at the mountains, the beautiful coastline and wonder at its beauty. I keep hearing rose 'tinted spectacles.' I may be naive for a man of my age but not stupid and realise obstacles will arise that will need to be dealt with and I will deal with them as and when.

EricCrapton



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Posts: 325

Message Posted:
02/08/2011 09:51

My apologies 118VICKI118, I overlooked your posts last night as my fingers were working faster than my over-worked grey cells.



Yes, I do have caraway seeds (And they are all the way from Hungary) but they are in storage in Limassol! They don’t have to be Hungarian though and I’m sure can be purchased in any of the supermarkets. I will get some for you no problem.



I’m glad you liked the blog. Before I set up the blog page I looked at many others and was determined not to bore the pants off people with inane posts. My brother works at the BBC in London and he bandied the blog page around and one of the news reporters has taken a great interest in my wanderings. I am to meet with him on my return to London as he is considering doing a story on me! I had to put the little bit about you in the blog as you really were shooting around almost in a blur. I don’t know where you get your energy from but I’d like to know?

fallenwarrior


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Message Posted:
02/08/2011 21:09

hi all this is my rirst blogg so will introduce myself,charles 58 living in hull east yorkshire and holiday home on the east coast,will be selling up next year and was looking at the info on NC.going to bite the bullet and retire when i,m 60 next october.

Dont see the point in working untill 65 so they can put me in a home and take all my hard earned dosh off me.dont want to buy untill i am 100% certain of the place i want to live in.rental property looks cheap and the places on NC look stunning.does any one have any good pointers for me? could i work? i am a plant driver by trade.

Any info would be nice,have been to southern cyprus for a holiday about 7 years ago and it was fine.regards charles.thank you.x

Mad-Taff


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Message Posted:
02/08/2011 23:31

Nice to read some positives for a change !

all the best Eric.





Mad-Taff

TRNCvictim


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Message Posted:
02/08/2011 23:54

fallenwarrior (mess 72)



This is not a Blog, just a NC forum! be-careful! be afraid! you may have to be beamed up scottie, all is not what is seems on EricCraptons Positive Post

Roomy


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Message Posted:
03/08/2011 00:26

How to make friends and influence people 101

EricCrapton



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Message Posted:
03/08/2011 07:02

'This is not a Blog, just a NC forum! be-careful! be afraid! you may have to be beamed up scottie, all is not what is seems on EricCraptons Positive Post'



Any chance of elaborating? From sunrise to dusk my brain is filled with dust so I’m afraid to say it but things sometimes need to be spelt out to me and even then the information disappears, I don’t know where!

misunderstood


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Posts: 1004

Message Posted:
03/08/2011 07:32

Eric, I hope and pray that your life here remains the same as it is now. Before I found out about K5 mortgages I too felt exactly that way. Sure I already knew I had a crap build, but I just said, okay, worst case scenario, I still have the land, of course even that has gone along with the villa the Kaders (Akfinans owners) now weekend in.



Despite all that, I know the T.C's (those not eaten up with greed) are good people who are ashamed of the actions of their fellow countrymen and this is the reason I will not leave willingly. Also of course, I am through being angry and now intend to get even. Funny you should mention the EC courts, ours of course is the ECHR so wish us luck.



My wish for you is good health, good luck and a good life. Paulinexxx

negativenick


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Message Posted:
03/08/2011 08:03

its like "12 angry men" and we all know what happened in the end............

mistymoppet


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Message Posted:
03/08/2011 08:04

I'm surprised anyone would buy here anymore when rentals are so cheap and there are so many potential problems with buying. I wouldn't dare risk it myself or want to put my capital into a property either I guess.

EricCrapton



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Posts: 325

Message Posted:
03/08/2011 09:38

misunderstood: I have no intention of buying a place here, as said renting is the way to go. But if I in a years time i felt the way i do now i would go for a re-sale (If i had the money? which i haven't!)



I have only one negativenickness about the place: and that is i'm being eaten alive by insects and sand flies so i've been informed at the chemists. I have spent a fortune on pesticides, sprays and ointments for my pains but to no avail! Any advice greatly appreciated.

Roomy


Joined: 20/02/2011
Posts: 836

Message Posted:
03/08/2011 09:46

Go back to the UK, that should solve the insect problem.

EricCrapton



Joined: 30/12/2010
Posts: 325

Message Posted:
03/08/2011 10:02

Why is it the people who don't even live here write a load of ?











post edited , anguage Eric language ! no need for it eh ?......... Simbas

misunderstood


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Message Posted:
03/08/2011 10:07

I dont know the answer t insects Eric, they dont seem to bother me much, maybe I am too tough an old bird, or maybe they think I have my share of problems. At night I spray the bedroom and then put a mosquito mat on (electric) and that takes care of the next 8 hours., during the day I have no problems.

negativenick


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Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
03/08/2011 10:07

mess 82 - why do people who live in the kfc write a load of too ?













Post edited , no need to use FOUL language ........ Simbas

negativenick


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Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
03/08/2011 10:10

maybe they're here, cos they're not all there ???

brother



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Posts: 446

Message Posted:
03/08/2011 10:16

Eric,Msg.82; I have been following your "journey" in Cyprus44 with interest.

Your question at this point shows a point of "enlightenment" and I am sorry to see your best efforts "crash and burn" so quickly.

My advice (FWIW) is to treat the forum as if you are walking down a street full of people enjoying the sights.

Most of the people are only too happy to exchange pleasantries with you as you look around and gain a better understanding of the place. However there are also a few people walking amongst them with varying degrees of an affliction akin to that described by Gilles de la Tourette. In time you will develop your own strategy to deal with their attempts at "making conversation"

Roomy


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Posts: 836

Message Posted:
03/08/2011 10:23

Why is it that some folk can find their into a country but can't find their way out so they then, all of a sudden, love the place and the people and decide to stay, at least until the motors are scrapped EH?hahahahahahahahahahaha...

Roomy


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Posts: 836

Message Posted:
03/08/2011 10:25

If I say it gets deleted, how come flavour of the month gets away with it?













Post edited , no need to talk dirty ............ Simbas

EricCrapton



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Message Posted:
03/08/2011 10:31

Wise words brother M, wise words ;-)

simbas



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Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
03/08/2011 10:34

Roomy , there there Sweetie don't fret , i will get round to it .

Simbas

Roomy


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Message Posted:
03/08/2011 10:36

Simbas, good because there are a lot of potty mouths here and some of us are very precious.lol

dippersgirl



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Message Posted:
03/08/2011 10:43

mess 86

Best post in the thread!!!

simbas



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Message Posted:
03/08/2011 11:06

Msg's 82 , 84 , and 88 edited for reason given



simbas

Riddles


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Message Posted:
03/08/2011 20:30

Avon 'Skin So Soft' is fantastic for repelling insects

fallenwarrior


Joined: 02/08/2011
Posts: 4

Message Posted:
03/08/2011 21:56

thanks for the info,but? better to live as a tiger for a day than a sheep for a lifetime.

EricCrapton



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Posts: 325

Message Posted:
03/08/2011 21:58

Thank you rRddles. You must have been listening into a conversation I was having half an hour ago in the local cafe here in Arapkoy. A lady was tell me to get some Skin So Soft. I will be hotfooting it to the chemist tomorrow.

EricCrapton



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Posts: 325

Message Posted:
03/08/2011 22:00

Soz sorry for spelling your name incorrectly Riddles I'm a little piddled

Jeannie


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Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
03/08/2011 22:32

Eric - message 6.



I wouldn't bother - it's only available via the Avon catalogue

EricCrapton



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Message Posted:
03/08/2011 22:50

I was told i can get it from a shop near tempo?

hetty


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Posts: 167

Message Posted:
03/08/2011 22:52

Eric, it doesn't work for me, the little rugrats feast on me relentlessly, I hope it works for you though, some swear by it, I hope you enjoy many bite free days, oh and nights.

homeheist


Joined: 26/10/2010
Posts: 19

Message Posted:
04/08/2011 00:11

During a recent visit i found ~Avon skin so soft effective - no-one really knows why it works but my theory is that its so oily the little pests get stuck and cant get "stuck in" properly-if that makes sense.

deputydawg


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Posts: 1727

Message Posted:
04/08/2011 01:27

One positive of living in TRNC is that every day here for me is one day less spent in the UK.

Jeannie


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Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
04/08/2011 01:35

Eric - message 99.



I wouldn't be a bit surprised. Hope it works for you - the sandflies, especially, are an absolute pain to some and can cause some serious discomfort (to say the least).



Jean

EricCrapton



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Posts: 325

Message Posted:
04/08/2011 08:20

Thank you all for your advice re sand fly bites. Someone on my estate suggested I get some 'off', I've re-named it sand fly F-OFF I was told to spray it on my bed inside and out then spray it on me as well. Well, I got some and it worked, hooray!



Woke up this morning feeling fine

The first day since when nothing's on my mind

Last night I never got bit on the neighbourhood, oh yeah

Something tells me I'm into something good

Roomy


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Posts: 836

Message Posted:
04/08/2011 09:23

Msg 102

That's a positive for the UK as well

EricCrapton



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Posts: 325

Message Posted:
05/08/2011 09:20

Another 'bite' free night As long as this carries on I'll be dreaming every night of vast meadows, Larks on the wing and little furry creatures scurrying around and ..........then I wake up.

homerj



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Message Posted:
10/08/2011 23:33

Don't temp fate my friend, that Russian lady may be round lol

TRNCvictim


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Message Posted:
10/08/2011 23:36

EricCrapton (mess 104)



Are you related to Herman of Herman's Hermits?

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