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- Fri Apr 19, 2024 4:03 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Wipers
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1581
Re: Wipers
These people are a pain! I encountered them in a carpark at Papa’s in Chloraka. He was v persistent and even tried to touch my wipers. I shouted No, then No again. My shouts attracted support from other drivers and I threatened to report him. He left at speed. I wasn´t quick enough to shout "n...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 3:59 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Google Maps
- Replies: 2
- Views: 349
Re: Google Maps
Speaking of google maps: Does anybody know how to tell it that there is roadblock on the route it suggests?
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 3:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Ablation of the hip
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2866
Re: Ablation of the hip
I guess you mean hip replacement, not just ablation. If it was my hip which needed replacement, I´d consider having it done at a hospital offering robot assisted operations. If what I read about knee replacements is true for hip replacements as well (and I´d suspect most of it is), it will come with...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:25 am
- Forum: Financial Matters
- Topic: Are Cyprus banks really cancelling morttgages of Brits?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1553
Are Cyprus banks really cancelling morttgages of Brits?
According to a posting in a German FB group the reason why so many properties in / near Tala have come to the market recently is that Cypriot banks are forcing Brits to sell by cancelling their mortgages as a consequence of Brexit. Is that true? Can they even do that?
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 12:19 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Starting school advice - English speaking 4 year old
- Replies: 4
- Views: 979
Re: Starting school advice - English speaking 4 year old
I can´t comment on Cyprus specifically, but when I left my home country of Germany with my elementary school children for an English speaking country I sent them to English speaking schools and it was amazing how quickly they picked up the language. Sending them to a Montessori school helped a lot a...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 6:08 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Tsada/Olympus Village
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1337
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 8:25 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Tsada/Olympus Village
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1337
Re: Tsada/Olympus Village
First, Olympos village is not that high, it varies between 480 m and 520 m sea level. Are you sure it´s that high? That´s about the elevation of my plot in Polemi which is quite a bit more uphill. You are forgetting you drive downhill from Tsada to get to Polemi. Good point. I wouldn't have thought...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 10:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Tsada/Olympus Village
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1337
Re: Tsada/Olympus Village
Are you sure it´s that high? That´s about the elevation of my plot in Polemi which is quite a bit more uphill.cyprusmax47 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:24 pm First, Olympos village is not that high, it varies between 480 m and 520 m sea level.
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 5:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Lodging of Wills with the Court
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1134
Re: Lodging of Wills with the Court
When you choose the applicable law, does that affect taxation as well (there is inheritance tax in my home country)?
- Wed Feb 14, 2024 3:53 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Sponsoring a carer
- Replies: 5
- Views: 840
Re: Sponsoring a carer
This used to be the link to the relevant law: https://www.moi.gov.cy/moi/crmd/crmd.nsf/All/5314ED0D3F68CA9EC2257D2C003A4DC2?OpenDocument . Unfortunately, it´s not working anymore. I don´t know whether that´s because of a technical problem or whether the law isn´t in force anymore. Does anybody know ...
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:14 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Decision on energy bill hikes go down to the wire
- Replies: 2
- Views: 533
Re: Decision on energy bill hikes go down to the wire
If necessary, I think the EAC should be subsidized in order to be able to upgrade the grid, so it can manage an increase in renewable energy production. That would be money well spent as it will prevent blackouts.
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 9:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Airlines,fact or myth?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1375
Re: Airlines,fact or myth?
Would using a vpn help?
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 1:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Net Metering App
- Replies: 8
- Views: 756
Re: Net Metering App
Express Pete. Next time your app is showing zero production, see if you are exporting anything to the grid. Turn off any appliances that use huge amounts of electric, such as ovens, aircon etc and take an export meter reading. Then, after a couple of hours of zero production on your app, take anoth...
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 8:56 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Bravo EAC
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1379
Re: Bravo EAC
Maybe it’s a good thing if essential services aren’t privatised. The situation with Germany’s railway system speaks in favour of that claim. Since privatisation, it has gone downhill. Yes, public services are probably more expensive, but it seems that’s a price worth paying.
- Sat Jan 27, 2024 7:17 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Recommendations for someone to replace wooden fence
- Replies: 6
- Views: 617
Re: Recommendations for someone to replace wooden fence
Let me hijack that thread. I´m also looking for someone to erect a fence, but not a wooden one. Any recommendations?
- Wed Jan 10, 2024 9:03 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Update on crematorium?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 716708
Re: Update on crematorium?
Will being cremated mean that you won´t have to be resting on a cemetary (which will come with a cost to my kids)? When my dad died in Germany he was cremated. However, I was not allowed to take his ashes with me, but the urn had to be buried at a cemetery (meanwhile this has changed though). I wond...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 9:43 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Cypriot personal tax system
- Replies: 16
- Views: 241448
Re: Cypriot personal tax system
If you are tax resident here, your pension can be taxed at only 5%. If there is a double taxation agreement between Cyprus and Germany, then Germany should not tax you, as long as Germany agrees you are not tax resident there. That is how it works with the UK. Thanks to souniman for the earlier rep...
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 2:20 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Cypriot personal tax system
- Replies: 16
- Views: 241448
Re: Cypriot personal tax system
Are foreign pensions even taxable in Cyprus? German pensions at least aren't, because they're taxed in Germany according to the agreement for thr avoidance of double taxation.
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 8:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Masks and mandatory tests following Covid 'outbreak'
- Replies: 24
- Views: 540331
Re: Masks and mandatory tests following Covid 'outbreak'
The problem with masks is that they have to be worn correctly to be fully effective. And of course you need to use proper masks for full protection. Those you can buy for 10 Cents may offer some protection against infection via droplets but hardly against infection via aerosols. Personally, I'm usin...
- Thu Jan 04, 2024 9:13 pm
- Forum: General Discussion Area
- Topic: Masks and mandatory tests following Covid 'outbreak'
- Replies: 24
- Views: 540331
Re: Masks and mandatory tests following Covid 'outbreak'
Masks are effective, if and when worn properly and if you use the right ones. Of course, if they're worn around the chin and not sealing tightly, their effectiveness decreases.Holidaymaker wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 8:01 pm Why masks?
They've been proven to be ineffective.
I had hoped that we were past the covid hysteria generally now.