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by Aargent
Mon Sep 16, 2024 11:37 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: GESY payments somebody will know ?
Replies: 5
Views: 1016

Re: GESY payments somebody will know ?

According to one of the Pharmacies that we go to pointed out that if the medication that you get is not the generic one then there is a cost to pay even if you have reached your € 150 limit. My wife gets some pretty expensive medication so we have to pay a contribution, not the full cost. To be hone...
by Aargent
Wed Aug 28, 2024 1:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: S1 nedical cards.Renewing?
Replies: 25
Views: 3871

Re: S1 nedical cards.Renewing?

trevnhil wrote: Wed Aug 28, 2024 1:39 pm
Aargent wrote: Wed Aug 28, 2024 1:03 pm This has a lot of information.

https://www.nhs.uk/using-the-nhs/health ... ealthcare/
Just be aware the latest update on the above link is 2021
Page last reviewed 2/may/2023 and is presumably in force till next review 28/may/2026
by Aargent
Thu Jul 18, 2024 7:31 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Transferwise
Replies: 0
Views: 641

Transferwise

I have just done a transfer from RBS to Wise To BoC whilst the time for the RBS to Wise has always been instant the transfer today from Wise to BoC was also instant. Let's hope that this is a permanent change.
by Aargent
Fri Jul 12, 2024 1:40 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Pool leak
Replies: 8
Views: 1254

Re: Pool leak

Try the Bucket test if you have steps in the pool. Place a bucket on one of the steps fill it to the same level as the pool and if the pool goes down quicker than the bucket you have a leak. Probably one of the skimmers I too use Poolfix and have done for years.
by Aargent
Fri Jul 05, 2024 12:15 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Money transfer.Should i be worried?
Replies: 16
Views: 2549

Re: Money transfer.Should i be worried?

I used to use CF for years but some time ago things started going very sloe, taking several days for the transfer to complete. I blamed the Bank and phoned them to tell the. The third time this happened the Bank the Bank kind of hinted that it would be a good idea if I changed my transfer Company. L...
by Aargent
Sat May 18, 2024 10:36 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Tax Return
Replies: 12
Views: 2170

Re: Tax Return

Using the Customs & Excise figures, a Government Body, I make it 1.148
by Aargent
Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Obsolete swimming pool laws poised to change
Replies: 5
Views: 1553

Re: Obsolete swimming pool laws poised to change

" The third will encompass all others, smaller than five units which are rented to tourists or sold. " This is the only category that doe not require a Lifeguard, now I am no expert on Complexes but sure;y most of them have more than five units and will therefor be forced to employ a Lifeg...
by Aargent
Thu Feb 29, 2024 1:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Fire Grate
Replies: 6
Views: 932

Re: Fire Grate

Oakland wrote: Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:36 am Hi

Thanks for that , he did work for us before as well , but he moved from there some time back .

Maybe a good idea to try

Les
Go up the back there is still an Iron Works there. Our job was fairly recent

GS Papaioannou phone 96223236 or 99042339
by Aargent
Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:09 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Fire Grate
Replies: 6
Views: 932

Re: Fire Grate

I expect yours is made from steel, go to a steel fabrication shop with your old one and ask them to replicate a new one. I know there is one on the Mesogi industrial Estate, google steel fabrication shops and find one close to yourself, seems like a good idea. I think that you live in Giolou so, he...
by Aargent
Wed Jan 24, 2024 10:22 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Happy Birthhday Dominic
Replies: 14
Views: 2087

Re: Happy Birthhday Dominic

You, Me and Neil Diamond - can't be bad. Have a good one.
by Aargent
Fri Jan 12, 2024 12:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Electric Cars - Caveat Emptor
Replies: 65
Views: 1493130

Re: Electric Cars - Caveat Emptor

This thread started regarding the big drop in second hand prices of used EVs. It now appears that Hertz are adding to that and are going to replace 20,000 EVs with ICE cars.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos- ... 024-01-11/
by Aargent
Wed Jan 10, 2024 2:20 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Electric Cars - Caveat Emptor
Replies: 65
Views: 1493130

Re: Electric Cars - Caveat Emptor

That's how the internet works these days. Posts get shared on different sites, and some go viral. People who can accurately predict how to make viral content tend to end up very wealthy. And here was me thinking that it was my outstanding choice of topic, my sharp and dazzling delivery , my quick w...
by Aargent
Fri Jan 05, 2024 1:21 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Electric Cars - Caveat Emptor
Replies: 65
Views: 1493130

Re: Electric Cars - Caveat Emptor

The main reason that the Chinese are buying EVs is the fact that they are cheaper than ICE cars. The government is ploughing in huge sums of money to promote them. Only one manufacturer actually makes a profit the rest just get a handout to cover their losses. It is a strategy to take over the glob...
by Aargent
Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:42 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Electric Cars - Caveat Emptor
Replies: 65
Views: 1493130

Re: Electric Cars - Caveat Emptor

The main reason that the Chinese are buying EVs is the fact that they are cheaper than ICE cars. The government is ploughing in huge sums of money to promote them. Only one manufacturer actually makes a profit the rest just get a handout to cover their losses. It is a strategy to take over the globa...
by Aargent
Sat Dec 23, 2023 12:18 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Electric Cars - Caveat Emptor
Replies: 65
Views: 1493130

Re: Electric Cars - Caveat Emptor

https://www.thenissannext.com/en/PoletoPole.html#:~:text=Pole%20to%20Pole%20is%20the,the%20South%20Pole%20in%20Antarctica. Which is all very good but not everyone wants to have Arctic Trucks following them towing a 5 kw wind generator turbine and various Solar Panels so that they can charge up the ...
by Aargent
Tue Dec 19, 2023 12:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Electric Cars - Caveat Emptor
Replies: 65
Views: 1493130

Re: Electric Cars - Caveat Emptor

Hydrogen is inefficient because it is generated electrolytically. This means that you have to have an electricity supply from some other means in order to produce it, with significant energy losses in the process.I should add that hydrogen from the earth is not proven yet. Suggest that you read the...
by Aargent
Mon Dec 18, 2023 2:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Electric Cars - Caveat Emptor
Replies: 65
Views: 1493130

Re: Electric Cars - Caveat Emptor

Hydrogen is inefficient because it is generated electrolytically. This means that you have to have an electricity supply from some other means in order to produce it, with significant energy losses in the process.I should add that hydrogen from the earth is not proven yet. Suggest that you read the...
by Aargent
Mon Dec 18, 2023 10:41 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Electric Cars - Caveat Emptor
Replies: 65
Views: 1493130

Re: Electric Cars - Caveat Emptor

What would worry me about an EV is not so much that it could run out of juice in a traffic jam as the fact that if it did you cannot tow it. Since it has no gearbox it has no Neutral and towing would cause damage . You’d be ok in Cyprus as they use Flatbeds but in many circumstance in other countrie...
by Aargent
Sun Dec 17, 2023 11:52 am
Forum: General Discussion Area
Topic: Electric Cars - Caveat Emptor
Replies: 65
Views: 1493130

Re: Electric Cars - Caveat Emptor

I see that the article mentions the Tesla again, what is it with those cars, that they seem to be the be all and end all for some people? The cars are named in honour of Nikola Tesla a once famous scientist whose specialty was Electricity as with so many geniuses he made a lot of money and could ha...