Paphos Life

I think photo voltaic panels are a good idea. We have some on our bungalow and since installing them we have not had to pay for any electricity.. We just have to pay the standing charge every 2 months. Trev.. The high cost of the electricity from your roof is paid for, through the nose, by all the ...

In 1990, I had a sudden cardiac condition while in the USA and was rushed into a small hospital in NH. They called a cardiologist from a nearby city. He took one look at me and connected an external pacemaker within 30 minutes of arriving. He then asked how I would pay, and I replied that I wasn't s...

I think, therefore, that the Nigerian Govt should be billed for her NHS costs - assuming Nigeria was where she started her journey. If she started it in another country that country should be billed; because she should NOT have been allowed to fly so close to giving birth. It must have been obvious...

As I've been evoked, nothing really to add. A modern DC inverter aircon will give you up to ~4 kWh of heat for 1 kWh of electricity, but the heat is embedded in the airflow, not in direct convection or radiation.

I was very impressed when I went to Switzerland and you could go into a restaurant and buy hot cheese by the melting slice. That was raclette, usually served with a hot spud. The best cheese for that is Bagnes, but it is usually too expensive and other cheeses from the Canton of Valais are more com...

Lincoln wrote: ↑Thu Feb 02, 2017 10:05 am I much prefer the Danish Brie to the French Brie.

There's no accounting for tastes; perhaps because you can't get good French cheeses here. My daughter brings us a real Reblochon on each visit; now THAT is a cheese! (There's no smilie for a strong smell!)

A very creamy mild blue cheese from Denmark. Wikipedia says it is a mixture of Danish 'Brie' and Danish Blue, but I think it is a cheese in its own right.

You see how the threads change from restricting to 20 posts to obscure cheeses!

Let's not make a saga of it, Maggie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saga_(cheese)

You see how easy it is to go off-topic

I agree, but just wanted to see if going wildly off-topic is as irritating for others as I find it

I'll throw this at you:
Should threads in forums be limited to a maximum of, say, 20 posts?

My idea is that longer threads almost always have moved away from the subject of the original message (often earlier!).

And while we are on the subject and closer to home, some find 'Cyp' mildly offensive, too. This is probably because it is mostly used by the less 'with it' sector of the British community here.

cyprusgrump wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2017 4:54 pm Why the outrage?

Because its connotations are similar to those of the 'N' word - it is offensive.

geoffreys wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2017 1:11 pm So should flogging them to the Chinks for a million be a "no no".
Geoff.

Chinks? How dare you use such an offensive and pejorative term?

Austin7 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2017 12:49 pm If you have a 24,000btu unit of the older type and replace it with a new 'inverter' unit which is more efficient do you still need 24,000 or should you go for something smaller?

If you needed 24 000 then, you still need 24 000, but you will pay less for electricity.

Road Warrior wrote: ↑Sun Jan 29, 2017 12:51 pm Inverters are the way to go, the "Haeir" units, come with a five year warranty.

I think most do. I recently had the compressor of an LG unit render its soul after nearly 4 years. It took the techies four trips from Nicosia, but I was not asked for a penny.

'Look out for 'inverter' units which are most efficient...' The Grump has hit the nail on the head; with modern inverters, you get about 4 times as much heat for a given electricity consumption as you would from any other type of electric heating.

I don't miss moaning Brits!

1. Climate change was taking place anyway, it is cyclic, and has been since the earth was formed. 2. The pipelines are much needed and will also create many jobs. Nuts to a few soux extremists who are just anti-Trump trouble makers. What is "sacred" about any of that land? Geoff. Are you ...

2 new pipelines to bring more CO2-producing oil to the US.

Worse, one of them crosses Native-American sacred land, which will be desecrated.

What is Trump playing at?