Paphos Life

PB I did not and was not saying the young people were stupid, the point I was trying to make was that things the older generation took for granted (ie reciting tables parrot fashion etc), telling the time, tying shoelaces do not seem to be taught to the younger generation.

JK is that the same young people that cannot read an analog clock and an exam board had to stop the exam and change the clocks to digital ones?

With the UK leaving the EU next March 2019, will the UK stop using metric measurements and go back to the good old fashioned imperial system(s)? Those of a certain age can remember these measurements of course, thou/inch/foot/yard/chain/furlong/mile and if you are old enough a league! For area, will...

From https://cyprus-mail.com/2018/07/22/police-launching-week-long-clampdown-on-traffic-offences/ Police will launch a week-long clampdown on speeding and other serious traffic offences from Monday, they announced “Excessive speed is the third most common cause of fatal accidents,” the force said in...

Is this two and a half year sentence really a deterrent and sufficient for this case? No driving licence, no insurance, no tax, under the influence of drugs, fallen asleep at the wheel, and also charged with manslaughter. From http://in-cyprus.com/news/local/driver-jailed-for-fatal-collision-that-ki...

It appears that some people think that Junker may not be fit for office! - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5970335/Jean-Claude-Juncker-accused-alcoholic-govern.html I have no issues with someone having a like for drink but there are so much at stake here (for the UK and EU) should he be in o...

Perhaps the bars should form a Pub Watch system and communicate with each other and warn others who have caused trouble in one bar and been ejected so they are not let in another bar. Also the bars should stop serving people that are drunk and then trying to wash their hands of them when trouble is ...

I called Cyta at 8.05am due to my internet cutting out, telephone assistant could not fix it online and said an engineer would be informed re the fault but may take 3 working days. Got a call at 10.35am the same day saying the fault was theirs and had been fixed, even better it had and works well. A...

I presume that if you are a terrorist organisation you do not have to play by the rules (Would you be a terrorist if you played by the rules?).
However I suspect that a Government is duty bound and expected to be above board and not resort to illegal activities.

Read this today in the Daily Mail - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5954455/British-colonial-forces-raped-teenager-tortured-civilians-1950s-Cyprus-uprising.html Also a very similar article in - http://english.cyprustimes.com/2018/04/30/mail-on-sunday-britains-secret-torture-camp-and-how-the-...

MM, reported means the driver(s) have had a fixed penalty ticket or a report will be submitted with a view of the alleged offender getting a summons. Charged means that a person has been arrested and a charge read out to them at the Police Station and then either straight to court or bailed to appea...

Whilst it is very good to see that the Cyprus Courts system can fast track cases on foreign nationals, why is it that other cases (and often simple ones) within Cyprus can take years and years to resolve? The other issue is what use is a suspended sentence as a punishment when the chances are that t...

Shouldn't ACS be delivering to your home rather than collecting from their office?

Is this sort of person the reason why dashcam's are a good idea?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... affic.html

Road users are now able to submit footage of dangerous driving to police in England and Wales, using a platform set up by a dashcam manufacturer. The website allows visitors to upload videos before sending footage to the right police force. It also redirects visitors to those forces with their own s...

20 stories is around 60mts high & there are several hydraulic platforms on the market that will easily reach this height. The only problem is that Paphos Municipality will have to dip into its coffers & buy one & they are not cheap! Have they considered this ……….. who knows? However, I ...

This shows that speed enforcement is not just easy targets. (211km/h is 131mph) A man was sentenced to 21 days in prison on Thursday in Limassol after he was caught speeding. The 31-year-old had been caught driving at 211 km/h instead of the allowed 80km/h. In addition to the prison sentence he is n...

If Direct Line Insurance is not good enough evidence for you, perhaps ROSPA may convince you, sorry far to long to copy.


https://www.rospa.com/rospaweb/docs/adv ... -speed.pdf

For those that think speed enforcement is a money making project have a read of this - https://www.directlinegroup.com/media/news/brand/2018/16032018.aspx - Below is part of the report - Between 2012 and 2016 there were 97,256 casualties on Britain’s roads where speeding was a contributing factor 62...

Very disappointed in you HIC, have a look at http://forensicdynamics.com/stopping-braking-distance-calculator and Google determining speed from skid marks calculator and you will plenty of evidence to prove speed from skid marks. Also HIC your neighbour goes to show that whatever the limit some peop...