Paphos Life

Even when I was a student in Edinburgh 60 years ago, I was not an independentist, although I had a good laugh when the Stone of Scone was stolen and dumped in Arbroath Abbey, if I remember correctly. I stayed independent until about a couple of years ago, when little niggles entered into this craniu...

galexinda wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 1:03 pm Also be good if there is a certificate to prove you are exempt from having the virus for medical reasons

No one is exempt from having the virus.

Wow! No total lockdown yet but I think it will come.

With the OH currently locked down in hospital I will not say that life is really joyous at the moment (nowt to do with the virus, thank God). We cannot even go to see her or take her food. Enough of my miseries! In my opinion, the only way to beat this beast before we can vaccinate three quarters of...

There are immigrants from the UK here who live on old age pensions. I know an old widow whose only income is a state pension of about €350. Okay, she has no rent to pay, she keeps chickens in her yard, potters as well as she can in a small veggie garden and, in the Cyprus tradition, she is looked af...

The thunderstorms here are mostly very small but violent cells, sometimes as small as about 1 km across. As a rule, they do not last very long but you can get very mighty wet if you are out in them. Last night was a little bit of an exception. (Before I get bollocked this was at Mosfiloti): about 02...

Yes, I agree. It is one of the best ones I have seen for a long time. I first saw it on the eastern forum.

At 02:16, it was stotting down here at 1.26 mm/min (25.6 mm overnight). Slightly damp.

Went to Nicosia this morning , torrential rain right through Limmasol but I thought after more than fifty years of driving I'd seen everything on the road but I passed a man reading a large hardback book resting inthe steering wheel: couldn't believe it. Jim While you were not watching the road????...

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Do I get vaccinated five times?

Happy in Cyprus wrote: ↑Mon Nov 30, 2020 5:17 pm Pentakomo is a place name which is pronounced quite a bit different to how Brits might expect to pronounce it.

Well, tell us how to pronounce it! I have an idea but I cannot be certain.

Switzerland has 20-odd cantons, each being what they think is an independent small country with an umbrella of the Confederation to hold them together. Politically, this is a system that generally works well. From time to time, something happens which tends to exaggerate the independence of each Can...

I am curious to know how well non-Cypriots get on with the priest of the village (my curiosity may not extend to towns). I will not say anything further here but I shall do after I see what you post.

I have been weather forecasting as an amateur for many years. In order to do this, I have three weather stations, each of them able to measure the current weather and interpret it in its own way. In addition, I make enormous use of the weather reported on the Internet over a radius of up to about 15...

Devil,you have every right to your political opinion of course which i respect.However i resent being accused of telling lies,why should i? Headline to an article in the Daily Mail October 11th written by Scarlot Howes...."BBC spends more on left wing Guardian than any other paper "..So a...

Certainly a step in the right direction but let us see another one in a couple of years.

I may be dim, but I do not see a problem. I have friends who own properties in two countries, with one, two or neither of them in the European Union.

Jimgward,it appears you are getting your information from the UK media and worse still maybe the BBC. You are obviously very brainwashed. The BBC has received more accolades for accurate and impartial reporting than any other media chain. Or, are you pulling our legs with your criticisms? The BBC h...

Except for Sunday, I expect possible showers for the next week. Sunday should be sunnier and calmer and Monday windier and wetter again.

I wonder what chemicals are actually used on even the so-called organic food in the shops. Is there any control on it by an authority? I personally have my doubts when I see the massive quantities of "organic" veggies in Lidl and elsewhere, especially when they look exactly the same as the...