My last night in Cyprus

The Joy of Cesc · Post by **The Joy of Cesc** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:02 pm

Spuddy - remember this guy from the Outback?

Post by **SPUDMASHER** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:05 pm

The Joy of Cesc wrote:Spuddy - remember this guy from the Outback?

Ah! George. What a lovely little fella. Unfortunately he got hit by a car!

The Joy of Cesc · Post by **The Joy of Cesc** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:07 pm

SPUDMASHER wrote:
The Joy of Cesc wrote:Spuddy - remember this guy from the Outback?

Ah! George. What a lovely little fella. Unfortunately he got hit by a car!

Spuddy your sig's a bit unfortunate after hearing that!

Loved it when George sauntered in and greeted his public!

Post by **SPUDMASHER** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:13 pm

The Joy of Cesc wrote:
SPUDMASHER wrote:
The Joy of Cesc wrote:Spuddy - remember this guy from the Outback?

Ah! George. What a lovely little fella. Unfortunately he got hit by a car!

Spuddy your sig's a bit unfortunate after hearing that!

Loved it when George sauntered in and greeted his public!

haha, just noticed that

I guess I ought to change it now.

Goerge survived the accident but John took him home as he was not well enough to stay at the bar any more.
He was a lovely cat and I remember him going to each table to say hello whenever he arrived.

The Joy of Cesc · Post by **The Joy of Cesc** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:17 pm

He'd had a bit of a rough time when John first got him - wandered into the bar one day with a massive cut and other injuries - John took him off to the vet and got him sorted out, and he was there ever since.

I remember Ange saying that he'd "retired" but I didn't know when - she did say he wasn't well.

He used to get a massive bowful of kitchen scraps each day - but still wandered round the tables looking for more! If his public were getting to much for him he'd kip under the t shirts at the shop next door.

Post by **SPUDMASHER** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 8:24 pm

after he went did you ever see the blue bengal that made it his second home?
He came from the litter of kittens that lived between Casa and the Damon supermarket. He was bloody gorgeous! I was seriously considering bringing him home with me. I don't think John ever really took to him though. He tolerated him but didn't really bother with him.
Has Ange gone back to Oz now as well? I didn't see her around at all this year.

The Joy of Cesc · Post by **The Joy of Cesc** » Mon Aug 03, 2009 9:14 pm

No - never saw that moggy.

I think Ange was there last year but haven't heard from her in ages, so don't really know.

Post by **SPUDMASHER** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:27 am

I can't believe how much the whole place is changing. The redevelopment of Poseidonous Avenue looks good but has taken away a lot of the character of the place. Once the work on the new Marina down at Banana tree bay gets going then it is going to destroy one of the nicest coastal views in the area. The bloody roadworks along there are a nightmare as it is already. Just think, there are four more years of that disruption. God only knows how far some of those diversions are going to take you.
I was surprised at just how quiet it was as well. People are staying away in their droves this year. I know there is a credit crunch but the real cost occurs when you get there not before. The euro appears to be destroying the place and many of the locals are regretting ever accepting it. Of course, the real problem isn't the euro as much as it is the fact that the Cypriots didn't devalue their own currency before transferring to it. That fact, combined with the current strength of the euro has seen the cost inflate by more than 35%. We often buy clothes when we are there as they are marginally cheaper than here. Not this year though, they were much dearer than here.
We have a lot of ex-pat friends out there and many of them are coming home this year. Those that live on pensions etc. simply cannot afford it there anymore. It's a bloody shame that their retirement plans are being scuppered by the financial climate.

The Joy of Cesc · Post by **The Joy of Cesc** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 9:38 am

SPUDMASHER wrote:I can't believe how much the whole place is changing. The redevelopment of Poseidonous Avenue looks good but has taken away a lot of the character of the place. Once the work on the new Marina down at Banana tree bay gets going then it is going to destroy one of the nicest coastal views in the area. The bloody roadworks along there are a nightmare as it is already. Just think, there are four more years of that disruption. God only knows how far some of those diversions are going to take you.
I was surprised at just how quiet it was as well. People are staying away in their droves this year. I know there is a credit crunch but the real cost occurs when you get there not before. The euro appears to be destroying the place and many of the locals are regretting ever accepting it. Of course, the real problem isn't the euro as much as it is the fact that the Cypriots didn't devalue their own currency before transferring to it. That fact, combined with the current strength of the euro has seen the cost inflate by more than 35%. We often buy clothes when we are there as they are marginally cheaper than here. Not this year though, they were much dearer than here.
We have a lot of ex-pat friends out there and many of them are coming home this year. Those that live on pensions etc. simply cannot afford it there anymore. It's a bloody shame that their retirement plans are being scuppered by the financial climate.

I know - there's a couple on Regina who retired out there - lost about 30 quid a week on their pension coming in from the UK because of exchange rates. It has to arrive in sterling then get converted when it arrives. A real struggle for them.

It was quiet when we there, first week, yeah maybe cos schools hadn't broken up but didn't seem to improve much in the second week

the electricity board were digging up the road along Tombs of the Kings, we asked the guy in Karlina how long it was going to take. "ah yes" he says with a wry smile "well, first theres the electric, then the phone people, then the gas people, then someone else. It might be filled in in 10 years!"

Post by **SPUDMASHER** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:12 am

Gas??????

Are they finally getting a mains supply put in then?

That's always been one of my two pet hates out there. Cooking with an electric oven (the other one is the no flushing the paper thing).

I feel sorry for the residents of that hotel. The road now passes within about 6 foot of their rooms.

And why is it that the Cypriots have gone from driving everywhere at 100mph to driving everywhere at 2mph? It was taking almost 40 minutes to get from Peyia to the fairground crossroads.

Percy Dalton · Post by **Percy Dalton** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:54 am

Does anyone else have any cat or domestic services stories from thier holidays they would like to share with us?

mrgnu1958 · Post by **mrgnu1958** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:23 pm

Well i shit meself in Crete once.

RaM · Post by **RaM** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 12:35 pm

mrgnu1958 wrote:Well i shit meself in Crete once.

greatgooner · Post by **greatgooner** » Tue Aug 04, 2009 10:58 pm

Percy Dalton wrote:Does anyone else have any cat or domestic services stories from thier holidays they would like to share with us?

Well i shit in the pool in Portugal if that counts

Post by **SPUDMASHER** » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:21 am

Percy Dalton wrote:Does anyone else have any cat or domestic services stories from thier holidays they would like to share with us?

If you're not interested then don't bother commenting you miserable fuckwad.

Anyway, shouldn't you be somewhere else bothering sheep