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[denizaksulu]

I come here to find out what the "other side" thinks.

That's based on the assumption that the "other side" can think!

Give us a break GR: I am, therefore I THINK, I think.


as for the bagpipes and if what they say is true that they are derived from Turkish bagpipes, please do carry on you will get a big crowd from the settlers. Make sure you tune it right as you have been warned of Zans stockpile of missiles to throw.

How could you try and take that away too?

The bagpipes and presumably now, your Turkish version of them, are direct derivatives of Greek pan pipes . . . .

Dear Phoenix I did not say "I say it is Turkish". I said "if what they (the west) say is true. I knew of bagpipes in the Balkans and seen non in Anatolia. I was surprised myself. I love the Scottish bagpipes (porridge too, everyday )and can see a similarity with the 'drone' note with the Turkish sound 'drone notes on vertain musical instruments and certain religious chants. Thats all. I see all guns blzing. I am ducking.

Adam was playing his Pan pipes and Eve came running too.
Regards

OKAY we agree then . . . the Greeks were responsible for piped music . . .

I must admit I have seen many a Pan playing his pipe on many amphorae. But 'piped music'? isnt that the background music you get in your local supermarket? Nowadays 'Christmas Carols'?

I am sure the most primitive of pipes would have been made well before the ancient Greeks played it. Now be a good girl and contemplate your lonely nights without your hubby, in Cyprus. Allah, kavushturun. 'tis all I can say.

Regards

Now we are back on topic with the usefulness of the forum!

Is that sarcasm I detect?

you will be communicating with your hubby via the internet, No? or the forum indirectly. That is still on topic.

[phoenix]

I come here to find out what the "other side" thinks. Also to see Greek Cypriots discussing normally taboo subjects like double union and partition.

Not having the person there, in the flesh, means no interruptions, constantly to remind yourself that you do not know who is behind the words- they may be old, young, male, female, very educated or not so much. So you must focus on the words and the ideas and from there try to "psyche out" the other person.

Entertainment? Sometimes it is, like when someone (cant recall the name now) accuses us all of being "silly feckers" , sometimes it is upsetting. Mostly it is informative about people and above all Cypriots. It can be bloody hard work at times too!

I think that would be "free-cyprus" . . .

Do we suffer "forum rage" like some people suffer "road rage" ?

Are we more likely to respond in a hostile way to someone, just because we can't see them, when in real life we may have tempered our response?

[Nikitas]

Yes there is forum rage, it is more than evident in some posts. But one way to fight the impulse is to remember that the person you want to insult maybe 80 years old or 12. That keeps you in check.

[phoenix]

Yes there is forum rage, it is more than evident in some posts. But one way to fight the impulse is to remember that the person you want to insult maybe 80 years old or 12. That keeps you in check.

Good advice for everyone Nikitas . . . .

As for myself, I suffer from neither forms of rage

I am just naturally cold, calculating and cruel

[Talisker]

Sorry to disapoint you all but the origin of the bagpipes is Egypt.

There is some interesting information on the origin of the bagpipe from the following site, which suggests the Greeks may indeed be to blame:

http://www.hotpipes.com/history.html

This is the relevant paragraph:

A Possible Beginning?

There is no indication at all in the known historical record of when or where the idea of using an inflated leather bag as an air reservoir for a wind instrument originated. The very earliest depiction of an object that might be a bagpipe is a terra cotta figure currently residing in Berlin's “Staatliche Museum.” This much-discussed object is generally considered to be the earliest depiction of any sort of bagpipe. It is Hellenistic, probably (it is said) from Alexandria, and dates, supposedly, to the first century BC.

[Oracle]

OKAY .... After some forum experience ... my conclusions are that it should be a way of connecting with others that feel the need to air grievances, surprises, confusions, requests for help ... whatever!

Above all else, it should be about establishing a community, where all have our roles or parts ... which can change from day-to-day ... ......

Growing, and maturing together!

However, there is always the menacing presence of a few misfits who constantly try to hound people off with threats and bullying ... YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE IN MY CASE...

Lighten up ...

[umit07]

WHAT ORACLE SAID

`LIGHTEN UP` ?????????????????????????

[Oracle]

WHAT ORACLE SAID

`LIGHTEN UP` ?????????????????????????

Thanks umit .... I knew you'd understand!

.... no problem with aggro regarding dissecting the Cyprob .. so long as the aggro is kept there ... and most importantly kept in perspective ..... for forumers not to lose sight of the fact we all have personal lives that may have nothing to do with forum activities and they should not use one to blackmail or score points on the other ... as the most vulnerable and perhaps most "average" and therefore most useful, will eventually be lost first ... and then we would only have a distorted picture from professional propagandists or professional forumers who jostle others off every few months ... and I am getting fed up of being jostled off!

[umit07]

Oracle you are act'ng normal for now but from time to time you can be a real b*tch. I don't know why you have such mood swings, is it personal? Just keep it civilized

[Oracle]

Umit .... I am generally a brave soul .... and hence people feel free to be OTT with me ... but every so often some of them become absolutely psychotic with their threats ... and unless you can follow every single argument I have been in, and the interconnecting permutations of between-thread innuendoes .... you will not know what I have been subjected to recently ... (starting with iceman's uncalled for name revelation) ... now unless you are in possession of all the facts do not judge ... and accept only I am in possession of all the facts ... including some behind the scenes stuff... and there are some nasty people out there ....

But I am treading on thin ice even with this ... so let's drop it ... whistle ... and move on.