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[Bucksboy]

So until you decide I guess you have to put up with the Cypriot way of life (whether you like it or not) the same way Cypriots do in other countries and stop complaining. [/quote]

Yes Kafenes I will have to "put up" with the Cypriot way of life but NO, NO, NO,......I won;t stop complaining until things are changed for the better and until Cypriots realise that they are not Gods chosen people and are subject to the laws of Europe like the rest of us.

As for complaining, then the Cypriots are indeed masters of it the world over no matter where they end up.

[kafenes]

So until you decide I guess you have to put up with the Cypriot way of life (whether you like it or not) the same way Cypriots do in other countries and stop complaining.

Yes Kafenes I will have to "put up" with the Cypriot way of life but NO, NO, NO,......I won;t stop complaining until things are changed for the better and until Cypriots realise that they are not Gods chosen people and are subject to the laws of Europe like the rest of us.

As for complaining, then the Cypriots are indeed masters of it the world over no matter where they end up.[/quote]

The same way you changed things for the better and f...ed up your country? And now you come here and want to do the same to mine.

[Cheshire Cat]

If England is so F****d up then why are there more Cypriots in Londaon than in Cyprus. !!!

Perhaps they are made more welcome there than Brits are in Cyprus.

[kafenes]

If England is so F****d up then why are there more Cypriots in Londaon than in Cyprus. !!!

Perhaps they are made more welcome there than Brits are in Cyprus.

Because they don't complain and have adapted to the British way of life rather then try and change it. Firstly they made an effort to learn the language.

[Cheshire Cat]

But Why, why leave Cyprus when it is the island of milk and honey.?

[kafenes]

But Why, why leave Cyprus when it is the island of milk and honey.?

CC, if I answer that question things will get very hot and political. So let's leave it to that.
Probably 50% of my friends if Paphos are ex-pats and I get along very well with them. They have come here and tried to adjust to the local way of life and are enjoying every day of it. I have nothing against British people, just the odd ones who think they are too smart for Cypriots and criticize them all the time as if they know much better and 'try' and change things. That I cannot tolerate.

[Cheshire Cat]

I too had a lot of Cypriot friends in Cyprus or thought I did ! the fact is that when our money ran out then so did they. I am not interested in politics at all. I am interested in people.

And for your records, I had always defended the Cypriots, that is until I discovered the people I had become fond of were only interested in the money that they thought we had.

Believe me if you have had done to you ,what my family have endured you
would think twice before having a go at me.

[kafenes]

I too had a lot of Cypriot friends in Cyprus or thought I did ! the fact is that when our money ran out then so did they. I am not interested in politics at all. I am interested in people.

And for your records, I had always defended the Cypriots, that is until I discovered the people I had become fond of were only interested in the money that they thought we had.

Believe me if you have had done to you ,what my family have endured you
would think twice before having a go at me.

CC, I never had a go at you. I was referring to someone else when you popped in. I am sorry if you had bad experiences with 'your friends' which drove you away from Cyprus. I guess you were unlucky to get involved with that kind of people (which you can be found everywhere). But please don't generalise.

[Nikitas]

Local bashing is a favorite of Brits everywhere, present company excepted.

I recall a post by Boomerang quoting an Australian proverb- the plane from England lands at Sydney, engine switches off, what's that whining noise, its all the poms on board!

In New York city there is a pub, renowned as a whining spot, where the expat Brits go to let off steam about the locals.

I hope Cheshire Cat fares better in France. An Englishman, Peter Mayal I think is his name, wrote a book, "A Year in Provence" and he does a fair bit of whining about the mercenary nature of the locals, the French language and a few more things. It is the nature of the expat life I guess.

When I worked for the Athens News, the Athens equivalent of the Cyprus Mail, our editor insisted that we slant our writing so that it whined about the Greeks. It was a style that kept our sales up. The editor was Canadian, the readership mostly British.

[Cheshire Cat]

Local Bashing !! When I entered Cyprus I did it with an open heart. Time and time again that heart was broken as every encounter with a Cypriot both in business and as friends was tainted by the drive to make money from the "Patsy" aka the Brit. I would call it Brit Bashing as it would be far more accurate.

Read the local papers virtually every week there is some dodgy developer ripping off foriengers or lawyers running off with peoples life savings.

This is not just the "whinging Brits" as you say but every person of ev ery nationality who comes to Cyprus believing the saying that Cyprus is the place to go to live, the people are honest, friendly and have a special warm friendship with the British. That warm feeling must be the car which is torched in the drive.