Cyprus-Forum.com

by **cyprusgrump** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:50 pm

LENA wrote:Anyone took any photos of that? Troodos has snow too?

Loads of snow… Mount Olympus looked absolutely beautiful when the clouds cleared for a short time this morning…

by **cyprusgrump** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:51 pm

Bill wrote:
purdey wrote:It cannot be true,Cyprus is the island of sun and love boasting 350 days of sunshine a year.

Well obviously today isn't one of those days on the west of the island

Bill ~ freezing my balls off in sunny Larnaca

I have to do a job in Larnaca tomorrow... forecast is sunny and 13C

by **Bill** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:17 pm

cyprusgrump wrote:
Bill wrote:
purdey wrote:It cannot be true,Cyprus is the island of sun and love boasting 350 days of sunshine a year.

Well obviously today isn't one of those days on the west of the island

Bill ~ freezing my balls off in sunny Larnaca

I have to do a job in Larnaca tomorrow... forecast is sunny and 13C

I went outside earlier just to get warm .

My next Cyprus home will definitely NOT have a flat roof

In fact if I can eventually convince the house monster of the benefits, it will be a wooden house with brick exterior ~~ no more flat roofed concrete boxes for me thanks.

But on the bright side I've now finally got central heating :shock:

~ I've bought a portable gas fire and put it in the middle of the living room :lol:

.

Bill ~~~~~~ still freezing my balls off

by **LENA** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:34 pm

cyprusgrump wrote:
LENA wrote:Anyone took any photos of that? Troodos has snow too?

Loads of snow… Mount Olympus looked absolutely beautiful when the clouds cleared for a short time this morning…

Oh that must be great view...last year it was white everywhere before i leave from there....hopefully will be like that until middle of February that I am coming for the elections....hopefully i will manage to see some snow since this year did not snow in UK or did not snow around here.

by **tessintrnc** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:39 pm

I saw the mouflon on Troodos a few years ago - it was snowing then.............

by **webbo** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:43 pm

LENA wrote:
cyprusgrump wrote:
LENA wrote:Anyone took any photos of that? Troodos has snow too?

Loads of snow… Mount Olympus looked absolutely beautiful when the clouds cleared for a short time this morning…

Oh that must be great view...last year it was white everywhere before i leave from there....hopefully will be like that until middle of February that I am coming for the elections....hopefully i will manage to see some snow since this year did not snow in UK or did not snow around here.

Lena mou, I understand that the forthcoming elections are a major event. Lots of families etc are returning to the island, that much I am aware of.
If it is not too difficult to explain it to me, could you please tell me why?

Cheers gori

Bubbles x

by **LENA** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:06 pm

Bubbles mou not everyone is coming back for the elections. For the students the political parties pay the whole ticket for them to come back in Cyprus and vote...it is something that they do to get as many votes as they can. If you you are abroad you have the right not to vote but if you are in Cyprus you have to have a serious reason not to. It is compulsory if you are Cypriot to vote. So if you are abroad you can say that my job did not let me or did not have the money or whatever so you can get away with it. Its the same for the students if they cannot because of their studies nobody will force them. But since they can and they get a free ticket why not? This is the first year that it is for free the ticket as far as I know....few years ago they just pay part of it

From what I know in UK you can vote if you want...and most of the people dont give a s*t bout it. Am I right?

Did that answer your question Bubbles mou?

by **Bill** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:51 pm

LENA wrote:

From what I know in UK you can vote if you want...and most of the people dont give a s*t bout it. Am I right?

Correct Lena :lol:

Bill ~~~ very happy with my central heating ~ well half of me is anyway.

by **webbo** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:05 pm

LENA wrote::D Bubbles mou not everyone is coming back for the elections. For the students the political parties pay the whole ticket for them to come back in Cyprus and vote...it is something that they do to get as many votes as they can. If you you are abroad you have the right not to vote but if you are in Cyprus you have to have a serious reason not to. It is compulsory if you are Cypriot to vote. So if you are abroad you can say that my job did not let me or did not have the money or whatever so you can get away with it. Its the same for the students if they cannot because of their studies nobody will force them. But since they can and they get a free ticket why not? This is the first year that it is for free the ticket as far as I know....few years ago they just pay part of it

From what I know in UK you can vote if you want...and most of the people dont give a s*t bout it. Am I right?

Did that answer your question Bubbles mou?

Cheers Lena mou, much appreciated. If someone else paid for me to go home, I would too, definitely!! Do they check that you have actually voted too? Is it only Cypriots who can vote or is it anyone?

Alas, people and the polling booths do not seem to mix back home. We have a very lazy attitude where voting is concerned, though I am not sure as to why?

I always used to vote - may have missed one or two local elections but that was about it! Sad state of affairs is all I can say.

Bubbles x

by **Niki** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:36 pm

First time in Paphos today and it was freezing hail and sleet, 3 degrees (not the group)!

Daughter no1 went paintballing without a change of clothes and gave up after 10 minutes as she was so cold and wet (had to stop to buy warm socks). Limassol was about 6 degrees warmer and no rain.

Cyprus-Forum.com

ITS SNOWING IN PAPHOS!!!

Who is online