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[zan]

Nice stories guys...Keep them coming...Even if it is just to piss GR off

....but GR would love to think that all GCs hate all the TCs with venom. Even Oracle has one TC friend (that we know of)

I am not sure but I thought Oracle used the past tense with her TC friend.....I didn't believe her anyway.

[BirKibrisli]

And here is another story,this time by Neshe Yahsin....
It was years ago,in the dark days when there was only minimum contact withween the GC and TCs...Neshe was one of the few prominent TCs who lived and worked in the ROC...One day she was invited (for the first time) to give a speech to the students at the American Academy in Larnaca...
When she got there,the teacher who invited her,Nikos Anastasiou,met her at the gate in an agitated state...It might be better to cancel,he said.The atmosphere is very tense...One student even threatened to shoot you...

Nonsense,said Neshe,and walked into a packed school hall...Hundreds of eyes were on me,she narrated. They were visibly shocked as they were expecting a monster,and here I was,a skinny,shy,childlike woman...
After reading a poem she began : "When I was your age we had history lessons at school...As I am sure you do now...We learnt about Cyprus history,but it was very different to what they are teaching you here...So I don't know what is the truth any more...But I know about my own life story... if you are interested"...

She then tells them about the 63 events,how she was scared for her life...How she became a refuge and how she felt , after the 74 events, on her first night in a house deserted by the GCs etc...After the speech there were a lot of questions from the students...Neshe still remembered one of them..."If there was war tomorrow between Cyprus and Turkey,which side would you be on??? Her answer? "On the side of the Cypriot and Turkish peacelovers!"...



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[denizaksulu]

Nice stories guys...Keep them coming...Even if it is just to piss GR off

....but GR would love to think that all GCs hate all the TCs with venom. Even Oracle has one TC friend (that we know of)

I am not sure but I thought Oracle used the past tense with her TC friend.....I didn't believe her anyway.

Well Zan, I am a sucker for the ladys' charm. I agree, it can only have been a past 'friendship', otherwise how could she live with herself.

[Paphitis]

Piratis,

The majority of the media in the south only talk about problems, not solutions.

I have always been taught that there is no point in higlighting problems unless you can offer a WORKABLE solution.

Your turn.

That is because there is nothing else but problems when negotiating with the Turks.

BTW, I love the lovey dovey tree hugging story!!

[zan]

How about my story:

From the age of 15 my best friends, and I am telling you we were inseparable, were two GCs and an Armenian.

[Piratis]

Piratis,

The majority of the media in the south only talk about problems, not solutions.

I have always been taught that there is no point in higlighting problems unless you can offer a WORKABLE solution.

Your turn.

Earlier you said that they are "anti-solution".

How is pointing out a problem makes somebody "anti-solution"? I believe it is the contrary: If you ignore the problem is what makes you anti-solution, since you do not even recognize that a problem that needs to be solved exists.

AIDS is a problem, and there is really no solution to it. Should we ignore that the problem exists? Should we use euthanasia as means of "closing" the problem? Or should we keep trying to actually find a true cure no matter how long that might take?

So please stop labeling as "anti-solution" those that disagree with the "euthanasia" kind of "solution" that you are willing to accept. We all want solution, just some of us want a solution that will actually solve the problems, not just ignore or bury them.

[BirKibrisli]

:lol:

How about my story:

From the age of 15 my best friends, and I am telling you we were inseparable, were two GCs and an Armenian.

Are you still inseparable,Zan...???

[zan]

:lol:

How about my story:

From the age of 15 my best friends, and I am telling you we were inseparable, were two GCs and an Armenian.

Are you still inseparable,Zan...???

My very best friend was the Armenian guy and I have to say we were always arguing but like brothers. When I got married he didn't get on with the idea that I was no longer going to be around as much. He is now in Romania, after his marriage breaking up. He is probably on his way to his second million after his ex-wife stripped him of his first.


One of the GC friends is still as he was when we were 15. The problem is that the rest of us grew up.

My final GC friend I have talked about on this Forum and is the only one I still see...At least I hope to in 7-14 months.



Same old story I suppose of growing up and losing friends who go their own way. I can tell you we had some fantastic times though. Stories that I can only tell my sons when they are older!!!

[Nikitas]

The most shocking feeling is to be the target of an attack by people you do not know and who are determined to kill you. It is a feeling we residents of old Nicosia felt in 1958 and no doubt it was returned in 1963. Once you go through that once you do not want a repeat. Obviously some people here have not had the experience and will not take the word of those that have that it is not something to look forward to.

[BirKibrisli]

The most shocking feeling is to be the target of an attack by people you do not know and who are determined to kill you. It is a feeling we residents of old Nicosia felt in 1958 and no doubt it was returned in 1963. Once you go through that once you do not want a repeat. Obviously some people here have not had the experience and will not take the word of those that have that it is not something to look forward to.

I know what you mean,Nikitas...I was in the old Nicosia in 63...
I can still close my eyes and hear the sounds of gunfire,and feel the same fear...What do they say?...Don't ask anything to older people,ask the young while they are still young enough to know everything...