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[Tim Drayton]

TC potatoes are big hit with Greek buyers because they are better. Like Mikkie says, the market has ways to reward and punish, no need for politics there.

Wish we could eat those "big hit" potatoes also..
I have to buy my Cyprus potatoes from the south because the Turkish potatoes sold in the north are good for nothing.

I think you've both been had! The tasty potatoes come from Turkey which then get sold by TCs to GCs as a TC product!

You are sooo wrong..Turkish potatoes are small,dark in colour and good for nothing..

You can also get very good potatoes in Turkey, trust me on that one. Perhaps they are sending the rejects to Cyprus.

[Tim Drayton]

The UK was undoubtedly a very racist place in the 1970's. I was growing up in an all-white town at the time and one thing I clearly remember was the way that Asians gradually took over all the corner shops there. They succeeded in re-inventing the corner shop at a time when supermarkets were putting these establishments out of business. I can assure you that most people in the town at the time were not positively disposed towards people with dark skins. Euphemisms like "I am going to the Pakkie's" gradually acquired widespread use to describe the act of visiting the local shop. The term "Pakkie" in those days was certainly not used as a term of endearment. Yet "go to the Pakkie's" people did. The lesson is that even a group that is the victim of racial discrimination can succeed in trading with those who are prejudiced against them if they are sufficiently skilled at marketing. Let us not be too quick to scream "discrimination" just because north Cyprus is losing out in the shopping race. Other factors are involved, too.

One of my exgirlfriends dad did exactly that in Barking. His favourite bear was cheaper at the "Pakkie" shop. Can you imagine how I felt when the whole family got up from the dining table to watch and moan about a black family that was walking down their street? Thats one of the reasons she became an ex-. I have to say that she was not like that and used to rib her father about his bear buying.


You are right when you say it is about the economics of the situation. But lets look into the future. The TC economy will go down and the witch hunt that is seeing TC businesses suffer all over the world, will put even more pressure on them so they will not be able to afford to shop in the south. The "RoC" will not have to stop us physically....They know the extent of their actions all right. When Nadir fell, I knew that other TC businesses would follow...

I know why you heard so many GC voices in the TRNC as well but I am not going to say. Lets just say that the "RoC" cannot compete in that market. I don't mean the casinos either.

I remember a funny incident that I witnessed in Stoke Newington in the early 1980's. This was a very multicultural area in those days so anybody living there should have been accustomed to mingling with people from different ethnic backgrounds. One day I called in at a small shop to buy something. The proprietor was an Asian Muslim probably from Pakistan or Bangladesh, and was sporting a long Islamic-style beard. An indigenous white youth was in the queue in front of me. He paid for his purchases and then launched into a torrent of racist abuse at the shopkeeper before leaving. Despite being a racist this fellow obviously had no compunctions about spending money at an Asian owned shop!

[zan]

TC potatoes are big hit with Greek buyers because they are better. Like Mikkie says, the market has ways to reward and punish, no need for politics there.

Wish we could eat those "big hit" potatoes also..
I have to buy my Cyprus potatoes from the south because the Turkish potatoes sold in the north are good for nothing.

I think you've both been had! The tasty potatoes come from Turkey which then get sold by TCs to GCs as a TC product!

You are sooo wrong..Turkish potatoes are small,dark in colour and good for nothing..

You can also get very good potatoes in Turkey, trust me on that one. Perhaps they are sending the rejects to Cyprus.

It was the same in South Africa, when I went out there a few years ago. The home of Cape and no nice fruit?? When asked, it seems they export all the good produce and have whats left for local consumption. That is the market my friend and his brother tried to fill. Sourced good fruit before it left the country and sell it at a premium to the wealthier SA's. They came up against Cape though and a few dirty tricks later they were out of business.

[zan]

The UK was undoubtedly a very racist place in the 1970's. I was growing up in an all-white town at the time and one thing I clearly remember was the way that Asians gradually took over all the corner shops there. They succeeded in re-inventing the corner shop at a time when supermarkets were putting these establishments out of business. I can assure you that most people in the town at the time were not positively disposed towards people with dark skins. Euphemisms like "I am going to the Pakkie's" gradually acquired widespread use to describe the act of visiting the local shop. The term "Pakkie" in those days was certainly not used as a term of endearment. Yet "go to the Pakkie's" people did. The lesson is that even a group that is the victim of racial discrimination can succeed in trading with those who are prejudiced against them if they are sufficiently skilled at marketing. Let us not be too quick to scream "discrimination" just because north Cyprus is losing out in the shopping race. Other factors are involved, too.

One of my exgirlfriends dad did exactly that in Barking. His favourite bear was cheaper at the "Pakkie" shop. Can you imagine how I felt when the whole family got up from the dining table to watch and moan about a black family that was walking down their street? Thats one of the reasons she became an ex-. I have to say that she was not like that and used to rib her father about his bear buying.


You are right when you say it is about the economics of the situation. But lets look into the future. The TC economy will go down and the witch hunt that is seeing TC businesses suffer all over the world, will put even more pressure on them so they will not be able to afford to shop in the south. The "RoC" will not have to stop us physically....They know the extent of their actions all right. When Nadir fell, I knew that other TC businesses would follow...

I know why you heard so many GC voices in the TRNC as well but I am not going to say. Lets just say that the "RoC" cannot compete in that market. I don't mean the casinos either.

I remember a funny incident that I witnessed in Stoke Newington in the early 1980's. This was a very multicultural area in those days so anybody living there should have been accustomed to mingling with people from different ethnic backgrounds. One day I called in at a small shop to buy something. The proprietor was an Asian Muslim probably from Pakistan or Bangladesh, and was sporting a long Islamic-style beard. An indigenous white youth was in the queue in front of me. He paid for his purchases and then launched into a torrent of racist abuse at the shopkeeper before leaving. Despite being a racist this fellow obviously had no compunctions about spending money at an Asian owned shop!

Thats about right for a racist brain Tim.

By the way....I didn't mean for it to sound that those GCs were crossing to the TRNC for the oldest trade in the world......It is a product, and the advantage we have over the "RoC" is that we and Turkey are not in the EU......Luvely Jubely.......Cheap as chips!!!!!

[halil]

even we can not eat nice orange . thanks to god i have lemon and orange in my garden .

[zan]

even we can not eat nice orange . thanks to god i have lemon and orange in my garden .

I wondered about that Halil.....there didn't seem to be anyone growing fruit in their gardens???Not the places I went to anyway. Of course you could not see into the all gardens for the high walls and barbed wire....

[Tim Drayton]

TC potatoes are big hit with Greek buyers because they are better. Like Mikkie says, the market has ways to reward and punish, no need for politics there.

Wish we could eat those "big hit" potatoes also..
I have to buy my Cyprus potatoes from the south because the Turkish potatoes sold in the north are good for nothing.

I think you've both been had! The tasty potatoes come from Turkey which then get sold by TCs to GCs as a TC product!

You are sooo wrong..Turkish potatoes are small,dark in colour and good for nothing..

You can also get very good potatoes in Turkey, trust me on that one. Perhaps they are sending the rejects to Cyprus.

PS Of course, Cyprus potatoes are the best!

[halil]

even we can not eat nice orange . thanks to god i have lemon and orange in my garden .

I wondered about that Halil.....there didn't seem to be anyone growing fruit in their gardens???Not the places I went to anyway. Of course you could not see into the all gardens for the high walls and barbed wire....

depends how u see it from your family Zan ... also u must have a enough water too .

I have olive trees , figs , yenidunya , grapes, almonds, babutsa ,palm trees as well .

In my garden we have Molahiya , aubargine , Bögrulce , green papers and semiz otu too . They all organic .

[insan]

even we can not eat nice orange . thanks to god i have lemon and orange in my garden .

I wondered about that Halil.....there didn't seem to be anyone growing fruit in their gardens???Not the places I went to anyway. Of course you could not see into the all gardens for the high walls and barbed wire....

depends how u see it from your family Zan ... also u must have a enough water too .

I have olive trees , figs , yenidunya , grapes, almonds, babutsa ,palm trees as well .

In my garden we have Molahiya , aubargine , Bögrulce , green papers and semiz otu too . They all organic .

Nane, feslikan ve maydonoz yok mu be Halil?

[zan]

even we can not eat nice orange . thanks to god i have lemon and orange in my garden .

I wondered about that Halil.....there didn't seem to be anyone growing fruit in their gardens???Not the places I went to anyway. Of course you could not see into the all gardens for the high walls and barbed wire....

depends how u see it from your family Zan ... also u must have a enough water too .

I have olive trees , figs , yenidunya , grapes, almonds, babutsa ,palm trees as well .

In my garden we have Molahiya , aubargine , Bögrulce , green papers and semiz otu too . They all organic .

I cooked a nice firin kebeb on sunday with semiz otu brought all the way from my dads village, Yesil Irmak.