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[Get Real!]

In this electronic age, paper Xmas card recipients should be taxed for participating in the destruction of the environment.

[johbee]

In this electronic age, paper Xmas card recipients should be taxed for participating in the destruction of the environment.

For once I agree G.R. Just have to convince EAC, CYTA, most banks, and the water board to send those bills via email! Only SALA has managed that feat so far.

[Ron Doran]

Hi Johbee - Is SALA someone in your neck of the woods?

[CBBB]

Hi Johbee - Is SALA someone in your neck of the woods?

Limassol sewage board.

[GreenPeace]

:o

Not just from the UK. My daughter sent Christmas presents mid November from the USA and they arrived last week. The customs added tax on since one of the items was a bracelet for her 10 year old sisters. What a bunch of plonkers. Still waiting on many items ordered from ebay and Amazon. As for the mixed up mail I rarely get my own, but regularly get others in my box. I complained to the postman and the next day I got a bundle of mail bound together with a rubber band with a variety of addresses on them. Still rarely see my mail! I even got others credit cards, unfortunately not their pin numbers! Welcome to the African section of Europe.

Happy New Year to all!

Johbee: Interesting closure of your comment. Would you mind explaining a little more - software-wise or hardware-wise? I use postal service where I am now and intend to do so also in Cyprus. So this thread concerns me a little...

[johbee]

So maybe I'm being a bit cynical, but sometimes the bureaucracies in Cyprus works a bit more like third world African countries than European countries. For the most part things work pretty well, but the mail certainly has a lot to be desired. Probably part of the problem is that the street I live on is one of three with the same name in Limassol. Also the city took it upon them to change the street numbers for some unknown reason. As for technology services they are up to date for the most part. Unfortunately (And here's the African part) the government has placed restrictions on the main ISP(Cyta) limiting their advanced technologies to ensure fair competition from the smaller ISPs. Ultimately the consumer pays the price through slower internet speeds, poor 3G, etc. Don't worry Cyprus is a lot better than most make it sound. Just bring a wallet full of money and you'll be fine!

[CBBB]

Just bring a wallet full of money and you'll be fine!

I had £45, a car, my clothes, the wife, and no job when I arrived. I've managed for 36 years!

[GreenPeace]

So maybe I'm being a bit cynical, but sometimes the bureaucracies in Cyprus works a bit more like third world African countries than European countries. For the most part things work pretty well, but the mail certainly has a lot to be desired. Probably part of the problem is that the street I live on is one of three with the same name in Limassol. Also the city took it upon them to change the street numbers for some unknown reason. As for technology services they are up to date for the most part. Unfortunately (And here's the African part) the government has placed restrictions on the main ISP(Cyta) limiting their advanced technologies to ensure fair competition from the smaller ISPs. Ultimately the consumer pays the price through slower internet speeds, poor 3G, etc. Don't worry Cyprus is a lot better than most make it sound. Just bring a wallet full of money and you'll be fine!

It's somewhat a relief reading your reply, and thanks for that. Wouldn't you think, as I have discussed in another thread, those stray cats make the cities look like.... Egypt or Middle East? Never mind, I'm beginning to understand this is no issue for local Cypriots.

Hope some authorities will spare some time improving the overall look of the major cities in Cyprus, and hope you'll be receiving your mails efficiently

[johbee]

Just bring a wallet full of money and you'll be fine!

I had £45, a car, my clothes, the wife, and no job when I arrived. I've managed for 36 years!

Wow you had a car! I didn't even have that when I landed here way back in 1989. Lot of hard work and a few years under my belt I've managed to survive. Remember when a large KEO or Carlsberg( those were the only options back then) were 30 cents? A pack of Benson Hedges again 30 cents and a mad stretch Mercedes taxi ride from Limassol to Nicosia was, you guessed it, 30 cents! I could fill up my car for less than 10 pounds, now it cost nearly 100 Euros. A meze was 5 pounds and that was a meze that no one could possibly eat all of it. You could get a decent apartment for CYP20K and a house for 40K. Now you can hardly get a car for that. Ahhhh yes the good old days. No crisis, no blown up power stations, no idiot presidents, no Mcdonalds, Starbucks, etc.... Just honest friendly hardworking people. What the hell happened to Cyprus?

[bill cobbett]

Just bring a wallet full of money and you'll be fine!

I had £45, a car, my clothes, the wife, and no job when I arrived. I've managed for 36 years!

Wow you had a car! I didn't even have that when I landed here way back in 1989. Lot of hard work and a few years under my belt I've managed to survive. Remember when a large KEO or Carlsberg( those were the only options back then) were 30 cents? A pack of Benson Hedges again 30 cents and a mad stretch Mercedes taxi ride from Limassol to Nicosia was, you guessed it, 30 cents! I could fill up my car for less than 10 pounds, now it cost nearly 100 Euros. A meze was 5 pounds and that was a meze that no one could possibly eat all of it. You could get a decent apartment for CYP20K and a house for 40K. Now you can hardly get a car for that. Ahhhh yes the good old days. No crisis, no blown up power stations, no idiot presidents, no Mcdonalds, Starbucks, etc.... Just honest friendly hardworking people. What the hell happened to Cyprus?

Luxury!!!!