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If they are tethered on your land then they must be yours surely. Fire up the bar-b-q

You'll almost certainly be introduced to yet more obscure ingredients that you've never heard of, many of them tasty. Here's one http://greece.greekreporter.com/2013/04/07/cretan-herb-stamnagathi-gets-world-seal/ - very tasty and very good for you. You can buy the seeds in the shop opposite the bus...

Kilkis wrote: I have had a fungal nail infection and, surprisingly enough, it was cured with medication designed to kill fungal nail infections.

Warwick

Try soaking them in cider vinegar.

You can get them on Amazon, or even make your own.
There is an abundance of caper plants in my area, hundreds of the little buggers in my olive grove alone.
You are more than welcome to help yourself to buckets of them, preferably take all the bloody plants with you

You can get a bus from Ag Nik to Heraklion, cost according to this timetable is €7.10 and takes 90 mins. https://rethymnon.com/TheBus-Bus-Service-Crete/timetabledet.php?line=15&lg=2 Then get another to Chania, which drops off on the slip road from the main highway at Kalyves junction (about 1km ...

YoMo2 wrote:I'd buy one for €2.....
Andrew

Personally, I wouldn't have one if it was being given away

asprogirl wrote:thanks, but to do it yourself you need to dismantle from the window and it seems for that you need a special square screw driver which I haven't been able to find anywhere, including B&Q ect in the UK

The hardware shop sells 3 different sized square screwdriver bits, around €0.70 each

If it is just the mesh that needs replacing, the hardware shop in Kalyves (opposite Kritiko taverna) sells it in various widths.

I think the local councils should scrap this and replace it with a tax, just for tourists in all-inclusive hotels.

Kilkis wrote:I believe their is a boarding kennels near the airport called The Dog House

It's actually called `Dog Village', phone number is 6932467936.

Kilkis wrote: I've not seen any with an actual sump although it would make sense.
Warwick

I've done some minor work in two different pump houses here, both of them had a small sump about 50cm square and about 30cm deep with a float operated submersible pump sitting in it.

Just installed, or designed supplied and installed ?
If the latter, contact Mikalis - his workshop is next to the olive oil factory in Tsivaras.
http://xylinoskosmos.com/index.php?option=com_contact&view=contact&id=1&Itemid=462&lang=en

It's more local, but TOTALLY different to your one
Edit - looking at my weather centre wind direction indicator, it's pretty accurate at the moment.

Jeffstclair wrote:A friend of mine who is a professional sailor uses this in order to find info on world wind ..

Hmmm - totally different to the one I use https://www.windfinder.com/#7/34.678/28.032