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I brought out a free standing gas stove on easyJet (minus the gas canister of course) as hold baggage, without any problem. It was well wrapped up and I'd brought along some photographs in case they were suspicious of the metal bomb-shaped object I was checking in! You shouldn't have any problem wit...

Steve, if you are still looking, you could get a quote from Stavros at insurance-greece.com He often posts on this forum and I have found his policies (car and house) very competitive compared with UK insurers. Whatever company you choose, the policy will come with a hefty excess for earthquake cove...

Well it appears you were correct, Warwick, and I might have to eat my words about it being a systemic fault. The Cosmote engineer duly arrived last Tuesday and after a bit of head scratching did two things: 1, fitted a new filter on our upstairs phone and 2. Moved the existing filter on the downstai...

Just by way of an update on my original posts back in April ... I, too, am still having problems despite several calls to Cosmote. The internet "drop out" is still occurring at random times, sometimes in the middle of a phone call -- so the call is cut off -- sometimes just after a call wh...

Wot, me ? Nah.

Funny how this thread gets completely manic for a few days at a time, then the exchanges stop dead -- like a couple of punch-drunk boxers collapsed exhausted in the corners of the ring. Or maybe it's just too hot to bother repeating the same tired old arguments and a nice cold beer in a beach tavern...

And another one waiting to happen at the Skopi junction, where they forgot, or neglected, to build a westbound "on" ramp! It means anyone joining the new road there, wanting to head towards Ag Nik, has to take the eastbound slip towards Sitia and perform a U turn. Or use the old road with ...

..Saw you in the paint shop, Tim, and the bridge support already has a lean on it !

Do you mean you have become a tax resident of Greece, or that you have only just started submitting Greek tax returns as a NON tax resident? If the latter, you do not need to collect receipts or use credit/debit cards, but your accountant will want the pink/white slips from your Greek bank account a...

I'm no expert on these things, nuska, but I think Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 7 a long time ago. Windows 10 is fine -- any early bugs have been fixed so don't be afraid to upgrade. It'll be like swapping your old rusty banger for a nice new hatchback!

Welcome to the forum, Bluebird. Yes, you still get the pink slips, although they are now white! And yes, you'll need them for your tax return. I have never used Moneycorp, as Tim has done, so I can't speak for them. I just transfer funds as required online from my UK bank account to my Greek one. Yo...

Hmmm. Smells a bit fishy to me, Tim. You sure it's not a scam? I assume these guys properly identified themselves, but one is bound to ask why the Dimos need, or have the right, to know anything about your income and residency status, which I would think is a matter for the tax office and police res...

There was, George. See altohb's post further down this section, plus other comments over the past few months. Wet wet wet.

Well that's very interesting, TweetTweet, as it suggests this is not confined to a particular area, but more likely to be a systemic problem of some kind. Bearing in mind Warwick's and peebee's helpful comments as well, I'm wondering if this low voltage discrepancy they talk about might be a fairly ...

Thanks Warwick and peebee. Helpful posts.