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I remember being forced to play hockey at school, once. (Once because I accidentally whacked someone with the stick thing.)

Retired in Crete wrote:Heavens, I have morphed into Martin!

filippos wrote:Oh, God, not two of you.

You can go off people, you know!
(You may have to buy me a meal, to make up for it.)

There's a railway on Crete? (Is this a wind-up? I've never seen a train on Crete!)

Yeah, OK, a wind up. (You had me all excited!)

I wondered if it would be worth having a separate section for use when people need something to be hand-carried from the UK? For my part, I'll be coming to Vamos on October 7th so if anyone needs something (preferably small and light*) that will fit in a suitcase, I'd be happy to oblige. Just tell m...

Found some Cyprus pounds!!!

Well I run my mail-order business from the UK and we have ALWAYS had problems with Assoles On Line trashing our replies. So we no longer accept orders from A.O.L. unless they first do a test to prove they can receive our emails. This may seem like business suicide but believe me it's better than the...

D&T wrote:Could anyone tell me where the best places would be to visit in winter?

Tenerife.

My wife went to see it with a female friend. "You won't like it; it's a girl thing!" When she came home she said "It was brilliant and I was right: you definitely wouldn't like it!" I do as I'm told so I haven't seen anything apart from trailers. I don't think I could stand an ho...

I think it says that lots of computor climate models have got it wrong. (not sure though) Indeed it does, although I would correct the typo (computer). :) The problem with climate models is that they are exactly that - models. The results that you get out are entirely dependent on the data and assu...

Σχολαστικός !
(pedant)

I feel like I am in Crete today, the weather here is very hot and muggy and all that I can manage to do today (after a long day in the cricket field yesterday), is sit around doing nothing Likewise, I'm watching my neighbour replace my fence, concrete posts and all. It's very tiring. The sweat is p...

Ray wrote:I have just been writing an article on my website about Spinalonga

I must be going blind. I can't find it.

right in the middle of sorting out there lives For the sake of "foreign" visitors, I should point out that we normally use the possessive pronoun in English. That would be " their lives". There, then, here - are all "Adverbs". Anyway, are you male or female, "Cash...

Likewise, my wife and I are visiting Vamos on October 7th for a fortnight.

But it won't fit on my laptop. (My money is waiting.)