getting about with english; cockroaches
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| Michael Coumas |
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Franxesca, ex_pat, Ladies and Gents.
I have just read through this lot from start to finish and perceive that what started out as a question deteriorated into what it is now. Might I suggest because people do not take the time to absorb all that has been written, in the context it is written & in the spirit so obviously intended. I appreciate it is difficult to put feeling onto paper but if we perhaps work on the assumption that there is good in people prior to considering that their motives are belligerent then we can remain civilised.
Francesca - Mr cannedmoose has helped hundreds of people similar to yourself in a fair, unbiased, honest way in accordance with what he believes and might I suggest his answer to you was with the best of intentions and very sound in its advice which could only benefit you. There would be too many to mention who would have given you the exact same advice. It would then be for you to decide if you wish to accept it.
Ex_pat – I truly am sorry you feel the way you do. Whatever has made you feel the way you do must have been upsetting & I hope you manage to address the issue. Once again as much as I dislike divulging too much apart from Cyprus I have had homes in Cheshire, East Anglia and Hampshire apart from many other countries. Not might I say due to my non existent wealth but because of my work. I have visited Skegness, Cleethorpes, Grimsby, Mablethorpe, Gt Yarmouth, Lowestoft etc. etc. and dare I venture to suggest Mr cannedmoose is, whether we like it or not, generally right. There are of course perfectly average, very nice people there too but as a general observation he is not wrong.
The point however is that perhaps Cyprus is the type of Country where a little humble blending in and embracing local culture is welcomed whereas, to make the point, loud, vulgar and dismissive attitudes combined with open displays of disposable wealth perhaps do not go down too well. It will suit some but not all, it would not do for us all to be the same so please accept the advice in the spirit it was intended, as an impartial observer it saddens me to see this sort of thing degenerate when I see there is no need.
All the best to you all |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:13 am |
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| petethegreek |
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Blimey! bet that toik a while to write. Er, what was the question again?
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 10:20 am |
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| Liza |
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Couldn't have put it better myself Michael.  |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:41 am |
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| Well said michael. |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 4:29 pm |
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| cannedmoose |
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| I've reached a personal conclusion that Michael Coumas is actually 'the voice of reason', who has dropped into this forum to provide it with the central balance it lacks... very well said sir. |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 8:12 pm |
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| cannedmoose wrote: |
| I've reached a personal conclusion that Michael Coumas is actually 'the voice of reason', who has dropped into this forum to provide it with the central balance it lacks... very well said sir. |
Yep, seems you are right Moose. He comes in and calms people down in a very special and polite way. Thats what sometimes is really needed here, imho.
Apart from that you were completely right with your point of view you stated in this thread. I fully agree! |
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| Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 9:58 pm |
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| cannedmoose |
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[quote="city"]Thanks city, I think sometimes I'm just too ascerbic in the way I phrase things... Hopefully the older I get, the more I'll mellow, then in 30 years time, I'll be the voice of reason like Michael  |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 7:37 am |
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| Liza |
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You're not doing too bad now moosey  |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:21 am |
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| cannedmoose |
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| Liza wrote: |
| You're not doing too bad now moosey |
Thank you Liza mou... you can quit stroking my ego now  There are already people comparing us to Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie you know! |
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 10:26 am |
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| Heaven forbid! I will have to stop "stroking" your ego dear as all this "stroking" will be taken way out of context! |
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