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Aug 12th, 2022, 12:04 pm
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matina, so very sorry about your cousin. I can only imagine how you must feel. Sending lots of good wishes. Hope all goes well with your appointment tomorrow.
Aug 12th, 2022, 12:04 pm

But this rose is an extra. - A. Conan Doyle
Aug 12th, 2022, 2:41 pm
Matina that's horrible! How selfish of them not to care to even make one phone call :evil: Sorry you had to go through that.
As fot the vacation, im not having the greataest time ever. We went swimming (me mostly staying in water and splashing because i cant swim) on the first day and went to two reasturants so naturally in the second one my brother got food posioning from the meal. Oh and they scammed us for the lemonades,in the menu the price was 2 euros but they charged us 3.5 euros,the menus were conveniently snacthed and we were too tired to argue. On the second day my brother vomitted,got the 38c temp so i called the doc and he said it was food posioning etc, he was already taking all the medicine because we brought some so there was nothing to be done about it. And naturally i vent grocery shopping at night and i wanted to check those big supermarkets so when i was going back i got lost and almost left the city so i backpeddaled (idk how to spell this lol) and asked an older serbian couple to tell me where the hell am i. While going back ,since i didnt bother to bring a purse with me, i put all the metal euros in the bags so one broke and euro fell out. So one waiter replaced them,gave mr back my money and asked me out to sit and talk with him :lol:. He was cute but i dont think ill go because i got the temp this morning 37.2 and my throat hurts but otherwise i dont think im poisoned. Maybe ill walk on the beach tonight but im really tempted to just sleep xd Anyways,i tried to make eggs and then the whole bottle of salt sort of fell in the pan and i ate a little but they were not edible at all. Oh and i dont like the bathroom here, the draining system doesnt work so when you go and take a shower the water level under the sink goes up so its always a flood when taking showers and brushing teeth. Oh and i bless the bathroom once a day with holy water but instead of it i use alcohol in the bottle which i barely opened but at least its 93% alcohol. Now i have to go and wash the dishes because that ready to go pasta will not boil itself, hopefully ill not mess this up too but idk everything is on Greek and im just going to look at those little pics.

This was taken yesterday when i was waiting for the doctor

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And this is the Gyros from the first restaurant, i forgot the name but everything was fresh and people were being very friendly compared to the second one

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Hopefully everything was resized properly, the second pic got uploaded in third or fourth try. If i dont burn down the house while making pasta ill check in as soon as i can, i cant use my data since the provider changed itself somehow so my recepcion is horrible and wifi cant be relied on.

Also i cant wait to go home, hand washing the clothes,cleaning the bathroom and cooking arent for me but the sea is nice at least even tho my brother and i are both sick hopefully it will pass soon so we can go on a boat cruising. Bye for now :lol:
Aug 12th, 2022, 2:41 pm
Aug 12th, 2022, 11:24 pm
Matina I am so sorry for your loss, that was a really shitty thing for them to do...

FreezeMe - hopefully you and your brother will get over your bugs soon and you can enjoy the rest of your trip! That gyro looks really good...
Aug 12th, 2022, 11:24 pm
Aug 13th, 2022, 2:07 am
Hello :wave:

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Kristina I'm sending you a hunky guy to the rescue go for a swim you never know what you might find in the ocean :lol: Yeah hand washing clothes on holidays not great :? try and enjoy what's left of your holiday :D Hey stretton did you sort your streaming site :? I'm trying to get interested in something to watch i just don't know what I'm looking for hubby says I'm difficult :lol: Good morning Pj thank you for that link about the panthers I do like these mysteries :) how did the repairs in the house go did he finish it properly :? I'm waiting on the tradie to give us a date to do our backyard he's a nice young man but really busy he's been in touch regularly so hopefully it'll get done :?
Good luck at the optometrist today reminds me I need to get my eyes checked too hugs always :) god bless :D
Aug 13th, 2022, 2:07 am
Aug 13th, 2022, 5:28 am
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matina, hope you have a good appointment today. Check in when you can. Had a brief sit out in the backyard but it was just a bit too cool when the sun sent behind the clouds. Even Sunnya stayed in the house!

Katy, more than half my repair jobs are now done . . . and the rest to be finished up on Wednesday. Am very happy with his work. He was originally a French cabinet-maker and has good attention to detail. He looks a bit like the guy in the surf that you posted for matina . . . maybe bit older. Once you read the research in that panther book I mentioned (not available as an ebook), you'll realise that the media just continually repeats old and unsubstantiated stories about American GIs and circus wagons over-turning. I found the neighbour's large gray cat in my backyard yesterday, wearing a collar and a little bell! He leapt the fence and was gone in a flash . . . Definitely not a black panther!

FreezeMe, are you on the Adriatic coast? I took ships from Rijeka to Split to Dubroknik over the course of a month, many, many years ago. A beautiful place. Then I headed for Greece, as matina knows. Hope your trip goes well and that your health improves! Thanks for the pictures.

Stretton, always good to hear from you. Hope you're enjoying your summer.

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Aug 13th, 2022, 5:28 am

But this rose is an extra. - A. Conan Doyle
Aug 13th, 2022, 9:08 am
HELLO ALL!
PJ & KATHY my appointment went well need to go back to get a field vision test ran out of time today. when i go pick up my glasses i will have it then.
OH kristina how awful for you all, always remember cinnamon tea is great for stomach bugs and red/raspberry cordial too, when you go to any restaurant there in Greece take a picture of the menu you are ordering from, this way you have proof plus if there are 2 prices one under the column of X xenous (meaning foreigner)they charge more.
N ntopious means they are prices for the locals if this happens then take down the name of restaurant the day date and time and what you had pictures always pictures and then tell them your going to the cops & always ask for the receipt.
i finally got a reply from one of my cousins they asked to be forgiven and said sorry (i asked them how does one forgive such a drastic permanent offense?) they had no answer. I let them have it with both barrels. You let him die without helping him say goodbye to me, you never gave me the opportunity to get any closure myself with him, plus i find out not the day after or a couple of days after but F****G 40 days after the fact! If i had done this to you all you'd flay and never forgive or speak to me again. I told them i'm just too angry to continue this conversation now i'm going to hang up and give myself a week or so to cool down before i say something we all will regret. I am still in shock over it all and they way i found out was by accident. he was only 8 years older than me. ;-( the worst thing was he wanted to speak to me and no one helped him call me no one told me to call him( i am forever now wondering what it was that he wanted to tell me) that i am angry hurt and rope-able grief stricken doesn't even begin to describe how i feel right now if i had his brothers before me now id kill them (homer simpson strangling bart style) i am furious!
I will never know what he wanted to say i now have to live with that for the rest of my life. Image
time for coffee and check on my zuccini slice in the oven before it burns be safe everyone and god bless and be with you all tell folks you love them.
WOLF OUT!
PJ i want your handyman's number please if he looks like that :lol: :lol: :lol:
Aug 13th, 2022, 9:08 am

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Aug 13th, 2022, 10:22 am
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matina, here's a photo from this afternoon's short walk. I also picked up some kindling wood along the street (thanks to high winds over the past couple of days) and used it to start tonight's fire. Rishi has been very active, running around and playing, so I hope this means that she's feeling better and better. That vision field test is the one that always wears me out. Luckily, I didn't have to take it last Thursday, since my previous test was so good. Hope your new glasses work well.
Aug 13th, 2022, 10:22 am

But this rose is an extra. - A. Conan Doyle
Aug 13th, 2022, 1:04 pm
Stretton thank you! Katy i'd immediately stop complaining if he came to the rescue :lol: PJ no i don't think so , i'm on Halkidiki xd Matina you know i haven't even thought of that! I barely had time to look at it before it was snachted away but i'll definitely try this if we go to some restaurant during our stay. I'm also sending you a virtual hug now <3
Its kinda weird that my pics disappeared.. and i only now installed vpn because clearly i forgot and downloaded some apps without it so hopefully i won't get into some trouble :?
I think i'll post more pics when i get home since the really good ones are on my camera, i tried to take a sunset one yesterday but it wasn't that good :lol: Compared to PJ's picturing skills i'm just a beginner xd Until next time :wave:
Aug 13th, 2022, 1:04 pm
Aug 13th, 2022, 2:15 pm
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View of the sunset from my window . . .

FreezeMe, will look forward to those pictures. I have wonderful memories of my youthful time in the Greek Islands.

Good night, everyone . . .
Aug 13th, 2022, 2:15 pm

But this rose is an extra. - A. Conan Doyle
Aug 14th, 2022, 12:54 am
Hey everyone :wave:

Katy - the streaming hasn't been fixed but there is a partial work around, I will pop you an e-mail tomorrow to explain...

PJ - summer has been going really fast... which is good not a fan of summer...

Matina that is just heartbreaking... I think you can be sure he wanted to tell you what you meant to him, that you were loved and to say goodbye...

Early night for me too...
Aug 14th, 2022, 12:54 am
Aug 14th, 2022, 2:12 am
Morning :wave:

Night Night stretton sweet dreams xo :D I will look forward to your photos Kristina :D hmm just sit around the water and people watch surely in Greece theres something or someone worth looking at :lol: matina that's so heartbreaking, as stretton said he probably wanted to give you his love he'll be watching you from angel station above xoxo
Pj in my working life with an Ophthalmologist I used to get patients ready to start the Visual Fields test yes i did it once not fun :? aw give that little angel rishi a cuddle its nice to hear she's bouncing around I know how you worry :? :D suns out a bit too cold to sit outside maybe later coffees brewed yum enjoy your Sunday Pj :D god bless everyone :D
Aug 14th, 2022, 2:12 am
Aug 14th, 2022, 3:22 am
HELLO ALL!
I am busy cleaning and tidying up we are having friends coming around in the afternoon. havent seen them in a long while looking forward to it. But hard going with all the cleaning and tidying up.
KRISTINA halkidiki is a nice area I cant wait to see your pictures. It is very pricey but not as bad as santorini and mykynos they are just beyond exorbitant!
KATHY enjoy your home day i wanted to do the same and read and now i am busy cleaning and thought i had better post as i don't know what time they are coming and what time they will leave
PJ Kristina and I still want that guys phone number!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: so glad to hear rishi is active and being her usual lovable self. sunnya is the out doors one!
Stretton let me know if i can help in any way :)
thank you all for the love and compassionate advice and good thoughts about my cousin, It's the not knowing, he may have needed some kind of assurance from me it is a hard pill to swallow. I hope and pray he knew he was loved and i pray he is at peace now. god rest his soul.
be safe everyone and god bless and be with you all (your friendship means the world to me) please know you are all loved and prayed for every night. tell folks you love them.
WOLF OUT!
Aug 14th, 2022, 3:22 am

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Aug 14th, 2022, 4:23 am
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Sunday morning view from my front deck before the birds arrived . . .

matina, when I visited Greece so many (many) years ago, I spent most of my time on Mytilene and Chios. The people there were wonderful and the weather was perfect. I just camped out on beaches most of the time. Hope you enjoy your visitors this afternoon.

Katy, too cold to sit out in my backyard this afternoon . . . 6 degrees and quite windy. I have the central heating turned on and Sunnya is sitting on one of the floor vents! Rishi is here with me, watching the birds out the window.

Stretton, my relatives in Maine have been reporting a hot summer there (though it wouldn't be considered hot in my son's area in Queensland). We'll have at least another month of winter up here in the Blue Mountains, and maybe some snow. Last night my bushwalking friend reported ice warnings for the roads west of here, near where he lives.

Bye for now, everyone . . .
Aug 14th, 2022, 4:23 am

But this rose is an extra. - A. Conan Doyle
Aug 14th, 2022, 8:56 pm
PJ i have no idea how you survived camping out on beaches.. i envy your free spirit , if i did that i would probably pass out :lol: I made some fries today and each morning we're having rio mare cans for breakfast. I think that by the end of my stay here i'll transform into a fish xd Anyways, the sunbeds aren't that expensive, we found some that cost 5 euros for 4 hours and you have to order a drink which is also 5 euros so 10 in total. So it was nice for an hour then it started to rain a little and i was like nope i'm out and that was it :lol: We bought the other day those pasta cans where you out hot water and stir for 5mins then it's ready. Let me tell you, i was stirring it for 7 minutes with boiling hot water and the pasta was still uncooked so it wasn't edible at the end. I really wanted it to be good tho but oh well. Oh and i saw a tornado today in the distance , it was really cool. I've never seen one irl before. Katy for now i've only seen families with kids and a couple of guys with their girlfirends. I'm probably going out at the wrong time tho. Matina yep it is veru pricey but it's not that bad, some items are cheaper than in my country (like Nesquik). Have fun with your friends today :)
I'm off to watch some eps from the tv show 'under the banner of heaven' then i'm off to sleep. :wave:
Aug 14th, 2022, 8:56 pm
Aug 15th, 2022, 2:36 am
Hi everyone

Kristina I'd give the tin pasta a miss sounds awful could make you sick again :? I would think the seafood there would be amazing expensive I bet though :? PJ you have had an interesting life I must say, I know I've said it before that you should write your memoirs :? a blast of winter today 14c sunnyas got the right idea warming herself on the vent :lol: she makes me laugh bless her :D matina rest that knee it's all you can do hugs angel xo take care everyone :D
Aug 15th, 2022, 2:36 am