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Post by daria14 on Jan 29, 2006 21:15:02 GMT 1
DAVIDZG SAYS: "Come on, somebody who lives and works here, what are the real good things? I am especially interested in celebrating city life as in Croatia, nearly everything that happens, happens there."
Davidzg if you want a good story, you have to experience it yourself. Everyone has their own opinion and perspective, so you cant base croatia on other peoples views. ;D
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Post by onetoten on Feb 5, 2006 1:13:35 GMT 1
Lead pipes? I have seen no lead pipes, on my Turkish enclave. I HAVE seen the sewers. Bye gum have I seen the sewers. Bye gum have I delved. They are now NEW'ish. Could anything be that good on the wages these guys get. 4 grand a year. Repairing ancient sewers. Water. Okay. Bit of white froth, but use a Britas thingy. Then lemons to clean the kettle. (Croats don't understand kettels) It's great here man.....(Wanna buy a house?)
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Post by Ribaric on Feb 5, 2006 11:13:39 GMT 1
"Britas" thingy? Is that a filter of some kind? I reckon I need one from looking at the calcium (or suchlike) floating on top of my cuppa. The kettle tells a similar story. Any suggestions?
Turkish enclave? Do you mean the TRNC?
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Post by gmh on Feb 5, 2006 11:42:53 GMT 1
Brita is a popular brand of water filter. Any micro particle filter will do though. I need one myself, there does seem to be a bit too much calcification going on. Most spouts here have a little particle filter fitted on the end which catches the bigger stuff, but you do need to replace it every now and then, otherwise it gets clogged up and you loose pressure. It's a very cheap little part that you can get at any plumbing supply store. I wish there was something I could get for the shower, because the water drys out my skin real bad. Unfortunately I don't think there is anything because filters reduce the pressure too much.
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Post by onetoten on Feb 5, 2006 13:31:32 GMT 1
"Britas" thingy? Is that a filter of some kind? I reckon I need one from looking at the calcium (or suchlike) floating on top of my cuppa. The kettle tells a similar story. Any suggestions? Turkish enclave? Do you mean the TRNC? Sorry Britta. It does the water some good and takes the white top off the wine if you have it pola pola. But the kettle still gets crusty. Squeeze some juice of a lemon into the kettle and a little water. heat it only for seconds. The white crust falls away. Brilliant. Lemon juice will do it also. Turkish enclave. The place I am used to be Turkish held. Not now. It also used to be a Yugoslav Army base and then Croat Army base. Not now, they've all gone. 50 million Euro is in the pipeline to create a casino, third marina, hotel, nautical centre etc. Great times ahead, if they do it. One superb marina has been created in 12 months, with 50 charter boats expecting 15,000 this year!. So, yes, things do yachts and boats. Investment potential where I am really does look extremely good. Still, wanna buy a house? The wife just aint happy in her homeland. Prefer's the UK.
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Post by Ribaric on Feb 5, 2006 14:32:39 GMT 1
Thanks folks, then I definitely need a filter. I can see stuff floating in my cuppa which will probably become a painful stone in some inner organ if I don't do something.
None the wiser re: location of the "enclave"...OK, it's gotta be on the coast I guess. I have a friend who's buying a place in the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" - or - as the Greeks call it..... "The Occupied Territories". Either way, there's a killing to be made in that particular enclave along with some risks to be taken. Gettin' itchy fingers over here. there's a deal to be done!
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Post by onetoten on Feb 5, 2006 16:34:21 GMT 1
Uvin tea is also supposed to counteract the limescale in the inner organs. We are talking Mandalina, Sibenik. The Turkish connection is 15 centuries ago when the Turks held it and built a fortification with ramparts across the peninsula. Unbelievably this is greatly neglected, but does sport a beautiful 6 th C Turkish Arch. It's also the site of a hellova big cathedral that the Brits bombed by accident in 1946 aiming for Italians. Someone will do this place up, as it's very much intact. 300 families only on the peninsula. The last piece of private land has just been sold for 16 flats. 70,000Euro. Manda and Lina, so the story goes, two sisters who named the peninsual. I live on the Kossa, the hair. the high part, as the peninsula is a little like a submerged animal. East marina, very rural. Several hundred private boats and yachts. West marina, brand new and also is now leased by the shipyard, which has a ship lift, and is big time in yachts. Mega Yachts. Blow you brains out yachts. They also service Jadrolina and Croat navy ships. He expects 15,000 tourists for his summer season. And he owns ALL his 50 cruisers and yachts. This is a first for Mandalina, which was once, as I've said a military base and HQ as far back as the Autro-Hungarian empire. The tip of the peninsual, 400 more births for mega yachts, hotel, casino, natical, sports etc. Directly opposite Sibenik front and the spectacular canal. It's rockin and rollin and has only 100 or so properties. Wanna buy a house. I feel the price rising, as I now have two offers.
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Post by bobsyouruncle on Feb 6, 2006 20:46:49 GMT 1
Ribaric, you can get kettles with built in Britta water filters in UK.
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Post by Ribaric on Feb 6, 2006 20:52:04 GMT 1
Much obliged BYU. Someone is coming over to me on Friday for a visit, if I ask to her to get one, is it too big for a suitacse/hand luggage? Does it need hundreds of replacement filters? Sorry, it's all new to me but I wouldn't like to get internal stones, I saw my dad go through the torment and it's something I'd kinda like to avoid.
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Post by bobsyouruncle on Feb 6, 2006 21:02:46 GMT 1
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Post by Ribaric on Feb 6, 2006 23:28:44 GMT 1
Great stuff, I'm in your debt BYU. In the meantime, I suppose I'll just have to stick to the beer
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Post by onetoten on Feb 7, 2006 0:43:51 GMT 1
Filters are about, not sure, £11-14 for three. 3 month appiece. But you soon know when you overstretch them. And you can, overstretch them. Kettles with them built in. Not seen them in Crotia. Bye gum it be cold here tonight, but not as cold, probably, as my place in Cheshire UK. I think I can stand it. Someone keeps bringing me vino, an English speaking Croatian Saint from down the road. A fan, I have to say.
Not as cold as where you are Ribaric. I hope you have cast iron underware. Or a hefty shot putter for a bed-fellow. (Female, of course).
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Post by Ribaric on Feb 7, 2006 2:05:16 GMT 1
Unfortunatley, girlfriend lives in Biggleswade in Bedfordshire. We get together when we can, she's coming Friday for a week....Yipeeee! It's a long story. In the meantime, thick socks (like their owner), thermals and a tog 99 do the trick. We don't get the Bura or any breeze at all worth the mention, so it doesn't feel as cold as the temperature scale would make you think. I live in a block (aka Stalag 14C...or "Dagenham") which is heated 24/7....so I never go out, maybe I'll walk 150 yards to Konzum for provisions (vino, burek, ready-cooked chicken......) in my hermetically sealed space-suit, but that's it.
It's warm tonight, -6 or so. Everything is white including my extremities where the blood no longer flows. Fingers! I'm talking about my fingers fer gawd's sake!
This beer is a bit potent..........hic!
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Post by elaine on Feb 7, 2006 16:16:25 GMT 1
-6??? I had hoped it would have warmed up a little bit - back to the axe tomorrow then!!
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Post by Ribaric on Feb 7, 2006 20:01:48 GMT 1
Tried that, the trees are frozen solid and the axe just bounces off. I do have an old Russian electric oven though, it takes 45 minutes to warm up but 10 hours to cool off. I think it weighs about 3 tons. I won't be using it in the summer!
It's plus 1 today, a heatwave!
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