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Christmas is coming and present buying is in progress. If you are buying anything through Amazon then please remember the Luxor4u shop. The costs and discounts are exactly...
So here we go again join the Yanks to make money and then f*** up.
For the USA making 'War is Making Money, it's a business for them. Never forget that!
Here is a letter I found today that says a...
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You have to laugh at the sour Taliban faces when they discovered that the numerous planes and helicopters littering Kabul airport had been “decommissioned “ by the departing Yanks. :lol:
Prolific to say the least...charities,,, just given,,,save that or adopt this..
Charities are the new norm.
So, my mate Johnny Bordon who has a band tastefully entitled Sheep on Drugs don't ask!...
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A friend of mine signed up to do a Wing Walk for a charity a few years back. I was invited along to take some photographs for her. It's a good job I was there. It looked a fun flight, but I realised...
I think it was Crewmeal who mentioned in another post the other day, butter curlers.
Yes I used to have one that my dear Mother bought me.
When I was growing up we used to have a lot of people coming...
....that's what the hand written note stated on my front door. My friend, after a short investigation discovered it was from the electric company, they told her that I'm now required by the new laws...
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Just to give some similar reference as with other above posts, I remember state pension for a widow Egyptian was 100 LE per month, while a 200 carton pack of Cleopatra soft pack was 18 LE.
I heard someone say the other day we have beaten the covid pandemic.
Really ?....... 8)
Ps: Spanish Flu 1918: 17–100 million Died (estimated) That's quite an varied estimate in my book.
Latest...
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We can but hope. At least the UK is doing quite well on all counts. 77% double jabbed and 90% single jabbed. Daily cases dropping and few hospital admissions. And that's after many restrictions were...
Well it seems that Prince Andrew is in the mire, again.
Good! Nick has quite a few stories on Andrew when they were both on HMS Hermes.
Besides accidentally kicking him in the chest whilst Nick was...
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Not being slow on a free-lunch I contacted my two pals who both work for Murdock (the robber baron)
His chief crime correspondents Sully & Martin....
Numbers or not I'm really surprised that India has been taken off the red list and added to the amber one. My collegue in Delhi says the covid numbers are still the same as they were when they were...
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As you know Yildez my thoughts are with you at this terrible time.
I hope you all continue to stay safe in Datca give my love to all.
Just thinking of our drives over the mountains to Knidos etc all...
So not much has changed in the last 18 months since being confined to Laandaan.
I have learned by reading the Saturday Guardian a few months back, my 8 year old seasonal 'head-bangers
are now known...
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Can't you buy Sumatriptan over the counter in Luxor Doc? My NO. 1 son gets them occasionally and always has a Sumatriptan spray to hand (on prescription here, of course!). It works champion, he says.
Because of the Covid19 pandemic many, if not all, countries have introduced various quarantine measures for both their own national returnees and international visitors. For many this can involve a...
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Some nice places out there. Been a few times recently. I was hoping to go over the border to the north, as the checkpoint is easy to cross these days, but sadly one of our deliveries didn't turn up...
She was once sha**ing old JC up in islington probably using his allotment shed come bar.
I lost faith in Jeremy a few years ago, absolute power calls for a loud clear voice,
Adolf could have taught...
Most people will know about the fires ravaging the mid island at the moment an update from Midnight is many homes and vehicles have been razed to the ground, but more is that the bodies of 4 Egyptian...
When I was young I noticed a round mark on my Mum's arm. Around two centimeters in diameter. I asked her what it was and she said it was the mark left by the vaccine she had as a baby. All my aunts...
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Nobody is being 'tested' here in Canada before getting the vaccines. You register for the first vaccine, get it and then at 8 weeks you're notified of a date for the second vaccine to be...
At the end of summer 2020 we were informed of the new transmission of Covid 19. The situation was at that time, even though it was expected that a vaccine would be found, there would be what was...
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For a while, the Venus was the top recommended hotel on Trip Advisor! It's still a dump, though.
I see the UK government has just placed Egypt in the red zone category concerning travel, more bad news, so I can only assume that Egypt didn't have the virus was false news then.
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Have a great time Newcastle. Keep us posted and above all keep safe. Lets hope by the time you're ready to come back Egypt will be back on the amber list at least!
Thank you.
At the very start of this Covid thing early last year, I suggested on here that we should all wear a face mask, and gloves of the soft garden variety that can be washed out each day. Although few...
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Quote me: And, if I decide to buy a Euromillions ticket this Friday and win.. I will be landing in El Gouna next week.
But gambling is a 'mugs game and not to dissimilar to holidaying during a...
Mr Gareth Bayley OBE has been appointed Her Majesty’s Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt in succession to Sir Geoffrey Adams KCMG who will be retiring from the Diplomatic Service. Mr Bayley...
Some years ago under pressure from friends and family I bought a Kindle.
I knew when I bought it I wouldn't like it, I love the feel of a book, I love turning the pages I love the smell of the...
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If and when I return you should pop round I have 2 libraries in Luxor with an eclectic and large selection of
reading material.
Oh! and if you are in Clerkenwell my collection here is pretty...
Leaving the UK hasn't even started yet and Luton Airport seems the place not to fly from.
Am I right in thinking that whilst most British citizens are not permitted to travel, it seems people...
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Of course there’s no obstacle to foreigners coming to U.K. ....although those from India and elsewhere face an enforced quarantine at government hotels, at their own expense.
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