Coincidence

[Yildez]

whinge | Definition of whinge in English by Oxford Dictionaries
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/whinge

Definition of whinge - complain persistently and in a peevish or irritating way.

YES!! And ain't that the truth!

[HEPZIBAH]

I know the Ork's so know what you mean, the posts are only what I would expect from Luxor Tourists and people so bored they have nothing better to do but revert back to insulting others. I do not hink people in Luxor have celebrated Christmas for so long now is because they are either totally depressed, or stuck in such a deep rut they cannot get out of it. This week we welcomed another couple from Egypt, that were fed up of a lifestyle with no structure.
Can I just remind you I am not a tourist in Luxor anymore and never will be again even if for a 7 day break or a long weekend. I am too busy enjoying myself and the music, not all tribute music either. Now going for my daily walk and then to pick up my Halloween Party Costume.
Christmas Eve Buffet for us booked with entertainment
Christmas Dinner for us booked from 1.00pm until 7.00pm with entertainment
New Years Eve Dinner/Dance Booked with entertainment
New Years Eve Breakfast booked.
Busy Festive time for us this year, at last, and looking forward to it....

In between 2 days sailing out of Latchi

Incidentally I don't whinge, that's you forum members branding me, I just tell it like it really is with no frills and no cover ups, I do not believe in cover ups or telling people a load of S---e, to brand a place as being spectacular when its far from it. Unlike others I would not get the opportunity to brand people by name either, it would either get locked or I would get a warning, so cannot be bothered, plus I do not want to lower myself in doing so. I learned by experience.

I know the Ork's ...

Oh dear! Perhaps MajorThom needs to check a dictionary before giving us yet another of his un-predefined abbreviations.

I do not hink people in Luxor have celebrated Christmas for so long now is because they are either totally depressed, or stuck in such a deep rut they cannot get out of it. This week we welcomed another couple from Egypt, that were fed up of a lifestyle with no structure.

Even allowing for the fact that 'hink' is probably missing a 't' and should read 'think', I am struggling to understand that sentence. I'm not sure why I'm wasting my time on it, but I would hate anyone to think that I don't try to understand them.

...I just tell it like it really is...

No, you just tell it how you think it is from your blinkered, jaded, often uniformed point of view.

[Horus]

The problem with MT’s type of posts are that he only sees life from his own narrow perspective. He makes his own life a living hell by moving to a country he knows little about and then spends forever after complaining about it. He cannot comprehend that there are many others that are perfectly happy to live there and have integrated themselves into a society that suits them. He fails to see that the rest of us can also see all the warts on Egypt’s face, but are happy to either ignore them when we visit because our reasons for doing so are that they do not really affect us in the long term or they are a price worth paying to live there. He constantly insults our intelligence by assuming that only he is aware of all of these failings and that he has to point them out to us all the time, we know the place is often dirty, we know they do not sell bunches of Holly for Christmas or Baileys Cream is as rare as rocking horse poo and chocolate melts in a hot climate and food not kept frozen will go off, we don’t go around with our eyes shut, we are not being fooled by anyone.

Cyprus is an entirely different place and culture and again he makes the assumption that it is only he who knows about the place, WE know it is a lot different to Egypt which is basically a poor North African country so we do not need the constant comparisons, it is like chalk and cheese. Looking at MT’s current itinerary I would be appalled to think that was what my future held for me, it may seem like heaven to him, but to others it would be their worse nightmare. I would much prefer to live in a beautiful country with a varied climate and spectacular scenery than on a barren island. I much prefer to go for long walks in open countryside besides rivers, streams and woodland, I enjoy the peace and quiet and visits from my family and friends, that is my ideal, but it is not everyone else’s and MT just cannot see that, he only sees what is currently in front of him and then wrongly assumes it to be life’s ideal. Tell us about your new life by all means, but do not assume that just because we are all not green with envy at your lifestyle that the rest of us are somehow missing out or are not as worldly wise as you imagine yourself to be.

[newcastle]

Entirely agree with all the above Horus.

What I find slightly creepy about MT's posts are that, whatever the subject of the thread, he can interject a comment which, in one way or another, slags off Luxor - Egypt/Egyptians generally.

What does he find so fascinating about the place or those of us who live here, that he can only bang on about how awful it is?

Yes, MT...we got that. Be a good boy, run along now and leave us to our miserable existence.

[Yildez]

[quote="newcastle"]Entirely agree with all the above Horus.

What I find slightly creepy about MT's posts are that, whatever the subject of the thread, he can interject a comment which, in one way or another, slags off Luxor - Egypt/Egyptians generally.

What does he find so fascinating about the place or those of us who live here, that he can only bang on about how awful it is?

Yes, MT...we got that. Be a good boy, run along now and leave us to our miserable existence.[/quote


Amen to that!

[Yildez]

Entirely agree with all the above Horus.

What I find slightly creepy about MT's posts are that, whatever the subject of the thread, he can interject a comment which, in one way or another, slags off Luxor - Egypt/Egyptians generally.

What does he find so fascinating about the place or those of us who live here, that he can only bang on about how awful it is?

Yes, MT...we got that. Be a good boy, run along now and leave us to our miserable existence.

And amen to that!

[Dusak]

You are what you are and always have been. I remember a lot of his posts from long ago under various names, numbers and avatars, much the same on the now defunct LCB's site when he was complaining and getting up close and personal towards posters. He is not a singular quirk to this site or any place else for that matter, I've met quite a few similar people in the UK, all much the same attitude in their many years of existence, a constant complainer, nothing ever reaching his/their self imposed high levels of expectations or demands, which is usually an indicator of a loser in life. I doubt, in reality, that he is happy in Cyprus, he may talk the talk, but I see an overwhelming sense of disappointment/unhappiness in his postings, crudely disguised as ''moaning'' about Egypt and a failed attempt to persuade us otherwise concerning Cyprus. Let us not forget that everything that he attempted to achieve here, he failed, and all that he has spoken of in his past lives have always been ''I used to be, I had, we used to own/run/manage/operate.'' I think that similar events are happening over in Cyprus. We can all place words onto a screen and press post, but there is no chance of placing any truth on those words by the reader, we just have to accept them as being the truth, although maybe slightly exaggerated for impact as the line grabber at times. If he truly has the life he says he is now enjoying, then why waste so much of it posting on here nearly every day? If all a person can do is complain on a social media site, then it stands to reason that it is not much different once the computer is switched off. No doubt he will come back with his usual ''you don't know me Dusak, no one living there knew the real me.'' And there lies his problem, I think that we all do.

[Horus]

A very accurate summary Dusak, lets not forget the brand new car he ordered awaiting him in Oz that will be a pile of rust by the time he actually gets there, or at best an outdated old vehicle.
Meanwhile I actually did buy a new one, the difference is I get to use mine.

[Brian Yare]

No, you just tell it how you think it is from your blinkered, jaded, often uniformed point of view.

Not only uniformed but also uninformed, i.m.h.o.

[HEPZIBAH]

No, you just tell it how you think it is from your blinkered, jaded, often uniformed point of view.

Not only uniformed but also uninformed, i.m.h.o.

You are quite right Brian Yare. Uninformed is a word I should have also used in my comment.

[Dusak]

No, you just tell it how you think it is from your blinkered, jaded, often uniformed point of view.

Not only uniformed but also uninformed, i.m.h.o.

Glad to see that the head injury you suffered hasn't dimmed your spell checker capabilities.

[HEPZIBAH]

No, you just tell it how you think it is from your blinkered, jaded, often uniformed point of view.

Not only uniformed but also uninformed, i.m.h.o.

Glad to see that the head injury you suffered hasn't dimmed your spell checker capabilities.

Oh! Was I being criticised for my spelling (which I've always admitted is very poor)? As far as I can see I spelt my chosen word 'uniformed' correctly.

[BENNU]

This week we welcomed another couple from Egypt, that were fed up of a lifestyle with no structure.

I am longing to go back to a lifestyle with no structure.

[Major Thom]

My daughter is using it so not stood about. We are extending our time in Cyprus and may even settle down here, the past 8 months have been great, with just so much to do, and we both like to keep active. Yes moving to Egypt with hindsight was the worse thing we have ever done, the place really did not suit us one bit. At first it did, but after the revolution's the life and heart was ripped out of the place. Yes we found it very cheap, but cheapness would never bind us to a place. Has our time went by in Luxor it just became a mess, we became prisoners in a cell with nothing to offer, nothing was organised in any form or manner. No one seemed to know what they were doing, maybe because they were working in jobs they were not experienced in. It seemed many things were thrown out with caution to the wind, in the pursuit of making cash out of poverty. Suspicion seemed rife, with foreigners baring the brunt, when in reality they needed to look more local for the wrong doers. The whole place seemed to becoming lawless and the Courts seemed they could not be bothered everything was too much hassle. We lived on the Isle of Skye for a long time and used to think that was rife for gossip, but Luxor beat that hands down, and when there was no gossip people just made it up for the hell of it.
If you don't agree that's ok with me, I can talk from experience, and I can talk with all honesty and truthfulness. I find that if I am honest to myself I will never regret things. in the past (Apart from moving to Luxor) I am very westernized and should have realized that before moving to a very non progressive place, with a one track attitude. If I had realized I would never have moved in the first place, but now I have moved I feel 100% better being back in the westernized way of life again where you are not restricted. So Egypt and Luxor to me is now an experience and nothing else. I know you keep on saying about people find different things are exciting to different people and I accept that, but why would you not want to accept what I post? They are my opinions on Luxor and Egypt, I am 100% sure others have the same opinion too, and definitely the tourists do, that's why the place is empty I also know its a 3rd or maybe now a 4th world Country and always will be, but unless people get the idea that much has to be done, nothing will ever get done. If they realise much has to be done then why have they not started? It would be interesting to know how the medical Team from Cairo got on at LIH, or if they just gave up with despair.

Oh, I meant to add, vehicles here are like Luxor, the depreciation is minimal maybe between 2.5 and 5% a year so you never loose much. You had may as well purchase than use taxi's and buses

[carrie]

Nobody is disputing that different people enjoy different things and so they should but you seem to have missed the point yet again. Your posts are ALWAYS so negative. You mentioned that you were going on your daily walk why don't you tell us about the pleasures of that, what you saw en route, why Oh why keep harking back to a place and time when you were so dissatisfied with life? You were glad to go leave this place and believe me your neighbours in Djorf were no less happy to see you go. Why I wonder, do you ever ask yourself what YOU did wrong to make your life here so miserable?

[Mad Dilys]

My daughter is using it so not stood about. We are extending our time in Cyprus and may even settle down here, the past 8 months have been great, with just so much to do, and we both like to keep active. Yes moving to Egypt with hindsight was the worse thing we have ever done, the place really did not suit us one bit. At first it did, but after the revolution's the life and heart was ripped out of the place. Yes we found it very cheap, but cheapness would never bind us to a place. Has our time went by in Luxor it just became a mess, we became prisoners in a cell with nothing to offer, nothing was organised in any form or manner. No one seemed to know what they were doing, maybe because they were working in jobs they were not experienced in. It seemed many things were thrown out with caution to the wind, in the pursuit of making cash out of poverty. Suspicion seemed rife, with foreigners baring the brunt, when in reality they needed to look more local for the wrong doers. The whole place seemed to becoming lawless and the Courts seemed they could not be bothered everything was too much hassle. We lived on the Isle of Skye for a long time and used to think that was rife for gossip, but Luxor beat that hands down, and when there was no gossip people just made it up for the hell of it.
If you don't agree that's ok with me, I can talk from experience, and I can talk with all honesty and truthfulness. I find that if I am honest to myself I will never regret things. in the past (Apart from moving to Luxor) I am very westernized and should have realized that before moving to a very non progressive place, with a one track attitude. If I had realized I would never have moved in the first place, but now I have moved I feel 100% better being back in the westernized way of life again where you are not restricted. So Egypt and Luxor to me is now an experience and nothing else. I know you keep on saying about people find different things are exciting to different people and I accept that, but why would you not want to accept what I post? They are my opinions on Luxor and Egypt, I am 100% sure others have the same opinion too, and definitely the tourists do, that's why the place is empty I also know its a 3rd or maybe now a 4th world Country and always will be, but unless people get the idea that much has to be done, nothing will ever get done. If they realise much has to be done then why have they not started? It would be interesting to know how the medical Team from Cairo got on at LIH, or if they just gave up with despair.

Oh, I meant to add, vehicles here are like Luxor, the depreciation is minimal maybe between 2.5 and 5% a year so you never loose much. You had may as well purchase than use taxi's and buses

whinge | Definition of whinge in English by Oxford Dictionaries
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/whinge

Definition of whinge - complain persistently and in a peevish or irritating way.

Well, it was true the first time and still is - unfortunately.

[Horus]

My daughter is using it so not stood about. We are extending our time in Cyprus and may even settle down here

Once again you have displayed this “out of the frying pan and into the fire” syndrome. A holiday in Australia and you regale us all with how great it is and how you are moving there, starting up a website and buying a brand new car, with you the plans are laid and set into motion often based upon a holiday experience. Everyone was telling you it would not go as planned and that immigration there was not so simple. Next time due to Egyptian politics you find yourself going to nearby Cyprus to qualify for your visa, your Australian dream falls flat and now Cyprus is the best thing since sliced bread and we may even settle here and buy another new car and who knows, maybe get a dog? Along with all the other places you have lived and the various ventures you have involved yourself in, do you not see a pattern emerging?

Your posts have the tone of gloating all the time, the peevish rich kid in the street who loves to tell the poorer children about all his new toys. You fail to see that all the things you list are readily available to the majority of readers of this forum, indeed we may even be feeling a bit sorry for you both as you have so little available in goods or entertainment and scenery when compared with ourselves.

[Angel gabriel]

Another interesting post hijacked.

[HEPZIBAH]

Another interesting post hijacked.

Coincidentally or not!

[Dusak]

Another interesting post hijacked.

MT always considered living here to be highway robbery, so he puts into practice what he has preached.