Monthly Archives: August 2006
August 29th 2006
Things are getting serious in the Gary Robb affair. That Was Close 27/08/2006 Attackers bombed and burnt down Gary Robb’s next door neighbours house by mistake Gary Robb escaped the attack just because he sent his cars to a nearby petrol station to be washed the previous day. GARY John Robb’s next door neighbour’s house … Continue reading
August 28th 2006
Well some things did happen yesterady whilst we were enjoying ourselves on the boat trip. The guys came and rendered off the fireplace which of course now needs stonework and some granite to finish it off. We have bought a gas fire that looks like a woodburner to go in here and all reports are … Continue reading
August 27th 2006
We said after the last boat trip, that we would organise another, as soon as Pat and Brian got back from UK. Well today was the day and as Jeff and Ann’s family were still with them we where able to take a couple of pirates with us for the day. Ecevit, our regular sea … Continue reading
August 26th 2006
Newsnight. I have reported recently on the situation around Gary Robb and the arrest of his previous business partner and a few others. It is quite noticeable that very few of the other newspapers have even mentioned the story. Strange, because if this suggested massive fraud turns out to be true, then it is of … Continue reading
August 24th 2006
This morning the tilers arrived to start to make the final preparations for the new flloring and then much to my surprise a truck arrived with a staircase. This then looks like the way up in the future. It was quite a struggle to get this thing into the house and up through the hole. … Continue reading
August 23rd 2006
Some good news for those of us who are faced with renewing our residency permits every year. Currently it takes four weeks for the administration to process these and you can only apply seven days prior to the expiry of the current permit. This means of course that there is a three week gap when … Continue reading
August 21st 2006
All good intentions to update you on the papers this morning when the power went off, the generator went on and then the builder said we must go and pick tiles and bathroom stuff. Off to Nicosia eventually, as we could not find what we wanted in Kyrenia and remembered exactly where we had chosen … Continue reading
August 20th 2006
Joan and I did some clearing up of the builders rubbish. Don’t know what it is here, but clean workers they are not and we feel sure they must arrive on Monday morning and think to themselves, we left that place nice and clean at the end of last week. During the morning the carpenter … Continue reading
August 19th 2006
Will get round to taking a look at the papers a.s.a.p. but this item is probably of interest to many of you who invested in Aga Developments. Arrested! 19/08/2006 TUNCEL Tahir Soycan has been arrested for many counts of fraud, forgery, identity fraud and has been remanded in custody for a further two days for … Continue reading
August 17th 2006
Not a hell of a lot to show you on the building front as they are busy doing all the electrics and water connections needed and after this has been completed then the new floors can go down. We do have a big circular hole in the floor of our small bedroom up here which … Continue reading