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cannedmoose
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:31 pm Post subject: Impressed with Cypriot bureaucracy... |
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I wasn't sure where else to post this, so this will do. I have to admit to being extremely impressed by the response of the PIO of the Ministry of Interior for their speedy response to an email I sent them. I emailed them about 10 days ago, asking if they still published the Almanac of Cyprus, which used to contain lots of useful info. Since then I've heard nothing and assumed that my email had been put in the 'not worth bothering' pile, particularly since it's summer and everyone's at the beach...
To my great surprise I checked my university mailbox today and lo-and-behold there was a nice fat envelope from the ministry containing said item, which is now called 'About Cyprus' and is no longer published annually - this one is from late 2004. So a big euxaristo poli to them... 10 days is a pretty incredible response considering it was sent surface mail also :shock:
The only mistake they made was addressing it to Dr. 'Moose'... :lol: |
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brother
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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| :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: |
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cannedmoose
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Tell me about it... :shock: :shock: |
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brother
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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Check the post mark again, ARE YOU SURE THIS IS THE SAME CYPRUS WE ALL TALK ABOUT???????? :shock: :shock: :shock:
Wait let me pinch myself |
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petethegreek
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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U r not Dr Moose?
Bloody impostor! |
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brother
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
He will be a Dr..... soon enough though :wink: |
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cannedmoose
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:29 pm Post subject: |
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petethegreek wrote: U r not Dr Moose?
Bloody impostor!
I didn't claim to be, I just sent it from my uni address and the person must have assumed I was a Dr. :lol: :lol:
On a separate note, anyone know of a good carpenter in the Leicester/Nottingham area...? fed up with being let down by tradesman... been waiting for one all day, called them up to see where the hell he was and they've told me they're not quoting for any work right now because they're too busy... could've fricking told me in the first place... third time I've been let down trying to get a simple bleedin' cupboard made... :roll: :roll: :roll: |
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petethegreek
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:33 pm Post subject: |
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cannedmoose wrote: petethegreek wrote: U r not Dr Moose?
Bloody impostor!
I didn't claim to be, I just sent it from my uni address and the person must have assumed I was a Dr. :lol: :lol:
On a separate note, anyone know of a good carpenter in the Leicester/Nottingham area...? fed up with being let down by tradesman... been waiting for one all day, called them up to see where the hell he was and they've told me they're not quoting for any work right now because they're too busy... could've fricking told me in the first place... third time I've been let down trying to get a simple bleedin' cupboard made... :roll: :roll: :roll:
Try Yellow Pages! |
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cannedmoose
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:34 pm Post subject: |
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| That's where I've been getting this a**holes from... :roll: |
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Crash Test Dummy
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:35 pm Post subject: Re: Impressed with Cypriot bureaucracy... |
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| what is a PIO and what is this document? |
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cannedmoose
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Press and Information Office... |
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Dhavlos
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| Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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the website is here...short press releases kind of stuff, but good all the same
http://www.moi.gov.cy/moi/pio/pio.nsf/index_en/index_en?opendocument
moose, i got one of those 'about cyprus' things too, quite interesting for a general overview of cypriot stuff(only south tho)...from industry to environmental stuff. |
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magikthrill
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| Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 2:12 am Post subject: |
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| maybe if you hadnt put the Dr. at all then you wouldnt be getting anthing in the mail :) |
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cannedmoose
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| Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 12:03 pm Post subject: |
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magikthrill wrote: maybe if you hadnt put the Dr. at all then you wouldnt be getting anthing in the mail :)
That's just the thing, I didn't, I sent it from my uni email which doesn't list my name as "Dr." |
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cannedmoose
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| Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2005 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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Oh, forgot to mention that the book comes with a separate booklet about the Government of Cyprus. Inside this booklet are quite a few bio-cards for people to treasure, giving the biographies of Ministers and other important folk...
He's one of them... how bored does Theodorou look... :D
Click to enlarge... |
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