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At long last !!!! Our house in Cyprus has a buyer. It came as as a surprise when a German couple who rent a house in the village expressed an interest - even though we are still waiting for the land registry in Cyprus to issue the deeds (We have had the house for 18 years). It meant that there were no estate agent fees to be paid. This, and a significant discount to ensure the sale, meant the the sale would go ahead even though no deeds were available yet. The deal was that they would put 10% of the purchase price into a holding account until the deeds were issued and 90% paid in cash. Naturally we are disappointed that, over the years, we have lost a significant amount but, on the other hand, there will be no capital gains tax to be paid - I'm sure however that the Cyprus government will find a way of screwing a few euros out of us such as the refugee tax !!!!!!!! More news on this as it becomes available. The latest news (17 Nov) on this front is that the deposit has been paid and the final contract is doing the rounds - hopefully all completed by the end of November. This business of getting older certainly has its drawbacks. Sonia down in Gorseinon has recently had major cardiac surgery but, even so, she is still getting chest pain. She recently had a major cardiac perfusion test to assess the problem (this is pumping a dye through the whole cardiac artery system to try and assess the situation - same as a cardiac stent investigation but much more advanced). More news on this when it becomes available. Obviously the Davies family were at the tail end of the queue when hearts were handed out because, if you remember, Sonia's son Nick had a cardiac arrest earlier this year - restarted by partner Jane - but he's still left with frustrating memory problems; our son, Richard had extensive open heart surgery a couple of years ago and my Dad died of a heart attack age just 59, and finally, I had 3 cardiac stents fitted a couple of years ago. Having said all this, brother Lyn is remarkably well and still toning his muscles in the fitness gym Believe it or not, I hit 80 a few days ago !! A quiet birthday with no presents say I - it was reasonably quiet and, as far as I was concerned, done and gone. Not so say Isobel and Rhian ! Saturday arrives and Isobel suggests we go round to Rhian's for a coffee. When we got there I noticed a couple of balloons stuck on the tree outside; bit late for Halloween I thought and rang the front doorbell. Lot of shadows moving around behind the door and when it opened I saw an enormous arch of more balloons over the lounge door. Well, when the lounge door opened I was absolutely flabbergasted - friends and family old and new, near and far all singing 'happy birthday'. It was a superb afternoon organised by Rhian and Isobel with much chatting, sharing stories and a banquet fir for a king. Thank you Rhian and Isobel and of course Guy, who I'm sure did the donkey work for a wonderful surprise. Just a few pictures on the stop press page for you to see.
You've heard enough now so, for all of you who are computer literate your Christmas cards will be electronically designed and sent by email this year. I don't apologise for there not being many posted Christmas cards bearing in mind the exorbitant cost of the postal service (if you do receive a posted copy and do have an email address, please let me know at barrie@flyingdoc.co.uk . Don't forget that if your email address changes (because of the ridiculous amount of junk mail) please let us know so that we can keep in touch. And, even though it's a bit early here is a Christmas greeting for you !! - More nearer the time;
I have put together a family and friends Birthday Calendar so that
no-one will be able to say -
Sorry, I Forgot !!!
Website Features Click here for the latest stop press family and friends news as it becomes available Click here to go to the Family and Friends Birthday page Click here to get in touch with Barrie regarding news or comments Click here to go to the top of this page Click on any page below to browse the website
Love and best wishes to you all. Barrie and Isobel
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