parsonsgang
Roda Anorak
Roda Riddler 2009 - 2013
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Post by parsonsgang on Mar 19, 2009 22:13:50 GMT 2
No doubt this is where the word osteopath comes from.
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jacks
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Post by jacks on Mar 19, 2009 22:56:15 GMT 2
Jools! I'll join the Most Haunted trip to Roda, too, please!
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jacks
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Post by jacks on Mar 19, 2009 22:57:17 GMT 2
lol Nikki, that was hilarious! lmao!
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Post by artisans on Mar 20, 2009 9:07:21 GMT 2
Sorry Jackie, but Nikki's exactly right. You know from Petra's list that possibly 40% of the English language comes from Greek. One of the words for bone in modern Greek is 'osto' and in ancient Greek it was 'osteon'. Add to this the word 'pathologos' (our pathologist) for a general doctor and there you are - an osteopath is a bone doctor. Looking in the dictionary, you also find an interesting story about people who were banished by society. Evidently your peers would cast anonymous votes on pieces of shell or tile (bone-like maybe?) known as 'ostrakon' and if it went against you, then you were out. It's were we get ostracise from. As for an ostrich, well that's something completely different. Steve
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Post by artisans on Mar 20, 2009 9:20:58 GMT 2
We'll do our best to get photos today, Pete, but it's a wet one. If it's not lashing down, we'll keep our appointment with Morticia at 11:00. Out of interest, the person they removed yesterday was 1.8 metres tall - that's 6 ft! There are not many around today who are that big.
Steve
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Post by Cat on Mar 20, 2009 14:49:23 GMT 2
Hi on the subject of "Most Haunted " a couple of yours ago we stayed at the Robertos apts and our bedroom door opened up onto the back of St Georges Church I didnt feel very comfortable at first being so close to the graveyard so every night I opened our balcony doors and offered a prayer for the souls of the departed (no joke) and if any ghosts were around they didnt disturb us at all .We had a very restful holiday Cat xx
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Post by artisans on Mar 20, 2009 15:01:11 GMT 2
Hi Cat - there has been some talk that all of the remains in the churchyard will, at some time, be moved to the cemetery at Sfakera. There was no work by the archaeologists today following overnight rain.
Steve
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Post by sthelenssaint on Apr 15, 2009 20:51:42 GMT 2
steve what progress on this scheme john,,,,
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dawn
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Post by dawn on Apr 16, 2009 0:47:24 GMT 2
will it be done by july cause when ive had a few could fall down those holes
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Post by artisans on Apr 16, 2009 8:38:18 GMT 2
All finished for Easter, John, as per the plan. A little bit of tidying up and that's it until next winter.
Steve
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pete sant
Roda Anorak
Roda Riddler 2008
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Post by pete sant on Apr 16, 2009 8:48:40 GMT 2
Oh those of little faith..... pete.
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Post by kathwebber on May 11, 2009 15:15:38 GMT 2
Steve,
I've just read on another Roda site that following the work to install the new pipework, the roads around Roda, Acharavi and Sidari are in a complete mess and that even the locals are 'up in arms' about it - how true is this - are the roads (particularly in Roda) really that bad.
Regards, Kath.
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Post by corfiot on May 11, 2009 16:21:21 GMT 2
This is true---the roads are in a mess---speaking with our friends on the phone the other day who live in Roda.Reports that the scheme was finished on time are untrue.
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Post by kathwebber on May 11, 2009 16:23:55 GMT 2
Oh, I was hoping to have my mind put at rest and that all the fuss about the roads was being exaggerated!
Regards, Kath.
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Post by artisans on May 11, 2009 18:27:15 GMT 2
It depends if your bottle is half-full or half-empty, Kath. It looked as though the scheme was over at Easter, at least for the summer, and then teams of men started popping up and doing a little more. I guess that the more they can sneak into this year, then the less chance there is of the scheme running into a third year like in Sidari where it is a different team altogether. Since the first of May, we have had the most glorious weather that I can remember for this time of year and it is forecast to reach 300C in the next few days. Before that, there was rain, and plenty of it right through the winter. This inevitably slowed things down, as did all the interesting archaeological finds right through the area, but I can assure you that the teams working on the project operated right through the bad weather and often up to 11:00pm. There is still some finishing off to do in Roda and the worst stretch is from the main road junction down to Valentino's - there were some technical difficulties here and there is some settlement in places. There are a few small spurs in the process of being completed in the old village road and two major manholes need surfacing outside Drunken Sailor. In addition, there have been some OTE problems (telephones) where the taxis park and there are two holes still to be filled in. An OTE engineer told us this should be completed this week.
Roda getting mains drainage is good news for all and we can't expect the engineers to sneak in with muffled shovels while we are all asleep. This is a major scheme and if we can manage with a wheelchair, then most others can also. I hope this is the comprehensive response you were looking for.
Steve
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