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Rules? For Fools.

As lockdown eases here in the Eastern-Med, I finally fell foul of the rules. I have been sent to a large supermarket, ten minutes or so further away than our usual store. The reason? Pasta. The larger shop has better brands of pasta. One of the small prices that one
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Preparing for easing of lockdown in England

Last night, the UK government announced plans to get the high street open again. It won’t be quite as simple as throwing the doors open. A huge challenge lies ahead. I’ll be busy supporting retail financial services businesses as they reestablish themselves in the new normal. Lime Consulting
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Living the Dream 84. - Lockdown Gardening

If there were a school report on my gardening, it might read: “B-plus. Stuart is easily enthused and throws himself into new projects. At times his enthusiasm outstrips his abilities.” The mountain hideaway is set on a decent-sized chunk of land. My Mum worked hard on the garden, nurturing fruit
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Living the Dream - 83. Lockdown

Cyprus has laid out a blueprint [https://in-cyprus.philenews.com/anastasiades-announces-easing-of-lockdown-from-may-4/] for exiting lockdown. Is it right? Is it wrong? I don’t know. However, I’m most interested in whether it’s relevant. At various dates, we will be allowed to start doing things that we haven’t done
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Living the Dream 82. - Health Insurance

“No health insurance?” A shake of the head. The pedant in me wanted to point out that we had chosen to self-insure rather than buy the health insurance policy offered to us. However, I felt it best to nod. Alien Registration In order to live in Cyprus, it’s a
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Living the Dream - 81. A month in bed

Our personal lockdown has now been a full month. On March 3rd, Mags went to bed, still in agony with a bad back. On the 4th, she couldn’t get up. Since then she’s been to a couple of hospitals, had three rides in an ambulance and almost had
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Living the Dream - 80. Lockdown

Before the Lockdown Adamantios (his real name) took me through the CT. I’m sure he was speaking English, but when it comes to the medical terms, Greek remains the lingua franca.Spondylolisthesis [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spondylolisthesis] was one of the more entertaining tongue-twisters. I’m not sure
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Living the Dream - 79. Field Test - Medical

Ambulance “What?” The paramedic eyed our straightest staircase with horror. “If we go around the house, there are fewer steps,” I ventured. We went off to explore this route, while the ambulance driver focused on turning the vehicle around, knocking over the lighting on the driveway as he did so.
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