I’m also too far from Cyprus – and Australia too. Must visit one day – my youngest daughter was there a while ago and is all set to spend a year or two working in NZ, so I will have an excuse to visit.
Cheers, Phil and Dave

Perhaps a worthy subject for the scambuster, as it’s a new variation:

http://www.scambuster419.co.uk/introduction.htm

A problem here in Sweden with immigrant workers is that they work “on the black” and pay no income tax, nor do their employers pay National Insurance. What happens if they are injured or fall ill? They avail themselves of the Swedish National Health service anyway.
Some turn to crime when they find out how expensive it is to live here. They form a large “semi-invisible” community whom no Swede will trust but will gladly pay them a pittance for menial work. It’s almost slavery, and this in a country that promotes its international image as being enlightened in terms of social welfare.
Pah!
(I think this outburst confirms me as being officially an “old buffer”)

‘Gus’ Walker, as he was more commonly known, became famous throughout the RAF due to the loss of his right arm. The incident in which he lost his arm occurred on 8 December 1942 whilst he was Station Commander of RAF Syerston. A Lancaster belonging to one of his squadrons lost some incendiaries just as it was about to take off. Racing to the rescue of the crew, ‘Gus’ was seriously injured, when he was blown along the runway by the force of an exploding 4000lb bomb, ignited by the incendiaries.

Citation for the award of the Distinguished Flying Cross

“Wg. Cdr. G. A. Walker, 50 Sq.

This officer is not only a brilliant captain of aircraft but an outstanding squadron commander. On one occasion the target area was almost completely obscured by cloud but, descending through a break in it, he skillfully piloted his aircraft to his target. Climbing out of a balloon barrage into which he had flown, he bombed the target successfully. During the whole of the period his aircraft was subjected to considerable anti-aircraft fire and searchlight activity. Wing Commander Walker has set a splendid example.”

From http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Walker_G.htm

I speak Polish, having been married to one for over 20 years. Unfortunately she took me for a ride financially (thanks to the idiotic French civil legal system and a lot of perjury on the part of people in Poland I thought were my friends) when we divorced, and my experience with many of the Polish people I have met is that they cannot be trusted, for example flouting rules whenever they can get away with it, which is all too often.
Polish people have an excellent education and are quite capable of doing highly skilled jobs, but sometimes they are just a bit too clever! For example the attitude of the people I have worked with at a vehicle factory in Poland where I had to write some technical books was amazing, they were more enthusiastic about their work than anyone I have met anywhere else in Europe, except perhaps for Finland.
I know this makes me sound like a xenophobe, but I have managed (as a person born and formerly resident in the UK) to live and work in Sweden for the best part of 30 years without having too many problems with Swedes!
Moderators, please remove this post if it is too xenophobic, but it is my personal opinion based on experience!