Explosion and fire destroys Esentepe petrol station

millzer


Joined: 12/04/2007
Posts: 978

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 12:31

http://www.brtk.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2719:explosion-in-esentepe&catid=5:kktc&Itemid=28



I hope it wasn't as a result of a cigarette!!

japeal



Joined: 12/09/2008
Posts: 1052

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 13:20

Terrible, glad to hear no one seriously injured!

come_on_aylin


Joined: 14/06/2008
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 13:33

It's amazing that there are only minor injuries, thank God.

Dixie Normus


Joined: 22/02/2008
Posts: 820

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 13:34

Got to be terrorists, heard that Bin Laden bloke was up there livin on greek land.



D.N

sienna


Joined: 09/01/2009
Posts: 1627

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 16:29

DN lets just hope that no one was hurt Bayram that runs the petrol station is a lovely man

suntanman



Joined: 18/04/2007
Posts: 721

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 16:54

Thank goodness their injuries weren't serious.

Hope the garage re opens soon, it's now going to be a long way to my nearest filling station.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 17:41

The petrol station was due to close soon (end of April I'm told) due to high rent being charged by landlord.



A new one is apparently under construction on the main road just before Esentepe.

teatime


Joined: 20/10/2008
Posts: 852

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 17:46

Msg 7: So who will we use as an interpretter then????

Lazy days


Joined: 24/07/2008
Posts: 847

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 17:54

Groucho

Sorry but your post is incorrect, the petrol station was NOT about to close, the lease had been put out to tender and AN other won the tender , it was to change hands then NOT close.

There is enough incorrect information going around without you contributing !

Sorry

A

gooligan


Joined: 30/01/2007
Posts: 1591

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 18:04

Well I'm really glad everyone is OK,especially Bayram,he really is one of the nicest blokes I have ever met,every year he tells me go go down to his orchard and help myself to as many apricots as I want,I do a bit of home brew and give him a few bottles of hooch back.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 18:48

Lazy Days.



Thing is, if a new petrol station is opening at the bottom of the road, what does that foretell as far as the future of the one in the village is concerned?



Bayram being outbid for the tender is in actuality the same as the rent being too high, as it's a price he wasn't willing or prepared to pay.

Lazy days


Joined: 24/07/2008
Posts: 847

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 20:06

Groucho,

If is a very big word, in fact it is said to be the biggest in parliament ,

in actuality, you know, in reality nothing,

Your post was wrong so dont try to squirm out of it now, your words, it was due to CLOSE SOON due to high rent being charged by landlord (being the village co-operative) this is not true, maybe Bayram was not prepared to pay more but others were,

there is not even a licence application before the government for a new petrol station as yet and as we all know that takes time.

gooligan


Joined: 30/01/2007
Posts: 1591

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 20:26

Lazy days,a licence application was put before the government by Carringtons for a new petrol station,them to build it and Bayram to run it but it was rejected.

Lazy days


Joined: 24/07/2008
Posts: 847

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 20:31

youre possibly right gooligan but still no new app yet but now there is likely to be a queue lol

A

keith


Joined: 03/04/2007
Posts: 272

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 23:11

Glad everyone is ok

keiht

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
19/02/2010 23:16

I'm not trying to squirm out of anything I think you are taking it all a bit personally... In fact, just like you did over the Health Centre when all I was trying to do was get people to go along and support the initiative.



You took exception to my saying that as Paul & Marilyn couldn't be there, those who new how much they had helped to raise (which was more than most) should attend if they could. To which you vented your spleen in a very uncharitable way. You seem very bitter? Why? Has somebody damaged you?



Anyway, I won't be buying petrol from the new lot. I think the way Bayram is being ousted is a bit rich. He's an institution. Putting his livelihood up for tender seems harsh treatment of such a nice man - and to what end?

Lazy days


Joined: 24/07/2008
Posts: 847

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 08:52

Groucho

I prefer peeps who stick to facts and dont always keep putting slants on things, peeps being nice to others is fine in everyones book, but peeps not telling it like it is, is hypocritical, 2 faced and yes you are so right i dont like that but theres plenty of it going about.

You like Bayram as I, and many others do, but you dont really know what goes on in the village and for me your final sentence stinks, YOU HAVE PRE JUDGED THEM ALREADY, so much for an intelligent person, you know absolutely nothing about it except maybe the pub gossip IMHO.

LOL

A

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
20/02/2010 09:20

"Putting his livelihood up for tender seems harsh treatment of such a nice man - and to what end?"



Was my last sentence.. what stinks about it?



As for the new lot, I've got nothing against them other than they saw fit to tender for somebody else's livelihood a business built up over many years.



That's why I won't be buying fuel from them... just as I wouldn't put cash in the hand of anyone who took a friend's livelihood away.



As for your last paragraph, well I don't indulge in pub gossip... I don't frequent pubs or bars as a habit. Please don't shout and don't assume for yourself the mantle of a humble opinion, because you seem anything but humble in your criticism of others.



You are ready to pounce on anyone who puts forward an opinion about Esentepe village that does not meet your approval. I repeated only what I was told. OK it was wrong in part and factually incorrect in part.



Fact remains Bayram is to lose his petrol station.

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
21/02/2010 02:47

Well said Groucho . Some folk think they have authority on just about everything !! very odd !!

Pipie


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Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
21/02/2010 12:51

very strange posts edited on Glencoes forum, surrounding this !! why ?

Oleander


Joined: 03/05/2009
Posts: 302

Message Posted:
21/02/2010 13:03

This threads demonstrates the petty squabbling and incestousness of ex-pat communities. Is it any wonder so many of the Cypriots have no time for us?

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
21/02/2010 19:17

The most important, hope no one was seriously hurt . You are quite right Oleander !!

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
21/02/2010 20:07

"This threads demonstrates the petty squabbling and incestousness of ex-pat communities."



Care to explain who you are accusing of incest?



I'm not quite sure what you are suggesting Oleander..... as for the Cypriots having no time for us, we have found quite the opposite.

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
21/02/2010 20:14

Come on guys, i understand that three people were injured in the explosion.Surely their welfare is more important and what the thread was supposed to be about in the first place,and not petty squabbling amongst members,which is what this topic has turned in to.If incest has now become the topic then please start another post,

Paul.

come_on_aylin


Joined: 14/06/2008
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
21/02/2010 21:32

Paul,



I think you'll find nothing I've posted could be regarded as uncharitable or insensitive to the plight of those injured. Just the opposite and that's what seems to have drawn adverse criticism from a certain member.



I certainly never initiated the subject of incest...



As I'm a guy and Oleander and Lazy Days are not? Odd that you should aim your rebuke at me....

come_on_aylin


Joined: 14/06/2008
Posts: 908

Message Posted:
21/02/2010 21:35

Sorry that post was from Groucho.

newlad



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Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
21/02/2010 21:36

Eileen,

Not aiming any rebuke at you sorry if you thought that,

Paul.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
21/02/2010 21:52

Paul your confusion is my fault I didn't notice that Eileen had logged me out and her in until I'd posted the message... which was from me not Eileen... but I'm still confused as to why it's the guys who should be mending their ways when I don't believe I've been instrumental in causing this daft spat.



I do notice that Lazy Days has sent no goodwill message to Bayram in the thread dedicated for this purpose.

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
21/02/2010 22:02

Groucho,

The plot thickens.Lets just hope that everyone that was injured is o.k.

Paul.

Pipie


Joined: 05/01/2008
Posts: 5499

Message Posted:
21/02/2010 22:34

I 'm with newlad here !!!



Any news on the injured people ? just hope they are improving !!

Groucho



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Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
21/02/2010 23:08

I agree too, let's wish them all well.

Oleander


Joined: 03/05/2009
Posts: 302

Message Posted:
22/02/2010 19:26

newlad wrote:



"If incest has now become the topic then please start another post..."



Correct, not a pleasant subject and relatively boring, by definition.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
22/02/2010 19:28

Irony lost on you....

Oleander


Joined: 03/05/2009
Posts: 302

Message Posted:
22/02/2010 19:33

The hidden black joke was apparently lost on you!

brightlights



Joined: 09/11/2009
Posts: 117

Message Posted:
22/02/2010 20:22

Hubby went up to see Bayram tonight at his home to wish him well from all of us and dropped of a small get-well gift....and reports that he has a badly burned left hand wrapped in an enormous surgical dressing, and his face has been pretty well cooked, looks like an acute case of sunburn, red, brown and a bit scaly. They agreed he could pass for a newly arrived Ex-Pat!... In himself he is well and thankful to be alive.

Kind Regards

Diana

greylag


Joined: 08/04/2009
Posts: 1110

Message Posted:
22/02/2010 20:51

Diana,

Thanks for the update,

Grey.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
22/02/2010 22:25

Oleander,



No I didn't miss it but I thought it was 'roll your own' not 'relatively boring' because relative and relation are not the same thing.

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
13/03/2010 16:31

Update on the new Esentepe petrol station...



Construction well under way with footing for the pumps in and the main building taking shape...



It's on the RHS just before the Esentepe turning heading east.



Has anyone got an update on Bayram's progress?

magicart


Joined: 05/10/2008
Posts: 985

Message Posted:
14/03/2010 09:32

Bayram is doing well and he thanks everyone for supporting him and his family during these difficult times.



He's just a fantastic guy and we miss his daily pressence in the Village.



Art

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
14/03/2010 09:48

i think Groucho argueing for the sake of arguing - having read his "profile" we're obviously dealing with a 24 carrat burke...



"God 'elp his Missus" as my old Uncle Percy used to say....

Groucho



Joined: 26/04/2008
Posts: 7993

Message Posted:
14/03/2010 10:28

Who am I arguing with?



What is the agenda behind your posting? As your old Uncle Percy would say "Your talking shite again John!"



Solicitor... insurance agent? Melton Mowbray beckons mate!