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acamp7 said:
I agree!! We gotta keep up with the times... that's the way it is
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What I sincerely hope and pray that the Kafedaki culture has reinvented and reshaped itself.....the time wasted was mind-blowing for me as to how so many could find time to fill up the Kafeneons😂😂😂 .........on week days!!!...and Marlboro culture!
 
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What I sincerely hope and pray that the Kafedaki culture has reinvented and reshaped itself.....the time wasted was mind-blowing for me as to how so many could find time to fill up the Kafeneons😂😂😂 .........on week days!!!...and Marlboro culture!
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Ahahaha, the Greeks definitely don't see it as time wasted I can tell you that
 
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kcixcy said:
Ahahaha, the Greeks definitely don't see it as time wasted I can tell you that
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😂😂😂😂.........I can tell you I used to hear all the Phedhia shouting at me .....Ella dho Rey see.....na pumey Kafe kanu Mey blah blahs.....and I replied....Dhen ekho khgrono...😂😂..... Ahhh I miss Mana mu Elllada !♥️♥️😢..... Kalley Mera from Thailand..
 
acamp7 said:
I agree!! We gotta keep up with the times... that's the way it is
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Keep up with the times?
What a load of crap!!!
Keeping up with the times has destroyed humanity.
Lets go back to the simple life that Hellas gives you all, that's why you all love her so much.
 
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Blue & White said:
Keep up with the times?
What a load of crap!!!
Keeping up with the times has destroyed humanity.
Lets go back to the simple life that Hellas gives you all, that's why you all love her so much.
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A very truthful statement.... Turing back time... leaving EU...not possible....old ways... impossible..... reintroducing old traditional values.... impossible.... memories and recalling good times..... joyful and fulfilling, very possible..... Kalley Mera from Thailand...we also have the similar issues here..Old Thailand is still here where we live without outside influences and traditional values still intact but the younger generation couldn't care less... here is a factual statement from me.... After relocation to Thailand a few years back, having lived in Mykonos, Greece for many years my heart cried to return and start where I left off....my friends who live there told me...."Mykonos and the Greece which I knew and loved does not exist anymore....so best to keep the memories which will bring back memories instead of regretting...I trust them and their advice.
Are you living in Greece? What do you mean by 'go back simple life?'
 
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The simple life.
Get rid of the electronics
Think more about your neighbour than yourself
Read the bible (the instruction book to life)
Conect with mother nature
Have less that more.

Impossible is in your mind.
 
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Blue & White said:
The simple life.
Get rid of the electronics
Think more about your neighbour than yourself
Read the bible (the instruction book to life)
Conect with mother nature
Have less that more.

Impossible is in your mind.
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We are missing this philosophy these days
 
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