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Posted by Semsema (Member # 5415) on :

Yes it's me again. My finger is sore from scrolling through all the replies re the dratted car.

Okay what about a Tandem? Surely there are no silly rules about buying one of those.

Yes I have finally lost the plot. As anyone who has tried to deal with the beaurocrats will understand.

Love to you all = even the red tape handlers.

Posted by DJKeefy™: (Member # 5954) on :

Hehehehehehehehe Semsema U Should Try A Day Trip To The Traffic Police In Luxor, Now Believe Me Ive Never Seen Nothing Like It.
Your Trying To Chat With A man Behind A Glass Window, And 20 More Egyptians Are Trying To Shove Paper And Chat With Him At The Same Time, 10 mins In There And You Lose The Plot.

Happy Christmas

Posted by Semsema (Member # 5415) on :

No No No DJ you are wrong. There is something worse.

Try opening an account in the EAB in Luxor. The air-con man is trying to fix the unit, your money is spread out on the table, the air-con mans mate comes in with his sandwiches. They both start eating them. The bank manager disappears. A total stranger comes in and parks his bum on the edge of the table.

The bank manager re-appears but starts dealing with the bum on the edge of the table bloke.

The air-con guy and his mate finish their sandwiches, scrunch the paper and then disappear. Presumably to get a cup of tea.
At the same time the bank manager is trying to complete our paperwork but due to interruptions makes a mistake and has to start all over again.
3 hours later we finally got a bit of paper to say we had a bank account.

Oh life here is such fun.