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Forum: Hungary
Jun 20th 2023, 5:48 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 759
Posted By Bill Sykes

Re: Property prices

We bought 3 (small) vineyards for our 3 kids in Pazmand, if you know it - not too far from Velence To. Pleasant village.

Only chickenfeed at the time. Half a million?

But over the years - big...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 20th 2023, 4:54 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 759
Posted By Bill Sykes

Re: Property prices

The very best walnut tree in Pest County is across the road from me - neighbouring plot but in the road so public.

Huge walnuts that the kids like to rob - good luck to them.

Not a biologist -...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 20th 2023, 4:14 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 414
Posted By Bill Sykes

Do you guys have to deal with this stuff every day?

So I took my wife's old car - a Volvo S40 - to the village garage,

The boys did a great job, we're talking new oil, new oil filter, new air filter, new fuel filter. Plus a couple of warning lights...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 20th 2023, 9:24 am
Replies: 18
Views: 759
Posted By Bill Sykes

Re: Property prices

Most Hungarians love the shade in summer.

A walnut tree lives for, like, 100-200 years so won't just start dropping branches. We've got 2 ancient ones and they drop a few dead rotten branches but...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 20th 2023, 9:19 am
Replies: 18
Views: 759
Posted By Bill Sykes

Re: Property prices

Good price. You could get a less desirable (location) plot with a primitive house on it, round here for 3.5 M about 20 years ago. Pilis, 45 mins from Bp.

Not now, with Bp prices being what they...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 20th 2023, 9:11 am
Replies: 18
Views: 759
Posted By Bill Sykes

Re: Property prices

Plus once you've got a load of magyaro/ hazels - you'll never need to buy bamboo canes or pea-sticks again.

Thanks, Kalman - plus I have quite a few myself.

All the garden stakes you could ever...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 20th 2023, 9:02 am
Replies: 18
Views: 759
Posted By Bill Sykes

Re: Property prices

Don't do the trimming work - waste of your time.

Obvs you'd like the wood, one of the very best for burning/ fireplaces.

Half the time the neighbours couldn't care less, maybe they enjoy...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 19th 2023, 8:13 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 303
Posted By Bill Sykes

Re: Montenegro-Hungary on live right now - UEFA

6:0 is not a good buffer,

NM have been known to make a strong comeback.
Forum: Hungary
Jun 19th 2023, 8:00 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 303
Posted By Bill Sykes

Re: Montenegro-Hungary on live right now - UEFA

I am very worried about NM staging a massive comeback in the last 30 minutes - and giving England a proper thrashing
Forum: Hungary
Jun 19th 2023, 7:34 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 303
Posted By Bill Sykes

Re: Montenegro-Hungary on live right now - UEFA

harom-nulla

I don't think England is giving away this one

such a strong opponent, as well - North Macedonia

they caved
Forum: Hungary
Jun 19th 2023, 6:50 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 303
Posted By Bill Sykes

Re: Montenegro-Hungary on live right now - UEFA

Spiler 2 - live right now England vs NM
Forum: Hungary
Jun 19th 2023, 6:11 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 759
Posted By Bill Sykes

Property prices

So talking to Viktor yesterday, I had to give him the big old handshake - he only went and bought the next telek to his, told me he kept on asking for a few years and finally the owner said OK.

He...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 19th 2023, 4:11 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 563
Posted By Bill Sykes

Re: No mow May - and June/ July/ August

Each to their own.

I am quite proud about my birds/ birdsong/ lizards/ insects/ flowers that bring the insects/ fruit/ no neighbours (annoying)/ front looks neat and well looked after/ I mow the...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 19th 2023, 3:58 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 468
Posted By Bill Sykes

Re: How come they effortlessly speak great English?

I had to cajole, force, bribe my daughter into doing a second language, she was already doing French so this was Spanish.

Her friends were signing up for rubbish courses like horse-riding or...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 19th 2023, 12:02 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 563
Posted By Bill Sykes

Re: No mow May - and June/ July/ August

We have got several ant hills but one particularly huge one = I told my son to leave it well alone as I like to give those fellow Earthies a decent chance in life.

Garden full of fledgling...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 19th 2023, 8:31 am
Replies: 14
Views: 563
Posted By Bill Sykes

Re: No mow May - and June/ July/ August

One for Peter - you can eat day lilies/ Hemerocallis flowers as well, I had a munch on 2 just now. Not as good/ tasty as Nasturtiums but very colourful.

Just for a laugh I sometimes put them in...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 18th 2023, 8:48 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 468
Posted By Bill Sykes

Re: How come they effortlessly speak great English?

English exam results, language only:

Viktor - A-level grade A
Kitti - A-level grade A/B
Zoltan- GCSE grade A
Zoltan's wife - Ebbi? Abbi? - GCSE grade B

So rather better than 95% of Brit...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 18th 2023, 5:54 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 468
Posted By Bill Sykes

How come they effortlessly speak great English?

So I got invited round to Kitti and Viktor's this afternoon, 2 delicious bowls of gulyas - I declined any drinks but they were offered several times. It was their young kid's birthday party, about 15...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 18th 2023, 11:44 am
Replies: 0
Views: 257
Posted By Bill Sykes

The real summer has arrived

That's what idokep.hu says: it feels true today.

Gotta start watering the gardens a bit more, tomatoes & Cosmos doing great.
Forum: Hungary
Jun 18th 2023, 7:47 am
Replies: 1
Views: 289
Posted By Bill Sykes

What is it with vacuuming the car?

A couple of my neighbours spend literally about 2 hrs every weekend vacuuming their car.

Background noise but spoils the birdsong.

I vacuum our cars about once every 2 years for about 10...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 18th 2023, 7:42 am
Replies: 6
Views: 303
Posted By Bill Sykes

Re: Montenegro-Hungary on live right now - UEFA

Couple more coming up:

today 19:45 Croatia v Spain UEFA Nations League Final Channel 4

Monday 19:45 England v North Macedonia UEFA EURO 2024 Qualifier

Tuesday 19:45 Hungary v Lithuania UEFA...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 18th 2023, 7:36 am
Replies: 5
Views: 404
Posted By Bill Sykes

Re: Pumping out the Roma music

We've got 30% Roma in the village. They occasionally have big family vs family fights, once it got on TV news. Normally no problems.

There used to be a Roma pub in their part of the village and I...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 18th 2023, 5:02 am
Replies: 6
Views: 327
Posted By Bill Sykes

Re: Peas

Do you mean UK-style baked beans in tomato sauce?

There's nothing wrong with the Aldi baked beans, cheaper as well. About HUF 400. Nothing like as good as the baked bean wars in the UK (about...
Forum: Hungary
Jun 17th 2023, 6:00 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 404
Posted By Bill Sykes

Pumping out the Roma music

They do it now and then.

Party or somebody getting married? 21?

Live and let live.

Mostly goes quiet by midnight.
Forum: Hungary
Jun 17th 2023, 4:31 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 303
Posted By Bill Sykes

Montenegro-Hungary on live right now - UEFA

Digi

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