thea09 started a new discussion called Tomorrow the olives start their journey from tree to oil. in greek life style.
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Tomorrow is the day that the olive harvest begins, weather permitting. The production of extra virgin Greek olive oil of the highest quality will begin with the laying of nets, or in most cases large waterproof sheeting or oilcloth, under the trees. The three legged wooden ladders will start to appear everywhere, and either machines will be used or more old fashioned instruments, to beat the ol...

thea09 commented in a discussion called The country with the unknown cuisine. in life.
1 hour ago
Malpoa, an avatar at last, and very fetching too. I'm sure you'll get noticed a lot more now.[em]thumbup[/em]

thea09 commented in a discussion called The country with the unknown cuisine. in life.
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I did put a couple of anti royal ones up in pe but you must have missed them fjaril, I know one was something like about philip and the palace.

thea09 commented in a discussion called The country with the unknown cuisine. in life.
59 minutes ago
With the olives - ah yes, I must put a discussion up about the olive picking, it officially starts tomorrow.

thea09 commented in a discussion called The country with the unknown cuisine. in life.
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I think I feel a discussion about the Swiss banks sunny, but we may well be the only two who join in.[em]thumbup[/em]

thea09 commented in a discussion called Ultimate pretenders of mylot in have discussion on day to day issues.
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I have to tell you mr lollipop that my son was looking in before at mylot and said he is going to call you Mr Einstein as thinks you look like him.

thea09 commented in a discussion called Tomorrow the olives start their journey from tree to oil. in greek life style.
32 minutes ago
Hi Amber, lots of sweat and hard work. I think the machines make it a lot physically harder as they are heavy and it is not easy to get to some of the trees. In the older days it was just beating them with sticks and the older people still do it that way, and use their donkeys to carry, whilst the fitter people use machines and big trucks. Just my seven trees will take half a day for someone us...

thea09 commented in a discussion called Tomorrow the olives start their journey from tree to oil. in greek life style.
29 minutes ago
Hi Gerty, I have a friend who's elderly mother was up a three legged ladder picking from the branches and she lost her footing and the ladder fell away. She was left hanging and clutching onto the higher branches calling my friend for help, despite the fact that his brother and father were both nearer. She declared in typical Greek mama style that they were too stupid to get her down in one piece.

thea09 commented in a discussion called Tomorrow the olives start their journey from tree to oil. in greek life style.
20 minutes ago
They laugh when I try to help as I simply stand at a low branch and run my fingers down it and the olives come off with no leaves or branches so my bag has nothing but olives in. They are very clean to pull off and never sticky. The machines are noisy but yes, it makes the work easier when there are a lot of trees to be done.

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Hi judith, I could probably give you lots of advice of things to do with a potato if you really are experiencing difficulties in that area, and of course once your issues with potatoes are sorted you'll be able to go back to tackling those more important changes in your life, but don't let that stop you from having further dealings with potatoes. I would indeed imagine a difficulty in moving to...