Funny but true stories
I normally use one x 200g 5-in-1 pool tablet each week, placed near the filter suction and do this each Saturday.
Just as a check, I lifted the filter cover and noticed that there was a barely dissolved 5-in-1 tablet still there, even after 4 days. Hmmm.
I checked the tub of 5-in-1 tablets in the outside store and noticed that there were barely 10 tablets left, only 2 weeks after buying a brand new tub of 25 tablets!
Under questioning, our gate opener / pool cleaner / general yard gremlin confessed to using 聯2 or 3 tablets every few days, because I thought it was ok聰.
We now have probably the cleanest (but most toxic) pool in Tripoli聟
I was beginning to wonder why the hard-ass soldier ants which fall in the pool soon die off!
Moral of the story: Do not hire a yard boy who is capable of independent thought.
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My husband says we should try and bring pool chemicals from here (the States) when we ship our stuff next month, but the moving company says no to chemicals.聽 Any insight about availability/cost? He heard we shoudl expect to pay $200/mth for care taking of pool.
Pool brush / 5m pole / suction tube kit approx: LYD 100
Tub of 25 x 200g 5-in-1 chemical tablets: LYD 120 (3 months supply)
Effort to keep the pool clean and frustration when some idiot screws it all up: Priceless

There's also a small pool supplies store on Gargaresh Road, almost opposite the entrance to Regatta.
Sandman6 wrote:Mrs Sand went for a dip in the pool yesterday afternoon and when I got back home from work, she complained that the water seemed really chemically and dried out her skin badly. She said she could only stand it for a couple of minutes, it was so bad. I checked the pool water, it was crystal clear but did smell quite strongly of chlorine.
I normally use one x 200g 5-in-1 pool tablet each week, placed near the filter suction and do this each Saturday.
Just as a check, I lifted the filter cover and noticed that there was a barely dissolved 5-in-1 tablet still there, even after 4 days. Hmmm.
I checked the tub of 5-in-1 tablets in the outside store and noticed that there were barely 10 tablets left, only 2 weeks after buying a brand new tub of 25 tablets!
Under questioning, our gate opener / pool cleaner / general yard gremlin confessed to using 聯2 or 3 tablets every few days, because I thought it was ok聰.
We now have probably the cleanest (but most toxic) pool in Tripoli聟
I was beginning to wonder why the hard-ass soldier ants which fall in the pool soon die off!
Moral of the story: Do not hire a yard boy who is capable of independent thought.
you seeme well informed about the measures and procedures immigrations in lybia, so pleae do tell me, do you know how long can i stay in lybia with a touristic visa, being an algerian citizan?
hope you will understand my english...
thanks.
regards
Donna
So bugger off yourself !


Driving on the harbour road past Green Square, Plod in a Camry does all the flashing lights and 聯pull over聰 stuff (in Arabic). Me, being a law-abiding citizen, does as he asks and pulls over to the side of the road. I give him the car papers and my license and he starts having a right old rant 聳 something to do with the license.
Anyway, he scuttles off to the patrol car with my papers and comes back a minute later having written me a ticket. WTF I ask myself聟.
After much scratching of my head as to what heinous crime I聮d committed, I聮m starting by to figure out that it聮s something to do with the photo on my license, which shows me with short hair. So, tugging at my flowing locks, I聮m desperately trying to explain in poor Arabish that it聮s me alright in the pic, even if it looks nowt like this hippy who聮s sat in the car here.
Now the crunch聟
Plod writes 聯150聰 on the ticket and hands it back to me with the car docs. I somehow figure he聮s looking for a little something so he can take his girlfriend/boyfriend to the movies.
After much horse trading (by which time the 150 had become 30), I just handed the papers back to him with a 聯no money, my friend and YOU are a complete tosser聰. All with a big smile.
Another couple of minutes, and he hands the papers back to me with a 聯you bad English!聰.
And off I drove, not a single Dinar having changed hands聟
Priceless!
I could find you myself in 5 minutes in Janzour if I wanted.
Clearly you haven't been in Libya long, some of your comments are ridiculous, You have much to learn but I don't think you will having read many of your posts. If you don't like it, go home. Problem is, you do like it but still want to complain. Remember where you are and respect the locals. You are a guest in Libya, remember that and you'll be fine.
Insulting police really isn't smart, anywhere in the world. And remember, most of the young people speak and read English rather well.
There once was a forum where expats could go to share experiences and information about their new locations.聽 All was well and all the expats were happy until one rainy day when the forum was inundated with nasty trolls.聽 The trolls would come onto the forum and use their small little brains to make useless comments in a lame attempt to somehow intimidate the original forum dwellers.聽 No one fed the trolls and they disappeared shortly after posting some subsequent solicitation of the expats' business such as an apartment for rent or an advertisement for a new troll store opening some time soon.聽 The expats lived happily ever after and the trolls died off due to starvation.聽 The end.
Horizontal Harry wrote:Clearly you haven't been in Libya long, some of your comments are ridiculous, You have much to learn but I don't think you will having read many of your posts. If you don't like it, go home. Problem is, you do like it but still want to complain. Remember where you are and respect the locals. You are a guest in Libya, remember that and you'll be fine.
So let me get this straight.聽 You've been reading all the threads here. You have been in Libya longer than Sandman.
And, your first post on this forum is berating one of the few people providing useful info?聽 Maybe you could shed some light in some of the other threads here?
If you think it is acceptable to say to policemen "聯no money, my friend and YOU are a complete tosser聰, then you are a fool. Prisons here are nasty.
Anyway, the Canadian visa situation worsened today so you won't be around too long to call me a troll. I know a lot more about it than most, I wouldn't post what I do know on an open forum though.
See ya.
gabacho wrote:Horizontal Harry wrote:Clearly you haven't been in Libya long, some of your comments are ridiculous, You have much to learn but I don't think you will having read many of your posts. If you don't like it, go home. Problem is, you do like it but still want to complain. Remember where you are and respect the locals. You are a guest in Libya, remember that and you'll be fine.
So let me get this straight.聽 You've been reading all the threads here. You have been in Libya longer than Sandman.
And, your first post on this forum is berating one of the few people providing useful info?聽 Maybe you could shed some light in some of the other threads here?
I do intend to assist where I can, when I have the time. People on here are so naive though.
Horizontal Harry wrote:I have been here for 25 years, I know how it works.
Ah, there we have it. Been here 25 years and he thinks he's some sort of oracle...
Well Mr Know-all, how about you bring some of that knowledge to the table to share with others who are not quite so well informed? Or are you one of those who believe in the principle of "knowledge is power"? I've come across many like you on my travels and you are are indeed a sad species.
I have only been lurking here for a few days, I will help where I can.
Horizontal Harry wrote:Anyway, the Canadian visa situation worsened today so you won't be around too long to call me a troll.
From what I heard, it depends who you're working for at this point...
Since you've been here for 25 years, and you list yourself as American it looks like you weathered "operation el dorado canyon" and everything that followed.聽 Based on this, I'm guessing you know not everything is black and white here.聽 Even if things are souring with Canada, it doesn't mean it's over...
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