'TEN TIMES EMPTY' - LIFE ON SYMI 1975 (DIGITALLY RESTORED)
Symi is a little Greek island where our friend @iankenway lives. I've read around his site and it seems pretty wonderful!
https://www.phidoc.net/life_on_symi_1975.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symi
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(Please enjoy! - i used yandex)
@gemlog Thanks for the plug. My wife and I first discovered Symi in 1983. Things had obviously moved on since 1975. However, there was still no cars (well may a couple down in the harbour) and only a handful of motorbikes. When we returned four years later, not a great deal had changed, except that I did stumble across a BBC Micro Model B computer. Now there several hundred cars on the island and everyone seems to have a smartphone etc.
ADSL and G4 is good here. Despite living ar the bottom of a mountain, my broadband speed is fifteen times faster then when I lived in Wales. COVID notwithstanding, people spend time here from all over the world - Australia to Argentina, Russia to China etc. Interestingly, in the 19th century the wealth of the island was so great that it hosted six or seven embassies!
But enough about me and Symi!
Yes, let's keep in touch!
