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I am in the Member's Directory on MLHH but need my address updated. I moved out of Fresh Meadows, New York, USA and am now in Nea Makri-Zoumperi, Attiki, Greece. Yes, I am one of those 277 people leaving New York City per day. I figured who needs to live in an expensive prison?
I took this ponytail photograph tonight. I would possibly have longer hair if I maintained it better. Given stress and not getting my ends done for periods of 9 months or longer doesn't give it the strength to show greater length. Given I am 40 with no hair loss and little grey I'm not doing badly at all.
Tonight in my village in Greece, I met a friendly Russian woman from Yekaterinburg. A big city I heard of situated just to the east of the Ural Mountains range, dividing Europe from Asia. She has been living in Greece for 15 years. She speaks little English and I speak little Greek. We had difficultly communicating but managed still to where we could understand each other. She told me I am a perfectly handsome man but doesn't get it [(the reason(s)] why the ponytail and mustache I wear, thinking it detracts from my looks. Nonetheless, she played with my ponytail a little bit. I would suppose from this she likes the hair, just not on me. She's 48 years old and I am 40. I will have to ask her birth date next time as I think that astrology stuff is a good indicator of things if a relationship is likely. Her looks are okay but difficult to see entirely as she was wearing a jacket and hat when she came over to my house. She is blond haired with the Slavic look, not slanted eye look. Her hair is shorter than mine, it looks just at or above shoulder length.
I asked this previously but was wondering if anyone has information about this long hair model. Marianne Ernst (of Germany) is one of my favorite long haired female models but she hasn't posted any pictures since 2018. Anyone know her whereabouts or how she's doing?
Hwy, J.M.M...
No use worrying how much more length you could have "if only' you did something differently. Looks like your hair is nice, thick, and healthy...a mane to be proud of.
I was stationed at Hellenikon, Athens (the old Athens airport, south of the city next to Glyfada) when I was in the USN back in the 1980's. I made regular drives up to Nea Makri, because there was a Naval Communication Station there that hosted our personnel detachment. Nice small town! I hope you enjoy living there. How did you end up there? Is it your ancestral home?
The station was in the north end of town, on the Maraathonos Boulevard. On Google Earth, the area is pixelated, as if there's still something to hide there...interesting!
As you can see from my screen name, I live in Israel now, in Ashqelon on the Mediterranean coast. Hardly a small town, but it's home!
No input to offer regarding Marianne Ernst. All the best...
Don
Hi Don,
Wow, a small world it is. So I have no family history in this town or anywhere in Greece that I am aware of, however the locals say I look like I'm from here (which doesn't hurt).
Glad you like the state of my hair. I agree it's quite good, maybe in a year it can be spectacular. I'm going to trim at midnight during each solstice and equinox. I trimmed the ends at the winter solstice at midnight last and noticed improvement in its look, maybe growth rate too. I bought some seeds, high mineral foods, omega-3 fatty acid foods, foods high in inositol and bought hair, skin and nail vitamin pills. I'm getting out and exercising here and have less stress being in this quieter place.
This may be a surprise to you but my cousin lives in Israel too, in a very religious city called Bet Shemesh. So yes, I was raised in the Jewish faith as well.
I reckon being the only person of Jewish heritage living in Nea Makri today. Tell me Don, what was your life like in Attiki, Greece? How long did you stay here? Did you interact with the locals much? How did you spend your time here? Would you rather be living in Greece, Israel, USA or somewhere else? What is your life like in Ashqelon, Israel? Do you have other family living there with you?
The naval communications station I think was up in the area of Valtos. People told me the K.K.E. (Communists of Greece) threw out the Americans and thus shutting down the base.
What brought me to Greece originally was a girl I was dating. I met her online from a Greek dating site. She has long hair too. I stay in touch with her still. Before living in Nea Makri, I spent my time in Dionysos, to the west in the Penteli Mountains area. It's fun to hike around here. I love being between the mountains and sea here. The wild fruit here is everywhere. I enjoy the carob especially that grows here. It's delicious, nutritious and filling. One can almost live off that stuff alone. I have some friends here I chat and play chess with. I go to Athens for shopping, cultural events, usually to go to heavy metal shows. I will go to glentis at churches and cafes as well for regional folk music.
My first name in Hebrew is Ephraim. In Nea Makri, there is a women's monastery called Agios Ephraim. I visited it and saw the martyred saint's skeleton. It is an unusual circumstance. A nun dreamed of him and his body was discovered. It was thought he was hung by the Turks a ways back.
There is some paranormal stuff I read about in the Penteli Mountain range. I read the U.S. government was doing experiments there and some entrances or caves in the mountains are sealed off. I read of people seeing orbs, glowing lights there, people perishing, cars moving uphill on their own, U.F.O. activity, etc.
I do most of my shopping on Leoforos Marathonos. There and Leoforos Dionysou is the center of town pretty much. There is also the Plateia which could be considered the center of town too. They're close.
Ashqelon is a big place, over 140,000 population. Nea Makri is a town of roughly 17,000 people but spread out over a good distance.
Where in the USA did you live before coming to Israel?
Reply soon,
Jeffrey (J.M.M.)
Hey, Jeffrey!
Yep, small world!
My time in Greece (1984-1988) was very busy because of work. Off-duty, we hung out in the cafes a lot, hiked and traveled, spent lots of time at the beach, and went sailing in Vouliagmeni. I lived in Ano Glyfada, up against the mountain, and although it was an area very built-up with multi-family apartment buildings, I lived in an old cottage with a small garden (we had lemon trees) and a large verandah.
I'm afraid didn't have much contact with the locals; if I wasn't with the guys from my unit, I was with my Round Table mates who were mostly ex-patriots, primarily British. Several of them were married to Greek women, so I had some contact there. We did have one guy in Table who was Greek, but he was a Pontiakos (an Anatolian Greek) and we became close because I could speak Turkish with him. (I was stationed in Turkey before I was sent to Greece.) But remember, I wasn't living in a small town but in a suburb of the Big City, so it was a different experience for me!
Actually, the Pasok party under Andreas Pappandreaou was in power when the US bases closed down; they simply didn't renew the leases, and we had a lot of notice. The base on Crete stayed open longer - it may actually still be there - because, being so far from the capital, it isn't as politically sensitive. The US bases were never popular, not because they were large and obtrusive, but because of the association of the CIA with the Colonels' Junta in the 1960's. KKE was definitely active when I was in Greece, but if I'm not mistaken they were in the opposition in the Parliament. There was even a SECOND communist party then, the KKE Esoterikou ('Domestic' Communist Party) as opposed to the KKE which was oriented to the Soviet Union. Wow, just writing this reminds me of all the upheavals of those years of the Cold War!
I know Beit Shemesh; yes, it's a very religious city with a large population of 'Anglo' Orthodox immigrants. Actually, every city and town in Israel has a large religious sector. Ashkelon, where I live, has a very religious feel to it, but it's mostly Sephardic. I live here because I've been married to a Sephardic Israeli for almost 28 years, and this is her home town.
I'm originally from Queens, NY, but lived in Miami Beach from age ten and since I was 20, I've been all over. I served 28 years in the military and spent a lot of time overseas: in addition to Turkey and Greece, I was stationed in the UK and in Germany. In the States, I was stationed in Maryland, California, Texas, Florida, and Colorado. I also lived in Jerusalem for a year, when I was studying. When I retired from the service in 2008, Clara and I moved back to Colorado, where I'd been offered a job. Four years later we were off wandering again; this time I took a job in Australia. After four years in Australia, I decided it was tie to fully retire, and we moved to Ashkelon. We have a son who lives here in Israel; he served in the army as a volunteer and now is an EMT with Magen David Adom. We also have a daughter who just finished a master's degree in lab science at the University of Coloraddo in Boulder.
Although there are definitely similarities between Greece and Israel - climate and topography, but also, believe it or not, cultural - it's hard to compare lif
e in the two places. Israel is a very conservative place in many ways, except perhaps for the Tel Aviv area, but so was Greece when I lived there. I've been back, two years ago, but I didn't get to the countryside and villages, just to Athens. I like living in Israel, but given different circumstances, I probably wouldn't mind living in Greece.
I'm wondering how you've managed to get residency there, since you have no Greek heritage. Under the Schengen Treaty, unless granted residency in one of the member countries (of which Greece is one), someone who is not a citizen of a Schengen country can only stay in the zone for 90 days out of every 180. I have at least one friend from my years in Athens, who would love to have your secret!
Anyway, great to have contact with you. We should probably continue this conversation by PM, since it's a bit off-topic from long hair!
A good week...
Don
Hi(gh)!
Send Vangelis Odysseas Papathanassiou greetings from a long-time fan... if you accidentally run into him!
No, absolutely no! Long hair and moustache is the hottest combo imaginable! Especially when it is a handlebar stache...
See you in Khyberspace!
Yadgar
Hi Yadgar,
Is this the person you're referring to?: https://www.facebook.com/groups/evangelos/
I have a date for tomorrow. She brunette, wears a below waist length, thick, beautiful ponytail. I saw her waiting for a bus. I was shy at first but brought myself to talk to her. I felt to let her go by without a try would be a mistake. She's originally from Casablanca, Morocco. Interestingly, she also knows very little English too, like the Russian woman I met during the week. Looks wise I think I might have found someone into me (the Moroccan girl) but I am assuming this. She seems dependable, sweet, interested (most important), smart and nice so far based on her communication with me.
Sometimes in life one has to wait a lot longer for the right one to come along. I never married. Also moving to a different place gives a new selection of people to choose from. Sadly being a long haired man limits the choice of women who are into that look.
So Yadgar, have you lived in Greece too?
Greetings,
Jeffrey
Yes, he is! In his younger years (and also as an old man once more) he was/is quite long-haired...
pretty
Not only women... with the gay scene in the 1990s/2000s it was pretty much the same, long hair was the big no-no!
No, unfortunately not... I hate the dark wet winters here!
See you in Khyberspace!
Yadgar
Yadgar,
We get dark and rainy winters in Greece too. The only difference is we get breaks in between and the winter doesn't last as long. Already we are getting sunny spring weather now in my location. Winter weather is about 2 months long in my area, maybe a little less.
Greetings,
J.M.M.
