It was a pointless programme by any account. No one can credibly interview Toni Abela. They could have just run the video clips for the amusement of the masses.

There were fewer cars, less pollution and no VRT tests. Gaddafi’s petrol was cheaper.

The public coffers were full. Fewer drug overdoses.

We were in heaven without knowing.
Kemm konna ahjar meta konna aghar.

Er Albert,

Their reason for closing schools?

Thanks Gorg

Even more ridiculous though.

La Redoute: I always feel like that whenever walking trough ANY security checkpoint, even if it is just a shopping mall. I am terrified that the alarm might ring :-) The way I look does not help I suppose.

One street light switched on and three switched off. Xi dwejjaq ta’ pajjiz kien hawn.

Please, mention one thing that was good during our growing-up years in the 1970s and 1980s. I, for one, do not remember anything.

Hi David,

The ‘travel allowance’ was LM250 – per annum, immaterial of how many times anyone chose to travel.

[Daphne – That was two months’ earnings for most people, including me. And that was what you were allowed to take with you, which basically went nowhere. Buying an Air Malta ticket out of here cost another six weeks’ earnings or more.]

And the constant cutting off of the water supply – and occasionally the electricity supply too … are those normal for “developing countries”?

The beating of civilians who dared protest against those water cuts? Is that normal in developing countries, too? Mr Farrugia, you might swallow that sort of rubbish yourself, but don’t expect others to fall into the same trap.

http://archive.maltatoday.com.mt/2002/0407/report070402.html