IOS NEWS HITS 25,000 PAGE VIEWS

ON MARCH 13, 2008, IOS NEWS WAS LAUNCHED AND SINCE THEN..WE HAVE HAD 25,521 PAGE VIEWS. WE ALSO JUST BROKE OUR OWN MONTHLY RECORD WITH 1,663 PAGE VIEWS DURING JULY, 2012.

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT AUGUST MAY COME CLOSE TO THAT RECORD SINCE IT IS ALREADY OVER 400 PAGE VIEWS. BUT MOST LIKELY THE RECORD WILL STAND UNTIL AT LEAST NEXT SEASON.

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR VIEWERSHIP OVER THE PAST 4 YEARS AND WE HOPE THE NEXT 4 YEARS ARE EVEN BETTER.

THANK GOD FOR THE AUSSIES..ER, UH..SORT OF!!!

THE AUSSIES ARE COMING, THE AUSSIES ARE COMING!! NO, ACTUALLY THEY HAVE  BEEN ON IOS SINCE MAY AND THEY KEPT COMING IN DROVES.

WHY, ALL OF A SUDDEN ARE THERE SO MANY AUSTRALIANS? WELL, THEIR ECONOMY IS BOOMING HARD CORE. A YEAR AGO, ONE HUNDRED AUS DOLLARS CONVERTED TO SOMETHING LIKE 70 EUROS. NOW, ONE HUNDRED AUSSIE DOLLARS GETS YOU AROUND 80 EUROS!! THAT IS ALMOST 15% MORE FOR YOUR BUCK. THAT IS A LOT AND AUSSIES ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE.

SO, I GUESS IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT THE AUSTRALIANS HAVE SAVED IOS THIS YEAR. FOR SURE!! YOU GOTTA LOVE THE MEN WITH THEIR ROUGH AND TUMBLE ATTITUDE, THEIR "BED HAIR", AND THEIR TATTOOS. BUT I NOTICE THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF AUSSIES ON IOS.

1. DIRTY FOOTED AUSSIE: WOW, REALLY..YOU GUYS WALK AROUND BAREFOOT ON IOS? EVEN THAT NASTY ROAD WITH ALL OF THE OLD CHOCOLATE SMEARED EVERYWHERE..LOL? 99.9% OF THE TIME, THE DIRTY FOOTED AUSSIE IS A WORKER ON THE ISLAND. IF HE IS A GUY, HE MIGHT HAVE A MUSTACHE AND TATTOOS BUT NOT ALWAYS. HE MAY ALSO HAVE "ROD STEWART" HAIR. IF SHE IS A GIRL, SHE IS MOST LIKELY ATTRACTED TO THE MALAKA DESCRIBED ABOVE !!

2. GREEK DIASPORA AUSSIE: THIS IS USUALLY THE AUSSIE WHO HAS PARENTS WHO ARE GREEK. THIS SORT OF AUSSIE IS NOT ONLY COMING TO GREECE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE GREAT CURRENCY EXCHANGE..HE IS COMING TO GREECE TO SPEND MONEY AND HELP HIS ANCESTORS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN IN ITS TIME OF NEED. MANY TIMES, THEY ARE IN GOOD SHAPE, CLEAN CUT, AND SPORT A FEW TATTOOS. THEY USUALLY STAY FOR ABOUT A WEEK ON IOS AND THEN BOUNCE TO ANOTHER ISLAND. 99.99% OF THE TIME THEY ARE TOURISTS AND NOT WORKERS.

3. "TOMMY LEE" AUSSIE: YOU REMEMBER TOMMY LEE RIGHT? THE DRUMMER WITH ALL THE TATTOOS WHO MARRIED PAMELA ANDERSON. WELL, YOU HAVE THOSE AUSSIE GUYS WHO LOOK JUST LIKE HIM FILLED WITH TATS AND THEY ARE ALSO SPORTING BASEBALL CAPS. I SAW ONE GUY THE OTHER DAY WEARING AN OAKLAND A'S CAP. I WONDER IF HE CAN NAME ONE PLAYER ON THE TEAM. THEY WEAR SHOES SO THEY CANNOT REALLY BE CONSIDERED DIRTY FOOTED BUT THEY LOOK KINDA LIKE DIRTY SONS-OF-BITCHES!!

4. NORMAL AUSSIE: THIS IS YOUR NORMAL, RUN-OF-THE-MILL AUSTRALIAN WHO MIGHT HAVE A FEW SMALL TATTOOS BUT NOTHING "IN YOUR FACE"!! THIS AUSSIE IS GREAT!! THEY ARE SOMEWHAT HEALTHY BUT CAN STILL PARTY AND HAVE A GOOD TIME WITH THE BEST OF THEM!!!

LASTLY, WHETHER YOU LIKE THEM OR HATE THEM..THEY ARE SPENDING MONEY ON IOS WHILE YOU ARE MOST LIKELY BACK IN THE UK, GERMANY, IRELAND, ITALY, SCANDINAVIA, USA, ETC THINKING GREECE IS IN CHAOS OR THAT YOU WANT TO "SNUB" GREECE BECAUSE THEY ARE CAUSING A CRISIS. IF THAT IS YOU..THEN ALL I HAVE TO SAY TO YOU SHEEP IS "BAAA!! BAAAA!!" 

SEVEN ELEVEN RESTAURANT

THERE ARE PLENTY OF RESTAURANTS ON IOS BUT NOT ALL OF THEM SAY YES TO JUST ABOUT EVERY REQUEST YOU HAVE.

THERE IS A PLACE UP THE SIDE OF "ROLLAN MARKET" NAMED "SEVEN ELEVEN" OWNED BY BROTHERS NIKOS AND DIMITRIS KOSTOPOULOS. THEY BASICALLY HAVE JUST ABOUT EVERY INTERNATIONAL MEAL YOU CAN THINK OF EXCEPT FOR MAYBE SOME GREEK PLATES.

NIKOS COOKS THE FOOD AND DIMITRIS RUNS THE BUSY FRONT WHILE THE WAITRESSES ZIP BACK AND FORTH SERVING THE PLATES AND DRINK.

THE FOOD IS GOOD BUT WHAT REALLY SEPARATES THESE GUYS FROM A LOT OF OTHER GREEKS ON IOS IS THAT THEY REALLY WANT YOUR BUSINESS AND DO NOT LIKE SAYING "NO" TO REQUESTS.

IF YOU GO TO "DEL MAR CAFE" ON MYLOPOTAS BEACH, YOU WILL BE SERVED BY THAT SAME GREEK "BUTCH" GIRL WITH GLASSES WHO ACTS SUPERIOR AND SAYS NO TO ANY REQUESTS YOU MAY HAVE.

I WENT TO SEVEN ELEVEN AND THE SAME REQUEST WAS SATISFIED WITH A BIG SMILE. THEN ONE NIGHT, FIVE MINUTES BEFORE CLOSING, FIVE ITALIAN GIRLS SHOWED UP AND ASKED IF THEY COULD EAT. NIKOS CAME OUT AND SAID "SURE, NO PROBLEM" WITH A BIG FRIGGIN' SMILE AND THE GIRLS STAYED UNTIL 1AM AND SPENT A LOT OF EUROS AS WELL. THE WAITRESSES WERE NOT VERY HAPPY THEY HAD TO STAY LATE THOUGH, BUT THE CUSTOMER CAME FIRST!!

I GUARANTEE IF YOU EAT HERE ONCE, YOU WILL EAT HERE AGAIN AT LEAST ONCE A DAY, IF NOT MORE. DO NOT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT. GOOGLE THEM AND SEE THE POSITIVE ACCOLADES THEY RECEIVE!! KALI OREXI!!!