9702 I was just thinking....

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I was just thinking - having posted the thread about road rage this morning, how our posts, although we try to be objective naturally tend more to the subjective, and that they also reflect where the poster lives - geography, cultural and economic environment and own experiences and lifestyle etc.

For those readers from outside the Italy, it might help to remember that Forum members who are residents in Italy are not all in the same 'situation'. We are not a uniform bunch, we have come to Italy for a variety of reasons and from very different lives elsewhere.

Also, Italy is a hugely diverse country - the experience of a poster in Liguria for example is going to be very different from one from Sicily and another from Rome. Just as we would not expect the same response/opinion from a resident in Aberdeen and Chelsea - generalisations are neat but they dont create a very accurate picture of a country.

Hope this is a making a little sense and this is not just the result of a very good Bank Holiday lunch.

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General chat about Italy

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 06/02/2008 - 17:07

The same goes for posters who are in the UK, they all will have differing circumstances and experiences and that is what should make the forum fun. It would be a boring old world if we were all the same.

It also means that when people post of their experience no one is right and no one is wrong, they are just different. However when it comes to specific advice, which is more objective, that is quite a different matter.

You will never see me giving advice on renovation because I have no experience to share but I do live out here in Italy and if I can help people with things I know about I will gladly do so.

Diversity makes for an interesting forum.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 06/03/2008 - 02:24

Hi Nielo

This was the point I was trying to make, however, most people post for advice etc.on this blog on life in Italy etc etc etc. not life in Bradford. hence the need for the reader to balance any info. etc. This was an attempt at a 'health warning' to readers.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 06/03/2008 - 03:17

I dont think thats needed.

Most visitors will regard some posts as more 'useful' than others using their own judgement.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 06/03/2008 - 03:28

Oh I have tried that 'health warning' many times before but only regular users tend to read such things and they know what's going on anyway. The people who may get caught in the difference of replies from diverse regions are the ones who dip in, ask a question, get a few replies and either leave satisfied or confused.

It is also extremely difficult to get any message across in the way you intend it to be read unless it is really specific ie 'cherries are red' (although I'm sure some would be able to argue even with that statement). When anyone posts, people will read that post differently based on their own differences and may very well think you are saying something completely different to what you are trying to express, I'm sure it happens to everyone at some time or another.

Again it is the diversity which is the most fun and a lot of the best threads on here are when people read the same post differently and reply accordingly.

'The moving finger writes and having writ moves on, not all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line nor all thy tears was out a word of it' ...........written before the advent of the edit button obviously:laughs:

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 06/03/2008 - 03:54

Cherries are pink and yellow and sometimes purple.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 06/03/2008 - 05:48

Tommorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow (is that enough tomorrows?) creeps on this petty pace from day to day...........
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