2944 Dodgy agents & Italian expressions...

[QUOTE=manopello][FONT="Book Antiqua"][SIZE="3"]Frank

I would hate to be so untrusting.before I went to Ghana last year I had the same things said to me but I found the exact oppersit with the people I met...

i kept my wits about me, met a few sharks and had a great time!

Becky

Giovanni I wondered what had happened to you....I see you were just lurking waiting for your chance to pounce!!!![/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]

wasn't meant to be so offensive.... but can now see it could come across as
that...just in my opinion [note i never use humble,as it goes with pie]
there was really no need to be so dame rude, when u have not been
personally attacked.........:)

[QUOTE=Aliena]Gianni..

Aliena has read a few of your latest postings.. and it seems to me that you and Tinks have a great deal in common.. so perhaps a hand shake is a good idea.. so to speak! :D

:) :)[/QUOTE]

yes u are right as usually.... " in common" yes that would be investments,as
i have a savings account...:)

"doppiogiochisto" do u know i had to look that up! i need to get back to italy
quickly... my english is getting worse, and my italian is now in decline!

[QUOTE=manopello][FONT="Book Antiqua"][SIZE="3"]
Hi Giovanni

You are soooo right on form today..too much red meat perhaps???

It was a joke ok lets get this back on thread
Becky[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]

back on thread....... hope it works out for u lavender......

sorry forgot... no red meat for me on diet! its rabbit food only.....and ofcorse the beer on
saturday night..........

[QUOTE=giovanni]"doppiogiochisto" do u know i had to look that up! i need to get back to italy
quickly... my english is getting worse, and my italian is now in decline![/QUOTE]

Me to!!! I must admit Aliena does come up with some good ones.

[QUOTE=Giovanni] "doppiogiochisto" do u know i had to look that up! i need to get back to italy quickly.. my english is getting worse, and my italian is now in decline![/QUOTE]

You little furbo fibber Gianni! You had no idea what it meant.. even when you tried to look it up! :D

[QUOTE=Frank]Me to!!! I must admit Aliena does come up with some good ones.[/QUOTE]

Aliena always comes up with the best ones Frank.. even when I delete.. but you knew that already.

I don't know how it say it in Italian.. but stop breaking my balls! (I do know how to say it.. but it's rude in Italian and there are Mods about!) :D

:) :)

PS Welcome back Notaio!

rompecorglione (or rompicorglioni)!!

[QUOTE=Aliena]You little furbo fibber Gianni! You had no idea what it meant.. even when you tried to look it up! :D

Aliena always comes up with the best ones Frank.. even when I delete.. but you knew that already.

I don't know how it say it in Italian.. but stop breaking my balls! (I do know how to say it.. but it's rude in Italian and there are Mods about!) :D

:) :)

PS Welcome back Notaio![/QUOTE]

Isn't it amazing!!!!

Think an irrelevant "r" got into coglione - shades of Godfather!!

[QUOTE=Aliena]Relaxed..

You are almost right.. the "rompe" is correct.. and I was wondering when you would show your face.. but I still reckon you are a double player and I wanna see the real face you are hiding behind!

All we need now is your friend "Shemo".. who cant spell!
:) :)[/QUOTE]

Non rompere le scattole is an acceptable alternative...I think...at any rate my customers tell it to me all the time when I am chasing payments. :D

Lav,

With over 1800 members of this forum, I think you've probably gone a great job at advertising your "business". What I want to know is, will member of the Forum get a discount for their stay at the Bates Motel?

What if we bring assorted bits of plumbling equipment, or an assortment of screwdrivers...:)

Come on Tinks.. be serious.. think about it.. no heating.. dodgy water.. dangerous plumbing and electrics.. rotten beams.. a full scale row going on with the local agents and middlemen.. and an absolutely demented and stressed out hostess who is pulling her hair out by the handful!

Tell me.. would anyone seriously advertise their business in this way?

Who would want to stay at Lavs place.. even with a discount.. except Aliena? I'd love it.. all that gossip and fighting going on.. best entertainment in the world! :D

Book Aliena in for a week Lav!

:) :)

Has somebody booked the TV crew yet? Aliena and I our going to have our honeymoon at Casavecchiastrega.... it will make the best reality TV yet :)

well, it does have running water, or so I'm told ;)

..that'd be no fun at all...there's no element of hunting at all, they just pop up all over the place...it's more like that game at the fair where one has to bash the worms as they pop up... there are online forms at [url]www.crazymonkeygames.com[/url] like Ogg the Squirrel Hunter :)

..but the space ship sounds a good idea, I'll call Nobby and tell him to get round honto pronto...suggest we fly off to Umbria and search for illegal building works, and unscrupulous types digging pools with other people's hard earned cash..

Please wipe your feet before entering the space ship, thank you.

Now, how shall we spot the unscrupulous types ? We need an Englishman (or woman, of course,no bigotry here ;)) to act as bait. If we fly low, we can dangle him/her from a rope...that should flush the blighters out :)

Any volunteers?

You can do it Tinks, give you enough rope and .......;)

No no, I must be on board...Nobby is a little erm...irratic, shall we say...unless we get Aliena to steer..but then its after 11am, so maybe she's not fit...:)

...but, you know, anything to help out ;)

[QUOTE=Wishful Thinker]

...but, you know, anything to help out ;)[/QUOTE]

OK get out of this thread and in to the Circolo with you otherwise it will be back to Botany Bay ma boy.

Understand childproof lock will be fitted shortly.

Where's a mod when you need one? Howz about cutting and pasting last three pages into Circolo, like I suggested ages ago that all cr*p gets dumped in there. :rolleyes:

[QUOTE=trullomartinafranca]Where's a mod when you need one? [/QUOTE]

Exactly so... this thread is cleary libelous, and should have been removed a long time ago.

We are merely treating it with the contempt that it deserves.

I thought maybe the little yellow triangle with the exclamation mark attached to this thread meant "abandon hope all thee...." or does it simply indicate wheelspin!

Told ya..

Aliena gets the blame again! All I was doing was sitting on the fence and watching the world go by and now.. that thread is closed!

Is that what you wanted? ;)

:) :)

[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana]Na, too much rope for too many people but tis ok now cos been tidied away and we can resume nomald service! ;) [/FONT][/COLOR]

Aliena -

Do you understand any more of the thread now since your deleted post?

[QUOTE=Wishful Thinker]Exactly so... this thread is cleary libelous, and should have been removed a long time ago.

We are merely treating it with the contempt that it deserves.[/QUOTE]

do u have a vested interest in this company, or have u changed careers?
am only asking, because "clearly libelous" gives the impression that its an
open and shut case! which it is not.therefore it can only be proven libel by
a judge in a courthouse.
but bare with me, if someone makes a statement about their own experience,
and keep to the facts that they have experienced, then it becomes pretty
difficult, not to mention expensive to prove libel against them.

"contempt it deserves" that is your opinion, and only goes to show that
you, youself only deserve to be shown contempt.
alas the majority of people on here are good upstanding people, who actaully
have a little compassion and dignity,and therefore behave in a dignified
manor. this i admit is somthing i am not too strong on,therefore i feel ok,to
reply in this said manor.

i feel yet again a new member who rightly or wrongly chose to give an
account of their "italian experience" is attacked and belittled,and may or
may not post again, and in the same vein with over 1800 members it seems
strange that we do not have hundreds of threads, running on regions,and
experiences of these members. who unless they are thicked skin dare not
start threads incase of redicle.
i am all for fun or banter, and yes i know this is in that section, but it didn't
start here, it was dragged here so some could poke fun at other peoples
expense!...and yes i know i'm no angel...but atleast i am trying to improve,
i thing some others should give it a go,otherwise the forum will become a
place that people visit once or twice, and then move on never to return.

this would leave us all none the wiser, and that would be such a shame as
we all claim to have an infinitive with all things italian.....

Giovanni,

I think WT referred to a post by Lavender where she noted how to find that agent on the Italy Mag website... which is libellous in that everyone could check them out and maybe contact them without having the full facts from her. It's a different thing if people pm or email Lavender direct and ask for the full story and names.

I hope she'll keep us posted and is successful in getting some of her money back, but still there shouldn't have been any chance of forum viewers to follow a link to that agent.

I'm usually all for naming & shaming (especially of those young yobs roaming the country here!!), but I'm aware of the legal intricacies involved in posting or even hinting at names on an open forum like this, which in this day & age can quickly lead to the courtroom!

Please, guys, let that be the end of it! :)

Cheers...

[QUOTE=Iona]Giovanni,

I think WT referred to a post by Lavender where she noted how to find that agent on the Italy Mag website... which is libellous in that everyone could check them out and maybe contact them without having the full facts from her. It's a different thing if people pm or email Lavender direct and ask for the full story and names.

I hope she'll keep us posted and is successful in getting some of her money back, but still there shouldn't have been any chance of forum viewers to follow a link to that agent.

I'm usually all for naming & shaming (especially of those young yobs roaming the country here!!), but I'm aware of the legal intricacies involved in posting or even hinting at names on an open forum like this, which in this day & age can quickly lead to the courtroom!

Please, guys, let that be the end of it! :)

Cheers...[/QUOTE]

i stand corrected..... again!
but still wait to see an abundance of topics from a larger part of the 1800
members.........

or else at this rate..it will be campania, campania campania..... u don't
really want that....do u?

[QUOTE=giovanni]i stand corrected..... again!
but still wait to see an abundance of topics from a larger part of the 1800
members.........

or else at this rate..it will be campania, campania campania..... u don't
really want that....do u?[/QUOTE]

Agree... would be very happy to hear from more people about their experiences - but again, without mentioning the potential culprits direct. :)

"stood in front of our agent ... wagged my finger and said your a very naughty..."

You could try it out on me first matron.:) :)

[QUOTE=sdoj]"stood in front of our agent ... wagged my finger and said your a very naughty..."

You could try it out on me first matron.:) :)[/QUOTE]

Cool... you'll make the perfect guinea pig!! :D