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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA7XQSm1nj8&feature=youtu.beWish I was going to be there...looks fantastically bizarre!

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 11:20

I found this online and would love to get hold of an original. Any suggestions? The Gran Sasso giftshop didn't have any!!http://tinypic.com/r/359cx9j/6

Wed, 07/04/2012 - 07:54

Someone asked me to report on our stay in the Ospizio San Gottardo on our way down by car. Having recovered sufficiently from the heat on arrival in Italy here goes:Thanks to all of you who recommended routes and hotels.

Tue, 06/19/2012 - 08:38

In September I'm doing the nearest I'll ever do to jetsetting by flying back to London for a meeting then out again the next day! I'm planning to leave the hire car at Ciampino overnight.

Fri, 05/25/2012 - 14:47

New website:http://www.thelittlebritishfoodshop.com/Delivery all over Italy

Thu, 05/17/2012 - 18:10

I've just finished this book written in 1966 by John Verney, who was a PoW in Sulmona and was looked after by local contadini after his escape.

Mon, 04/23/2012 - 19:25

Apologies if you've seen this before.

Thu, 03/22/2012 - 05:43

Hitting Dunkirk 7pm local time on 15th June and planning to get a couple of hours under our belt. I have been looking at hotels around Namur, but can't decide.

Fri, 03/09/2012 - 13:09

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Answer to: Satellite TV
Tue, 02/23/2010 - 11:47

jJust for the sake of fairness to Italian utilities (no I don't know why I should be either), notice clauses are the bane of many agreements everywhere and always worth checking.  Some are so preceisely worded that you only have about one day a year on which you can terminate! You won't be able to get them changed, but at least you've got a chance of diarising your cancellation

Tue, 02/23/2010 - 11:37

 Sorry - just had the plumbers in.....

Answer to: Semi Feral Cats
Sun, 02/21/2010 - 06:24

Am I being hardhearted in saying a wild thing is a wild thing? Would we leave out food for the young of polecats, porcupines or cinghiali??  Is it just that cats are more visible, or that we feel responsible for introducing them in the first place.  In which case do we feel the same about grey squirrels in the UK? Most wild animals have short lives.  And the weakest will never survive.   I agree I'd find it very hard to finish off a mangy kitten - even one as unattractive as your ginger alien, pilch - but then my kids still laugh at the story of me, a mouse caught (but not dead) in a mousetrap, and an enormous rock.  The permanent contraception sounds the best answer to salve our consciences, but the mind boggles at quite how these wild, spitting creatures are going to be rounded up and got to the vet! Good luck to all those brave and goodhearted enough to try - and I hope you all have some very thick gauntlets ready......

Answer to: Macerata Monthly
Fri, 02/19/2010 - 13:25

 Not sure if it's me or this site which means I can't start a new thread. Anyway, this magazine, which I told everyone about on the old forum, is now an online publication and can be accessed here:http://www.maceratamonthly.com/Once you've registered you've got access to all the back numbers as well

Thu, 02/18/2010 - 08:34

 Still having difficultlies creating a new thread. Anyway, I wanted to alert everyone to this:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8521598.stmIt's just an illustration of the care we all ought to exercise when giving out personal information to basically the entire world. I'm constantly amazed by my kids' lack of understanding of the dangers of splurging everything out on social networking sites. Do they really want that picture of them on the toilet still floatingaround the interweb 40 years on??Don't get me wrong, I love the channels of communication opened up by the internet in all its forms. But I think we've still goto a way to go in understanding how much to divulge and to who. For instance, do we want to openly post when we will be leaving our property (either in Italy or the UK) empty?

Answer to: South vs North
Thu, 02/18/2010 - 07:51

  I'm still trying to get hold of the anti-antievolutionists badge that reads :"Gravity...... only a Theory" Any ideas for a similar riposte to this load of cr*p?

Thu, 02/18/2010 - 05:30

  Some excellent driving tips here Valentina - I especially approve of "Always drive in the middle of the road to avoid running over beloved pets"  !!

Wed, 02/17/2010 - 14:55

Using the walking and quacking like a duck principle, he definitely IS an idiot

Answer to: South vs North
Wed, 02/17/2010 - 14:49

..and her stories of her Italian boyfriend's family's trek from Southern Italy to find work in the North.  Shows the intelligence and tenacity they required, as well as the hostility and racism they encountered from the supposedly better educated North Stereotyping a group of people -  a lazy tactic employed by inadequates to impress the idiots.  (Sorry - large glass of Talisker talking....)

Wed, 02/17/2010 - 14:41

Hi Beery, good luck with all  your plans.  Keep us all posted.  Tiler eh? shouldn't be short of work wherever you are.....pavimenti per tutti dappertutto!!