Tesco and Eurotunnel[Copied from another Forum]If you shop at Tesco you'll probably be rewarded with Cash Vouchers. What you may not know is that you can exchange these for 3x their value with Eurotunnel.
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ITALIAN GENEALOGYI am researching my family tree [all UK based], and belong to a Genealogy Group here in the UK - its part of the U3A [an organisation for 'retired persons who want to do things rather than sit at home all d
Wed, 01/04/2017 - 05:24
Cancelling a Eurotunnel Booking I have had to cancel a return trip on Eurotunnel [Car + 2 + Dog], as I have to go into hospital for an op.The booking was 'non-refundable'.I rang them to cancel and they confirmed it was non-
Thu, 05/26/2016 - 08:00
IMU - Its still around I thought this had disappeared in the new tax system, but my Comune website says the first payment for 2014 is due by 16th June Paid it via my bank today - emailed them the F24
Fri, 06/13/2014 - 08:56
Looks like the days of the easy/cheap trip to italy through Switzerland are numbered. Apparently, the Swiss government has decided to raise the cost of the vignette to 100 Swiss Francs for 2015. They are introducing a two month vignette for 40SF,
Sun, 09/01/2013 - 15:58
Petrol prices in France are now comparable with the UK, except on the French Autoroutes.One option is to fill up at the L'Eclerc superstores with their SP95 E10 petrol [its a petrol with some ethylene in - generally used in France - which is OK fo
Thu, 07/11/2013 - 04:25
For a change this year we drove down to Italy via Besancon [avoiding most tolls by taking some good french non-motorways.]However - Besancon roads are in total chaos as they are digging them up to lay tram routes - this will take about 2 more yea
Wed, 07/10/2013 - 16:44
Can you help?I've just completed making a 'variation' of Limoncello. The only change is that I dispensed with the lemons, I and substituted Sloes that I picked here in the UK at the end of last year.
Sun, 01/20/2013 - 09:10
In today's GuardianRyanair have announced their credit card will now be liable to the same charges as other credit cards - so the end of no charge bookings
Sat, 11/10/2012 - 09:07
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When I opened my Italian bank account, I put enough money in to pay about a years bills [I pay gas and electric by Direct Debits] and just top it up [with money from an ATM] whenever I'm over there This may not be the cheapest way - but its easy and I know the cash is in the account.
Annec - thanks for the posting - brought back a few memories My Dad was a D Day Dodger. He never ever really spoke about his war - and I only ever remember hearing him sing the song once, when he was well lubricated after winning a hard fought criket match [a local Cup Final, I think] - the whole pub was silent as people joined in or just hummed along He was 'lucky' as he fought his way right up the spine of Italy to the North, where [I believe] he worked with the Partisans, and he was never a POW I keep meaning to get his war record, and perhaps visit some of the places he fought.
I think you need a cooker thats set up for that type of LPG gas. You can't just take over a 'mains' gas cooker and connect it to LPG supply see http://www.calorcookerandfireshop.co.uk/acatalog/lpg-cookers.html for examples
Shame they decided to charge for them - they should be free
Have you considered just sealing the existing 'plaster' and plastering over it to give a clean surface for decoration. I appreciate you don't get exposed brick walls - but it could be cheaper, cleaner and quicker than sandblasting
You could try setting up a new Group [called 'For Sale' perhaps] to see if there is any interest
We stayed [a few years ago now] at the Il Nido Hotel when I travelled by train to Sorrento http://www.ilnido.it/ It is outside of Sorrento, but does a free minibus shuttle to and from Sorrento [the timetable is on the website] Views from the rooms are to die for, and the evening meals were great [quality and quantity - in fact a couple of times we went into town in the evening for a smaller meal!] Very friendly place - and it was where we were first introduced to homemade Limoncello!!!!
Would you be allowed to do the following 1. Apply a thinnish [say 50mm thick] screed to the roof, laid to a fall of about 1 in 100 [draining to the edges] 2. Apply waterproof finish [say 2 or 3 layers of bitumen] to seal the roof 3. Lay 100mm thick [or thicker] industrial polystyrene type insulation boarding, for the insulation required 4. Cover with tiles, slabs or gravel to hold down the imnsulation. If you want to use the roof, I'd use slabs or tiles - laid directly on the insulation withh no cement or fixative, butt jointed. This would work well, but relies on the concrete roof being strong enough [it should be - ask the geometra/builder]
This sounds like a job for a geometra - use a local one - he'll get all the required permessos [there are bound to be some needed], and he might just get the council to look at their drain!
Knowing the love that Italians have for bureaucracy - the cons will be enormous