I vaguely remember reading somewhere about a gizmo that could be plugged in to boost wifi signal within our thick walled Italian homes - I can't remember where and failed to locate under search option as not sure what "title" to search under. Can
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4 years into being self-employed and my husband's Accountant announced he should be paying INAIL. Claimed it wouldn't be very much. Just received a demand for €4,903.00 of which €1,700.00 is interest and charges going back to 2008.
Wed, 07/18/2012 - 08:13
It has come to my attention that I may have inadvertently misled in an earlier post. In response to a member asking for recommendations I posted not to bother contacting Michael as I had misunderstood a mail from his office.
Thu, 02/02/2012 - 10:54
Looking for advice/guidance on the above subject. I am planning on purchasing satellite broadband and had hoped that it was possible to use satellite dish also for TV.
Thu, 11/24/2011 - 09:21
Having washed guests' white bedlinen and towels I have found yellow stains (again). Unfortunatley not visible until washed then left with a creamy yellow stain. I think it is caused by the high factor creams.
Wed, 08/10/2011 - 03:21
I have to return a parcel to M & S (their sizing and descriptions are not so accurate recently) and having had to do this once before found it very expensive via the Post Office. Even splitting parcel into smaller Jiffy bags (our post office
Sat, 05/14/2011 - 08:39
has anyone, full time in Italy, purchased a kindle? I understand that location affects what you can download and I have been trying to establish if living in Italy would prevent my downloading amazon.co.uk books. I do not want to be limited to I
Mon, 05/09/2011 - 17:04
hi i have a motorbike here in italy and was wondering if there is a man with a van that travels from italy to the uk !!!! need to get it back 54 a MOT and i dont fancy the drive !! please help!!!
Mon, 11/08/2010 - 10:07
Does anyone know where I can buy Malt Vinegar? Wanting to pickle some of the excess crop and recipes are generally needing Malt Vinegar. Alternatively if no one else found Malt Vinegar around here what are you using instead and how successful is
Sun, 09/26/2010 - 11:24
We have a very large, old, protected oak tree in our garden. This year for the first time (or at least first time noticed) it is dropping what appears to be tiny black seeds - the size of a lettuce seed. If you are close to the tree it sounds li
Sun, 05/09/2010 - 04:55
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Maybe it is just too early. I rarely book flights way in advance but do remember winter before last wanting to book one for last June and had to wait until within 6 months or so of the date. I appreciate we are currently slightly less than 6 months from 1st November but I see there is nothing for 30th/31st October or January 2012 either. Don't panic yet!!!
My Kindle arrived about 3 hours ago and still experimenting but it does acknowledge if you change where you are located then it does affect your account................................ I am permanently in Italy and rarely leave the country so I don't imagine this will be an issue for me. Early days so I may have got this wrong, but I recall reading that you can "borrow" books from fellow Kindle owners! Maybe we can set up a new group :-)
Hi Annec I went for the 3G version too. I use vodafone dongle for my internet so figured the extra cost for the 3G was worth it. We are southern Marche and trying to get a land line was painful so gave up after a year or so.
I have ordered from Amazon.com as that was the only option for delivery in Italy. Downloading books from the American store should not be a problem as there seems to be loads, I was just concerned that I would be restricted to what Amazon thought an Italian would want. I can't be doing with having one sent to UK and then depending on friends to bring/post it out and then probably having problems downloading as it would pick up that I was using an Italian ISP. The Italian site directed me to the American site and order confirms it works "globally" and there are no additional charges for using outside of US. Thanks everyone for your input. p.s. re the book shop - don't get out that way very often but when we came to the Pup's party September before last I brought a (car) boot full of books and forgot about them, bringing them all home again. I have loads I can donate and will get round to doing so eventually.
Hello TheItalianLife Your comment "They fly like pteradactyls!" made me smile as I did actually comment to my husband at the time that the sight was "very Jurassic Park". Hello Sprostoni No babies due here - and certainly not 7!!
Yesterday lunch time we had a flock of 7 storks "playing" in the thermals over the calanchi at the bottom of our garden. Amazing to watch.
Just had a response from A Copeland and they WILL still insure our home however they are £100 more than Intasure. There are some differences in cover but not sure I want to pay an extra £100 for them.
We too were told the same tale from Italsure, though In fairness I did then authorise them to look elsewhere. Yes, it was Intasure that then contacted me and the cover is inferior (earthquake excess raised from £2,500 to £5,000 for example) but the quote is slightly less. Paid £483.20 last year, quoted £440.74 this year. However these figures both seem very high compared to those stated above, especially as we are resident full time and thus the burglary risk is diminished drastically. Thanks for the tip; I too will be contacting Andrew Copeland direct.
So what would be a tax efficient savings vehicle for UK citizen resident in Italy?
Montrose I sent you a PM with contact details