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Mon, 08/24/2015 - 04:37

Yes I totally agree with Modicasa who puts it a bit more politely than I would as you are now being annoying to people you do not know!

Sun, 08/23/2015 - 08:40

Mud Dauber. Looks like one of these, if so it is a lot less of a pest than your common wasp...

Sun, 08/23/2015 - 04:05

You could try this guy for a quote, he was very good!

Sat, 08/15/2015 - 15:33

Unless you are looking for a specific recommendation,, try a search for "affitto casa lucca" think you will find most rental here is long term. Another would be to check out the forums (as you have with this) and give your requirements, many are living here part-time or in holiday homes and may well be happy to rent.

Sat, 08/15/2015 - 15:23

Not at all yallman, glad to hear your English is so good... :) Really I thought your original post was quite (to "very" ) good as well. Just the use of the term "Italian plug" of which there is no such thing!  Think this WIKI LINK (sorry if I'm repeating myself) gives a full picture of the mess here....

Sat, 08/15/2015 - 14:58

Sorry I have no personal experience of the system here, but I’ve heard mixed reports. I suspect it’s like a lot of things here, not too much spent on it! I would suggest you search the net with something like "schooling in Italy". erhaps try hrowing in "forum" as well :)

Fri, 08/14/2015 - 11:02

A big move with two girls of school age. Do you speak Italian? If not start learning now. Do some research on schooling here in Italy. We know of a few people who have young children here, some have found it really good and most if not all have said their children settled quicker than they did. However one of those also recently moved back to the UK in the main because they felt there young daughters education required their understanding of the Italian language, which despite being very good, was not good enough.

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 18:51

Perhaps another strange question... okay it's late and the vino has kicked in. You do have a recent bill? Who/what does it say about/is the supplier? Perhaps it's just a case of it being the part of ENEL you contacted is not who you are with... As I understand (guess) they split off a while back, so it could be you just got the wrong bit? Then again judging by the number of calls we get to change suppiler, some cowboy may have changed your supply without you knowing.?

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 06:55

Fred the email you quote (with the @ smiley) comes up in a Google search for this SITE , so possibly linked ? Anyway these bad guys don't use manual means, or at least not at the start, it's big, big organised crime. So you really do need to be on your guard.Indeed passwords are very important or everyone and their dog would not be trying to make us have mixed upper case numbers symbols etc, etc... Anyone telling you it's not important is I'm affraid incorrect. Have a look at this Google LINK as to why. They are very correct in saying your email provider can be the weak link, but that's also something in your hands. I've really come to dislike Google, but they are very big, have a reputation to protect and do so in a big way! You don't want to be tied to specific companies such as a BT or Sky email as when you leave them they shut you down... I've just had a quick check and it seems "zincFr ATgmail.com" is available (just as an aside I think typing "gmail.com" is NOT secure). Time for a change perhaps wink

Thu, 08/13/2015 - 05:25

Sorry to hear of your problem, but this is common in this day and age where things are moving (against us in many cases unfortunately) so fast and security is becoming almost impossible to keep up. A simple thing like the use/addition of an email address ( zin. at mcn.org ) on the web, especially on open forum is not a good idea or anywhere else on the web for that matter... If you need to have an address on your web site, for say advertising  a rental, then it would be better to set a specific email address for that purpose and keep it separate from your personal address. There are many ways to link these email addresses without compromising one or the other. There is some good basic stuff here in this WIKI link . However the main thing they seem to miss is to tell you not to give out your email address too easily.Personally I no longer worry that my friends or acquaintance’s account gets hacked now and then as I rarely get anything coming through. The small amount that does invariably I never see as I guess it goes in to spam.  So don’t give yourself extra to worry about, it’s my (our) fault if anything gets through.  Hope you get everything sorted soon.