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'the Italian authorities have had access to UK bank accounts' ????? We do not have any paying guests at all so it doesn't effect us but I do find this somewhat hard to believe?! S

My UK licence (EU/Pink/Photo one) expires in December. My intentions are (in October) to go to the local autoscuola and ask them to 'transfer' it to an Italian one. I'm not 100% sure what will ACTUALLY happen ! My UK licence has my old UK address on it, so it is of little value as a record of my address here ! As a resident, I am expecting to have to get an 'ok' from the doctor and expecting to get a pink sticker which I believe will last for 5 years (Dec 2017), then I will go through the process again ? I assume that will make me 'legal'. S

I recall 'Raggio' (not heard of for a while ?) helping with this about 18 months ago, shows the usefulness of this site! I am not sure what the law is if the growth is already there when you purchase the land ? Whoever wishes to plant trees on the boundary of their property must respect the distances established by the rules and regulations and, lacking these, local custom. If neither of these exists, the following distances from the boundary must be respected: 3 metres for tall trees. Tall trees are those trees whose trunks either   simple or branched, grow high, e.g.  walnuts, chestnuts, oaks, pine   trees, cypresses, elms, poplars, plane trees and the like;   1.5m for smaller trees. These are considered to be those trees which, when   fully grown, do not exceed 3 metres;   Half a metre for vines, bushes, growing hedges, fruit trees no taller than   2.5 metres. However, the distance must be a metre if the hedges are alder, chestnut or similar trees which are regularly pruned close to the stump, and two metres in the case of robinia hedges. The distance is measured from the boundary line to the base of the tree trunk at the time of planting or from the boundary line to the sowing drill. These measurements do not need to be respected if there is a dividing wall, belonging to the owner or shared, as long as the plants are kept to a height below the top of wall. Articolo 892. Chi vuol piantare alberi presso il confine deve osservare le distanze stabilite dai regolamenti e, in mancanza, dagli usi locali. Se gli uni e gli altri non dispongono, devono essere osservate le seguenti distanze dal confine: l) tre metri per gli alberi di alto fusto. Rispetto alle distanze, si considerano alberi di alto fusto quelli il cui fusto, semplice o diviso in rami, sorge ad altezza notevole, come sono i noci, i castagni, le querce, i pini, i cipressi, gli olmi, i pioppi, i platani e simili; 2) un metro e mezzo per gli alberi di non alto fusto. Sono reputati tali quelli il cui fusto, sorto ad altezza non superiore a tre metri, si diffonde in rami; 3) mezzo metro per le viti, gli arbusti, le siepi vive, le piante da frutto di altezza non maggiore di due metri e mezzo. La distanza deve essere però di un metro, qualora le siepi siano di ontano, di castagno o di altre piante simili che si recidono periodicamente vicino al ceppo, e di due metri per le siepi di robinie. La distanza si misura dalla linea del confine alla base esterna del tronco dell’albero nel tempo della piantagione, o dalla linea stessa al luogo dove fu fatta la semina. Le distanze anzidette non si devono osservare se sul confine esiste un muro divisorio, proprio o comune, purché le piante siano tenute ad altezza che non ecceda la sommità del muro

Glad you have found some topics of interest .....and you are obviously enjoying the Italian life..............it does get cooler soon, this year has been VERY hot ! S

Interesting that it is open on a Sunday ? I think that is our problem as well, they have SO MUCH produce there, you can't see the pak choi for the beansprouts ! S

Badger, The chinese shop... It is near the girasole commercial centre where OASI is? (Campiliogne) ....on the fermo road from servigliano, piane de falerone etc .....turn left (I think) the last road before you come to the newish road junction, I think it is signposted for a post office and a COAL shop. It is only 100mtrs along once you have turned left and you cannot miss it S

Ugo, You are posting some good stuff lately..............I like it ! I feel that we have a knowledgeable Italian amongst our ranks (I'm sure there are others too !) It may be helpful to let people know what to look for in white pages IN ITALIAN.    ..assicurazione ?? Keep them coming !     S

I think things may have changed, but I know not what !! I DO know that UK channels are available at 28.2E at this time...I am watching as we 'type'........in future I don't know ! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free-to-air_channels_at_28%C2%B0E I'll be interested to see how this conversation progresses! S

Ugo, I think that there is a 'named' Manager ............... 'Ronald', but I'm not sure what his role is. I think there have been some very interesting points made on this thread, it's a shame one 'person' lowers the tone without understanding that he/she could actually just go elsewhere. S 

I think you'll find most of us left school a number of years ago................very true, I think the sharing of views is certainly a key component of the forum, hopefully people who don't like it for what it is will go and find something that they do like. S