I have yet to find out how to reply to AN INITIAL posting, I only seem to be able to reply to REPLIES to the initial posting...............I've looked but obviously I'm missing something!!??
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Whoa....................warming up here nicely at the mo..............................35 in the shade..............
Thu, 07/23/2009 - 11:42
Things grow SO fast here (in le Marche) that I was wondering if it would be throwing some potatoes into the ground to see if they grow? Is it too hot or too dry does one think? S
Sat, 07/18/2009 - 10:22
Can I just say that after expressing much dismay and dissatisfaction with the manner (and way) of the changes to Italymag over recent months...............I for one think that it now is working like a dream..................very very well done fo
Sat, 07/18/2009 - 10:14
WELL !!!!!What staggering storms we are having at the moment !!The most violent cloudburst (thunder, lightening, staggering amount of rain!).................Having experienced some aroud the world (Americas/Africa etc)................I think today
Sun, 07/05/2009 - 11:25
I REALLY would like a 'thank you' button somewhere, is it there and I can't find it? S
Wed, 06/24/2009 - 00:13
Folks, Hope you can help here?Can I buy PLASTIC guttering (and fittings) here in Italy? If so where would I get it? Thanks in advance.............
Sat, 06/20/2009 - 11:56
I think I (who have been very disappointed in the past!) need to eat some humble pie.......... Now that the enhancements have been made, (with the honourable exception of the search facilit) the site is now workable and (for me) understandable....
Wed, 06/17/2009 - 16:56
I planted an Orange tree, with all it's lovely buds and leaves................................ Well, it looked like all was going well, then the flowers dropped orf!!!!!!!!! A big GREEN 'thingy' was there............
Wed, 06/17/2009 - 16:49
Friends, Romans, Countrymen................Wow , there have been improvements, well done to those involved, it is actually getting there, I think we still need :
Wed, 06/10/2009 - 16:17
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Well, this is a new one to me !! If the UK consider you "deemed domiciled" in the uk at the time of your death, and that means if you were "resident" in the UK for at least 17 out of the last 20 years, Very interesting Charlotte ! S
I think (THINK) that you can handwrite an A4 sheet (signed and dated) yourself which will have a standing in Italy. Things have changed recently and the latest understanding that I have is the your country of residence's will has priority. There is a lot of info on this site re this.... http://www.italymag.co.uk/community/group/italian-succession-law Try this, a very knowledgeable lady (Charlotte) runs the group Good luck, S
Well done, I just think that one should have a feeling of ease and relaxation when agreeing a 'contract' with a supplier (in your case Ryanair). Why on earth do they put people through these tortures to the point that you were dreading ring them up ??? Having said that, a friend of mine recently said that they really LIKE Ryanair............(there were no drugs or alcohol involved !!) S
Sounds worrying...........you have actually got return tickets booked have you ??? Sorry but you may HAVE to call them ! Good luck, S
We have never been beholden to John Lewis, but having looked at it, their range is pretty good ? And for £7.50 delivery charge for multiple items, it seems hard to believe ? Has anybody actually ordered and received multiple items for this price ? S
Masca..............the other bills at least will be sort of 'work outable'. We did get a nasty shock recently when our water bill came in at over 500 euro (for 6 months - normally more like 80). On investigation we found that we had a leak IN THE JOINT whereby our tubo is attached to the water board's (Tennacola) meter. The leak was on OUR side of the meter so they frowned and said it was our problem not theirs !. In the UK I would have ripped into them, but I (sadly) gave up and paid.....still not happy with it though ! ho hum ! S
Hi Flip, I assume this is a comune by comune tax as I have never heard of it here in Le Marche. Does everyone have to pay it or is it just for the people who live on the said white roads ? S
Rubbish tax is tasse di rifiuti Lawd knows what the rest is............can you scan it in ? Maybe some sort of local 'beauty spot' tax in the mountains ? S
I have to say that the ICI (and all taxes) should not be a problem, rules are rules. I recently received a 50euro fine for not paying my bollo (road tax) from 3 years ago. I mistakenly assumed that we had paid this when we purchased the car and paid all of our outragously high insurances. No, we had not paid it, so along with the cost of the tax for that year, we had another 50euro hit on top of it. I have no probs with the back tax, but if I had KNOWN at the time that I had to pay it, I would have paid it then.................(cost me a couple of lunches in fines !!) No onto ICI tax..............(back to the thread as some say !!) We do not pay ICI tax here because we are prima casa, our geometra and comune say that we are prima casa and should not pay it. If.....................they turn around and say (in a few years time), that we SHOULD HAVE paid it, I will be 'upset' ! K
Calm down calm down........... We spent many years hoofing around everywhere Rome northwards on the west coast, some perfect locations (albeit touristy at times), through Turin, Milano and all of the lakes (fantastic) summer and winter........Emiligia Romana (VERY VERY nearly bought there - Castell D'Arquato - very nice), BUT........... coming down the east coast, ended up some four years ago in Penna San Giovanni, but any of the villages here in Le Marche would have done us............marvellous ............we did the right thing for us. S