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Hi - we have been living in San Ginese, about 5 miles south of Lucca, in the lovely Compitese countryside, for a year now. Still amazed to be here, renovating a house which was barely habitable when we started and is just about habitable now.
OK, trying this for the first time - as a new contributor (though have been watching the old forum and start of the new community for a few months like a semi-committed soap fan) I'm trying to get the hang of the structures here - what's this memb
Well if you have to explain it, it's just ruined, darling. I can't help it if you southern softies can't speak properly. Still, I suppose it might not work in Bearsden (exp. - Bearsden is a posh bit of Glasgow)
You're right about perseverance, and I think you have to adjust your perspective every so often as reality sinks in! glad to hear you made it though; I reckon it'll be a year before we're ready to go public - but I'm quite prepared to rethink that, as piano becomes pianissimo.
Yes indeedy, I wake up every day after a good night's sleep (that's new!) and I can't believe my luck. Sometimes though, I think there'll be a tap on my shoulder and some god awful middle manager in her nasty suit will be there saying OK you've had your fun, there are 55 messages on your Blackberry, and you've overspent your budget. But no! Blackberries grow in the garden now, and our budget was blown months ago. Who cares! Keep hold of your dreams Dublin Patrizia - there is life after the caring profession!
We don't even have a TV but just had letter asking us to cough up for a licence - maybe because like in UK they can't believe you can exist without TV. Do you think we can safely ignore it or will we end up trying to prove we shouldn't be fined?
Thanks for the welcome Gerbillo - nope, can't see that it's important in the big scheme of things, just trying to get the hang of the system; as for plebs,senators and what have you, I was hoping there'd been an uprising. As you say DP, very interesting site, don't want to get into trouble guv'ner.
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Well if you have to explain it, it's just ruined, darling. I can't help it if you southern softies can't speak properly. Still, I suppose it might not work in Bearsden (exp. - Bearsden is a posh bit of Glasgow)
You're right about perseverance, and I think you have to adjust your perspective every so often as reality sinks in! glad to hear you made it though; I reckon it'll be a year before we're ready to go public - but I'm quite prepared to rethink that, as piano becomes pianissimo.
Yes indeedy, I wake up every day after a good night's sleep (that's new!) and I can't believe my luck. Sometimes though, I think there'll be a tap on my shoulder and some god awful middle manager in her nasty suit will be there saying OK you've had your fun, there are 55 messages on your Blackberry, and you've overspent your budget. But no! Blackberries grow in the garden now, and our budget was blown months ago. Who cares! Keep hold of your dreams Dublin Patrizia - there is life after the caring profession!
We don't even have a TV but just had letter asking us to cough up for a licence - maybe because like in UK they can't believe you can exist without TV. Do you think we can safely ignore it or will we end up trying to prove we shouldn't be fined?
Yes, thanks Valentina. Nuff said.
Thanks for the welcome Gerbillo - nope, can't see that it's important in the big scheme of things, just trying to get the hang of the system; as for plebs,senators and what have you, I was hoping there'd been an uprising. As you say DP, very interesting site, don't want to get into trouble guv'ner.
Must be Lisa St Aubin de Teran - have heard her interviewed on radio - I bet her novels are fine, she sounds an amazing woman.