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... http://www.nhs.uk/nhsengland/healthcareabroad/pages/livingabroad.aspx#q04 have a look to see what category you fall into to see what the number is should you need to call them... hope this is of some help at least regards the Health Care. I've just called them re the E106 and they tell me it certainly should/would cover you for health cover if you paid UK National Insurance in the last 2 years (it's roughly 18th month plus after your last contribution).

As a couple of others have said communication is essential and regardless of your financial situation, it must be a priority….. By the nature of you posting here, without it you risk much, much more. I guess some would say I was a “techie” , but these vary by degree and nature and this area is not mine, but at a cost (and anyone on here feel free to correct me and chip in ) I think you probably can get access and even if this is at a great cost I would suggest in the short term it would be worth it…. Wireless access I would guess you would need some expensive equipment and someone with the savvy to install it, but it would be a longer term solution. Satellite access I know little about, but do know it will be more expensive than other options. However perhaps the latter, again as a short term measure is better than having to give everything up…Ideally at least a land line would give you some sort of communication, but I'm guessing this is either not possible ot will take time? Bearing in mind the time of year it can only get better from here on in…. We’ve had the shortest day and although there may be a lot more winter to come it is over the cusp… Good advice previously was to concentrate on small projects and aims… perhaps insulation in this context would be a good idea? Many , many things can be used to insulate areas of your home and I’ve found burning wood is something of an art in itself… Build it up from small to large logs, if you don’t get the balance right you either get it all burning too quickly with a lot of heat then little or none. If it burns very slowly then you get little out of it in the way of warmth. You need just the right balance and the only way to get it is to observe how your fire/stove works. I’m sure if you post details of your practical problems as you come across them you will get lots of help on here. Write up the post in an editor (Word or whatever) beforehand and cut and paste then into posts (make separate posts on different subjects). Having help with these I’m sure will make things at least seem a lot better… I come on here to learn for our pending move to Italy and rarely post these days, but your post, as I’m sure it has with many others here, made me feel a need to at least try to help. You are a brave person doing what you are doing and to get this far is a great achievement and I hope things get a lot easier in 2010.... Best of luck....SteveG

.. yes and we all have to start somewhere and until we do it never seems that easy.... tcAnother learner...

... do a google on viper (read adder), if it is, then they can be dangerous and they are quite common in Italy.... tc

.. if you want internet access (or mobile in general for that matter) it will depend on the coverage of the company in that area. Or if you are on the move , the general coverage of the comany. A Blackberry is heavy duty unless you want PC like functionality. I would suggest if you are in Italy , unless your Italian is real good... you wait until you visit the UK and speak to any of the big companies here, telling them what you want from it... Of course they will try to sell you as much as they can... so just don't buy anything, walk away and have a think about it or come back on here and ask more questions...

.. not many problems with onions, so if when dug up the base and roots have gone or are damaged then white rot would be the cause.... They say move your onion bed.... as for the white being ok, perhaps the variety are more resistant OR it just has not spread.... If you confirm it as this, then you should burn the infected plant parts.... Of course if you can any of the bulb is ok, it can be ate, but don't try to store.... You can of course freeze sliced onion if you so wish....

Hard to tell the difference at times....

MaureenI've sent you a PM re an English speaking solicitor in Pescara, get back to me if you need more details. Steve

www.open-sky.it/tooway/tooway-caratteristiche-tecniche BB will be an essential for me when we move out there as I could not live without it... But at the moment it's not my highest priority, so I've not fully checked it out. I would certainly be interested if you find it is a solution.

I would read the information on costs to transfer money, if you are bothered about the rate you will get ... I would have thought from a cost point of view, if you can afford to. Then paying into a uk account and making a transfer monthly or quarterly using a foreign exchange company would be the best cost option. Not perhaps the safest in the current climate, so look for a well known company. These companies will barter a rate with you fixed for say 2 years and transfer your money to an Italian bank each month or quarter. Or you can simply have an account with them and go on-line and make a transfer when the rate is in your favour (limits apply... few thousand). Some charge others don't , but their rate is not as good. The rates will be likely far better than any bank.... here is a link for a compare site www.expatfinder.com/money/foreign-exchange-currency.html