The last time I sold a car in the UK to a private individual who was unknown to me, I insisted on being paid with a bankers draft instead of a personal cheque.
Colonel Mustard's activity
Questions Asked
Hello there... Advice needed on Capital Gains Tax payable by a resident selling his/her home before the five years stated must be had to escape from payment. I do know the laws changed in 2005/2006. Home is Prima Casa. Thank you.
Wed, 05/12/2010 - 04:53
I started a topic called Community Spirit. It has been closed & I am not very surprised. It had lost direction, or at least any direction in which I might had guessed it to go. It became self-indulgent & very, very tedious.
Fri, 02/12/2010 - 19:15
As you know I have not been a member of this forum for very long. I have visited other forums, as you do, and noticed that on other forums there appears to be more of a "Community". Is this forum soley for the publishing and giving of imformation
Thu, 02/04/2010 - 06:28
or, 101 things to do with a bidet. This is a thread I have unapologetically stolen from another web site. It's potentially too good for them to not share so.... I swagged it.
Mon, 02/01/2010 - 09:46
I may have mentioned that my wife and I are wanting "to do" Naples this year. Any help on where best to visit and where not to bother with would be helpful. I am trying to find as much info before we go and do some research on the the place.
Wed, 01/13/2010 - 09:31
My wife has managed to come by a hoya leaf cutting can anyone tell us how to now make it grow? I know these cuttings are difficult but any help would be useful
Sat, 01/09/2010 - 05:15
I love fish soup. Has anyone got a good recipe for one please Thank you
Sat, 01/09/2010 - 03:56
I've always been interested in the Italian use of hand gestures. To be able to say so much with a movement of the hand. I know there are many, but do they all mean the same thing in each area of Italy?
Fri, 01/08/2010 - 12:39
Comments posted
that maybe I am coming across as a little naive on this thread. I'm a fully grown man of the world, have been round the block a few times, and feel that I know full well how to conduct myself in front of Johnny Foreigner. My little posts are really about stimulating some input from someone that might tell me something that I DON'T know. But it's good to know that if I need some information on how to suck eggs, I might find it here.
While taking coffee with my neighbour yesterday I mentioned that my wife and I were thinking of spending most of our next vacation in Naples. With a look of horror my neighbour said that "Naples, is a particular kind of place", I assume that he does not think much of Naples. He commented that, "You will or won't like Naples". This of course is my clumsy attempts at translation of his italian. Funny though, he did say that the Isola de Capri was beautiful. He also said that the Italian the Neopolitans speak is brutta, and he did not understand a word they were saying! He told me to carry no visable valuables, cameras, watches, bags etc as these will be gone in minutes. He also said "The Neopolitans are all ladri" Hmmm, my wife is now rapidly going off the idea, but I am inclined to take it with a pinch of salt, although the warning about Neopolitan thieves seems to be a universal one.
I almost gave up on getting any reply from my post. So, "Thank You" again Monica. This information, I'm sure some will say, can be found by trawling the internet but, someone who loves Naples as much as you do makes it more alive and real. I do hope Valentina does get the Travel Section going. You will be my first port of call for all our travels in Italia.
Oh, so much there, and, as you say Fenicela very interesting.
I'm told that the hill of Vomero has one of the most wonderful views of Naples. Any other views worth visiting? My wife would love to listen to some outdoor music in Naples. Where best to find it, and would one have to book long before? Any walking trails in Naples that are worth a visit. And of course, Caravaggio's where to see in Naples.
Hello, Welcome to the forum. Wish you well in your future plans.
It was a very nice and easy fish soup. Thank you again
Do you know my wife and I think you should write a travel section on here. I think you said, did you not, that you had lived in other places in Italy? Do write more if you can think of anything. We love it.
I'm not much good in the garden and leave all that to Mrs M. I would have thought that when we see things appear here in the ferramentas, or in the markets for sale (seed potatoes and sets, so the wife tells me, of onions) then surely that will be the time when they are best planted.
Thank you so much for your responses to my post. Valentina, you ask me what I want to know, well, I really don't know what. Just everything about Naples that's exciting I suppose. Not just where to eat, where to stay. I want Naples brought to life. Monica, you are so good with your descriptions maybe you could do a sort of commentry on Naples. Gromit, you too. It certainly has made our future visit seem more exciting. Thanks again.