There is a well known saying in English, which is often used as a retort. It goes 'don't rock the boat' which means 'don't attempt to change things – or you may/will regret it'. In Italy there very few attempt to rock the Italian boat. Why is this? Well, there may be two reasons, firstly, … [Read more...]
Batteries of batteries
September 16, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Almost everything I use these days runs on a battery. They are everywhere. Big ones, little ones, minute ones, light ones, heavy ones, new ones and old ones. No wonder the power generation plants are going into meltdown, it is everyone using up energy to create more energy. Hardly a night goes by … [Read more...]
Exactly the Punto
September 16, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Fiat, that Italian manufacturer of cars in recent years that nobody bought unless they did know much about or like cars or were able to get a huge discount, may have got it right this time.This partly state owned megalith is now run by the guy from Ferrari, and it shows in the new Punto, as I hope … [Read more...]
More Machiavellian naughtiness
September 16, 2005 By Leave a Comment
You may have heard about a couple of corporate battle royals which were going on over the taking over of a couple of Italian banks by nasty foreignors. Italians, it seems, are quite averse to control of Italian businesses going out of Italy. I suppose one can understand this on patriotic grounds, … [Read more...]
Jogging along, well cycling actually.
September 14, 2005 By Leave a Comment
My exercise phase is going fine and I washed 5 kilos off so far, but I'm not running, which does not do your back a whole lot of good, I'm cycling instead. (I never really liked running anyway - but I may have a go once I'm much fitter). Keeping my heart rate between 126 and 144 beats … [Read more...]
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