Many thanks to those of you, kind readers, who have updated the links from your blogs to Blog from Italy's new Wordpress powered base.If we ever end up meeting up, I'll buy you all a beer, or a negrone sbagliato or a negrosky or a long island or whatever.Cheers!! :-) … [Read more...]
Going roaming
June 8, 2006 By Leave a Comment
I'm off on a little trip tomorrow. To the city built on seven hills, a city which was reputedly founded but a pair of wolf-suckling twins. A place which once controlled the vast majority of the, then, known world. A place so steeped in history that it resembles, at times, a huge open air museum. … [Read more...]
Of tax
June 7, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Mr P', the current boss of all that is made in Italy, is off to a good start. The country's accounts are in a dodgy state so Mr P's associates are making noises about necessary 'maneuvers' to sort the problem out.It does not take a genius to work out that some form of tax increase is on the … [Read more...]
Something I miss
June 6, 2006 By Leave a Comment
I was thinking just how much I miss having a garage. In the past, back in the UK I always had a house with a garage. I had loads of tools, a workbench and even a welder. I used to work on cylinder heads, carry out other repairs to my cars and tinker with air rifles. My garage was a great place … [Read more...]
World cup fever…what world cup fever?
June 6, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Yes, in football mad Italy not much fuss seems to be being made over Italy's chances of winning the world cup, aside that is from a few crafty sales promotions offering to refund the price of your new TV should Italy actually win. I have the sneaky feeling that nobody is going to get any cash … [Read more...]
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