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Tue, 03/30/2010 - 15:32

There was once a very important and self indulgent potato who had three daughters. One day his eldest daughter said that she had fallen in love with a fellow potato and wished her father's consent to marry him.

Mon, 03/22/2010 - 14:22

Interesting article in today's L'Unione Sarda. (Main newspaper in Sardinia).

Tue, 03/16/2010 - 12:24
Sat, 02/13/2010 - 13:18
Sun, 01/10/2010 - 14:42

I'm sure someone on here can help. Stuck with two clues for the local church charity Christmas quiz:What number is the following associated with?(1) Normal (F.)  ( I don't think its normal body temperature in f.

Fri, 11/27/2009 - 09:45

As with most things in life there will be winners and losers. For example anyone buying outright at start of 1999 will have seen a currency gain in sterling terms of 38%. (start 2000 +57%).

Fri, 10/09/2009 - 06:54

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Tue, 03/30/2010 - 19:12

pilchard, I agree with you. Luckily, Darol and Cave put most people to sleep. 'This is nothing to do with Italy, but........yawn, yawn, yawn. And by the way, has anyone got a recipe for a conger eel because I've been told that you must use an immobillazziare....

Tue, 03/30/2010 - 18:48

  Sorry, Fillide, I don't really understand what you are saying. If you would like to converse in English, Swiss, French or German thats fine by me. Sorry, missed Italian as well....

Tue, 03/30/2010 - 18:31

 Apologies, French language skills required here ,but maybe similar as most words are pronounced 'a la Italia.' Two cats, one English, named, one, two three; the second a French cat named un, deux, trois, decide to have a swimming race across the channel. Simple question, which cat won?   Wait for it....     Wait for it...   The English cat won...   Why?   Because Un, Deux, Trois, Quatre, Cinq.  (Un, Deux, Trois, Cat, Sank).

Tue, 03/30/2010 - 17:08

  Yes Darol & Cave, I'm a bit worried.....

Tue, 03/30/2010 - 15:54

Its an interesting business idea. In Spain, "house maintenance" is (was) quite a developed business. Owners sign up on a set scale. Visits, once a week, fortnightly, once a month. A digital photo with a time stamp is then sent via e-mail to the owner proving that the property has been visited. Minor repairs are covered to an agreed sum and the owner has peace of mind that their property is being looked after. Think the going rates were around €400 per year for a weekly service going done to €100 per year for a monthly visit.  

Tue, 03/30/2010 - 15:40

  Hello shas.

Tue, 03/30/2010 - 15:34

  Bit worried about some of the advice being given elsewhere.

Sat, 03/13/2010 - 09:28

 Cilla, Have a go at past Italian GSCE papers. You may be surprised by how much you have advanced. Link is: http://web.aqa.org.uk/qual/gcse/ital_assess.php And, toggle down to past papers.

Answer to: renovation
Tue, 03/02/2010 - 14:50

  bunterboy, where is the 8 year payback coming from? I don't see it on your site link. I can see production capacity for each region but not much more. I realise that there are tax breaks (but I would guess, many people on here don't come under the Italalian tax regime). How do you justify an 8 year payback period?

Answer to: renovation
Tue, 03/02/2010 - 11:43

  Maybe we throw this debate open, but I'm on sebastiano's side. This is the pure economics as I know it. To install a potential production of just under 3kw from solar, costs around €15,000 (Correct me if I'm wrong.)  In Sardinia (where 300 days of sun is expected for the year, local producers advertise that 3kw of panels will generate an annual output of 4,000 Kw. (Their figures not mine). At say €0.23 per kw from Enel, the cost saving is €920 per year. (4000 * €0.23). So with an initial outlay of €15,000  the payback time is just over 16 years. (€15,000/920). Tax breaks can bring this situation down, but you must be in a position to take advantage of them. Obviosly if Enel prices change, so does the maths....