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Its not only the cyclists. Here it seems that its the reason that cars were invented to mount the kerb. Theres been no end lately and among the victims are small children. They caught one driver yesterday, drugged up to the eyeballs with 3x the allowed alcohol and killed a small child and injured a few more. Interviewing witnesses afterwards they were saying that he wasnt at all concerned and lit a cigarette. Sorry but I think he needs shooting.

Banjo I love porridge too I am awaiting a delivery today from British corner shop. 2 large crunchy nut cereals, 2x15 packs of oats so simple syrup flavour, crunchy peanut butter ( we can get smooth here but dont like it ) can't remember what else but it'll be a huge box with over €100 of goodies so must be quick and make room in my cupboards.

#70 Regarding food stuff from Amazon......they dont export to Italy mores the pity. Probably Italian regulations, they are very strict on food products.

#62 Cotechino e lenticchie at christmas. If I'm forced but I have to be in the mood, its supposed to be lucky. I don't like cooked salami either prefer cured salami. Have you tried donkey salami? And horse salami. Much better for you as its lean.

We seem all to have this problem, not finding the food that we yearn for in a "foreign " land. A lot of things I can't get here so I make out an order for the British corner shop. Order £100 of goodies and the transport is halved ( usually 11.99 reduced to 5.99) they deliver world wide. Here I can't get a decent cereal, yes they are there but a very poor selection. Baking ingredients....syrup, treacle, soft dark brown sugar,suet, bacon we are starting to see it but its sliced so thin that you can "spit" ( sorry) through it, mixed dried fruit, currants and the list goes on. You either do withou

This is one I completed a while ago but forgot to take foto. I'm about to start on this one

Religious symbols used on old farmhouses this one to represent work in plenty This one is the hand of the previous owner when he was 12

This is the date on our lounge ceiling. Some more photos following when I've sorted them

You could be living in my house.we also have a well big old carved front door, hooks from ceiling that we didnt remove when renovating.brick vaultered ceilings everywhere even in bathroom,walls 60cm thick.Warm in winter , cool in summer.

I really must start to learn english again. Words that havent been used in english for years , I've forgotten. I know it happens in old age to forget things that happened or was said 5 minutes ago but this is ridiculus. Should be called things you dont say anymore!

Mercury. I feel sure you are talking about Porcini mushrooms. They are very precious but you have to be very sure you know what to pick. My late brother in law used to go collecting them and my sil froze them. Theyv,e got quite a strong taste but are delicious in a risotto. Quite a number of years ago we had a restaurant in a small village not far from where we now live. We did weddings etc. one saturday lunch time a couple from Milan came in and brought us a crate of mushrooms. One of them was the size of a tea plate. The lady thought it was a porcini and wanted me to cook it for her and he

I miss a pantry and an airing cupboard. They dont exist here. My kitchen is the hub of everything. We have the pellet stove for CH and water. All my food is either in cupboards high and low or in the fridge. Preserves , wines, fruit and veg are in a cantina which originally was a courtyard with a high wall at theback so now everything is underground so it keeps cool. Unconventional I know but the house was built 1868 at least the back part was , no idea when the front part was built. My kitchen is called kitchen or cucina

Hope this works

!! Whatever they choose it has to be better than the Italian. At least with the english national anthem everyone knows the words. Here hardly anyone knows the words.

If you had a cold ....you've been sleeping in a field with the gate open

I too have learnt to live without a lot of things I cant get here. I bring them back if possible when I go to UK. But I refuse to pay the extortionate price they ask here. Ian you DON'T buy tinned ravioli surely. You can make a kilo for that price.!

Today I went to do a bit of shopping. Do any of you brits begrudge paying the high price of something that youve bought at a more realistic price? My daughter and I bought some ready made sushi for our tea tonight. Ok we paid the correct price. I love making sushi. When I was in scotland last week I stocked up on a couple of things. Now comes the crunch. Nori in UK is. £1.30 in Italy equivalent to £3.62. A kit for making sushi in UK £3.50. In Italy equivalent to £12.49. I was shell shocked. Cant believe such a big difference. I stocked up on Nori seaweed and sushi rice. So glad I did. I

Try cooking Blewits with pernod and cream and a sprinkling of fennel seeds. A lovely dish. Here we have porcini mushrooms.

All the best Mrs Booth. For what youve been through...fatigue and skin problems are the least of your worries. You can always rest a bit more and if you develop skin outbreaks I'm sure your husband will love you even more. The only bind is having to go every day. I was unlucky in the sense that I had to be at the hospital for 7.30 am and its half an hours drive to the hospital, we could never find a space to park so every morning we left a little earlier. It will soon pass

Claremont secondary was a boys school my brother went there.

I went to Haydn rd juniors but was only there for about a year or two about 1952/53, then I went to Haywood secondary. Cant remember Ken Martin being head but he was later head of Claremont secondary.

Life is full of ups and downs . If it was all fun it would mean that we had no other emotions and I don't think it would prepare us for the sad things that life brings. Life is sometimes very sad, sometimes happy, sometimes downright worrying but we all have the courage to carry on, remembering the happy and sad times. I learnt when my dad died to do the things that I was uncertain of doing. The night he died he and my mum baby sat my two young children. Mum was working and I was in a rush to get into town to help my husband with the restaurant. I was afraid of not finding a parking space so

Tug. What a lovely man he was. He took my husband under his wing when he found out he was married to a colleagues daughter. ( me) I think my mum still has a photo of dad with Tug and someone else a bit on the portly side . They all stood taking the micky out of him. I'm going to see my mum Jan 1st so I'll ask her for it if she remembers where it is.

Thats the way to do it Chulla. New methods and cures are emerging every day.Keep up the checkups and you'll be ok but dont overdo it. All the best love to Mrs and Miss C