nonnaB

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  1. Wishing Jj all the best. We have 3 dogs of our own plus my daughters dog when she’s at work so know the worry and concern they sometimes cause. Our dogs bark a lot when anyone comes in but they soon settle down but one of my sister in laws doesn’t like animals that make a noise ( stay away if you don’t like them) but we had a get together meal and she came in with her ears covered and grumbled about them all through the meal saying if they were mine I’d have them put down. Well I exploded and asked her if her daughter was noisy everytime someone came in would she do the same thing. I regretted it afterwards but  who does she think she is The dogs are small and very affectionate but this sil is not welcome anymore although she’s very attached and affectionate with us . Also she’s very argumentative so limit your visits to us. In laws:aggressive:

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  2. Good for you DJ we’ve had glorious weather the last few days after so much rain. Next door are already in their pool . Our cover is a pool in itself, a hose pipe has been draining the water for 3 days.my husband sits outside 5-10 minutes a day and already has started to tan. The only time I’ve sat out is this morning grooming the long haired chihuahua, she let me brush her half way then she jumped down and hid.

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  3. 12 hours ago, DJ360 said:

    I'm just  'chillin' and watching a film called Green Book. If you haven't seen it it concerns Don Shirley, a black American pianist and composer, who I'd never heard of but who did live ..and his time with a New York American Italian club bouncer as his driver.

     

    Good film DJ we saw it quite a while ago and the repeat. Ends differently to how you think at the beginning. Lovely film

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  4. What a day . Up until midday we had glorious sun shine and gradually ever so gradually it rained. We quite got used to this last week. However the rain got heavier and it stopped.Outside looking up and down the road it was like 2 different worlds. One side was black black clearly divided by the sun dazzling so bright on the other side it was weird . The combination had brought out the most beautiful rainbow which I will try to post  tomorrow. Then this evening we have a violent thunder storm. I’m getting a bit concerned as we are on Orange alert.

  5. Not good today or yesterday . A year and a half ago my brothers youngest son died and the other day his middle son had a heart attack and passed away at 52 years of age. My thoughts are with their mum. She is strong but it’s a hard pill to swallow.

  6. 2 hours ago, trogg said:

    A couple of weeks ago I posted about having covid after returning from holiday, the after effects are slowly going but that is the least of our problems. On the flight back the wife was coughing and had a pain in her lower stomach and had to have oxygen for the rest of the flight. After a week in bed and antibiotics she was OK, a few days later early in the morning she took ill and was loosing lots of blood , it was an ambulance ride to Hospital. She was in for 9 days on antibiotics . Eventually they decided it was an infection on one of the veins supplying blood to the Colon, she is home now and very weak but quite happy with me doing all the housework and cooking as she has said she trained me well.

    Trogg wish her well and well for a speedy recovery 

  7. 4 hours ago, Oztalgian said:

    40 c here today, that's a tad hot, cooling down to 30 tomorrow

    You’re in summer Oz we’re in winter and near the alps so in theory it should be cold , cold as in at least 10-15 c below. 

  8. I’m having problems with my back again . Saw Dr and he suggested another RM . I said something about having to wait a long time to get an appointment .He told me there was another cllic open in Asti that was very good and quick. He had taken his wife there the week before. Phoned, appointment made and went this morning arrived there about 9.30 with appointment at 10. At reception they asked for my health card and couldn’t find it but had my ID and they researched it and found it , gave me a form to fill in and before I even sat down to wait they called me by name and I was outside in the car by 9.58. All done and waiting for results on Thursday online. It was so convenient car park right in front of reception and although we still have to pay it cost only €59 instead of €120 at another clinic. In the past the hospital has always sent me for follow up so this is better than waiting around for taxis or walking miles from car park to where I need to be.

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  9. 1 hour ago, letsavagoo said:

    My fathers car when I was very young was a Morris 8. I still remember it with great affection and recall trips with my late sister in that car. I’ve toyed with the idea of getting one but I haven’t the health to restore one so it would have to be one that just needed routine maintenance. He traded that for a Morris Minor and indeed my first car was a moggy but they don’t appeal nearly as much as the Morris 8.

    My very first when I passed my test was a morris 8. It cost me £20 inc insurance. I had to keep the choke lever out for a while with a wooden block. There was only a cloth covering the ceiling of the car but it was mine and it got me to work. The next car was a  Vauxall Viva which was serviced regularly by a son of one of my hairdressing customers. Only cost me £3. 

  10. Mrs B I think I would have taken it back to them. The butcher in ROT was Onions. He are once in our restaurant and had Italian sausage. He loved it so My husband asked him if he ( my husband) would make some for him if he gave him all the ingredients needed. He made them but they were awful. My husband asked him what else had he put in the ingredients that he gave him He’d put Rusk in which Italian sausage doesn’t have. He was worried that it looked different and thought it wouldn’t bind. He did make it again and that time it was good but my husband wouldn’t give him the recipe. He supplied everything in the proportions needed and got the meat from Onions.

  11. Yes Phil I remember the flying club dinner and was sorry to hear about the rabbit. On these occasions we tried to keep the authenticity of Italian cooking and rabbit is so popular and is delicious. But you could never please all the people all the time. I forgot to add that we did a couple of years at the golf club . James was at the age of conscription in Italy although he lived in UK . We had already decided to come back to Italy but the problem was if we went straightaway James would have to do his national service. So as we’ d already sold L’Angolo we passed the couple of years at the golf club meaning James was no longer due to join the army . We spent new year 2000 there before we flew here.

    Ps Ponte Vecchio was/is next door to Antonio’s and Puccini was on Shelford road.

  12. 32 minutes ago, philmayfield said:

    Surely La Buca was originally on Thurland St. That's where we first discovered you. I travelled to Italy quite often on business and it was good to find 'proper' Italian food back home. We followed you around until you departed.

    Yes Phil it was on Thurland street right opposite NatWest Bank .Then Alex opened Ponte Vecchio on Trent Bridge along with one of his waiters and put a manager in. Then we sold La Buca and took over a licensed shop with the idea of converting it which became “ Puccini’s” 3 years later we sold and came to Italy and stayed 7 years returned to open L’ Angolo in Radcliffe. Returning to Italy we bought a restaurant that catered for weddings but we’d been convinced to buy this place by the rep who visited them , but although we did a lot of receptions daily work wasn’t there. We also bought the house that belonged to the restaurant and sorting out the ground floor we found a load of documents that proved they were in a lot of debt. It was a shock and we didn’t know what to do. Eventually we asked the previous owners if we gave them the restaurant back and just paid them for the house would they accept. They did and we were free of any consequences. It was very stressful and frightening but at least we had our consciences clear. We cleared up and came to live here in the village and borrowed some money to buy the only busy bar freehold.  Both Deborah and James worked there. Time passed and Deborah opened her restaurant that has now been going for 12 years and 6 years ago James opened his restaurant after being bar manager at a luxury hotel and spa. So apart from odd things in between I’ve brought you up to date. 

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  13. 1 hour ago, MRS B said:

    Good morning nonnaB. No it was the Chestnut where we went. I was living at Cropwell Butler at the time. Small world eh.

    My husband was the manager of The Chestnuts. He was there when the fire destroyed all the reception area. A sad affair because he had brought the place back into busy business It went down a bit but soon recovered due to his personality and his professional staff. At one time it was the place to be because all Christmas parties were held there. 

  14. 8 hours ago, MRS B said:

    Nonna what was the restaurant you had in Radcliffe called ? Think it could have been where I had my wedding reception to my first husband in 1977? Maybe not but worth asking the question. 

    Mrs B it the first one was called La Buca and the 2nd was L ‘ Angolo. The 2nd was Roses old garage on corner off New Street , the 1st one was on Shelford Road. Hope that helps.

    Thinking about it La Buca we opened  in 1976 if I remember well. I don’t think we had any receptions because the restaurant wasn’t very big. We did do a few small receptions though later on but mostly for either friends or customers. We weren’t really noted for weddings but we had a lot of theatre people and people being nosy .. the word got round. Must add that wasn’t the only reason people came the food was excellent and we had good write ups. ( if In doubt ask Phil Mayfield)

  15. Not understanding any language can be funny or even devastating . We had a customer who was always telling us about her daughter and how much they loved Italy. I asked what her daughters name was.  She explained that she wanted an Italian name that was different from the usual names. I didn’t know how to react when she told me but I couldn’t tell her because the name she had chosen translated to frying pan. The sound of it is quite nice but pity she didn’t find out the English name first.