nonnaB
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Wine is only good when you like it. Anybody like italian wines.?In this area we are famous for Barolo, Barbaresco, Barbera and of course Asti Spumante and Moscato.
Going back to the simple things that compo put on....what a lovely flower, at the moment chrysanths are in full bloom for all saints when everyone respect their ancestors and family that are buried in the cemetries.
At least for a short while the sad place looks beautiful.
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Just looked on ancestry.it there are a lot of Petrucci's but notknowing name or anything else I can't help. I've let my membership slide so I can't look at anything. I have 169 messages waiting for me.!
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As your grandparents were brethren have you thought about contacting any religious social clubs? I mean Italian ones in the area where they lived. There seemed at one time a lot of italian centres run by priests. Some of the elders may know something . Its a long shot but who knows. I personally only know of one and thats The Italian centre on Sherwood Rise if its still there but no doubt there are others further afield.
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Margie, it does look a bit odd but truffles are never pretty to look at. They smell vile and it doesn't give you the courage to taste it but they are delicious shaved onto even a fried egg.
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there are a lot of americans in this area looking for houses with a view. Sounds as though your friends have that sort of house. There is a couple here from Norway that find that sort of house to sell. If you want their email I may be able to get it for you. Its very difficult to sell to Italians they prefer to live in apartments.
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Just made some lasagne but not with truffle.
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Its the truffle fair soon in Alba . I wonder what the biggest one will be auctioned for. Last year I think it went to China.
DJB just looked on maps because I'd not heard of San Paolo Solbrito. They are near Villanova D'Asti about 3/4 hr away from us. Small world.
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Price Euro 3.800 per kg.
DJB that sounds about right, this time of the year is truffle and wild boar season. Fortunately hunting is prohibited in this area but we still hear gun shots every now and then.We live south of asti its 1/2 hr away.
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In fact. It weighed nearly 600 gr. It was found locally. Its now the truffle season and everywhere you go its truffles truffles and more truffles. Plenty of tourists to enjoy them ( and pay for the privelidge)
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I used to get mine from central market in cones. It was very cheap. It was 1 ply but using 3/4 strands it was ok. Wish I still had my knitting machine and ribber. I would say any wool shop would tell you where and how to get it. Look for adverts on wool and ask them. It may be more. expensive like that but it may be worth it.
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We get. ( used to get ) calls from electricy companies to vodafone. Now we recognise the numbers and refuse the calls. Vodafone is the company we use for house and mobile phones and they used to ring us to ask what we pay etc. Didnt occur to them to look whos who. Then telecom italia rings , same thing. "No thanks we are happy with what we have. But why when we are cheaper and we include etc" we replied "we pay ........includes free calls to mobile nos, to europe and north america etc." the reply "oh" and they still ring but vodafone station has a refuse button. So that gets pressed everytime.
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You want to live in the EU ............well you don't actually.
Their latest thing is the ErP regulations. This will affect all energy related products and at this time sets out a code of labelling and levels of efficiency for all appliances from central heating boilers to hair curlers.
We live in rhe EU and we look for energy efficient products. The reason being is that gas, electricity and water are very very expensive.
The bills come in for electricity every 2 months. We've changed all our light bulbs to led, the washing is done weekends or at night. For gas as we have no mains use gpl ( i know its spelt wrong but thats how its spelt here) and water is 500 euro every 2 months and thats in winter, you can imagine in summer with high temperatures and showers every couple of hours.
As regards mains gas, they've just dug the road up to install mains gas and asked the residents ,all 6 of us if we want gas and we've all said no. What a waste of time. Our road before looked like a patchwork quilt now it looks as though there are more patches than road.
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Poor animals to be let loose on a hysterical crowd . No wonder he tossed them all out of his way. All in the name of entertainment....I don't think so.
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Michael I know how your wife feels, waiting for a phone call is awful for you both. Now she's got a date she'll want it to come quickly. Its all positiveness now and you'll see that oncology in the last few years has come on in leaps and bounds. I wish her and you all the best and I'm sure we'll all be thinking of you.
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I have a photo similar to this#456 but its of my inlaws. Mamma sitting looking so sad , papa' smiling and looking so proud of his seven children. It looks as though she was saying look what you put me through.
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Welcome Wilfred. I too am new to this site. Join in the fun and memories.
I was interested in class sizes as mentioned. I was in a class of 52 at Haywood secondary.
Things are a bit different here. At the end of spring term the children have their exams and if they fail they stay behind and do the year again. They have 3 months summer holiday to think about what they didn't do during the previous year. It must be embarrassing for them , in a class of 11yr olds they may have a 13yr old who's been held back to recuperate.
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Thats true. Ayupme ducks. My husband thinks and dreams in english. He even swears in english.
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Ayupmeducks. Poor chap . My husband when he first worked in Jersey he used to take his laundry to wash. He used to get mixed up with " shirts, sheets and s??? It got him into a lot of trouble. I was in hospital when the dr doing his rounds had the same problem and asked me which word belonged to which. We had quite a laugh about it.
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Chulla not always. ie. La frutta e' sul tavolo. Or la frutta e'sulla tavola. Both are correct ( the fruit is on the table ) the funny thing is that italians pronounce every letter. So fruit become fru - it. Mr is sicilian and I love the dialect i can just about understand it but when the family get together I'm lost. I can only say a few phrases in siciliano. Wheres the cat and what are we doing. Very useful phrases tO have.. 😐
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Chulla thats not true said she defending the Italians. Its true though that some words they just cannot pronounce. My husband and indeed many others cannot pronounce " th" no matter how hard they try it comes out "thff". Try to say "giornalaio" or any word that has a lot of vowels together. Its not easy to get the right emphasis on the right part . Italians don't recognise double vowels like oo and pronounce it as o, which can end up in some really funny versions.my son when he was small told his aunt " mi fa male la colla" insteadshouldhave been " mi fa male il collo" ( my neck hurts ) yes almost every word ends in a vowel but if you get the wrong vowel be careful........
Many years ago and I mean many we were on the ferry going to Sardinia. The toilets were in a terrible state and I said to my sister in law that the toilets were like "a crostata" she burst out laughing and said " you mean era incrostata" I wanted the floor to open Up. I'd said the toilets were like a big tart instead of being all crusted up.
Yes we all laugh at such mistakes, it makes life more interesting. One consolation though even the news readers get it wrong.
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"Them thangs" lovely. I can just imagine them whittling.
Loppylugs , I have a penfriend in Owingsville Kentucky. We've been writing since 1955 and in 1966 we finally met. I spent 3 months with her and her family and by the time I came home I was used to "ya' all" I could listen all day. Her uncle took us on a weeks trip and we passed through Tennessee of course as its the next state.We both had bracelets and bought charms to go on them in every state we went through. When I wear it its a real talking point. Its a bracelet I love and holds very many happy memories.The following year she came to visit me in Nottingham and we did the same thing travelling through Europe.I think she took a little local dialect back with her. She loved Nottingham.
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Ayupmiducks. Sorry if it sounded like the americans say "bleck" I know they don't . I wrote in a hurry and didn't explain myself properly. I meant that the italians nearly always pronounce " a"as "e" even though in the italian it is pronounced as "a as in cat"
My argument was that if children are being taught english it should be english not american english. Oh dear it sounds as though i'm against americans i'm not I love to hear americans talk especially those from the south. Talking of dialects there are so many here. Not only do they speak in dialect it is written also in dialect. People from one area maybe can't understand someone from another area. I've just read a book in Piemontese , it took me ages to read it i had to keep going back over again. I say its a shame to lose ones dialect, but slowly they are dying out.
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I loved most of the sitcoms and I watch them again and again on utube. There are only a few here and I don't watch them, cant find anything funny about them.