nonnaB 4,569 Posted June 7, 2021 Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 Back from our short break only to be met from Torino airport with the worst downfall I think I've ever seen. The windscreen wipers going faster couldnt cope with the deluge. Had a lovely time visiting cousins and a surprise from a neice who was touring Sicily with her husband and friends. All over too quickly but theres always a next time with plenty of time to organise. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 3,601 Posted June 7, 2021 Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 Pleased you were able to make your Pilgrimage Nonna and meet up with your relatives. Now it's time to get back to that cactus you're saving for me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,569 Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 BK We saw the real McCoy whilst travelling from Palermo to Trabia. Huge trees of Indian figs some with flowers and some with fruit. Tried to take photos of them but it was impossible to stop. The downpour we saw from Turin yesterday news in the evening that there were floods everywhere after. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 3,601 Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 Just as long as you enjoyed your break and got home safely. Ciao 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,569 Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 The jacuzzi says everyone should live a life with a sea view. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 4,942 Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 That sounds like a quotation from Confucius. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,569 Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 https://postimg.cc/gallery3wNYRM3 Just part of the family eating lunch at 4.30pm. We were late because of the slowness of carhire firm, so the others had eaten. The other two pics are the views from the apartment we stayed in. We should have gone to the village of Valledolmo but covid stopped that. A friend of Alexs cousin lent us this apartment. Thought that was a beautiful gesture. So peaceful on the waters edge. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,025 Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 Looks fabulous Nonna, so pleased you had a catch-up with family and a change of scenery. We’ve been by the sea in Dorset for the past 18 days and it’s been great. Got back this evening but we hadn’t planned staying down there this long, we packed the car up on Saturday and got a couple of miles down the road and a warning light pinged up on the dashboard. As we had 200 miles ahead of us we diverted to the local Audi garage where they were only doing MOTs on a Saturday. A service engineer checked the engine and did a pressure test and said it was the thermostat causing the issue but they couldn’t fit us in until this Thursday. He commented “the thermostat always fails on these”, great, that’s good to know then!! We went back to our place and then got a local garage to fix the problem this morning, a lot of money but no doubt cheaper than Audi main dealer prices. At least the weather has been lovely for our enforced extended stay. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 588 Posted June 8, 2021 Report Share Posted June 8, 2021 Nonna - how lovely it looks for your well deserved break. We went to Sicily for around 10 days a few years ago and loved it 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 2,560 Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 My dad went to Sicily in July 1943 in a tour group led by General Sir Bernard Montgomery In September 1943 he toured Italy, again led by Montgomery, the tour started around Salerno. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,634 Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 Today, for some reason I have got a mega craving for a ciggie. Haven’t had a proper one for months and haven’t had a craving for a long while. My vape just isn’t hitting the spot at all today. Good job you can’t buy them singly (I can remember getting them from Jacks on staverton, they were Park Drive he used to split the packs of 5) or I might have been tempted. I did enjoy smoking (not very politically correct I know but then I never am) and the problem with vaping, for me, is that the vape pipe doesn’t feel like a cigarette at all. Yes I get the nicotine hit to feed my habit but it just isn’t the same somehow. Oh well will keep busy and probably raid the fridge as well, could be a chocolate day I think. Hopefully it will have passed by tomorrow. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 3,601 Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 Treat yerself to some Old Hoborn chewing tobacca SG. But make sure you have yer spittoon ready! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 14,888 Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 Ive been almost 3 years 'Fagless'' SG.........and still get the craving everyday 3 or 4 times..........sometimes pretend to smoke with one of the Wifes...not lit..flick it up into me gob give it a good suck and pretend to blow the smoke out.(which makes her laugh cos since my OP i cant blow)...while at the same time asking her ''If she comes here often and would you like a dance Duck'' Makes me feel better and lessens the craving....also for some reason watching 'Talking Pictures where they all smoke helps as well.........lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 4,942 Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 I don’t see any snuff taking these days. There was an old chap in my local who used to take it and hand the box around. I could never bring myself to try as I’ve never indulged in tobacco products. He was the church organist and I saw him taking snuff during our wedding service many years ago. Not just that but eating a bar of chocolate and swigging from his hip flask. I took him a bottle of Scotch as a ‘thank you’. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 9,451 Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 2 hours ago, benjamin1945 said: Makes me feel better and lessens the craving....also for some reason watching 'Talking Pictures where they all smoke helps as well.........lol In Talking Pictures, when they all smoke (all the time) they also drink all the time. Does watching the telly do anything for your alcohol intake ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 14,888 Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 Strangely enough i dont miss Alcohol......loved a drink most nights....in my time ive had periods of drinking Beer..Whisky..Rum..Gin..Vodka...in fact most concoctions...keep saying i'll try a 'Baileys' one night...but not really fussed......... Now if i ever get back to Spain it could be a different story.............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 3,601 Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 Ben, have you considered trying Baileys with your daily coffee? It's a little bit like an Irish coffee (but cheaper). It's quite nice. Or try a Baileys over ice, that's lovely. As they say,"Don't knock it 'till you've tried it". I'll be interested in your opinion. Bottoms Up ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
benjamin1945 14,888 Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 BK I Love a Baileys and over the years have had it several ways...always nice with Coffee.....but only in the evening.... Have it with ''Ice'' in Spain...and usually say ''LO MISMA'' after.......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 3,601 Posted June 9, 2021 Report Share Posted June 9, 2021 Sorry Ben, I misunderstood. I thought you meant that you'd yet to try a Baileys. I didn't realise you were an oficianado of the nectar. My apologies sir ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 4,909 Posted June 11, 2021 Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 Today has started well. I just read that an American politician L Gohmert (Texas republican) has come up with a solution to global warming. Hooray!! He has suggested, quite seriously, that the American Forestry Service or the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) change either the orbit of the Earth or the moon as it would "obviously have a profound effect on our climate". He's the same guy who swears he caught Covid because he wore a mask And we thought Trump was barking! 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 6,123 Posted June 11, 2021 Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 Does the US actually have an education system? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stavertongirl 1,634 Posted June 11, 2021 Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 I am pleased to say my ciggie craving has abated today finally. It has been a tough couple of days fighting the inclination “if I buy a pack and just have one ...“ rather like when I first went onto the vapey thingy. I was cutting the strength of the liquid down so perhaps this triggered it, have gone back to mixing 2 strengths together again and will take it from there a bit slower until I hopefully quit altogether. I was thinking about when I first started smoking in the 60’s, everyone seemed to smoke then or at least it seemed like it. I can remember Keith Richards on stage with the Stones smoking, it just seemed so “cool” at the time and a bit rebellious. Dread to think how much money I spent on them over the years but I did enjoy it. Just wish stopping was as easy as starting. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 4,909 Posted June 11, 2021 Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 I'm now two years smoke free, still have the occasional craving, and one product that really, instantly kills the craving is the spray from the chemist. It's not pleasant and is really horrible spayed directly into the throat but against the inside of the cheek it's tolerable. The problem is it doesn't last long before you're wall walking again and you're still ingesting nicotine into your system. The most effective I've found were the course of tablets on prescription, try you GP. Good luck SG... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 3,601 Posted June 11, 2021 Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 I got up to smoking 60 a day, (when I could afford it). Started smoking properly when I was 11yrs. Decided to stop about 1974ish. But that was the clue, I DECIDED to stop, not cut down. It wasn't easy at first but I'd made me mind up. No tablets, sprays and vapes hadn't been invented. Kept a couple in me pocket, just in case but was able to throw them away after a couple of months. Consider myself a smoker who doesn't touch fags. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 4,942 Posted June 11, 2021 Report Share Posted June 11, 2021 Could get your fingers chopped off! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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