January 25, 2012...
...woke-up & felt the need to stay in bed for another half hour after a series of incomprehensible dreams about Phase IVB...
...w-a-l-k-e-d The Dog... made the above snap...
...went to a bar to have un cappuccino e una brioche ONLY TO HEAR there was an earthquake nearby. Naturally, did not feel a thing. Too busy taking snaps, I suppose. And, The Dog, was too busy sniffing & peeing to mind...
...came back to check on the Work-guys and the Continuing Saga of the Fireplace, who IMMEDIATELY told me to go out & fill-up with gas. The trucker's strike was making a definite impression on Life in Italy, i.e. NO GAS, NO FOOD, NO MADE IN CHINA either!!! This escapade entailed driving 25 minutes to the nearest gas station WITH GAS!!! After waiting for the 20 cars before me to fill-up, was told by la Signora the little machine to pay with a debit/credit card did not work... THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAD RAISED THEIR PRICES!!! and using that little machine would have been an inconvenient documentation to show the Tax Police when they knock on the premises' doors to inspect the books. Now, today, the Italian government can enter & check on your bank accounts & other money activities WITHOUT YOUR PRIOR CONSENT!!! Typical draconian treatment from a Euro-country government, I am sorry to say. It cost me $110 to fill-up You's AUDI!!! I discovered this Price Hike after I had gone to an ATM machine, withdrawn CASH, got back into a line of 20 different cars to fill-up and returned to inspecting the Work-guys. They -xplained me. I do regret having given the cute guy... the son of the gas station owners... a smiling Thank You after he had filled me up!!! Hope he and they rot in a gaseous H**L.
... then, once the clock had struck NOON, I went out to lunch with the Work-guys. They asked me along. Wasn't that nice of them? I had gnocchi di formaggio... or, cheese gnocchi, like little exquisite soufflés with drapings of erbette... or, herbs... and funghi... or. mushrooms... pork fillets, which were beyond Good, a soundly made caffe' italiano and all for the ridiculous Low-Low-Low price of Euro 10... or, about 13 bucks!!!
I am now of Sound Mind & Body. Back to doing the Kitchen Plans. Gads.
I am now of Sound Mind & Body. Back to doing the Kitchen Plans. Gads.
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