So, here we are again, wasting time. To be exact, wasting time writing about how mobile communication operators (MCO’s) waste our time. As always, there is someone getting screwed, and this time it is Tre Italia who is doing the screwing. It has been six weeks since Angela woke to the shock of the month. Logging on to check her Internet usage with Tre mobile …
Monthly archives: July 2008
“Aruba! Aruba!” (The horror! The horror!)
He cried in a whisper at some image, at some vision — he cried out twice, a cry that was no more than a breath—”L’aruba! L’aruba!” Fans of Joseph Conrad will immediately recognise this famous quote from his novella and masterpiece Heart of Darkness. They will also realise that here it has been quoted in modern …
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Salerno Fruiti Vendolo of the Year
Well, it’s that time of year when the fruiti vendolo becomes the most important person in your culinary life. This is why, for a non-Italian, it is important to find one that doesn’t talk too much. For this estimable quality, our fruiti vendolo, affectionately known to us as Beelzebub, gets the prize of Best Fruiti …
A day on the Litoranea
As people come from all over Italy to spend their summer in traffic around Salerno, it is comforting to know that even if sometimes they can’t quite get to a beach, there’s still always something to eat. It is glorious summer again, a fact confirmed by the presence of a corn on the cob vendor …
Early Morning in Southern Italy
This article focuses on recent “socio-sanitary developments” in the south of Italy that are “improving” the lives of residents. At about 5.30 am each morning, the city council where we live sends out a trained team of employees to wake everyone up, just in case we can’t manage it ourselves. As an extra service they sometimes …
The Italian Connections: Why Italy Never Ruled the World
This article exposes the shocking truth about Italian electric fittings. There are three distinct periods in Italian history. First, there is the engineering, economic and military brilliance of the Romans. Next, the cultural and scientific genius of the Renaissance. And last, and certainly the least, we have the Great and Unfathomable Age of Mindless Incompetence and Pointless …
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