Following up to Doesn't Frequently Mop
<deepfreudmoors@eITmISaACTUALLYiREAL!l.nu> wrote:

> Endless totty!

a moderate amount would do me :-)
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Carol Reid

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:47:36 +0200, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:

>I first spotted this story in a reprint from the "Corriere della
>Sierra", but here's the Guardian version:
>
>http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/stor...145864,00.html
>
>It appears the habit of beachtowelling is illegal in Italy.

On the public beach in Senigallia, lots of people have permanently
installed private tables with umbrellas attached. Some padlock the
chairs to the tables, but other people just leave them unlocked, and
don't mind if other people use them. Same for the kids' buckets and
shovels.

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Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup

B Vaughan <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:47:36 +0200, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I first spotted this story in a reprint from the "Corriere della
> >Sierra", but here's the Guardian version:
> >
> >http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/stor...145864,00.html
> >
> >It appears the habit of beachtowelling is illegal in Italy.
>
> On the public beach in Senigallia, lots of people have permanently
> installed private tables with umbrellas attached. Some padlock the
> chairs to the tables, but other people just leave them unlocked, and
> don't mind if other people use them. Same for the kids' buckets and
> shovels.

Sort of on the subject of beach towels, I'm not intending to take one to
Sardinia, as I only want to take hand luggage, and that would take up
too much space. I'm not sure if the hotel in Alghero will have them for
rent. How much to you think a really cheap plain beach towel would cost?
I'm hoping a couple of euro, but haven't bought one for a while...

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"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007

David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) <[email protected]> wrote:

> B Vaughan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:47:36 +0200, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > >I first spotted this story in a reprint from the "Corriere della
> > >Sierra", but here's the Guardian version:
> > >
> > >http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/stor...145864,00.html
> > >
> > >It appears the habit of beachtowelling is illegal in Italy.
> >
> > On the public beach in Senigallia, lots of people have permanently
> > installed private tables with umbrellas attached. Some padlock the
> > chairs to the tables, but other people just leave them unlocked, and
> > don't mind if other people use them. Same for the kids' buckets and
> > shovels.
>
> Sort of on the subject of beach towels,

Oh, and per the Guardian story, burning beach towels seems a bit much.
I'd just have collected them up and put them in a bin.

My grandparents told a story of throwing the pool lounge towels into the
pool. When the towel owners complained, the staff responded that they
shouldn't have left their towels unattended!

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"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:14:32 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:


>My grandparents told a story of throwing the pool lounge towels into the
>pool.

Ah! The great Anglo German poolside wars of the 1960s :-)
--

Martin

Martin <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:14:32 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
>
> >My grandparents told a story of throwing the pool lounge towels into the
> >pool.
>
> Ah! The great Anglo German poolside wars of the 1960s :-)

Indeed! Caledonian-German wars in this case...

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http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:22:05 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:14:32 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>>
>> >My grandparents told a story of throwing the pool lounge towels into the
>> >pool.
>>
>> Ah! The great Anglo German poolside wars of the 1960s :-)
>
>Indeed! Caledonian-German wars in this case...

Oo-er!! :-)

The axis of evil?
--

Martin

Following up to [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
(*)) wrote:

>Oh, and per the Guardian story, burning beach towels seems a bit much.
>I'd just have collected them up and put them in a bin.

lower carbon footprint?

>My grandparents told a story of throwing the pool lounge towels into the
>pool.

I was on my balcony once very late at night when I saw the Brits
swopping all the German towels around, good fun.
--
Mike
(remove clothing to email)

The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:

> Following up to [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
> (*)) wrote:
[]
> >My grandparents told a story of throwing the pool lounge towels into the
> >pool.
>
> I was on my balcony once very late at night when I saw the Brits
> swopping all the German towels around, good fun.

They vacation outside your house, or you were on holiday?

--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007

Following up to [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
(*)) wrote:

>> I was on my balcony once very late at night when I saw the Brits
>> swopping all the German towels around, good fun.
>
>They vacation outside your house, or you were on holiday?

fuerteventura
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Mike
(remove clothing to email)

On Aug 21, 7:12 am, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
(*)) wrote:
> B Vaughan <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:47:36 +0200, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > >I first spotted this story in a reprint from the "Corriere della
> > >Sierra", but here's the Guardian version:
>
> > >http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/stor...145864,00.html
>
> > >It appears the habit of beachtowelling is illegal in Italy.
>
> > On the public beach in Senigallia, lots of people have permanently
> > installed private tables with umbrellas attached. Some padlock the
> > chairs to the tables, but other people just leave them unlocked, and
> > don't mind if other people use them. Same for the kids' buckets and
> > shovels.
>
> Sort of on the subject of beach towels, I'm not intending to take one to
> Sardinia, as I only want to take hand luggage, and that would take up
> too much space. I'm not sure if the hotel in Alghero will have them for
> rent. How much to you think a really cheap plain beach towel would cost?
> I'm hoping a couple of euro, but haven't bought one for a while...


MIght be as much as 7, but I'm not sure that changes your
calculation
much. Of course it will probably be the most hideous towel one has
ever lain eyes upon.

me <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Aug 21, 7:12 am, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
> (*)) wrote:
[]
> > Sort of on the subject of beach towels, I'm not intending to take one to
> > Sardinia, as I only want to take hand luggage, and that would take up
> > too much space. I'm not sure if the hotel in Alghero will have them for
> > rent. How much to you think a really cheap plain beach towel would cost?
> > I'm hoping a couple of euro, but haven't bought one for a while...
>
>
> MIght be as much as 7, but I'm not sure that changes your
> calculation
> much. Of course it will probably be the most hideous towel one has
> ever lain eyes upon.

7 would be fine- I'm just looking for something to lie on if we go to
the beach.

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http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:07:05 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
chancellor (*)) wrote:

>The Reid <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Following up to [email protected] (David Horne, _the_ chancellor
>> (*)) wrote:
>[]
>> >My grandparents told a story of throwing the pool lounge towels into the
>> >pool.
>>
>> I was on my balcony once very late at night when I saw the Brits
>> swopping all the German towels around, good fun.
>
>They vacation outside your house, or you were on holiday?

Mike was doing his balcony act with Juliet.
--

Martin

On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:12:09 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne,
_the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:

>Sort of on the subject of beach towels, I'm not intending to take one to
>Sardinia, as I only want to take hand luggage, and that would take up
>too much space. I'm not sure if the hotel in Alghero will have them for
>rent. How much to you think a really cheap plain beach towel would cost?
>I'm hoping a couple of euro, but haven't bought one for a while...

I haven't bought one for a while either, and the last one I bought was
in a big supermarket. I don't know what they would cost along the
beach, but a few euros sounds optimistic.

You could always take a piece of cloth instead; it would take up less
room than a towel. You can put the hotel bath towel in your beach bag
to dry yourself.
--
Barbara Vaughan
My email address is my first initial followed by my surname at libero dot it
I answer travel questions only in the newsgroup

B Vaughan <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:12:09 +0100, [email protected] (David Horne,
> _the_ chancellor (*)) wrote:
>
> >Sort of on the subject of beach towels, I'm not intending to take one to
> >Sardinia, as I only want to take hand luggage, and that would take up
> >too much space. I'm not sure if the hotel in Alghero will have them for
> >rent. How much to you think a really cheap plain beach towel would cost?
> >I'm hoping a couple of euro, but haven't bought one for a while...
>
> I haven't bought one for a while either, and the last one I bought was
> in a big supermarket. I don't know what they would cost along the
> beach, but a few euros sounds optimistic.

5 euro (or equivalent) rings a bell, but that was in Croatia...

> You could always take a piece of cloth instead; it would take up less
> room than a towel. You can put the hotel bath towel in your beach bag
> to dry yourself.

I really don't want to take anything extra in the luggage, but that's
not a bad suggestion!

--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
http://www.davidhorne.net - real address on website
"Abominable, loyal, blind, apparently subservient."
Pres. Carter on Ex-Pres. Blair- May, 2007