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Forum: Italy
Jul 19th 2018, 8:56 am
Replies: 0
Views: 557
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Retraining in italy

Hello all,

I've been living in Italy now for 6 years between Parma and Reggio Emilia, working as a butcher (having learned the trade and the language here). While it has given me the opportunity...
Forum: Al Fresco
May 11th 2013, 1:52 am
Replies: 8,135
Views: 793,524
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: HAPPY HOUR

Was nice to see Hadenough at work today! Sorry if I was a bit shattered, that was my 66th hour of work this week, I've just finished until Monday now.

In other news there was a couple of calls at...
Forum: Italy
May 11th 2013, 1:47 am
Replies: 48
Views: 6,072
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: New in Parma

Hi Mariana,

Sant'Ilario? That's a tough one, I spend a lot of time there and will be moving there in the near future, but I can't say there's a lot of goings on there. Where have you tried looking...
Forum: Al Fresco
May 7th 2013, 11:56 pm
Replies: 3,108
Views: 251,216
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: Moans, groans, grunts and wheezes...

Thanks Isakat, it was expected for a long time but still shocking.

Try to ask for le costate (the ribs), and get a good look at the piece first to see if it has a nice marbling of fat through the...
Forum: Al Fresco
May 7th 2013, 1:27 am
Replies: 3,108
Views: 251,216
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: Moans, groans, grunts and wheezes...

Sorry to hear the news Isakat, but good to hear that you're ok!

I'm at La Beccheria on via Carducci, hadenough! I'm loving it, though it's tough work, we start from 6:30-7 until 1:30 (though more...
Forum: Al Fresco
May 2nd 2013, 7:52 pm
Replies: 3,108
Views: 251,216
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: Moans, groans, grunts and wheezes...

One angry phone call later, and the details have been sent, insurance has been paid and I start this afternoon at 4. Why is it we have to start shouting our heads off to get anything done around...
Forum: Al Fresco
May 2nd 2013, 5:47 pm
Replies: 3,108
Views: 251,216
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: Moans, groans, grunts and wheezes...

I should have started my (unpaid) job this morning at 7am, but instead I received a call last night at 10pm from the butcher to tell me that after all these months he hasn't received the details and...
Forum: Al Fresco
Apr 24th 2013, 3:43 am
Replies: 8,135
Views: 793,524
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: HAPPY HOUR

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Great news Mike! :D Get yourself out to celebrate, enjoy yourself, drink one of those pink drinks with a straw like every man I see here!
Forum: Al Fresco
Apr 22nd 2013, 9:25 pm
Replies: 3,108
Views: 251,216
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: Moans, groans, grunts and wheezes...

Thanks a lot everyone! :fingerscrossed: The butcher has said that we'll try it for a while, he's kindly offered to pay at least my travel costs and said that in the future we'll see what happens. For...
Forum: Al Fresco
Apr 22nd 2013, 5:37 pm
Replies: 3,108
Views: 251,216
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: Moans, groans, grunts and wheezes...

Unfortunately he's said that he can't offer me a job or a salary, but he said if I still want to learn from him he's happy to teach me. I appreciate him doing it for me but I'm not sure realistically...
Forum: Italy
Apr 22nd 2013, 5:12 am
Replies: 4
Views: 1,087
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: BBC Radio 4 "Start the Week"

I'd have to drop the 'charmingly', it's just irritating here! :p
Forum: Al Fresco
Apr 22nd 2013, 5:11 am
Replies: 3,108
Views: 251,216
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: Moans, groans, grunts and wheezes...

Just had an email from the job centre today. The butcher and I have been ready for weeks now, we've done our contracts and sent them in, in the mean time I'm in there often and building a good...
Forum: Italy
Apr 16th 2013, 10:47 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 2,102
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: Relocating with dogs - drive or fly?

I'd probably drive too, if I put my dog in the hold of a plane she'd probably spontaneously combust!
Forum: Al Fresco
Apr 16th 2013, 10:45 pm
Replies: 8,135
Views: 793,524
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: HAPPY HOUR

Have you seen all the Mexican and Asian food too? They also had Heinz Beans in the same section the last time I was there :D
Forum: Italy
Apr 16th 2013, 10:42 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,125
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: Verification of Identity - UK Bank Account

Do you have someone who speaks Italian you can bring with you? They're likely to be more sympathetic this way rather than trying to get things done in English.

All of them told me the only way to...
Forum: Italy
Apr 16th 2013, 10:18 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 1,125
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: Verification of Identity - UK Bank Account

I've done a passport verification here, and it has to be done through your local Comune, with a marca da bollo (a tax stamp you buy at your comune, around €15). I know in England you just ask a...
Forum: Al Fresco
Apr 15th 2013, 4:44 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 2,809
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: Parking in Parma

Hi Nel,

Teatro Regio?

Barilla Center (on the via Emilia, just before the roundabout and via Repubblica) has 24hr parking, 1 hour free and €7.50 for 24hrs. From there you can walk straight up...
Forum: Al Fresco
Apr 15th 2013, 1:06 am
Replies: 8,135
Views: 793,524
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: HAPPY HOUR

Looks like just a load of spices and chemicals mixed with oil, there's no bacon, but I'm curious to try it! New finger food for aperitivi maybe? :rofl:

http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/c87a/detail/
Forum: Al Fresco
Apr 15th 2013, 12:50 am
Replies: 8,135
Views: 793,524
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: HAPPY HOUR

How about baconnaise Mike? :D

http://www.baconnaise.com/
Forum: Italy
Apr 13th 2013, 4:04 am
Replies: 83
Views: 9,616
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: I'm Stuck In Hospital ..... Italian Purgatory

Have you not got it up there? Had 2 days of nice weather here now! :)
Forum: Al Fresco
Apr 8th 2013, 10:03 pm
Replies: 8,135
Views: 793,524
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: HAPPY HOUR

Here's a classic, workers at the comune di Milano in revolt because they now have to pay 30 centesimi instead of 25 for coffee. :D
...
Forum: Italy
Apr 7th 2013, 7:41 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 3,840
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: First time child's passport

I tend to think if you can avoid the hassle of Poste Italiane it's always a better plan...

We sent a raccomandata from the central post office here, to an address just 2 minutes down the road from...
Forum: Italy
Apr 6th 2013, 2:34 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,179
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: Italian apartment problemas!

Articolo 1576 Codice Civile states this:

"Articolo 1576. l locatore deve eseguire, durante la locazione, tutte le riparazioni necessarie, eccettuate quelle di piccola manutenzione che sono a...
Forum: Al Fresco
Apr 5th 2013, 7:15 pm
Replies: 191
Views: 26,103
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: Ridere per non piangere ...

English Pronunciation

Dearest creature in creation,
Study English pronunciation.
I will teach you in my verse
Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and worse.
I will keep you, Suzy, busy,
Make...
Forum: Al Fresco
Apr 5th 2013, 3:18 am
Replies: 3,108
Views: 251,216
Posted By chrismcdonnell

Re: Moans, groans, grunts and wheezes...

:D

Send me a message when you're thinking about getting a load, I'm waiting to start work on the 3rd of May so in the meantime I'm free to help. :)
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