Not a forum issue, just slightly funny

[Silvia Bluejay]

I am currently in Italy, logged in to this site on my own netbook, and I'm seeing a number of advert banners on this site which are in Italian and advertising Italian products and services. (I'm not remotely interested in them - I'm only a visitor in the country!)

I'm not mentioning this as a problem at all - only possibly as a waste of advert space... it just looks so odd to me

Keep up the good work, guys.

[Happy Jack]

Bring me back a Ferrari would you?

[thunderbird13]

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Bring me back a Ferrari would you?


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I'd settle for some chianti

[Hobbayne]

I think it has something to do with the ISP in the country you are in. I was in Kefalonia last year and noticed the same thing.

Edited October 8, 2012 by Hobbayne

[Silvia Bluejay]

[quote name='Happy Jack' timestamp='1349686516' post='1828970']
Bring me back a Ferrari would you?


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You'll have to do with something a little less valuable this time, but I'll see what I can do in the future

[dave_bass5]

Can you smuggle back a MarkBass F500 for me please ;-)

[Silvia Bluejay]

LOL, forget about the country-specific allocation of BC's advertising slots, perhaps I should set up a music and luxury goods import/export company instead

[daz]

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You'll have to do with something a little less valuable this time, but I'll see what I can do in the future
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Im not as fussy as Ferrari guy. Any old Stradavarios will do for my holiday gift. Thanks (my friend Sherlock tells me they can be bought in junk shops for about 50 shillings or their Lira equivalent)

Always promised myself to go and see that countries Roman ruins one day before I get too decrepit to wander around Pompeii and Herculaneum, and while flights are still cheap. Are you on hols or is it work related ?

PS is it still hot down there in Italy ?

Edited October 9, 2012 by daz

[Silvia Bluejay]

Right, Stradivarius was made in Cremona and I'm in Florence - junk shops here only have Leonardos and Michelangelos... want one?

Forget about the Roman ruins - modern-era earthquakes have nearly flattened them by now - check out the Renaissance instead, lots more fun

PS It was a quick hol to see my Mum and Dad. Average temp 24 deg with sunshine. Still warm but coming down in buckets now. I'll be back in That London this evening.

[Happy Jack]

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I'll be back in [b][color=#ff0000]That London [/color][/b]this evening.
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You are spending entirely too much time with MacDaddy ...

[Fat Rich]

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Right, Stradivarius was made in Cremona and I'm in Florence - junk shops here only have Leonardos and Michelangelos... want one?
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No thanks. Tommy Cooper was right, Michaelangelo's violins were rotten.

[Silvia Bluejay]

Back home after the fastest Gatwick-airport-to-W4-front-door time ever. ALL trains arrived within seconds of me getting to the platform. Landed at 4 pm, got home at 5:30. Never happened before....

PS Hobbayne was the only person among us (and that includes me) to make a relevant, on-topic post to this thread! Thanks, Paul, appreciated

Edited October 9, 2012 by bluejay

[Happy Jack]

Lasciate ogne speranza ...

[Silvia Bluejay]

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Lasciate ogni speranza ...
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That's probably more suitable to appearing as a notice at the entrance of Heathrow than Gatwick - though the best place would be the hall at Chiswick Park tube station