Mrs Sensible is full of very sensible advice, this advice normally goes in my right ear and exits out my left ear and unfortunately doesn’t spend much time in the space in-between my ears.
Occasionally I am reminded of her wonderful advice, times like when I entered the house with an armful of logs for the fire wearing my flip flops, skidded across the floor, slid just past the steps to the cellar and ended up in an untidy heap, I am sure I could hear her say “put some shoes on when it is wet, don’t go out in your flip flops. But today I followed her advice and managed to surprise even myself! On Friday morning, I was enjoying a scalding hot shower and as the steam slowly but surely filled the room, I could hear a voice somewhere in-between my ears say “please open the window when you shower or we will have mould” I decided to open the window, not because of the mould but because I couldn’t see where the soap, the towel or even the old naked man, whose reflection normally makes me think of restarting my diet, so I opened the window and as the steam rushed outside who should I see but Mr Telecom Italia in his little red van, stopped just outside our gate. Dun dun duuunnn!
His paperwork obviously said number 2 not number 13 as stamped on the side of our house; (the address issue is too complicated to relate here so go read this). Mr technical Telecom man was looking at his piece of paper and at the number on our house, which didn’t match. I was desperately trying to find a towel in my mini steam room and shout to Mrs S to run outside and grab him before he drove away.
We have waited 3 months for the technician to arrive at our house and evaluate if we can have fast internet access. After establishing that our house existed, he asked if our telephone worked, we said yes “good good good” he said you will have your connection in 20 days.
Of course this is 20 Italian days which in reality will means another 2 to 3 months, if we are lucky.
Yahooo! It’s getting closer and closer. I think we should have an international toast to your internet connection when PN goes live. This is way more exciting than all that crappy pre-launch publicity for iPhones 🙂
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If drink is involved and wet wooden spoons are left at home, I’m game
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Whoopeeeeee! *MM jumps up and down with excitement and scares the dog*
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Yay, I’m up for the international drink fest, for sure, sans wet wooden spoons. I’m off to the wine shop right now, in anticipation.
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Yvonne, get some dry red oh and a bit of white, don’t forget the peanuts and crisps. I will ask Mrs Sensible to organise the cake.
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Wow, how do you put up with all this excitement??!! Who will you ring for your first ceremonial call??!!
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Probably Telecom Italia to tell them the line is not working properly. 🙂
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Oh no Telecom Italia sounds like Telstra in a Australia. I hope you get your internet connection soon.
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I am not holding my breath that is for sure. When the internet finally arrives, I will miss all the characters at the cafes where I have gone ftir internet access oh and of course cappuccino and wine
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Hahahahahaha I guess on the positive you have been able to get out and make friends . Good luck .
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Gosh when Telecom install the internet, what will I blog about?
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I’m sure you will find plenty of things to still blog about. 🙂
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I have just been to see the accountant… Italian Taxation is crazy… I could start a new blog just for this.
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😃😃
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I think you are very original PN. I mean to say, having the telephone installed on your lawn will be the talk of the village 😉
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When I was selecting pictures for this post, I nearly uploaded a pic of a woman in a steamy shower just for you… but then I was worried what it might do to your heart 🙂
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I’m pleased that “something” is happening with your home internet. Well, where is the photo ? Maybe not, the heart ! Of course PN showering selfies will increase your female blog traffic by at least one 😉
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I think your estimation of increasing my blog traffic by one is a little bit optimistic. I think I have a better chance of arriving home and finding out we have working Internet.
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Normally man + van = installation/work. Have you tried bribery ?
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Well, I’m glad you’re listening more now to Mrs. S! 😉 Hope you get your internet sorted out soon.
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It was a momentary lapse in concentration, but don’t worry it won’t happen too often 😉
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Hysterical! You so vividly painted a portrait of the day’s events! Steam, window, red van, confusion!! I hope that number 13 will indeed be lucky for you and you’ll get your internet pronto e presto!!!
Thanks for making me smile on this chilly, rainy day in NYC!
Saluti a tutti voi!
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Hi Lia, the weather here is unusually sunny today, we have had more rain this summer than Noah saw. Merry Christmas to you
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I’m glad it’s finally sunny! Here in NYC today it is fefinitely ark-building weather… At least it’s not snow!
Buon Natale to you and yours as well!
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Merry Christmas to you too. Today we have a little frost but the sun is coming out and it looks like it might be flip flop weather
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Ps I love your graph!
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I worked very hard on that graph 😉
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It shows! Bravissimo!
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I was going to use lots of colour but sombody has hidden my wax crayons
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You make me laugh! I am glad I found your blog!!!!!
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I am glad you found me as well, welcome to my little blog of madness
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Happy to be a part of it!!
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I almost jumped up and down in excitement too but I didn’t want to scare the cat or the upstairs neighbors with what they might think is an earthquake.
Congratulations on opening the window at the exact correct moment….and finding a towel so you didn’t scare away the technician….or get arrested…..or…..
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Scare away the technician!!! I will have you know my body is a temple, ok maybe it is a bit old and wrinkled 😉
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I have to remember….it is Italy and it probably wouldn’t be the first time the technician was startled by someone so excited to see them that they forgot their clothes. Since it sounds like you already knew t was a man maybe you should have sent out Mrs. Sensible in some state of undress.
And if I were you I would hide the wooden spoon before I made that suggestion.
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You know Italy so well and the dangers of Mrs Sensible and her wet wooden spoon. 😉
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Sorry, I missed what that post was about. I got too excited at the thought of you in the shower and blacked out after that 😉
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You are trying to get me an appointment with a wet wooden spoon aren’t you?
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I might be 😉
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Bad girl.
When will I receive my Lederhosen ? Huh Huh huh
Is Father Christmas bringing them?
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Do you think you won’t feel the spoon through Lederhosen?? 😉
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You can read me like a book can’t you.
Last time I was in Germany I saw quite a few Germans wearing Lederhosen, I was amazed. I suppose it is like hearing Italians say Mamma mia or Madonna, you thing it is only done in films or books not real life…
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Ha yeah, I know what you mean! You see the odd pair here, but in Munich loads of guys were wearing them – and not as a costume 😉
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Hooray!! Crack open the champagne! The technician seems very specific with the 20 days – I wonder if this is something to worry about because normally they would say ‘about’ 20 days…
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I might have made a mistake with the translation, on hindsight he might have said 20 weeks or 20 years
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Perhaps it was wishful thinking on your part,,,
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If you win the Italy Magazine Blogger Award, you owe me a red wine. If you don’t win the award, you owe me a red wine. Win-win! I like it.
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Dear Yvonne. Thanks for nominating me. I love you to bits. (I will edit the love bit before Mrs S sees it 🙂 ) If I win are you coming over with your little black party dress?
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You bet! But, I’ll have to go shopping first.
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Wait a minute… 20 days puts you firmly in the middle of the Christmas/New Year break. I can hear the excuses already!
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… I do hope you realise that for every new rural internet connection that Telecom “short blanket” Italia install, they pull the plug on at least half a dozen other urban internet users. So basically you’re about to ruin quite a few Christmases and New Years … 😉
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OMG, you’re almost connected!! HURRAH! Love the graph and the blips of optimism. 🙂
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I think the wine created the largest blip of optimism. After reading some of the comments on this post, I have resigned my self to realising I won’t have internet soon.
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Reminds me of what it used to be like in India years ago. We applied for 2 landlines, with my Dad and my elder brother as applicants in 1980. Technician showed up with work order and demand for bakshish to connect the junction box at the house to the main junction down the street to complete the connection in 1994.
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Italy is supposed to be a major player in Europe, but there is so much corruption, you only have to look at what is happening in Rome at the moment..
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And to think you’d never have spotted him if it hadn’t been to the little Mrs. Sensible voice in your head!
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You landed in an untidy heap? That just killed me.
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🙂 These things happen from time to time. I think it was last Christmas when the christmas tree attacked me as I was trying to carry it down the stairs. It was a miracle I survived
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