tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post2445195916127814673..comments2024-03-11T17:08:07.679+01:00Comments on Sicily Scene: TWO TALES OF "PAZIENZA"Welshcakes Limoncellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-84071012943378535592011-10-09T18:29:52.920+02:002011-10-09T18:29:52.920+02:00Hi, Gleds. I am shocked at the fine. So heartless....Hi, Gleds. I am shocked at the fine. So heartless. Hi, Di. Your postmaster sounds a nightmare!Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-38391587866205808652011-10-09T11:24:31.867+02:002011-10-09T11:24:31.867+02:00WE have rivers running down our road when it rains...WE have rivers running down our road when it rains heavily Welshcakes, Since I've had my new electric wheelchair, I've not been able to use it because of the torrential rain, we've been having. Our local Post Office is almost as bad as yours, the Post Master is an absolute pain in the butt, he talks, or rather, lectures ever customer about what ever thei business may be, I went to buy some Euros and whist the queue was snaking behind me, out of the entrance door, into the blinding rain, he started lecturing me about the variable rates of the Euro, which I already knew, thus informing him, that I'd already checked on-line, Then he went on to ask me where I was going to for my holiday, I nearly said China, that would have shut him up!<br />When I eventually dragged myself from the counter, I could hear the tutting and clucking, and feel the glares upon me<br /> of at least twenty people, as I huried out, head down!<br />Di..xxTrubeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15297883125832619352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-68157360835608476832011-10-08T21:14:29.072+02:002011-10-08T21:14:29.072+02:00That top picture looks like Surbuton high street.
...That top picture looks like Surbuton high street.<br /><br />But more to the point: do pensioners really wait all night just for a place in the queue that's dreadful.<br /><br />Here's a comment I left Gattina at her writer cramps blog that seems relevant:~~~~~~~~<strong><em><br /><br />I saw a woman at my bus stop getting fined £80 for tossing a cigarettte end into the road. She was obviously a single mother and to her that was a week's income.<br /><br />I had noticed the three uniformed inspectors, complete with CCTV lapels, knew their game and smoked my ciggie VERY carefully. Still it was a shock to see this woman busted so cruelly. I blame New Labour for bringing this sort of bullshit in.<br /><br />A friend of mine got fined £80 by an "eye in the sky" camera for "parking" on a double yellow line ~ which wasn't even visible in the photo they sent out. I told him "you are allowed to park for 5 minutes before they can charge you" but he bottled out and coughed up. That's another New Labour ridiculousness.<br /><br />I feel so sorry for that woman. I think she should have thrown herself under the next bus. What else has she to live for except more hounding and persecution by uniformed nobodies until she dies of a heart attack from the pressure of it all. All thanks to New Labour and their spy cameras.<br /><br />And people wonder why I spend my time learning exotic languages (the latest one being Spanish) and dreaming of getting THE HELL OUT OF THIS SHITHOLE OF A COUNTRY. I notice you only visit for a week or two each year. Trust me Gattina: any more time and a reasonable lady like you would end up bipolar in the loony bin just like me!<br /><br /></em></strong>PS HI SIMI YOU LOOK REALLY CUTE ON THAT BED.Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-38122040208702894702011-10-08T01:30:16.665+02:002011-10-08T01:30:16.665+02:00Hi, Jenny. Yes, I hope so, too.Hi, Jenny. Yes, I hope so, too.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-51873644424233772532011-10-07T10:28:47.686+02:002011-10-07T10:28:47.686+02:00camping out all night to go to the post office! I ...camping out all night to go to the post office! I hope they give them a tot of brandy when they finally stagger through the doors.Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-88089920982893457922011-10-06T22:35:20.340+02:002011-10-06T22:35:20.340+02:00Thanks, Rosaria. Hi, Bev. That's one of my str...Thanks, Rosaria. Hi, Bev. That's one of my strategies! Yes, I feel for those pensioners. Hello, Miss Footloose. I empathise as I've ruined many a pair of shoes in the rain here.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-57858508423743859192011-10-06T13:48:52.313+02:002011-10-06T13:48:52.313+02:00Oh, drainage problems in the street! Here in Chis...Oh, drainage problems in the street! Here in Chisinau, Moldova, the streets are instant rivers as soon a it begins to rain. Ruined good shoes that way, sigh, when I got caught in it a few weeks ago.Miss Footloosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601892611652195901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-15456654249178593252011-10-06T00:23:43.404+02:002011-10-06T00:23:43.404+02:00I know what a frustrating experience it is at an I...I know what a frustrating experience it is at an Italian post office so it was actually funny that your plan to escape the lines and the wait, was to brave the torrential rain when all other "sane" town inhabitants remained safely dry inside. And it's sad that things can't change especially for the benefit of the elderly. They lived a hard life and now they have to endure even more just to get their due.Bevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05309020440645127953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-52153093877649697642011-10-05T23:42:06.399+02:002011-10-05T23:42:06.399+02:00Oh,two good tales!Oh,two good tales!Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.com