Notice to all

Post #308,914 by mvitale 5/19/09 1:00:35 PM Reply	Notice to all I am going to be out of the country for a week or so starting late next week. During that time, if something happens to the server, I will not be around to restart either the server or any services on it. As usual, fallback is to the mailing list, which is still functional. My apologies in advance if anything unscheduled does happen, but belated honeymoons to Rome take precedence. ;-) -Mike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #308,915 by boxley 5/19/09 1:05:38 PM Reply	belated honeymoon in rome? for that a motel 6 by the airport works nicely, enjoy rome :-)
Post #308,917 by Another Scott 5/19/09 1:14:12 PM Reply	Have a great time! Careful about your money. J and her sister just got back from a trip there. They had a good time, but there were a few problems that tried to spoil it. One example: They got some Euros from an ATM after arriving. (It took a while to find one that worked, but that's another story.) The machine only spit out 50E notes. They went to a restaurant and got a pizza. The bill was less than 20E. They paid with a 50E. The waitress only brought back change for a 20E. They argued, but nothing could be done to change things. So, their pizza dinner cost about $50 more than it should have. :-( Pick-pockets are bad, too. My dad had his wallet lifted from his front pants pocket on a bus to the Vatican... So, keep your wits about you and have a great time! Cheers, Scott.
Post #308,947 by rcareaga 5/19/09 9:46:01 PM Reply	the eurochange scam That is, unfortunately, a common game played upon obvious (or oblivious) Americans. Anecdotes and testimonies are plentiful, and go back years. It probably helps, when paying with a large denomination bill, to make a point of identifying this when it first changes hands. A particularly brazen or contemptuous waitron will likely deny to your face, upon returning with change, that you ever pointed to the "50," but I would guess that the average petty criminal in the serving class will prefer to prey upon the inattentive, as requiring less effort to lie to. cordially,
Post #308,955 by boxley 5/20/09 8:01:01 AM Reply	Yeah, I remember that made my own change on the establishment, quite the ugly american I was too
Post #308,928 by beepster 5/19/09 3:56:43 PM Reply	When in Rome.... enjoy. we can wait if something weird happens. I will choose a path that's clear. I will choose freewill.
Post #309,090 by pwhysall 5/23/09 8:00:13 AM Reply	Also... ...if you're having grief with the list, ping me at peter.whysall@gmail.com and I'll sort you out.
Post #309,435 by mvitale 6/5/09 6:42:11 PM 6/6/09 8:27:13 PM Reply	I hath returned. Looks like all remains well here. Glad to see the world didn't end while I was AFK. :) Unedited pictures online at http://www.mikevitale.com/Camera/Rome/ . Edit: I've now done my usual, and broken them up into "big" and "small" directories. The "big" one is simply original size (which is to say, huge, fit for printing posters from), and the "small" size is 600x400. All photos should otherwise be the same. And they should all be rotated properly, now. -Mike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania Edited by mvitale June 6, 2009, 08:27:13 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #309,436 by Another Scott 6/5/09 7:48:26 PM Reply	Woot! It looks like you had a great time. Welcome back!
Post #309,437 by boxley 6/5/09 7:57:13 PM Reply	awesome, how was the groceries?
Post #309,451 by mvitale 6/6/09 8:28:44 PM Reply	Awesome! Not a bad thing to eat the entire time we were there -- from sfogliatelle and pizza in Naples (where both originated) to just about everything we ate in Rome. We so need to move there simply for the food. Already considering taking an Italian course so I can learn the language more. -Mike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #309,441 by Meerkat 6/6/09 5:14:50 AM Reply	Nice pics- I'm way jealous! They said I was gullible ... and I believed them
Post #309,453 by Nightowl 6/6/09 9:17:36 PM Reply	Thanks for fixing the server! Glad you had a nice trip! Brenda ___________________________________________________________________ When asking God for a break, be sure to specify what KIND you want!

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