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TARI Tax 2024

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Just had my TARI bill for 2024.Ìý I used the PagoPA website to pay it onlineÌý

I had major problems with it not accepting my payment - it seemed to freeze after the card details were entered.

Sat, 09/07/2024 - 05:58

Travelling back from Lake Orta area in N Italy, we travelled to the Simplon Pass to reach our first overnight stop in Sion.

Imagine our delight to find that a landslide has closed the pass "for the foreseeable future"

Tue, 07/02/2024 - 02:07

Don't forget - IMU 1st payment due 16th June

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 06:18

Swiss Motorway Vignette - Online E-Purchase.

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You can now buy a e-vignette online.Ìý All electronic, so no sticker issued.Ìý It work by using your car number plate.Ìý

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Mon, 12/18/2023 - 04:17

We used to use Book Depository to get books for our ½ûÂþÌìÌà friends at Christmas.

Book Depository now closed.Ìý Does anyone know of an ½ûÂþÌìÌà (or EU) bookshop that will accept orders from the UK and deliver to an ½ûÂþÌìÌà address?

Sat, 12/02/2023 - 07:37

Train travel from UK to ItalyÌý

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Wed, 11/22/2023 - 13:42

Open Log Fires in Piemonte [and other areas]

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Tue, 09/19/2023 - 05:36

DRIVING THROUGH FRANCEÌý -Ìý LOW EMISSION ZONES.

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Bought mine - less than £5 all in.Ìý Took about a week to arrive.

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Wed, 08/09/2023 - 09:25

EU Entry Permit Required From 2024

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Mon, 06/26/2023 - 04:08

IMU DISCOUNT FOR UK PENSIONERS

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I am aware that some posters on this site have got the IMU discount for UK Pensioners with a holiday home in Italy, that is not rented out at all.

Mon, 06/19/2023 - 10:17

Comments posted

Tue, 02/08/2011 - 14:07

I shouldn't worry too much. I had a similar notification from hertz a couple of years ago [for speeding].Ìý Nothing ever came in terms of a speeding fine.Ìý I think the authoritiesÌý don't want the hassle of trying to fine someone in the UK - they have to do it within 6 months of the offence and send the notice in English, so I think they don't evenÌýbother once Hertz have given them a UK address.Ìý

Mon, 02/07/2011 - 11:50

"If anyone knows of cheap Durham to Edinburgh (andÌývice versa)Ìýtrain fares I would be interested in those please." Ticket Tips

  • Book in advance using one of the sites like 'raileasy' or 'the trainline'
  • Remember some times for travelling are cheaper than others - the ticket websites allow you to look at options
  • Check out the cost of two singles against a return - its often cheaper
  • Look at splitting the single ticket into two trips [Durham to X and X to Edinburgh] - This again is often cheaper, and is totally acceptable as long as the train stops at X

Hope this helps

Mon, 02/07/2011 - 11:29

"Has anybody used TRI ISO SUPER 10 and does it really work?" Never used it, but this may be informative;- Ìý Seems OK forÌýa pitched roofÌý- not sure about on walls though

Mon, 02/07/2011 - 07:33

My italian is also very basic, but assuming you are resident in Italy, and the fine is for an offence in the last 6 months,Ìýyou pay using only one of the two forms - they appear to be for different types of Notification [or so Babelfish says].Ìý Over six months, I beleive it lapses. I'd take both to the Post Office and ask them which you use to pay it there and then Ìý If you are UK resident - I beleive thatÌýthe paperwork should be supplied in English to be valid - so you could probablyÌýignore it, or write back in English asking for a translation.

Mon, 02/07/2011 - 04:34

For infoÌý [and look at the bit on half price tickets] Ìý Trains – Glasgow to the airport

Sun, 02/06/2011 - 14:55

"Perhaps cutting down on the electricity we use and using low power appliances is the long term answer?" Ìý What are you suggesting? - My place already runs on 3kW max What is probably required is nuclear power plants [but of course, nowhere near my house]

Answer to: 'Cash Back'
Sat, 02/05/2011 - 06:27

Around my place [Lake Orta in the north], the supermarkets don't seem to do 'Cash Back', but ever one seems to have an ATM machine

Answer to: Digital TV
Tue, 02/01/2011 - 11:24

" ........Ìý her ½ûÂþÌìÌà bought TV didn't work properly in the UK." I think that all you have to do is go into the main menu for the TV and reset it to 'UK' from 'Italy' - not sure about the digibox - but you can buy a UK one for under £20

Answer to: driving licence
Mon, 01/31/2011 - 04:37

You may have problems renewing online,Ìýif;-

  1. You don't have a UK address - you are supposed to be UK resident to renew online.ÌýÌýÌý ....or
  2. You [like me] have the old style paper license only [i.e. - no photo license]

Good luck

Answer to: Tomato Soup
Mon, 01/31/2011 - 04:30

Gala - in your recipe, did you mean "Tomato Puree" - or "canned tomatoes/passata"?Ìý I thought puree might be a rather too strong flavour Ìý Found this on the 'Splutterer's website'Ìý