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Aha! That's what I heard when I first heard the term. It's being someone's assistant or secretary or whatever - who may be many countries away - without ever meeting them.Ìý eg. files are downloaded to me from the U.S:, U.K., Australia - normally lectures or podcasts that people want typedÌýand formatted or edited and proofread, andÌýsent back.Ìý I find it quite 'twilight zone' at times - I may be typing about a new marketing strategy being used in Tasmania, and meanwhile I can hear the local donkey braying in the background :)Ìý Do donkeys bray?ÌýWell, I'm sure youÌýgetÌýthe point!

Hello Valentina and Gromit,thank you for your good wishes, Valentia, I, too, hope to make friends - virtual or otherwise! I am looking forward to coming to the local monthly get together lunch sometime.We live between Licciana Nardi and Aulla, Gromit. We rent an apartment here but are thinking of possibly buying next year. My husband works in La Spezia (navy) so we need to stay fairly close. There are lots of lovely little villages around and it's nice to take a drive and explore them!As we've been around here for a time now and also because my husband is ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ, perhaps we'll be able to help out with language/local queries or things like that. Well actuallly I think I'll leave the language stuff to him, I'm still a novice!ÌýSandraÌýÌý

Thank you very much, Heiko. I registered with the site, hopefully I'll get to find out more about things!Best regards.Ìý

ÌýSo sorry to hear of your loss.Ìý I have recently rejoined myself and am just finding my feet on this site again.Ìý We live in northern Tuscany but are often in Bordigha as the family house is there. Hope we can stay in touch and talk when you're not looking after your various animals and land!Ìý We have one demanding kittycat which is bad enough :)Ìýtake care,Ìýsconesand tea