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Post subject: Hubby safe and sound in Sicily
 Posted: May 23, 2008 - 01:32 AM
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Just got a call. Bob is safe and sound in Sicily. The professor he is working with assured me, he would take care of him. The professor is Sicilian and knows the area very well.
And, like a dutiful husband, he left me a booklet (or so it seems) of instructions for what to do if the well stops pumping, how to start the generator if the power goes out, and where the shot gun and ammo is just in case...
Frankly, I think he is afraid that I will get rid of his favorite bunny slippers  His slippers are safe; however, those holely T-shirts are going bye bye.   |
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Posted: May 23, 2008 - 04:02 AM
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Ya better watch out, with what you throw out in his absence....
He may be making some power acquaintances in Sicily...
ya know what I mean ?  |
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Posted: May 23, 2008 - 04:36 AM
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| littlestar wrote: | Ya better watch out, with what you throw out in his absence....
He may be making some power acquaintances in Sicily...
ya know what I mean ? |
Maybe he will come home with some pin-striped T-shirts. |
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Posted: May 23, 2008 - 02:11 PM
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| Whereabouts in Sicily is he? I've spent quite a bit of time there and it's a beautiful island...tell him to make sure he has brioche and granita for breakfast! |
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Posted: May 23, 2008 - 06:44 PM
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Hi Greenchick,
Bob and the students are basing out of Agriturismo Budicari Strada provinciale Allume near Roccalumera. The excavation site (Castello) is in Fiumedinisi.
Before he left, Bob got his International Driver's license. He is taking some time to get used to the roads over there. As he said in an email, | Quote: | | You wouldn't believe the road to the site. It makes "Oh my GOD! road and that road in North Carolina look like pikers. EXTREMELY narrow, super winding, hanging over cliffs, you name it!!! |
Note: "Oh my God Road" is an actual road in Colorado and the road he is refering to in North Carolina is one we took when we went rock-hounding. It requires four-wheel drive.
He has already been sampling the food over there and in his words, | Quote: | | The food is everything I've heard. |
I'll ask him about the brioche and granita.
It should prove to be a good experience for Bob and the students. In his words, | Quote: | | Being here is VERY different.. completely different culture! It's interesting being the person who doesn't speak the language. |
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Post subject: Re: Hubby safe and sound in Sicily
Posted: May 23, 2008 - 08:33 PM
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| SMB wrote: | Just got a call. Bob is safe and sound in Sicily. The professor he is working with assured me, he would take care of him. The professor is Sicilian and knows the area very well.
And, like a dutiful husband, he left me a booklet (or so it seems) of instructions for what to do if the well stops pumping, how to start the generator if the power goes out, and where the shot gun and ammo is just in case...
Frankly, I think he is afraid that I will get rid of his favorite bunny slippers His slippers are safe; however, those holely T-shirts are going bye bye. |
NOT THE TEE SHIRTS!!!!!
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Posted: May 24, 2008 - 07:06 AM
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Would Bob be able to show some pictures of the dig and make a few comments about the excavation site, if he's at one, and what he experienced? Or you for him? I'd really like to see and here about it. It's always been one of my interests.  |
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Posted: May 24, 2008 - 08:25 AM
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| angel wrote: | | Would Bob be able to show some pictures of the dig and make a few comments about the excavation site, if he's at one, and what he experienced? Or you for him? I'd really like to see and here about it. It's always been one of my interests. |
I sure can as soon as he sends some. I believe the actual field school starts Monday, and if I know him, he probably has already taken a ton of photos. I am hoping that sometime during the weekend, we will get the chance to see if the Skype works good. Bob put it in my computer before he left. I told him I guess that means I can't be on the computer while in my underwear anymore.
In the meantime, I am keeping busy learning the software and scripting for a new client at work. |
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Posted: May 24, 2008 - 08:28 AM
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Oh, I envy Bob. What a wonderful experience. I look forward to hearing about his trip, and seeing the pics.
Please tell him good luck from all of us! |
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Posted: May 24, 2008 - 08:54 AM
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| SMB wrote: | | angel wrote: | | Would Bob be able to show some pictures of the dig and make a few comments about the excavation site, if he's at one, and what he experienced? Or you for him? I'd really like to see and here about it. It's always been one of my interests. |
I sure can as soon as he sends some. I believe the actual field school starts Monday, and if I know him, he probably has already taken a ton of photos. I am hoping that sometime during the weekend, we will get the chance to see if the Skype works good. Bob put it in my computer before he left. I told him I guess that means I can't be on the computer while in my underwear anymore.
In the meantime, I am keeping busy learning the software and scripting for a new client at work. |
Yay! Can't wait for the pictures! Not the underwear ones! Save those for you and Bob! I'm assuming that Skype thingy is a video camera to talk to eachother with? I'm still trying to progress from the Bronze age  |
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Posted: May 24, 2008 - 09:03 AM
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| angel wrote: | | SMB wrote: | | angel wrote: | | Would Bob be able to show some pictures of the dig and make a few comments about the excavation site, if he's at one, and what he experienced? Or you for him? I'd really like to see and here about it. It's always been one of my interests. |
I sure can as soon as he sends some. I believe the actual field school starts Monday, and if I know him, he probably has already taken a ton of photos. I am hoping that sometime during the weekend, we will get the chance to see if the Skype works good. Bob put it in my computer before he left. I told him I guess that means I can't be on the computer while in my underwear anymore.
In the meantime, I am keeping busy learning the software and scripting for a new client at work. |
Yay! Can't wait for the pictures! Not the underwear ones! Save those for you and Bob! I'm assuming that Skype thingy is a video camera to talk to eachother with? I'm still trying to progress from the Bronze age |
Yep. Skype is a way to communicate through the computer and there is a small camera attached. I wish I had had it when Oprah was doing the New Earth online class. I would have loved to have talked to Eckhart Tolle. He is one cool dude. |
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Posted: May 24, 2008 - 09:22 AM
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| That's a pretty heavy thinker there! And that would have been a really cool thing for you to do! I can sometimes think heavy thoughts but after a while I tend to bog down too much. Makes my mind go all fuzzy. Sometimes I try to wrap my mind around anthropology and Egyptology. I've always enjoyed those subjects. But there's one time only that I would have wanted to have that video thingy on the computer and tuned into Oprah. When Tom Cruise was treating that couch like a trampoline! I would have wanted to say "Dude! You're in your mid-forties and your jumping up and down on a couch! What's your deal, man?!?" That's when I would have liked to have done that....that and talk to my sister when she was living in Utah. |
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Posted: May 31, 2008 - 07:53 PM
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Got a new email today.
Hensci Beautiful!
I don't know if you've been getting my emails. I have very limited email access, and I think that roadrunner is blocking the school again. Please let me know if you got them. If not, I'll re-send.
I will be emailing once a week. Let me know how everything is going by replying to this email. I don't trust the school system yet.
I'm doing OK. I will send more details later- in a rush. Getting ready to go see ancient sites. Finally started work at the castle.
Feeling good. Much exercise- climbing steep roads, walking, etc. Getting along great with people!
Love you and miss you!!!
Feke Cate |
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