The other day Colin was washing his car at one of the self-wash car washes in Lodi. As he was finishing up he hears a very loud and distinctive engine drive up. Into the next was bay arrives a Ferrari 360 Modena ( Read more... )

Even though I have my dumb Ford Focus C-Max rental car, on my way to and from the job site I often find myself blowing past Lamborghinis. Who would have thought it would be so easy.

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One of the major things I have to worry about with my job is safety. In industry there is what is called Lock Out Tag Out or LOTO (say lotto) for short. Before working on a system you apply padlocks and tags to prevent you from getting energized when working on the system. This energy could be electricity, moving machinery, or air and gasses under ( Read more... )

Does anyone want to make any predictions about how long the mourning period will be when His Holiness finally kicks the bucket? I could really use some time off. My gut says this country will come to a screaching halt.

The other day I found out that Mr. Cicolella who owns the only 4 star hotel in town as well as two cinemas (Cinema Cicolella and Altrocinema Cicollela) and probably more - does not even live in Foggia. What does that tell you about the place when a prominent local businessman won't live locally?

We had a couple messages go around between me and some of my colleagues last week. A couple of them seemed to get the short straw and have wound of in China ( Read more... )

I have neglected this journal for a long time. Here is the Cole's notes version of what I have done lately. From September through mid-January I spent no more than two consecutive weeks in any given location.
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Last week I remember responding to a post from someone wanting cheap last minute fares across the Atlantic. I mentioned that sometimes United comes up with a good deal. Today is one of those days. United is offering e-Fares across the Atlantic for as low as $208 roundtrip. Depart between Jan 17th and 20th and return Jan 24th to 27th. Look for ( Read more... )

I am overdue on an update but I happened to see a post in another journal and I want to share it here. All this year I have been living in community of Lodi. Lodi is also the capital of Lodi province. There are 80+ provinces in Italy. As I think I have mentioned before this area is the top of what are known as the Emilia plains - an important ( Read more... )