Folks,
I can't understand a word of what you're speaking while conversing in Italian. But I must say the international scope of this forum is one of its unheralded strengths.
Here we are in 2016 with the ability to communicate with anyone around the globe in real time!
Six or seven disparate Italians - who by all accounts don't likely know each other - are engaging in that most ancient of rituals - reaching out and building a community. Separated by oceans, mountains and deserts, yet there is a cultural familiarity among your group, such that once introductions have been made, a psychological template is created that allows everyone present to build upon the same foundation of kinship.
That's a beautiful thing!
I'm old enough to remember when call waiting didn't exist - you called a friend and if said friend was on the line with someone else, you got an annoying busy signal. You kept calling back.
Nowadays, with technology being what it is, you can get your a$$ kicked in Texas and, a few minutes later, some lady eating a baguette in Paris is laughing her head off as you get stomped in Dallas.
Incredible!
I hope you guys have a great meetup. Ciao!
I can't understand a word of what you're speaking while conversing in Italian. But I must say the international scope of this forum is one of its unheralded strengths.
Here we are in 2016 with the ability to communicate with anyone around the globe in real time!
Six or seven disparate Italians - who by all accounts don't likely know each other - are engaging in that most ancient of rituals - reaching out and building a community. Separated by oceans, mountains and deserts, yet there is a cultural familiarity among your group, such that once introductions have been made, a psychological template is created that allows everyone present to build upon the same foundation of kinship.
That's a beautiful thing!
I'm old enough to remember when call waiting didn't exist - you called a friend and if said friend was on the line with someone else, you got an annoying busy signal. You kept calling back.
Nowadays, with technology being what it is, you can get your a$$ kicked in Texas and, a few minutes later, some lady eating a baguette in Paris is laughing her head off as you get stomped in Dallas.
Incredible!
I hope you guys have a great meetup. Ciao!