Terminalcoffee discussion

Valle Piola, a medeival Italian village, is for sale for $782 040.

There are 1065 of us in TC. If we each shake out our piggy banks and contribute $734.31 (American dollars) we can buy the village!

Who's with me?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04...

Can I pay in installments?

I'll do it!

There's probably some huge tax liability that we would have to assume. Okay yeah I'm a party pooper.

There might be a few ghosts hanging about to give it atmosphere.

If I contribute, can I assume the title of The Count?

Michael wrote: "If I contribute, can I assume the title of The Count?"

Only if you love to count things.

Larry wrote: "There's probably some huge tax liability that we would have to assume. Okay yeah I'm a party pooper."

Well, and the reason the townspeople are selling it is there are no public funds to restore it. So we'd probably have to pay some additional money toward sprucing the place up.

Ummm, from what I read, it seems that it would be a serious fixer-upper (i.e. a money pit)... but in a charming locale! :D

I'm in if I can be the village Brewmaster

I'll be the village idiot interesting person.

I think we need to negotiate on the price first, like Heidi said, it's a fixer upper. Maybe we could get it for as low as $500 per person? Who can haggle like a pro?

Barb wrote: "Hmmmm .... do we get to enslave the townsfolk and make them clean our toilets and pick up our dogs poop?
*considers*"

I am afraid there are no townfolks to enslave. The village is deserted, nobody lives there as it is right in the middle of nowhere, buildings are little more than ruins. The Gran Sasso National Park is truly beautiful though.

We could turn it into a hotel business!

i'm in. where do i send my check?

Looks good. Do we have to sleep with the local politicians/mafia to get tax abatement for historic preservation? We'd better pack plenty of condoms. I sure hope Italians don't have a problem with condoms.

Sounds like a bargain to me

Horray!

Rachel wrote: "We could turn it into a hotel business!"


No Gigglesnort folks, please.

Barb wrote: "Hmmmm .... do we get to enslave the townsfolk and make them clean our toilets and pick up our dogs poop?
*considers*"


Hehe

Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "i'm in. where do i send my check?"

i'll mail you the address.

Larry wrote: "I'll be the village idiot interesting person."

:)

I’m in.

I like camping- so I’m ok with no roof and stuff for a while. I can cook anything on an open fire. Perhaps I’ll bring one of the chefs with me- to sweeten the deal.

I'm in.

if i pay double can i be the mayor?

Absolutely.

Positively.

if i could pay for all of it you sucka's wouldn't be allowed into kevonia (new town name) except for the liso-day parade and the halloween kevtoberfest extravaganza and maybe during kev-week to attend kevapallooza

There may need to be a coup.

A chicken coup?

Did somebody mention chicken soup?

That sounds perfect right now.


Can I be the town socialite?

I'll be the drunken courtesan/Sunday school teacher.

Scandalous.

Dibs on being the scary old lady who grows assorted herbs, is never seen in daylight and has a gothic-style house that makes passers-by shiver.

I'll be the gossip columnist in the local paper. My first column will read

"Scandalous news! Our Sunday School teacher was seen in the company of the major who was deep in his cups. Suspicians are that LG spiked his drink with herbs acquired from the crone in the gothic house. She may have also been in cahoots with Helena. There have been reports of strange odours coming from her camp kitchen.

In other news, I must inform you to be wary or you may be coerced into servitute by Barb who is looking for someone to clean her toilet. I'm not suggesting that she's lazy, but if the shoe fits...."

Esme wrote: "That sounds perfect right now.


Can I be the town socialite?"

This may be a given.

Jammies wrote: "Dibs on being the scary old lady who grows assorted herbs, is never seen in daylight and has a gothic-style house that makes passers-by shiver."

Although I've never met you Jammies, I doubt that you could be that scary.

Lobstergirl wrote: "I'll be the drunken courtesan/Sunday school teacher."

Are these more hints?

Barb is fascinating.

Barb, I had a similar experience in Minneapolis. Our neighbor was a retired social worker who on occasion would foster parent teen girls. I would knock on Grace's door when I was five and ask if she had any odd jobs for me. She'd ask me to "help" her bake a batch of cookies, then give me warm cookies and a cup of tea. I was enchanted by the wild teen girls she helped. I didn't know if I wanted to be Grace or the wild runaway girls.

I really love you Barb.

::grabs the popcorn bowl and watches the love-fest::

::tries to resist hearing Barb say 'mutual' Inga-in-Young Frankenstein style::

Can I be the town librarian? I could run bake sales, too, if needed to raise extra funds for renovations.

I'll be the town bard and also book entertainment for the piazza. I'm sure we have a piazza, right?

Can I be the town baker in addition to the brewmaster? I love making bread. Warning though there may be a lot of beer bread depending on the beer consumption.

We have to have a candy store too. That's a must.

Beer bread. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Maybe there are some old relics still buried somewhere under the 13th century church. We could totally make it a pilgrimage spot if we had some bones that would draw in the crowds. Then we could rake in the tourist money!

:Though religious pilgrims aren't known for their excess money. Small flaw in my plan: