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Hello Mike and Terry,Welcome to the forum! We are holding a big BBQ, wine and fun night on June the 21st near Amandola which would give you the chance to meet lots of new people and help raise more money for the Abruzzo fund at the same time.Raffle prizes - do you know anyone famous you could tap for a prize?How could you possibly have any energy in this scorching heat?Must dash as have stacks to do today - look forward to hearing from you again soon! MoxiePS Don't worry about being a technical novice - I am a bit geeky and still managed to make loads of embarrassing mistakes yesterday!!

Now we just sound desperate for friends Mox!!!!

No! - Us? - Surely not - Heaven forbid huh? We are just friendly and enthusiastic aren't we. Aren't we???

Hi Mike and Terry,Lovely to hear from you. Maybe as you are not too far away from us (near Comunanza), you would like to come to our Le Marche Chapter Fundraising BBQ for the victims of the L'Aquila Earthquake.It is on the 21st June - more details can be found in our Clubhouse, which if you haven't already joined, you are very welcome to do so. We are a very friendly lot and spend a lot of our time fundraining and enjoying ourselves at Festa's etc!Look forward to meeting you in the future.Best wishesSarah and Mark

Hi Mike & Terry,Live miles away from you but welcome to the Community.

Welcome to you both, I see that Sarah and Moxie have already got in their plug for the BBQ, so I will add mine, kick off at 3pm, hope to see you there.A

Being who I am I tend to avoid BBQs!

I wonder why Porkchops?

Hi Mike and Terry and a very warm welcome. Perhaps you would like to join our "Gardening" group which is open to everyone.

Thanks for your kind replies! We'd love to come to the BBQ.Don't think we know anyone famous who might have discarded unwanted items about the place just ripe for auctioning off - but we will think on and let you know if we can come up with a bright idea/contribution of value!In the meantime we will endeavour to navigate the system and catch up with the 'mail'.CheersTerry

Thank you Terry, any new ideas or raffle prizes much appreciated! Look forward to meeting you at the BBQ. How many tickets would you like? (just so we can get a rough idea of numbers!).

Welcome Mike and Terry,you're not too far from us in Force and we pass by through Venarotta quite frequently, so plenty of chances to meet. Will see you at the BBQ then (apparently I'm pouring the drinks I was told). So look out for us on the 21st June. Have two dogs as well, our newbie just arrived from the L'Aquila dog home today.

Hi to you both!I'm a newbie too - not over there yet but should be by the end of June. Will be in Carassai, someway north east of you. Maybe meet up sometime?