It looks as if the mix up was between the meaning of two words in Italian,conferire,to give,and tarifa charge,fortunately it has all been sorted by Piero in Turin,the outcome is that the fee is due to me,though I am sure I was not the guilty party in misconstruing the meaning.
meanwhile he is not enamoured of his portrait and in his gruff manner is threatening to clout me for making him so"brutto"ugly,when in fact I thought I had flattered him!my response to the threat was that he would have difficulty as I was not planning a visit just yet to his place,bravely I have invited him for a vacation here but only for a week,and he must bring his wife.
Had some bad news fromEdward at the bowling club,the bloke I partnered at my last game a couple of weeks ago has died of a blood clot,and such a nice bloke too,only 65 which these days is not old.
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So you are getting paid after all. Too bad about your bowling friend.
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