Stamporama Discussions: postcards from Taranto

General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : postcards from Taranto

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philb

03 Dec 2021
11:32:37am

i guess i was fortunate to spend about a year and a half of my misspent youth in Taranto Puglia a Greek city that was old before the Romans. i was probably a stockholder in Birra Raffo ..you could get 6 bottles over the bar for 600 lira (one U.S. dollar at the time) Image Not Found

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philb

03 Dec 2021
11:37:48am

re: postcards from Taranto

This one shows the movable bridge between the "old city" and the more modern city. The British flew in over the bridge and scuttled a good part of the Italian navy in WW2. We were not supposed to spend time in the old city with a heavy Communist influence..but money talks it was all good. Image Not Found

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philb

03 Dec 2021
11:46:19am

re: postcards from Taranto

Another postcard i found of Taranto, in 1960 the economy in Southern Italy was quite poor, i would probably not recognize much of it now. Image Not Found

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philb

03 Dec 2021
12:46:45pm

re: postcards from Taranto

i knew i had this one somewhere ! Image Not Found

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DavidG

APS member since 2004
03 Dec 2021
03:11:03pm

re: postcards from Taranto

Very nice, Phil.

David

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Harvey

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03 Dec 2021
07:23:58pm

re: postcards from Taranto

Funny, when I first saw the post I thought you had misspelled "Toronto" in Ontario, Canada! Big Grin

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philb

03 Dec 2021
09:27:35pm

re: postcards from Taranto

Joe, i have heard that quite a bit...Taranto is mostly warmer than Toronto..rain instead of snow in the winter !

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partsguy

04 Dec 2021
07:59:11pm

re: postcards from Taranto

when I was in Canada, we just called it "Tronnuh", for fear of being mistaken for a 'Murican...
apparently NOBODY pronounces it "Toe-Ron-Toe".... I also learned pretty quick not to pronounce the "K" in Etobicoke!

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Harvey

This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
05 Dec 2021
08:01:28am

re: postcards from Taranto

How about Kejimkujik in Nova Scotia or the Annieopsquotch Mountains in Newfoundland?

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cdj1122

Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
05 Dec 2021
09:50:16pm

re: postcards from Taranto

" .... How about Kejimkujik in Nova Scotia or the Annieopsquotch
Mountains in Newfoundland? ...."

Yeah, Hows about them there places ?

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philb

03 Dec 2021
11:32:37am

"And every hair is measured like every grain of sand"

philb

03 Dec 2021
11:37:48am

re: postcards from Taranto

"And every hair is measured like every grain of sand"

philb

03 Dec 2021
11:46:19am

re: postcards from Taranto

Another postcard i found of Taranto, in 1960 the economy in Southern Italy was quite poor, i would probably not recognize much of it now. Image Not Found

"And every hair is measured like every grain of sand"

philb

03 Dec 2021
12:46:45pm

re: postcards from Taranto

i knew i had this one somewhere ! Image Not Found

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DavidG

APS member since 2004
03 Dec 2021
03:11:03pm

re: postcards from Taranto

Very nice, Phil.

David

"President, The Society for Costa Rica Collectors"

Harvey

This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
03 Dec 2021
07:23:58pm

re: postcards from Taranto

Funny, when I first saw the post I thought you had misspelled "Toronto" in Ontario, Canada! Big Grin

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"As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the humankind."

philb

03 Dec 2021
09:27:35pm

re: postcards from Taranto

Joe, i have heard that quite a bit...Taranto is mostly warmer than Toronto..rain instead of snow in the winter !

"And every hair is measured like every grain of sand"

partsguy

04 Dec 2021
07:59:11pm

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Harvey

This is my diabetic cat OBI! I think, therefore I am - I think! Descartes, sort of!
05 Dec 2021
08:01:28am

re: postcards from Taranto

How about Kejimkujik in Nova Scotia or the Annieopsquotch Mountains in Newfoundland?

"As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the humankind."

cdj1122

Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
05 Dec 2021
09:50:16pm

re: postcards from Taranto

" .... How about Kejimkujik in Nova Scotia or the Annieopsquotch
Mountains in Newfoundland? ...."

Yeah, Hows about them there places ?

".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "