[lbo-talk] Re: working class?

[Chuck0]

ravi wrote:
> At around 21/10/05 10:01 am, Doug Henwood wrote:
> 
>>Jim Farmelant wrote:
>>
>>
>>>So how is Florence?
>>
>>Absolutely splendid. A friend of ours who teaches at NYU is with their
>>program in Florence this semester, and we're staying with her.
>>NYU-Florence is an estate at the edge of town, consisting of several
>>villas scattered about a huge expanse of rolling hills, with olive trees
>>all over the damn place. Her apartment is in one of the villas - it's
>>huge, with beautiful views, and all the amenities (including ethernet
>>plugs - though the connection can be slow when the kids are downloading
>>anime videos).
>>
> 
> 
> And I stayed in a Penzione a block away from the Duomo... it seems even
> on leftist LBO power equates to riches ;-) ;-).
> 
> Hope you got Uffizi tickets. Don't buy any gold from those crazy Indians
> on Ponte Vecchio. ;-)

I visited Florence 25 years ago, when I was 15. Probably the best time 
in life, when the body was full on hormones, teenage angst, and 
appreciation for the arts.

Chuck