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Centuries of Italian History Are Unearthed in Quest to Fix Toilet
nytimes ^
| APRIL 14, 2015
| By JIM YARDLEY
Posted on 04/14/2015 5:54:37 PM PDT by yuffy
LECCE, Italy All Luciano Faggiano wanted when he purchased the seemingly unremarkable building at 56 Via Ascanio Grandi was to open a trattoria. He could run the trattoria on the ground floor and live upstairs with his wife and youngest son.
The only problem was the toilet.
Sewage kept backing up. So Mr. Faggiano enlisted his two older sons to help him dig a trench and investigate the underground sewage pipe. He predicted the job would take about a week, and soon after he would open his trattoria.
If only.
We found underground corridors and other rooms, so we kept digging, said Mr. Faggiano, 60. Instead of a week, the excavation lasted seven years.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; italy; lecce; romanempire
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posted on
04/14/2015 5:54:37 PM PDT
by
yuffy
To: yuffy
After watching the Faggiano men haul away debris in the back seat of the family car, neighbors also became suspicious and notified the authorities. Investigators arrived and shut down the excavations, warning Mr. Faggiano against operating an unapproved archaeological work site. Mr. Faggiano responded that he was just looking for a sewage pipe. Ya gotta love Italy. They seem a bit more laid back that the US authorities might be.
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posted on
04/14/2015 6:14:23 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("Victim" -- some people eagerly take on the label because of the many advantages that come with it.)
To: yuffy
“Other than that, what have the Romans ever done for us?”
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posted on
04/14/2015 6:19:08 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: yuffy
Instead of a week, the excavation lasted seven years. That's the problem with a plumber. It always costs more and takes longer than the original estimate.
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posted on
04/14/2015 6:22:10 PM PDT
by
SkyPilot
("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
04/14/2015 6:22:29 PM PDT
by
SkyPilot
("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
To: ClearCase_guy
Investigators arrived and shut down the excavations, warning Mr. Faggiano against operating an unapproved archaeological work site. Mr. Faggiano responded that he was just looking for a sewage pipe. "It belongs in a museum!"
To: yuffy; SunkenCiv
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posted on
04/14/2015 7:14:12 PM PDT
by
nothingnew
(Hemmer and MacCullum are the worst on FNC)
To: yuffy
Did they find Hillary’s missing emails down there? Why not? She probably send the paper copies down the crapper!
To: yuffy
Hell, they didnt know what I latrine was til I showed em
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posted on
04/14/2015 7:34:09 PM PDT
by
Insigne123
(It is the soldier, not the community organizer, who gives us freedom of the press)
To: yuffy
So I guess a “trattoria” is some sort of Italian open pit mine, or something?
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posted on
04/14/2015 7:45:29 PM PDT
by
Flag_This
(You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
To: yuffy
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posted on
04/14/2015 7:50:28 PM PDT
by
Thorliveshere
(Minnesota Survivor)
To: Flag_This
Trattoria = Tavern = Pub?
To: yuffy
After reading the story, it’s obvious that he found some loot and forced his kids to keep digging. Why else could he afford to postpone opening his restaurant?
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posted on
04/14/2015 11:01:09 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: yuffy
Italy is a lot like Israel where the joke is if you kick over a rock you have an archeological dig site.
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posted on
04/15/2015 2:28:04 AM PDT
by
bjorn14
(Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
To: This I Wonder32460
A small usually family owned restaurant.
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04/15/2015 2:56:02 AM PDT
by
DenCos
To: nothingnew; ADemocratNoMore; StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; ...
Thanks nothingnew and ADemocratNoMore.
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posted on
04/16/2015 5:23:17 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW!)
To: yuffy
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posted on
04/16/2015 6:27:36 AM PDT
by
Fresh Wind
(Falcon 105)
To: VanShuyten
Read the story:
Mr. Faggiano still dreamed of a trattoria, even if the project had become his white whale. He supported his family with rent from an upstairs floor in the building and income on other properties.
To: SunkenCiv
Fabulous article! Brings back happy memories of travels through Italy. Here is a link to his
Museum.
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posted on
04/16/2015 10:31:54 AM PDT
by
NYer
("You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears." James 4:14)
To: yuffy
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