Hello to everyone!!!

[DoubleD]

Hi I'm Davide from Italy. I joined this site because there are a lot of people with a lot of knowledge, I've learned so many thing in a little time  :P. The Forestry Forum is like a big family and I really like it.
Thank for this great site.

P.S.:Sorry for my english ;D

[Todd]

Welcome DoubleD!  Be careful, I was a lurker here for years and ended up buying a mill 8)

Don't worry about the English, no one here will ridicule you for being able to spell and using proper gramar ;D

[Engineer]

Welcome, Davide!   Looks like you're the first member from Italy.

;D

[Burlkraft]

Welcome Davide........

You are in a good place ;) ;) ;)

Don't worry about the english...most of us here ain't too good either :D :D :D :D

[Bibbyman]

Welcome to the Forum DoubleD!

Maybe now we can talk about pasta instead of grits!  8)



Just last week we had three Italian visitors here in Missouri.  One was a log buyer, another a mill owner and the third an engineer.

[Cedarman]

Welcome DoubleD. You can sure learn a lot about trees, sawing and other things here, but I wouldn't count on learning proper english here. We are pretty good at communicating though.

[thedeeredude]

Welcome Davide!  It is a great place here, but I caution, after a few weeks, you'll want a sawmill ;D  Which, by the way, what kind of sawmills do they use in Italy?  Do they still have wate powered ones? 

[Weekend_Sawyer]

Welcome DD,

Please tell up about sawmilling or forestry from your area.

I like grits but you don't have to ;D
Jon

[shopteacher]

Welcome, welcome, welcome.   English not required. We all speak Italian.
See;  Momma Mia. How's that?

[treeboy]

Hey Davide, welcome! where you from in Italy? I was in Northern Italy for a vist, the only Italian I knew was cappuccino, and vino.

[Bothy_Loon]

Hello Davide
Just finished putting the finishing touches to installing 2 Primultini Band mills  here in Scotland.
Lovely Italian machines.
I speak no Italian but the Italian engineers that were over here were no bother to understand.
We taught them some new swear words!
Welcome to the Forum.
Bothy Loon

[DoubleD]

Thank you for the warm welcome 8).
for deeredude tburtscher: I want a sawmill but here in Italy there aren't so many manufcturer of little mill, and yes in my little town there are 2 water powered circle mill, but one is broken
for Bibbyman yes we could talk about pasta. Tell me a thing are grits made of corn?
I'm hanging around this site for a year, I've just learned a lot of thing then if I could save enough money I will buy my sawmill

[Tom]

Welcome DoubleD.

When you hear of Grits, think about "white" Polenta that has grains a little larger.  Grits are boiled and eaten much the same as Polenta.  We Southern USA residents eat them with breakfast bacon, sausage as well as fish meals and other fried meat meals.   They are a good filler.  :D

[DoubleD]

Yeah Tom I know Polenta. I cook it on the wood stove, we eat polenta for lunch or dinner with deere, wild pig, rabbit and mushroom! ;)

[Jeff]

DoubleD, welcome, and dont ever think you need to own a sawmill to fit in or be able to contribute.  

You already have my interest peaked wanting to know more about the water powered sawmills.

[Den Socling]

yeah Jeff, that sounds interesting but others may want to hear more about the wild pig, rabbit and mushrooms.  :D

[Modat22]

Howdy DD and welcome.
If you're seeking knowledge these guys have it.

Do you have many lumber mills in Italy?

I enjoy pizza and Italian dressing (for salads).

[getoverit]

MERCY BUCKETS SILVERPLATED ! <-- My only Italian... or is that french???

Anyway, Welcome to the Forum DoubleD !

We *love* pictures... lots of pictures

[isawlogs]

Yeah Tom I know Polenta. I cook it on the wood stove, we eat polenta for lunch or dinner with deere, wild pig, rabbit and mushroom! ;)

    Welcome Davide my neighbour is from Italy , Northern part of it . Any body that likes deer. wild pig , rabit and can cook it and have corn for a side dish is Ok by me . 
   I also want to hear and see pics of the water power sawmill .

  What part of Italy are you in .  ???

[DoubleD]

I know that you love picture, but I have not any picture of this mill. I'm gonna take some shoot as soon as I can.
The water is taked in the river and bringed to the mill trough a channel. When the water arrive at the mill fall on the top of a big wheel. The wheel start to turn and create a moment that trough belt is bringed to the saw head. I don't remender how the carriage is powered
I hope that you could understand somenthing :

[Corley5]

Welcome aboard and I'll echo everyone else's wish to see pics of the water powered mills 8) 8) 8)

[Tom]

I understood it all.  You have to mess up worse than that to confuse me.  :D

[Burlkraft]

Hey Davide,

Did you know that here in Wisconsin we make our gritz from tasty bits of ground up cheese soaked in beer ??? ??? ??? ???

[Kirk_Allen]

Welcome aboard Davide.  Glad to have you here and hope you enjoy this place as much as I do.

I spent some time in Aviano, Italy while in the Air Force.  Great place.

[Paschale]

Saluti, Raddoppiato!  Benvenuto alla tribuna di silvicoltura!  È emozionante vedere un membro dall'Italia unirli.  Li spero a lungo soggiorno con noi, e transformato in in un amico attraverso dal mare.  Già avete ripartito alcune cose interessanti con noi.  Aspetto con impazienza di vedere quei laminatoi di acqua, e chiunque che gradisca mangiare i cervi, maiali selvaggi, suoni dei funghi e del mais grandi a me!  Il vostro inglese è abbastanza comprensibile, quale è probabilmente migliore di questo italiano.  Ho usato un programma di traduzione in linea per tradurre il mio inglese.  Spero che capiate qualcosa!  Con noncuranza, BENVENUTO!

;D

I sure hope that makes some sense to you, DoubleD.  I used an online translator to translate the paragraph.  It even translated Forestry Forum.  I think that is "tribuna di silvicoltura."   ;D

[CHARLIE]

Welcome Davide! It's great to have a member from Italy. I used to travel to Italy quite a bit back in the 1990's.  The company I worked for had a manufacturing plant in Santa Palomba. Sometimes I'd stay in Rome and sometimes in a town not far from the plant.  Also there was a manufacturing plant in Vimercate.  Sometimes I'd stay in Acore and sometimes in Milano.  I enjoyed Italy so much that after I retired, I took my wife over to see Rome, Florence and Venice. She wants to go back and rent a cottage sometime.  Where is your city located?

[DoubleD]

Hello
For Paschale--> the translator done a good job I undeerstood
I'm currently living in Acqui Terme, a little city in Piemonte north west side of Italy. This city has a peculiar fount with hot water 75°C (167°F) year around.
I am planning to move in the little town called Canosio, that is located at 10 Km (6 mile) from the border line with France. ;)
For Charlie--> I've just been in Rome and Venice and I really LIKE those cities 8)

[maple flats]

Welcome Davide, If you spoke proper English non of us would understand you, you did just fine. Great to have you here.

[Coon]

my ex was from Milano, Italy.  She was sometimes hard to understand at times but ...... that's another whole story.

One thing though I did pick up was: eata chista couta bretta  (don't know if it's correctly spelled or not)    8) 8) :D
Brad.

[Lud]

Bon Journo, DD,
                              With trees and deer  and water -powered sawmills ,  you must be in Northern Italy.. Friuli?  I spent several days in Sirmioni on Lago Degarda.  Fantastic country!!

My in-laws live in Trieste.  I hope to come over for their 60th wedding anniversary in 2007.  Maybe I can visit you!

[DoubleD]

Buon giorno Lud
I am currently living in north west Italy in Piemonte, if you would come I am pleased!

[DoubleD]

I know that you LOVE three thing: wood related things food and pictures. I have two of three ;D

I cooked polenta



My mommy



rabbit chicken and mushroom



Ahh really good ;D ;D ;D 8) :D :D :D

[Coon]

Cool pics Davide.

I would like to tell all fellow FF members that I have been talking to Davide quite often.  He is a very nice guy and has quite potential at being a great woodsman. 

Brad.

[IMERC]

Welcome to the Forum DoubleD!

Maybe now we can talk about pasta instead of grits!  8)

make it lasagna an' we got something...

Welcome Double D..

[getoverit]

WHOA !!

Is That a big bowl of yellow grits you're stirring??? ;D

[DoubleD]

YEAH getoverit  Polenta is made of ground corn cooked in boiling water. I think that is really similar to grits because we eat polenta with butter or cheese or meat and mushroom
Very tasty ;) 

[Roxie]

DanG!!  Get a load of that pot of grits!!  That food looks incredible!   8)
Mama is pretty too!   

[MULE_MAN]

I want to know how many people are you feeding  ???

That looks like a awful lot of food  8)

[DoubleD]

Roxie my mommy say thanks to you
Mule man that food was for six people 8)

[MULE_MAN]

Well I bet nobody left the table Hungry !!

Looks like you had a pretty good spread there  8)

Make's me Hungry looking at all that   8) 8)

[Slabs]

Well DoubleD

You certainly got into the Forestry Forum on the "right foot" (as we say in American).  Pictures and food are one of our main passions.  We Americans are multinational.  We come from all societies and speak with words of all countries.

Again, a hearty welcome to the forum and we'll be looking forward to your participation and more of the great pictures and descriptions of the great Italian food.

[TexasTimbers]

Welcome DoubleD. Did you cook all that on that there wood stove? Sure looks good!

[getoverit]

I KNEW IT !!

WOW DoubleD, if you like grits, you just found a whole bunch of new friends !!

Ya gotta love a guy that knows how to eat grits (by any other name, but still grits)  :D

[DoubleD]

Slabs thank you for the welcome

kevjay mommy and I cooked on the wood stove with ash fuelwood 8)

Getoverit I know that I have found a lot of friends that is really COOL 8) 8) 8)