Originally Posted by botto

i got an email today, from a friend who moved to tuscany last fall.

he was raving about the italian tv coverage, and how the whole village is inside watching TV dring he giro.

the best part of the email is about his ... uhhh... 78 year old neighbor. Yeah, that's it. His neighbor. And apparently uhhh... she. Yeah it was a girl see. She saw Eddy M on a local climb, back in 1969. No it was 1968. As he rode past me. I mean her. - the first time I. No SHE! She had ever seen him in person - she says "oh, you are lovely" and he said "thank you."