Step away from that mousepad!

Ever tried cleaning your teeth with the ‘wrong’ hand?

Or towel-drying your hair using only one arm?

(“Why don’t you use the hairdryer, dad?”)

If you’ve ever suffered from tennis elbow, you’ll know what I mean,

My elbow (gomito) ‘fa male boia’, as the old lady I was chatting to yesterday put it.

She had the same thing at my age, was ‘operata’ (she rolled up her sleeve to show me the scar), but the pain still bothers her.

“Too much computer. Too much typing!” said our dottore.

“Rest, or risk permanent pain!”

So be advised – expect minimalist articles for a while.

And terse replies to emails.

It’s not that I don’t want to write more, but for once I’m following the doctor’s instructions…

Published today, no.12 in our series of conversation prompts.

This one’s on ‘Tu e la tecnologia‘.

Click that link to see it.

This 30-minute one-to-one online Italian lesson, which normally costs £20, can be yours, FREE!

Try an online lesson with a native-speaker Italian teacher, carefully selected for you by Lucia, our teaching manager).

Use the ‘add to cart’ button.

Assuming you’re not buying something else, no payment details will be asked for or taken.

Lucia will contact you by email to ask what your needs are, what your level is in Italian, and so on.

She’ll then assign you to one of our teachers. She’s also your contact point if there’s anything you need.

These are the offer conditions:

The offer is good until Sunday – 04/03/18
We’ve got the capacity for around a hundred club members to do a trial lesson
If demand exceeds that, we’ll organise the lessons in the order they are booked
This offer is for NEW STUDENTS ONLY
If you booked a free trial last time but didn’t take it – do try again!
But if you’ve already done a free trial (Lucia has a list), this is not for you
Once you’ve done your lesson, Lucia will send you a 15% discount coupon to use if you decide to take more lessons

A venerdì.