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[- Doing The Lambert Walk]

Yes, it was a big trip, however he's studying Japanese (our local state school specialises in languages) and so we decided that it would be beneficial for him educationally as well as an incredible cultural experience.

That's pretty awesome. A guy I used to play football with about seven or eight years ago now moved to Australia with his folks back then and we've kept in touch. He's spending a year in Japan doing international relations and business management which I would imagine is pretty interesting too.

I went to a specialist languages grammar school but managed to fail hopelessly at French, German and Spanish equally.

Tell a lie I was decent with Spanish and wish I studied German for longer, but French? Pfffft, hated it.

 

[fatletiss]

That's pretty awesome. A guy I used to play football with about seven or eight years ago now moved to Australia with his folks back then and we've kept in touch. He's spending a year in Japan doing international relations and business management which I would imagine is pretty interesting too.

I went to a specialist languages grammar school but managed to fail hopelessly at French, German and Spanish equally.

Tell a lie I was decent with Spanish and wish I studied German for longer, but French? Pfffft, hated it.

I loved French and German at school. Wished I'd if a chance to do Spanish. For about three weeks, we started Italian lessons at lunch times, but then the school stopped it.

In today's small village of a world, languages are bloody useful.

 

[TheSecondStain]

I loved French and German at school. Wished I'd if a chance to do Spanish. For about three weeks, we started Italian lessons at lunch times, but then the school stopped it.

In today's small village of a world, languages are bloody useful.

Indeed. The newest method on the block I've come across is Duo-Lingo. Going to have another go at Italian. Maybe I'll finally learn how to speaka mia owno lingo.

https://www.duolingo.com/

 

[tomw24]

Hamilton and Rosberg collide on final lap! Rosberg's tyre is ****ed and Hamilton overtakes!

 

[San Tejón]

There's that old (but very true) joke, about languages.
If you can speak three languages, you're tri-lingual.
If you can speak two languages, you're bi-lingual.
If you can speak one language, you're English.

I think the difficulty, for us, (or at least for me) is that we tend to conjugate verbs so differently to so many other languages, so when trying to talk in Spanish, for example, verbs change so much, depending on whether they are talking about first, second or third person, single or plural, it is easy to lose track of what is being said.
I think this is also why foreigners, with similar styles of languages, find it easier to learn others, but find English so difficult.
For me, I, you, we, you (plural), they speak. He/she speaks, is easier than hablo, hablas, habla, hablamos, hablais, hablan.

 

[tomw24]

Rosberg investigated for causing a collision. No investigation against Hamilton. Poor Nico. Goes from 1st to 4th and in trouble.

 

[tomw24]

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[Number 1 Jasper]

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My lad is back safely from Japan with a photo taken from a glass platform on the Tokyo Sky Tree. It's 340m up, looking straight down

Reminds me of the CN Tower in Toronto !

 

[Number 1 Jasper]

Rosberg investigated for causing a collision. No investigation against Hamilton. Poor Nico. Goes from 1st to 4th and in trouble.

Talk of Nico having a break issue , he should have taken that into account IMHO . 100% Nico's fault IMHO .

Do agree with Toto though .




Toto Wolff does an incredible job of avoiding blaming one driver - instead he just unloads both barrels on the pair of them.
"Can you imagine DNF-ing after Turn Two?" he tells Sky Sports.
"We're looking like a bunch of idiots and it's disrespectful to 1,500 people who work their nuts off on the cars."
Will he now impose team orders?
"What I am saying is this is on the table because maybe that's the only way we can manage the situation.
"I hate team orders but if every race ends up in a collision between team-mates, it's not what we want.
"If you are losing a one and two and finish one and four and lose a lot of points, that's not nice."

 

[fatletiss]

Rosberg investigated for causing a collision. No investigation against Hamilton. Poor Nico. Goes from 1st to 4th and in trouble.

He was just very unlucky there. Of all the places for a mouldy banana skin to be on the track, just where he was braking, preventing him from being able to turn in time.

Unfortunate.

 

[tomw24]

He was just very unlucky there. Of all the places for a mouldy banana skin to be on the track, just where he was braking, preventing him from being able to turn in time.

Unfortunate.

Fortunate for Lewis though.

 

[fatletiss]

Fortunate for Lewis though.

Sadly. I did like his big gold chain he was wearing in the interviews. Really nice.

 

[Saints_Alive]

Gutted about Caroline Aherne 2016 claims another one, The Royle Family is a work of comedy genius...here is a short example...

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RIP Caroline...

 

[Number 1 Jasper]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36695176

 

[Le Tissier's Laces]

Yeah that was Nico's fault. A shame really as he drove a brilliant race up to that point. He does seem to crack when under extreme pressure though.

 

[fatletiss]

Yeah that was Nico's fault. A shame really as he drove a brilliant race up to that point. He does seem to crack when under extreme pressure though.

Did you not see the banana skin?

 

[SaintStu]

Are you staying in one place or driving around? I'm being initiated into the joys of the "camping van" (as the French call it) and am currently in a charming village called "Bauge" (great camper van site) which, amongst its claims to fame (it has an interesting chateau) is where Samuel Pepys' wife came from.
First day (spent lazing around and sampling local produce) today (it's about 27 degrees and thundery - incredibly humid) and then we're heading off tomorrow past Saumur to a Chateau at Azay-le-Rideau where a friend has told me there's a great wine estate and excellent sparkling whites (not really my style but I'll try them) then probably on towards Bordeaux depending on weather - follow the sun!

Sorry for late reply - We are dong the Eurocamp type holiday in a place halfway between Orleans and Bourges. We are driving there ourselves so will be willing to drive upto 30 miles I guess distance from the site but not much further. Stu

 

[- Doing The Lambert Walk]

126 people dead in Baghdad and tomorrow’s front page is a lie about a press officer posting a photo of a personalised head rest cover.

No, seriously.

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[Schrodinger's Cat]

126 people dead in Baghdad and tomorrow’s front page is a lie about a press officer posting a photo of a personalised head rest cover.

No, seriously.

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Wrong type of victims. If it had been western tourists, there'd have been the same outpourings of support as there was with Paris and Orlando...some people are worth less than others according to the papers.
Sad state of affairs but highlights the western viewpoint that when this happens in the middle East, its normal fir an unsettled region whereas it's a terrorist atrocity when it happens in one of our safe cities

 

[VVD]

126 people dead in Baghdad and tomorrow’s front page is a lie about a press officer posting a photo of a personalised head rest cover.

No, seriously.

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Made sure they got the Kim K reference and huge arse in there though.