Call me up if you want some company. ;)Quote:
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Call me up if you want some company. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by buffalobo
So the biggest help I found, was hitting that little flag when I get one wrong and don't understand something. That leads to a discussion forum about that particular lesson. Like any forum, it's mostly people interacting in a way that isn't that helpful, but it's very strictly monitored, so it's not like dropping into a general discussion thread. More important there are educated people that either explain things, it past a link to another, usually great, learning site that I never would have found on my own.Quote:
Originally Posted by MrAK
The other thing is watching things in French, with French subtitles. If you do English subtitles, you'll just read and tune out the French.
I watched this series on YouTube for Spanish. They have one in French. I found it useful because they talked slow, and that's what you need in the beginning.
https://youtu.be/EaNqp4FXh-s
Thank you for both of those pointers Irving. I’ve watched just about every WWI and WWII video streamed on amazon or Netflix and feel like it might be a good idea to start watching those again in French with French subtitlesQuote:
Originally Posted by Irving
Back home and settled in. Mrs bo resting and Reba appears to be operating at better stress/insanity levels.
Time for nurse mode.
Back home and settled in. Mrs bo resting and Reba appears to be operating at better stress/insanity levels.
Time for nurse mode.
Double time. ^^^
Post whore thread. Sometimes it's about post count?[dig]
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Oh, dude. I hope everything goes well!Quote:
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X2 brudda!Quote:
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I was thinking that was the accumulation of stress. [Coffee]Quote:
Originally Posted by ChickNorris
...and now I'm caught up with this thread.
I'm reading through a bunch of agreements. Looks like I've got a consulting gig for 6 mos. to a year. Will be nice to get back in the game and have some money coming in again.
Congratulations on landing the consultant gig. Always hard having to sell yourself every half year or so, but normally the money is worth it.Quote:
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Monday evening as it was almost dark I was in the forest by the house admiring my chainsaw work when I heard a bull moose grunting as he walked down the driveway. He stopped a few times and I don't think he saw me but might have scented me at one point. I've seen him before but he has since developed a limp. I checked the Stealth Cams today and determined it's his left rear leg. No apparent blood so I wonder what the cause is. The cams showed that he's walked along the trail by the house at least 3 times in two weeks but he can travel through most anywhere through the yard.
We also have 3 different bears moving through regularly. I think a neighbor is baiting them. I'll keep the electric fence energized until the snow piles up deep. I can disconnect the lower wires so the snow doesn't ground them out and still keep the upper ones hot. I do like that the bears respect the fence. Good thing they don't wear rubber soled running shoes.
Might need more copper in his diet.
Can you get a permit for a bad bear?
Think I saw an ad for a naughty otter once.
A naughtter?
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I think some copper would fix his limp but it will have to be some one else's.
Wish I could get a bear permit here but they[re like unobtainum, very few available. I have a bear tag for the units I'll hunt in the Flat Tops area. There are plenty of bad bears there that have chewed on my elk and I want payback.
And do we have naughty otters here! I've got stories. Tomorrow otter be a good day for that.
I wasn't trying to be clever, molybdenosis in moose is a thing.
Thanks for the suggestion, I just started the intro to Spanish until I ran out of hearts. I really dig the format, and opted to do the 7 day free trial, if I feel like it?s actually teaching me, I will absolutely pay for the subscription, as I?ve wanted to learn Spanish for quite awhile.Quote:
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Not that anyone really cares but my latest heels are still back ordered & I'm a bit miffed they likely won't be here in time for Halloween.
Near every person I know who speaks spanish would be happy to practice & assist anyone who wants to learn.
Lei' que casi 40% de las personas que viven en Colorado hablan espanol.
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?Es eso un hecho, o simplemente algo que escuchaste?Quote:
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I see people talking about the hearts online in the discussion, but have never seen them. I wonder if it's an A/B trial thing or something.Quote:
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Usually when I like things I recommend buying them, but I wouldn't with Duolingo because IMO, you don't really gain anything except no ads. Ads only bother me when I'm trying to maintain a steak and it's getting close to midnight. However, they recently changed it so that even one lesson counts towards your steak, so even if you have your daily goal level set to five lessons, only going one lesson a day will maintain your steak.
Like many things, in the beginning your going to feel like you're learning a ton and you're going to be speaking Spanish in no time! Eventually, the lessons start feeling tedious, which is why things like Extra Spanish on YouTube, watching movies, and looking at other info is important, just to change things up.
Finally, as C.Norris has pointed out, trying to actually talk to people is important. I find that most ladies working at Mexican food places will talk to you (as long as they aren't super slammed or something). Be warned though, as confident as you'll feel going into a conversation, the first time you trip over yourself so hard you'll wonder if you had a stroke. You'll also immediately shift your opinion on people living here and not looking like they are trying very hard to learn English.
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You silly Billy, that's not a high heel. You accidently ordered a plague mask!Quote:
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Dije, leer.
I already own the mask.Quote:
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They're supposed to accompany the mask & outfit.
I assume you're not actually going as a plague doctor, but if you are, I hope you have a sweet cane.
No cane.
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I'm impressed, your stomach can handle a steak at that time of night.
My mask is a bit more burlesque flavored, but this one has the whole Niall O' Glaca'in thing going on:
That looks like a steam punk plague mask.
Shades of an old 70's movie, Phantom of the Paradise.Quote:
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