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[vehve]

Soon we'll go into the "Kids these days..." phase

 

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There's quite a few of us that aren't very close to thirty, or even twenty plus thirty ....

Still, you can't say my statement wouldn't be truthful

 

[lularat]

Yea, I liked the days when we actually wrote with pens and pencils and wrting was sort of an art. We all had our own style. They don't even teach cursive any more. But now, if I have to write at work, my hand gets sore and tired. Whole lot easier hitting keys...guess I'll have to start exercising my hands.

 

[vehve]

Well that took way too long.

 

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One of my many shortcomings is my handwriting. I even struggle deciphering my own writings sometimes.

 

[Alaskan]

Yea, I liked the days when we actually wrote with pens and pencils and wrting was sort of an art. We all had our own style. They don't even teach cursive any more. But now, if I have to write at work, my hand gets sore and tired. Whole lot easier hitting keys...guess I'll have to start exercising my hands.

HAH!!

When I started writing, I HAD to write with a fountain pen, take dictation, and have a blotter paper, so that I could turn the page. I think that was second grade..when we had to switch to the fountain pen... And yes, take the dictation in cursive.

Does that make me 110 years old?

 

[vehve]

Yea, I liked the days when we actually wrote with pens and pencils and wrting was sort of an art. We all had our own style. They don't even teach cursive any more. But now, if I have to write at work, my hand gets sore and tired. Whole lot easier hitting keys...guess I'll have to start exercising my hands.

HAH!!

When I started writing, I HAD to write with a fountain pen, take dictation, and have a blotter paper, so that I could turn the page. I think that was second grade..when we had to switch to the fountain pen... And yes, take the dictation in cursive.

Does that make me 110 years old?

What is this paper you speak off?

 

[chickadoodles]

Thank you Beverly. The quote mode is not working. DH got some electrolites and vitamins and some probotics. I have several kids of antibotic if I need it. I don't want to use antibotic if I don't see a need for it. He may have just got to hot, I hope.

 

[dsqard]

I have been planning for years to turn my den into a gym and then invest in a big screen TV for the wall, visible from any machine and then exercise while I watch my favorite shows.  I've got the machines, just not enough incentive to make it happen.....lots of stuff in the way that must be gotten rid of by garage sale, stored or given to the Goodwill.  A big job.  

I think you should do this. I put my treadmill in our living room and the fact I can work out and watch TV at the same time is keeping me going. Bought the treadmill months ago and I have only taken time off here and there. Trying to see if the additional exercise is going to get my cholesterol level out of the "high normal" range and it is seriously helping with the hiking.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

And then there's the problem with finding a Latin speaking country to ask for directions to the bathroom in...

Most Europeans speak English in addition to their own native language(s), you can't really manage without English in today's world.

British comedy is usually pretty funny, but it's more of a dry humor. If you want cheap laughs, US comedy is the best way to go. And you guys put so much money into your shows that with a decent script, they often turn out pretty good.

If you're a skier, the Latin would probably have served you well (or at least somewhat) in Cortina D'Ampezzo in the Dolomites or anywhere in the Southern Tirol where they speak Ladin, kind of a vulgar Latin. Also in St. Gallen in Graubünden Switzerland where they speak Romansh, also based on Latin. Cortina and St. Gallen are great ski areas. I like the Arlberg better. Though the Dolomites are beautiful, the rich Italians in Cortina insist on walking all over your skis in the lift line.

My brother chose to study Latin in high school back in the 50s. I picked Spanish in high school, French in college and started Italian. At that time, I thought it would have been much easier if I started with Latin and then had a good base for the others.

Latin is still taught in a lot of schools. Not sure why. In fact it had been dropped by a lot of schools but has made a comeback.
My daughter's school had Spanish, French, German, Russian, Latin and Yoruba as options on their language curricula.
My son's school taught Spanish, French German, Russian, Chinese, Latin and Greek.

Sitcoms. Hence the rise of reality shows. Much cheaper to produce. No need to pay comedy writers, just editors.

Wow, ChickenCanoe, you're a living travel brochure! It's cool that you've learned the history of where you live. I'm not sure but I think where I live might have been a stage stop at some point in the wild wild west!

Unless one truly lives in the middle of nowhere, there's probably a lot more history than meets the eye wherever we live. Our property is in Black Jack, one of those 90+ cities in St. Louis county. I know a lot of the history of this area. There were several generations that predated us here. I know of 5 of those but they all lived in the 111 year old house we're in now. This wasn't the first house and farmstead on this site. It would be interesting to find out how long this place had really been occupied. I also know there are interesting stories in the origin of the other 90+ cities here. Think about the history of Europe, Asia and Africa, the cradle of humanity. Those are much longer than that of the Americas. But there is so much more in the pre-Columbian history.

@ChickenCanoe You are clearly proud of where you live, and you paint a pretty picture of St. Louis as a travel destination.

I'll continue to give a few blurbs about other interesting aspects of the area to counteract the latest news of violence. All you guys have to do is block me. Go bamadude!

I was 14 and went to Mexico. I was so excited to use what I had learned in Spanish class in school. I got into the cab at the airport and said "hola!" and the guy says back to me "hi! how are you? where ya headed?"

And that was the end of me using Spanish. Everyone spoke English in Mexico.

I also at least found a profession where I can use my latin skills!! Did you know that the sig code on your prescriptions is latin abbreviations? Put that in your pipe and smoke it Q.D. prn.

(A little pharmacy humor, sorry)

At the end of my time in the army I traveled to Austria, Italy, France and Spain. I was ready for Spain with 4 years of high school Spanish under my belt. I was too young and naïve to figure out why I wasn't doing so well in Catalonia. I now know how different Spanish and Catalan is. Of course they spoke Spanish as well.