"Taxed and Spent" wrote in message ...

On 2/17/2021 7:38 AM, Ophelia wrote:
>
>
> "Gary" wrote in message ...
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> dsi1 wrote:
>> A lot of people feel that high school was a waste of time.
>> I believe that education is important but I don't believe in high school.
>
> What's wrong with high school? It provides more education plus it's good
> for social interaction. A small step into the real world while still
> under the protection and comfort of your parents.
>
> I paid my daughter for grades during junior high and high school.
> Something like:
> A = $4
> B = $3
> C = $1
> D = $3 deduction
> F = wipes out all money earned for the other classes.
>
> It was an incentive to work harder and she was an honor roll student
> every report period so I had to pay out 4 times a year.
>
> Other parents that I knew admonished me for doing that.
> "You shouldn't pay your child for grades."
>
> I never got paid when I was a kid but I did think I came up with a
> better plan-
>
> Paying for good grades teaches them that if you work harder in life, YOU
> will get promotions and pay raises in a real job more often than the
> many people that just do enough to get by.
>
> ===
>
> Very good thinking!
>
>
>

When I was a kid, we went and worked our asses off with my dad in his
business. That was plenty of incentive and instilled good work habits
to boot.

====

That was a very good initiative too))

On 2/17/2021 12:56 PM, dsi1 wrote:

>>
>> Same with foreign language. Choice of French or Spanish.
>> I took many years of sissy French but Spanish would have been a wiser
>> choice as this country is almost bi-lingual that way now.
>
> Knowing how to work on cars is a very useful skill. Learning a language without a chance of using seems to be a dead end - you pretty much have to be surrounded with people that speak the language to be very good at it. It's easier to learn how to swim if you're in water.
>

I wanted Spanish but they made me take two years of Latin. The good
news is, if I ever go to Latinesia I'll be able to speak fluently with
the six words I remember. Amo, amas, amat

On Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 3:27:35 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 2/17/2021 12:56 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
> >>
> >> Same with foreign language. Choice of French or Spanish.
> >> I took many years of sissy French but Spanish would have been a wiser
> >> choice as this country is almost bi-lingual that way now.
> >
> > Knowing how to work on cars is a very useful skill. Learning a language without a chance of using seems to be a dead end - you pretty much have to be surrounded with people that speak the language to be very good at it. It's easier to learn how to swim if you're in water.
> >
> I wanted Spanish but they made me take two years of Latin. The good
> news is, if I ever go to Latinesia I'll be able to speak fluently with
> the six words I remember. Amo, amas, amat

I studied German. I still can remember how to order a beer and how to ask
the way to the bathroom. What more do I need?

Cindy Hamilton

On 17/02/2021 20:34, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> I studied German. I still can remember how to order a beer and how to ask
> the way to the bathroom. What more do I need?
>
Bitte, danke, and sprechen sie Englisch?

On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 12:34:26 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 3:27:35 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 2/17/2021 12:56 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>> >>
>> >> Same with foreign language. Choice of French or Spanish.
>> >> I took many years of sissy French but Spanish would have been a wiser
>> >> choice as this country is almost bi-lingual that way now.
>> >
>> > Knowing how to work on cars is a very useful skill. Learning a language without a chance of using seems to be a dead end - you pretty much have to be surrounded with people that speak the language to be very good at it. It's easier to learn how to swim if you're in water.
>> >
>> I wanted Spanish but they made me take two years of Latin. The good
>> news is, if I ever go to Latinesia I'll be able to speak fluently with
>> the six words I remember. Amo, amas, amat
>
>I studied German. I still can remember how to order a beer and how to ask
>the way to the bathroom. What more do I need?

Und kennen Sie Maxi, das Riesenurlaubskrokodil?

"Bruce" wrote in message ...

On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 12:34:26 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 3:27:35 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 2/17/2021 12:56 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>> >>
>> >> Same with foreign language. Choice of French or Spanish.
>> >> I took many years of sissy French but Spanish would have been a wiser
>> >> choice as this country is almost bi-lingual that way now.
>> >
>> > Knowing how to work on cars is a very useful skill. Learning a language
>> > without a chance of using seems to be a dead end - you pretty much have
>> > to be surrounded with people that speak the language to be very good at
>> > it. It's easier to learn how to swim if you're in water.
>> >
>> I wanted Spanish but they made me take two years of Latin. The good
>> news is, if I ever go to Latinesia I'll be able to speak fluently with
>> the six words I remember. Amo, amas, amat
>
>I studied German. I still can remember how to order a beer and how to ask
>the way to the bathroom. What more do I need?

Und kennen Sie Maxi, das Riesenurlaubskrokodil?

==

LOL watch the teeth

On Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 10:27:35 AM UTC-10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 2/17/2021 12:56 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
> >>
> >> Same with foreign language. Choice of French or Spanish.
> >> I took many years of sissy French but Spanish would have been a wiser
> >> choice as this country is almost bi-lingual that way now.
> >
> > Knowing how to work on cars is a very useful skill. Learning a language without a chance of using seems to be a dead end - you pretty much have to be surrounded with people that speak the language to be very good at it. It's easier to learn how to swim if you're in water.
> >
> I wanted Spanish but they made me take two years of Latin. The good
> news is, if I ever go to Latinesia I'll be able to speak fluently with
> the six words I remember. Amo, amas, amat
You should have learned Esperanto. All the biggest Hollywood stars are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHUfHj2lTaM&t=945

On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 21:10:32 -0000, "Ophelia" >
wrote:

>
>
>"Bruce" wrote in message ...
>
>On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 12:34:26 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:
>
>>On Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 3:27:35 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 2/17/2021 12:56 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>
>>> >>
>>> >> Same with foreign language. Choice of French or Spanish.
>>> >> I took many years of sissy French but Spanish would have been a wiser
>>> >> choice as this country is almost bi-lingual that way now.
>>> >
>>> > Knowing how to work on cars is a very useful skill. Learning a language
>>> > without a chance of using seems to be a dead end - you pretty much have
>>> > to be surrounded with people that speak the language to be very good at
>>> > it. It's easier to learn how to swim if you're in water.
>>> >
>>> I wanted Spanish but they made me take two years of Latin. The good
>>> news is, if I ever go to Latinesia I'll be able to speak fluently with
>>> the six words I remember. Amo, amas, amat
>>
>>I studied German. I still can remember how to order a beer and how to ask
>>the way to the bathroom. What more do I need?
>
>Und kennen Sie Maxi, das Riesenurlaubskrokodil?
>
>==
>
> LOL watch the teeth

lol

On 2021-02-17 1:45 p.m., S Viemeister wrote:
> On 17/02/2021 20:34, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>> I studied German.Â* I still can remember how to order a beer and how to
>> ask
>> the way to the bathroom.Â* What more do I need?
>>
> Bitte, danke, and sprechen sie Englisch?

I can make my way in France although so many now speak English. I
started to take a course in German for post-grads at Uni. It was in the
language lab, so popular in those days. After a few lessons the word
"selbstverstandlich" came up and I thought sod this for a lark and never
went back.

On 2021-02-17 3:34 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 3:27:35 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> On 2/17/2021 12:56 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> Same with foreign language. Choice of French or Spanish.
>>>> I took many years of sissy French but Spanish would have been a wiser
>>>> choice as this country is almost bi-lingual that way now.
>>>
>>> Knowing how to work on cars is a very useful skill. Learning a language without a chance of using seems to be a dead end - you pretty much have to be surrounded with people that speak the language to be very good at it. It's easier to learn how to swim if you're in water.
>>>
>> I wanted Spanish but they made me take two years of Latin. The good
>> news is, if I ever go to Latinesia I'll be able to speak fluently with
>> the six words I remember. Amo, amas, amat
>
> I studied German. I still can remember how to order a beer and how to ask
> the way to the bathroom. What more do I need?

I was able to take German from Grade 11 on. My best friend was German
and I picked it up easily because I had heard so much of it spoken in
his house. I was afraid that I would lose what German I had learned,
but when I was in my 40s we went to Europe and spent some time in
Germany and I was amazed at our quickly it came back to me.

On Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:42:03 -0700, Graham > wrote:

>On 2021-02-17 1:45 p.m., S Viemeister wrote:
>> On 17/02/2021 20:34, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>>> I studied German.Â* I still can remember how to order a beer and how to
>>> ask
>>> the way to the bathroom.Â* What more do I need?
>>>
>> Bitte, danke, and sprechen sie Englisch?
>
>I can make my way in France although so many now speak English. I
>started to take a course in German for post-grads at Uni. It was in the
>language lab, so popular in those days. After a few lessons the word
>"selbstverstandlich" came up and I thought sod this for a lark and never
>went back.

That's a bit of an overreaction. "Selbstverständlich" isn't that
different from "self-explanatory".

On Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 3:45:37 PM UTC-5, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 17/02/2021 20:34, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> > I studied German. I still can remember how to order a beer and how to ask
> > the way to the bathroom. What more do I need?
> >
> Bitte, danke, and sprechen sie Englisch?

I almost don't think of those as a foreign language. I've met countless
people who know that much German from having watched Hogan's Heroes.

Cindy Hamilton

Bruce wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>> I studied German. I still can remember how to order a beer and how to ask
>> the way to the bathroom. What more do I need?
>
> Und kennen Sie Maxi, das Riesenurlaubskrokodil?

That last word is a mouthful. lol

Bruce wrote:
> "Selbstverständlich" isn't that
> different from "self-explanatory".

It's quite a bit different to me.

On Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 9:00:45 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
> Bruce wrote:
> > "Selbstverständlich" isn't that
> > different from "self-explanatory".
> It's quite a bit different to me.

Duh. Any foreign language is gibberish to a non-speaker of it.

In number of syllables, the German term is shorter than the
English term. With a little practice, it's not difficult to
separate those eye-watering compound words into their
simple constituents.

Selbst-verständlich
Riesen-urlaubs-krokodil

Now, the idiomatic meaning of "giant vacation crocodile", which
is the way Google translates it, is a bit of a puzzle.

Cindy Hamilton

On 2021-02-18 8:56 a.m., Gary wrote:
> *Bruce wrote:
>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> I studied German.* I still can remember how to order a beer and how
>>> to ask
>>> the way to the bathroom.* What more do I need?
>>
>> Und kennen Sie Maxi, das Riesenurlaubskrokodil?
>
> That last word is a mouthful. lol
>
>
>
In more ways that one.

On 2/18/2021 4:28 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Wednesday, February 17, 2021 at 3:45:37 PM UTC-5, S Viemeister wrote:
>> On 17/02/2021 20:34, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>>> I studied German. I still can remember how to order a beer and how to ask
>>> the way to the bathroom. What more do I need?
>>>
>> Bitte, danke, and sprechen sie Englisch?
>
> I almost don't think of those as a foreign language. I've met countless
> people who know that much German from having watched Hogan's Heroes.
>
> Cindy Hamilton
>

I went to the German movies. My brother had German in HS. In Philly
there was a movie theater that showed German films and the students had
to go a couple of times for the language practice. You had to have your
ticket stub initialed. I'd go along with a couple of guys and my ticket
was then sold at school. We'd goof off in the balcony for 15 minutes
and then go out for pizza.

On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 06:18:47 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 9:00:45 AM UTC-5, Gary wrote:
>> Bruce wrote:
>> > "Selbstverständlich" isn't that
>> > different from "self-explanatory".
>> It's quite a bit different to me.
>
>Duh. Any foreign language is gibberish to a non-speaker of it.
>
>In number of syllables, the German term is shorter than the
>English term. With a little practice, it's not difficult to
>separate those eye-watering compound words into their
>simple constituents.
>
>Selbst-verständlich
>Riesen-urlaubs-krokodil
>
>Now, the idiomatic meaning of "giant vacation crocodile", which
>is the way Google translates it, is a bit of a puzzle.

Lol, to me as well.

On Thu, 18 Feb 2021 08:56:09 -0500, Gary > wrote:

> Bruce wrote:
>> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> I studied German. I still can remember how to order a beer and how to ask
>>> the way to the bathroom. What more do I need?
>>
>> Und kennen Sie Maxi, das Riesenurlaubskrokodil?
>
>That last word is a mouthful. lol

In English you can put an endless number of nouns behind each other,
separated by spaces. School entrance guardian uniform button
collector. If you want to do that in German (or Dutch), you'd get
Schoolentranceguardianuniformbuttoncollector. So you'd put it in a
different way. Collector of... etc.