August 30, 201510 yr Author aah, mutts , indeed. Which brings me to the question of just how many languages can you handle? Obviously your English is very good. Makes me wonder how Biff's German is. I understand he now has a Coach that can kick his butt!
August 30, 201510 yr My English is pretty good, but I always check with Google Translate before I post anything here. I'm bit of a nerd, you see. My German is also good, had German neighbours when I was young and watched a lot of German tv back in the days with limited tv channels (Western von gestern! for the German readers here :-) My french is pretty poor I'm ashamed to say. The French speaking south part of Belgium, is the most beautiful part of Belgium and has the best trial (and motorcycle) riding spots, so I like to go there a lot.
October 14, 201510 yr For those of you who need to practice your German like I do and love the Jagger like I do. --Biff
October 14, 201510 yr Which brings me to the question of just how many languages can you handle? Obviously your English is very good. Makes me wonder how Biff's German is. I understand he now has a Coach that can kick his butt! Mein Deutsch sprechen sucks. I can order food, get groceries and argue for a three. My coach corrects my English but that's ok cause shes wayyyy smarter than me and definitely kicks my butt. Actually when I first get there my brain has a hard time adjusting but after a while I am "OK". Within a week I can understand 70% of what is spoken to me and I can reply with very broken responses. The future mother in law knows as much English as i know German but we can communicate pretty well. The misses has learned to let go and she knows how much I can process but sometimes refuses to speak to me in English on my request. It does help. Being immersed in the culture really helps. What i found interesting is that i had not taken French for Years yet when I visit Luxembourg or France i have no problem picking it back up. I also find that if i am leading the conversation its easier for me since I am expecting a limited number of responses back. My biggest struggle is gender and reading the words. One word is actually pronounced as two or three at times and everything has a gender. If you ever visit the EU i would say try and learn phrases and words. You won't always need them but it helps you get into the mind set. Most people in the EU speak English but you need to know some bare necessaries. I was quite proud of myself that i could order flowers for FanticMatze's birthday through a florist that knew basically no English this past trip. --Biff
October 15, 201510 yr All you Guys do very well with your english. That's all i can speak, we were never given anything else no French ect make it very hard when we come over there ps good music by the way, that all i do at night is play my vinyl with a glass or to of a good red wine dog on lap its a great life
October 30, 201510 yr Gentlemen, There are a few things wrong with the world we live in, but this isn't one! Enjoy my new favourite version of Thunderstruck!
November 19, 201510 yr two classics https://youtu.be/1plvBR02wDs and --Biff Edited November 19, 201510 yr by biffsgasgas
December 2, 201510 yr Dweezil Zappa plays Frank Zappa Including, among others: Napoleon Murphy Brock - vocals, saxophone, flute Terry Bozzio - drums, vocals (sings only on some left outs) Steve Vai - guitar NICE! :
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