Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

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The thread features a variety of informal discussions, including personal anecdotes, reflections on dreams, cultural comparisons regarding education systems, and thoughts on numerical scales. Participants share their experiences and opinions on topics ranging from literature and dreams to educational standards in the US and UK.

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  • Some participants share personal dreams involving a community member, Borek, and discuss interpretations of these dreams.
  • There is a discussion about the differences between the long and short scales of numerical values, particularly regarding the term "billion" and its usage in different cultures.
  • Participants express differing views on the quality of higher education in the US compared to the UK, with some asserting that American high school courses can be equivalent to university-level courses.
  • One participant mentions their experience with Advanced Placement (AP) courses in the US, arguing against the notion that American education is "dumbed down."
  • Another participant shares their experience with the discomfort of playing guitar after a long break, tying it into a creative project related to fish.

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Participants express a range of opinions on educational standards, with no clear consensus on whether American education is comparable to British education. The discussion on numerical scales also reveals differing interpretations and understandings among participants.

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Some statements regarding educational comparisons may depend on personal experiences and regional differences in curriculum. The discussion on numerical scales highlights potential confusion stemming from varying definitions and terminologies used in different countries.

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  • #1,292
fresh_42 said:
Food cannot be compared! You should pronounce it Krukow with 'u' as in 'crunch'. (Not exactly but far better than yours.)
But I am hearing the pronunciation from Poles.
 
  • #1,294
fresh_42 said:
Heinz Beanz #57 are now confirmed "eatable" (with rice and sausages).
Maybe next time I'll add some bacon to it to get closer to a revelation.
Isn't that Heinz you talk about the one from the Ketchup?
 
  • #1,295
Psinter said:
Isn't that Heinz you talk about the one from the Ketchup?
Is that Heinz from the crack house, or Heinz drinking a mini soda and getting at least 7 hours of sleep?
 
  • #1,296
Psinter said:
Isn't that Heinz you talk about the one from the Ketchup?
Yep.
 
  • #1,297
WWGD said:
Is that Heinz from the crack house, or Heinz drinking a mini soda and getting at least 7 hours of sleep?
I don't get it, I need a map.
fresh_42 said:
Yep.
Oh.
 
  • #1,298
fresh_42 said:
Yep.
Who would have thought they had ketchup at the crack house? I guess if you get enough sleep...
 
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  • #1,299
Psinter said:
I don't get it.

Oh.
Read the three posts before the post I am quoting.
 
  • #1,300
WWGD said:
But I am hearing the pronunciation from Poles.
The polish site hasn't got a pronunciation but the German: Krakau (polnischKraków
12px-Loudspeaker.svg.png
[ˈkrakuf])
 
  • #1,301
WWGD said:
Read the three posts before the post I am quoting.
o_O I still don't get it.
 
  • #1,302
Psinter said:
o_O I still don't get it.
Don't worry, you're not missing much :). Krakow == crack house, Minnesota == mini soda, heinz,
heinz catchup, etc. -- and I am not on crack, nor in Krakow. But I did not know that people named Heinz were assigned numbers . And there are at least 57 of them.
 
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  • #1,303
WWGD said:
Is that Heinz from the crack house, or Heinz drinking a mini soda and getting at least 7 hours of sleep?
It's Heinz Mish again being at his neighbours for a mini soda to get an hour more sleep.
 
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  • #1,304
fresh_42 said:
It's Heinz Mish again being at his neighbours for a mini soda to get an hour more sleep.
Indeed, you will be put to sleep after the effect of crack runs out.
 
  • #1,305
WWGD said:
Indeed, you will be put to sleep after the effect of crack runs out.
Do you recommend I should smoke that red stuff in the fridge? Oh no: you meant IV?!
 
  • #1,306
fresh_42 said:
Do you recommend I should smoke that red stuff in the fridge?
Ask Heinz 58, he can tell you better than I can (and better than Heinz 57-- that is how he was given the number).
 
  • #1,307
WWGD said:
Ask Heinz 58, he can tell you better than I can (and better than Heinz 57-- that is how he was given the number).
aka, smoke a sausage and then put Heinz x ; ## x \geq 57## on it.
 
  • #1,308
WWGD said:
Ask Heinz 58, he can tell you better than I can (and better than Heinz 57-- that is how he was given the number).
As you've mentioned Poland. Do you know Lem's Star Diaries? Probably not because then you knew it wasn't Heinz, it has been Ijon Tichy:
"The Star Diaries where the unfortunate Tichy, caught in a time loop, is repeatedly banged on the head with a saucepan wielded by future versions of himself. "

EDIT: Lem died in Krakow :wink:
 
  • #1,309
fresh_42 said:
As you've mentioned Poland. Do you know Lem's Star Diaries? Probably not because then you knew it wasn't Heinz, it has been Ijon Tichy:
"The Star Diaries where the unfortunate Tichy, caught in a time loop, is repeatedly banged on the head with a saucepan wielded by future versions of himself. "

EDIT: Lem died in Krakow :wink:
No, never heard of it. Nasty loop, btw.
 
  • #1,310
WWGD said:
Don't worry, you're not missing much :).
Okis.
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I want to learn Russian really learned. But the way I'm trained to learn languages is by having a list of characters of the language that someone pronounces and then I keep repeating how each character sounds over and over. Then I start reading and associating words that I've read with pictures of what they are. And so I learn and keep leveling up. But I cannot find a place where someone is pronouncing each character separately. The way I learn a language is like this little girl in the video at time 4:53:

 
  • #1,311
Psinter said:
Okis.
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I want to learn Russian really learned. But the way I'm trained to learn languages is by having a list of characters of the language that someone pronounces and then I keep repeating how each character sounds over and over. Then I start reading and associating words that I've read with pictures of what they are. And so I learn and keep leveling up. But I cannot find a place where someone is pronouncing each character separately. I learn like this little girl in the video at time 4:53:


Ouch, learning a whole new alphabet. Good luck. Maybe you can try those new videos out, let me see if I can remember their name.
 
  • #1,312
WWGD said:
Ouch, learning a whole new alphabet. Good luck. Maybe you can try those new videos out, let me see if I can remember their name.
You found videos like that? :bugeye:
 
  • #1,314
Subway passengers are now called "customers": You hear the announcements: " Please let the customers off the train before boarding...".
 
  • #1,315
WWGD said:
https://www.google.com/webhp?source...ie=UTF-8#q=videos+to+learn+languages&start=10

I just remembered, the name was Rosetta Stone videos:
http://www.rosettastone.com/lp/ppc/sale/?cid=se-br-gg-bistro&cvosrc=ppc.google.+rosetta +stone +languages&matchtype=b&cvo_campaign=Branded&gclid=CjwKEAiA3aW2BRCD_cOo5oCFuUMSJADiIMIL_Tsqwfl9sCdV2SNYY6n6Rsk6tblZYi4F4jLBfD2wXhoCfrbw_wcB
I'll check which one has someone pronouncing each character at a time. For once I know that the Rosetta Stone version I had many years ago wasn't like that (I don't know now). They start out of the blue with full words and that's not how I learn. I learn first each character pronunciation and then go with words.
 
  • #1,316
WWGD said:
Do I want a Mini Soda?
Uhm :DD I learned a new homonym.
 
  • #1,317
WWGD said:
Ouch, learning a whole new alphabet. Good luck. Maybe you can try those new videos out, let me see if I can remember their name.
Believe me. The alphabet is by far the easy part.
 
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  • #1,318
fresh_42 said:
Believe me. The alphabet is by far the easy part.
I would settle for learning the Hopak:
 
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  • #1,319
WWGD said:
I would settle for learning the Hopak
Sure you don't need your knees anymore?
 
  • #1,320
fresh_42 said:
Sure you don't need your knees anymore?
Yeah, I wonder how one even trains for it. But it looks really cool; imagine breaking into it in a public place.
Maybe a few shots of Stolichnaya would help here.
 

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