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Well its that time of your life when you can afford to take soem risks, not a lot but i popped £10K on 3BSR, a 3x daily short Brent Oil ETF. The bet is oil over the medium term, despite OPEC intervention is going down the shitter, its c$80 atm, i bought in at $85 and ,my bet is i'll double or treble in 2-3 years, the upside could be a lot more. The ETF was £0.515p when i bought in now £0.573p - of course the downside could be big but you have to live a little
Looks like the weather is reasonably OK for 3rd and final test in Birmingham tomorrow. Or second test as Hal refers to it, only jealous I can't make it Hal. ��
Been a busy 7 weeks. The first week of August my daughter Vanessa got engaged down in Malibu at Pt. Dume to her boyfriend Marcus. We just got news today my daughter Kayleigh got engaged last night down in Santa Barbara. Their mom and I are very happy indeed.
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Congratulations AO!
Two weddings to pay for, ouch
Congratulations, ao.
Awesome news!
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Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing.
Incredibly in its 7th season. I don't know what it is about the programme but I find it quite cheering in the current gloom and doom laden world. They had 3 reruns yesterday which was a nice hour and half.
^ How about 'Malmo and Mendip: Gone Fishing'?
With the added attraction of cheap Thai alcohol and a pack of street dogs?
Could be on to something here...
I'll bring a car battery and we can recreate some a chittys culinary master pieces whilst reminiscing on the west country
A baby born at 35 weeks from the date of conception, isn't likely to be chubby with a head full of hair, is it?
#asking.for.a.friend
Are congratulations in order?
I certainly wish them all happiness and joy, especially the father, which evidently isn't m..... my friend. :)
Finished Book2 of my kindergarten Thai book today. It has taken a while.
The sharp eyed will notice that this text has no tone marks. Only the consonants and basic vowels so far. Tones come along in Book 3.
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35 weeks is pretty early - typically defined as moderate to late preterm.Quote:
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That's great Shutree, I must admit that I didn't notice the absence of tone marks but do they really matter?Quote:
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When do you advance to primary level?
I have my own literary cheer... a couple of nights ago the daughter beat me at Scrabble for the first time. Whilst I wasn't happy about losing I must admit that I was secretly impressed about her performance.
Early on she came up with 'FELINES' and took a 50 point bonus for a seven letter word. I've never seen that done before. So, 85 points for one go... there was no coming back from that. Proud father.
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That's wonderful and a great gift in addition to parental love and support. I often explain to my long suffering partner the value of all the free Engrish Tuning, she gives me the "look " indicating if their was a receipt she'd try for refind at teh airport, but seriously being fluent makes the world her Oyster and Uni in developed world a breeze.Quote:
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Forget fishing if you can teach the pack Scrablle maybe with edible treat letters I foresee a viral TikToke, you could be raking in enough for a Saville row besposke cargo shorts safari suits with a Gilet with bottle opener hook like me I bought in an Andorran duty free hunting shop in some Absinthe induced coma.
Knifes? Really?
Or is that some weird scrabble rule?
Yes it is 3rd person verb form. In the scene the man knifes the victim,the noun plural is knives of course. REBAR JOHNNY AT YOUR SERVICE AS CY REAP LACEMENT TRUSS
^ Yes, thank you, the verb, not the plural.
And before any more questions... 'felines' is a plural.
I stand corrected. Knifes. Ok.
Don’t give up your day job. :D
And yet again, Willy has demonstrated his grade 4 reading level.
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He seems to have read it okay, he just didn't know that it was a word.
Next life. Possibly. Just following up on the advice to take up some new learning to keep the brain functioning.Quote:
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Not that senility is without any advantages. I wake up with a different Thai woman every day.
My day job has nothing to do with teachering enrrigish.Quote:
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Really? One word equals grade 4 reading level?
You are a wanker
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its like Mercans not knowing about the letter UQuote:
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There are no tone marks in the text but there are certainly tones to pronounce when reading the text.
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Suppose it’s all context too, innit? Not many knifings in Melbourne, Australia were I growed up so didn’t need to learn the word, did I? London on the other hand…
^ My daughter growed up in Korat! :)
The more he claims to be a published author, the more I think of a phone book. :D
wasm't like that when i was a nong, thats a recent multicultural addition, a blessing bestowed upon us by nig nogs and sand nig nogs and certain eastern ex commie block scumQuote:
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It’s still a book, innit? But no. I’d prove it but don’t wanna dox meself, do I?
Ok Chop! Chop! CHOPPER!!
Another 3 episodes of Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing.
A moment when they are sat by a bank dozing, of course Morts can't.
Got me thinking of all the places as a kid during summer me an friends would spend up chestnut trees, alongside streams or in meadows. Quiet for a change and appreciating the clouds drift by, the warm breeze and for once not being hyper fukin active as 8 year olds are. I have promised myself to take Mrs Toot to a couple of special places i know are still there and remote, as long as we can get up the tree, the walk won't be the same with a step ladder but times change :)
I'll take her to Westonbirt Arboretum and show her the tree my is burried under, illegally but we paid fir it,. They have a particular bamboo thicket, hollow in the midlle that was the one and only time i got my arse licked, by a dog unfortunately whlist i was doing my Mrs doggie style. Kind of ruined the moment after the initial euphoria and then the owner whistling "here dave, come on dave", i just hope he licked her face later.
odd what trigger memories.
The sun is shining.
It's a beauiful Autumn day.
A walk in the woods and a spot of fishing beckons.
Manchester United are playing later.
What's not to like?
:)
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There certainly are. What they are is a mystery that will probably never be revealed to me. :)Quote:
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It is fifty years since it was explained to me that in Cantonese maai4 means 'buy', maai5 means 'sell' and maai6 means 'bring'. Don't ask me to identify any of them as single words, I just cannot hear the difference. I rely mainly on context to be understood. Even the locals often say 'buy in' and 'sell out' to avoid misunderstandings.