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Received a recently ordered 6ft-24ft telescopic pole.

Na Zdrowie!

Had a nice dry day to empty out the bike shed and get rid of the auld carpet i lobbed in their when i boarded out the floor for a bit more strength to it.



Got a couple of packets of mats to smarten it up a bit ....strategically placed stronger mats to place the stands so they dont puncture the rubber mats



All the crap and both the bikes back in

I've had an awesome day!!

Finally think my boss has stopped worrying about employing me (hopefully!!)!! TBF, I think I've done pretty bloody well to learn a new computer system, office system and processes in a different language in a week Ok, It would have taken me two or three days in English, but still, proud of me!!

Took my first french enquiry phone call this morning when not alone. Phone calls are still a challenge. Much harder to hear people when you can't lip read or see facial expressions! And then having my boss and colleague talking and/or listening in the background - but - DID IT. Took a booking with all the relevant info including french name, phone number * and email ** correctly and booking confirmed

Then, the mian friend I get to chat with here got back from the UK yesterday, so I went down for a cuppa (and to dump stuff in the garage next to the Monster) and a chat. I miss chatting with people in English!! LOL


*by FUCK french numbers are stupid!! Twenty AND one - all the ones have and before them WTF No other number uses and. Not even when it should - four twenty ten nine. Right, like that's a sensible way to say 99

** email should be relatively simple, but due to the accent I felt really stupid when I realised I'd asked her to spell 'hotmail'

Yeah, French number after 60 really get me muddled. I reckon it was the same person that constructed the French numbering system that came up with Roman numerals...

Just upset them and go Belgian....nonante. (It made getting through any reference to the 1990s sooo much easier. )

mangocrazy wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 9:04 pm Yeah, French number after 60 really get me muddled. I reckon it was the same person that constructed the French numbering system that came up with Roman numerals...

The only ones I can't remember are 13, 14, 15 and 16, everything before and after that I have no problem with. My French started at school and has had plenty of practice since, my Spanish exposure started this year and at 59 I'm a slow learner. I have Spanish lessons twice a week, do Duolingo first thing in the morning and every evening, listen to Language Transfer on my phone every day and I'm shit. I practice whenever I can, the staff at the supermarket and local restaurants have the patience of saints and correct mistakes. I'll get there eventually.

Today I went to the Police station with a translator to get my residencia sorted. Trying to pick out words from a rapid fire conversation between her and the policeman wasn't easy, I got maybe one in every hundred. Still, I'm all sorted and now legal in Spain. Wifey and I cycled out to a restaurant for lunch afterwards wearing shorts and t-shirts.

Pirahna wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 9:36 pm

mangocrazy wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 9:04 pm Yeah, French number after 60 really get me muddled. I reckon it was the same person that constructed the French numbering system that came up with Roman numerals...

The only ones I can't remember are 13, 14, 15 and 16, everything before and after that I have no problem with.

Don't have a problem with treize, quatorze, quinze, seize, but when it flips to 10+7 (dix-sept), 10+8 (dix-huit) etc. I can never remember them when in conversation. Similarly I'm ok with quarante, cinquante, soixante (40, 50, 60) but when it gets to soixante-dix (70) and up I get lost again.

Must try harder, I guess...

I can't remember how to spell it, but I can still clearly hear my year 8 French teacher saying "mille neuf cent quatre vingt seize" in my head

Pirahna wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 9:36 pm

mangocrazy wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 9:04 pm Yeah, French number after 60 really get me muddled. I reckon it was the same person that constructed the French numbering system that came up with Roman numerals...

The only ones I can't remember are 13, 14, 15 and 16, everything before and after that I have no problem with. My French started at school and has had plenty of practice since, my Spanish exposure started this year and at 59 I'm a slow learner. I have Spanish lessons twice a week, do Duolingo first thing in the morning and every evening, listen to Language Transfer on my phone every day and I'm shit. I practice whenever I can, the staff at the supermarket and local restaurants have the patience of saints and correct mistakes. I'll get there eventually.

Today I went to the Police station with a translator to get my residencia sorted. Trying to pick out words from a rapid fire conversation between her and the policeman wasn't easy, I got maybe one in every hundred. Still, I'm all sorted and now legal in Spain. Wifey and I cycled out to a restaurant for lunch afterwards wearing shorts and t-shirts.

I can still think in French, but Spanish still fucks me up.
I can ask for stuff, but don't always get their reply.

Did the physio, then Turkey Day pig out dinner, & binge-watching Gangs of London (with a big bowl of Tin Roof Sundae ice cream).

ZRX61 wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 10:18 pm Did the physio, then Turkey Day pig out dinner, & binge-watching Gangs of London (with a big bowl of Tin Roof Sundae ice cream).

I always put his replies through Google translate, but nothing comes out.

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 10:11 pm I can't remember how to spell it, but I can still clearly hear my year 8 French teacher saying "mille neuf cent quatre vingt seize" in my head

You must have been in year 8 in 1996...

But I mean - quatre-vingt dix-sept is a bit much for 97, innit - 4 x 20 +10 + 7

Yorick wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 10:25 pm

ZRX61 wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 10:18 pm Did the physio, then Turkey Day pig out dinner, & binge-watching Gangs of London (with a big bowl of Tin Roof Sundae ice cream).

I always put his replies through Google translate, but nothing comes out.

Physio = enforced exercise
Turkey Day pig out = Thanksgiving dinner
Gangs of London = boxset
Tin Rood sundae = popular American ice cream.
You're welcome = Southern manners.

Pirahna wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 9:36 pm Today I went to the Police station with a translator to get my residencia sorted. Trying to pick out words from a rapid fire conversation between her and the policeman wasn't easy, I got maybe one in every hundred. Still, I'm all sorted and now legal in Spain. Wifey and I cycled out to a restaurant for lunch afterwards wearing shorts and t-shirts.

Awesome

Mr. Dazzle wrote: Thu Nov 24, 2022 10:11 pm I can't remember how to spell it, but I can still clearly hear my year 8 French teacher saying "mille neuf cent quatre vingt seize" in my head

One of the villages is 1800 here. So, as Brits we call it eighteen hundred. The french call it one thousand eight hundred. Doesn't make much difference in words Dix huit cent/ Mille huit cent - it's just the mental process of changing to something that feels clunky!! LOL

And, just be glad your teacher wasn't saying 1999!! LOL

mille neuf cent quatre vingt dix neuf


The Swiss and the Belges are onto something with numbers, but the french are determined to stay with the weird ways!! LOL

Spent half an hour looking for the key to the new scoot. Politely asked my Wife if she'd moved it, as she has covid badly and doesn't even know what day it is. I knew she'd put it somewhere, but just wasn't remembering. So I continued the hunt swearing under my breath. She called out to me from her bed saying have you checked the bike, you may have left it in there when you moved it last night. FFS does she think I'm stupid enough to leave a key in the ignition with a bright orange keyring hanging off of it, all night long!

Taipan wrote: Fri Nov 25, 2022 12:51 pm Spent half an hour looking for the key to the new scoot. Politely asked my Wife if she'd moved it, as she has covid badly and doesn't even know what day it is. I knew she'd put it somewhere, but just wasn't remembering. So I continued the hunt swearing under my breath. She called out to me from her bed saying have you checked the bike, you may have left it in there when you moved it last night. FFS does she think I'm stupid enough to leave a key in the ignition with a bright orange keyring hanging off of it, all night long!

So had you?

Not 'had', it should be 'are'.

Oi think he are.

mangocrazy wrote: Fri Nov 25, 2022 1:33 pm

Taipan wrote: Fri Nov 25, 2022 12:51 pm Spent half an hour looking for the key to the new scoot. Politely asked my Wife if she'd moved it, as she has covid badly and doesn't even know what day it is. I knew she'd put it somewhere, but just wasn't remembering. So I continued the hunt swearing under my breath. She called out to me from her bed saying have you checked the bike, you may have left it in there when you moved it last night. FFS does she think I'm stupid enough to leave a key in the ignition with a bright orange keyring hanging off of it, all night long!

So had you?

Taipan wrote: Fri Nov 25, 2022 12:51 pm She called out to me from her bed saying have you checked the bike, you may have left it in there when you moved it last night. FFS does she think I'm stupid enough to leave a key in the ignition with a bright orange keyring hanging off of it, all night long!

You found it didn’t you