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  • SnowbugSnowbug Posts: 72
    edited December 1969

    tjohn said:

    Finnish is hard! How do people think in two languages? I can barely manage one. :)

    I think in 4 on a regular basis...

    I would not recommend anyone trying that unless absolutely necessary, mind you. It's pretty awful when you are trying to communicate in English, but your brain just keeps producing Japanese.

    And it's really embarrassing when you can't remember words in your native language...

  • ChoholeChohole Posts: 33,604
    edited February 2013

    tjohn said:
    chohole said:
    Mae'n eithaf hawdd pan fyddwch yn ei ddysgu fel plentyn, yn fwy anodd os ydych yn dysgu mewn bywyd fel oedolyn

    Rhy hwyr i mi, yna.

    I know the kids round here speak it easily, but I am struggling all the time. I did learn some as a kid, but that was a wee while ago, and only bits are coming back. Stupid thing is that Welsh husband (he was the middle one) didn't actually speak Welsh, but was totally bilingual in German, having spent 18 years in the army, most of that time in Germany.

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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,095
    edited December 1969

    snowbug said:
    tjohn said:

    Finnish is hard! How do people think in two languages? I can barely manage one. :)

    I think in 4 on a regular basis...

    I would not recommend anyone trying that unless absolutely necessary, mind you. It's pretty awful when you are trying to communicate in English, but your brain just keeps producing Japanese.

    And it's really embarrassing when you can't remember words in your native language...
    Four!? OK, now you're just showing off. :lol:

  • SnowbugSnowbug Posts: 72
    edited December 1969

    tjohn said:
    snowbug said:
    tjohn said:

    Finnish is hard! How do people think in two languages? I can barely manage one. :)

    I think in 4 on a regular basis...

    I would not recommend anyone trying that unless absolutely necessary, mind you. It's pretty awful when you are trying to communicate in English, but your brain just keeps producing Japanese.

    And it's really embarrassing when you can't remember words in your native language...


    Four!? OK, now you're just showing off. :lol:

    ... but... but... I did not even mention the other three I can understand well enough but speak poorly... :red:

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,095
    edited December 1969

    snowbug said:
    tjohn said:
    snowbug said:
    tjohn said:

    Finnish is hard! How do people think in two languages? I can barely manage one. :)

    I think in 4 on a regular basis...

    I would not recommend anyone trying that unless absolutely necessary, mind you. It's pretty awful when you are trying to communicate in English, but your brain just keeps producing Japanese.

    And it's really embarrassing when you can't remember words in your native language...


    Four!? OK, now you're just showing off. :lol:

    ... but... but... I did not even mention the other three I can understand well enough but speak poorly... :red:
    Only joking. I am VERY impressed! :gulp:

  • WoolyloachWoolyloach Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    The snow it lies, thick as hoar-frost
    On the beards of Odins chidren
    Dark the night and white the frozen
    Water falling from the sky

    Naked sites a lone beer-drinker
    Butt is buried in ice so cold
    Laughing loudly, he taunts Loki
    To come hither, sit on benches

    Soon the snow-witch and the trolls
    Come to to steal good Skeggis brew
    But the loud-rock, heavy metal
    Breaks the eardrums of the giants

    Swaggering, with pants on floor
    Limp as ropel but loudly bragging
    Skeggi plays the air-guitar
    Wielding rock-riffs, blaring madly

    As the frostlings dance in frozen
    Tundra cover with the moose-turd
    Quick the salmon swim in river
    Dodge the brown bear, and go spawning

    :bug: :bug: :bug: :ahhh:

  • cipher_Xcipher_X Posts: 124
    edited February 2013

    Lokasenna

    "Speak now, Eldir, for not one step
    Farther shalt thou fare;
    What ale-talk here do they have within,
    The sons of the glorious gods?"

    "Of their weapons they talk, and their might in war,
    The sons of the glorious gods;
    From the gods and elves who are gathered here
    No friend in words shalt thou find."

    "In shall I go into Ægir's hall,
    For the feast fain would see;
    Bale and hatred I bring to the gods,
    And their mead with venom I mix."

    "If in thou goest to Ægir's hall,
    And fain the feast wouldst see,
    And with slander and spite wouldst sprinkle the gods,
    Think well lest they wipe it on thee."

    "Bethink thee, Eldir, if thou and I
    Shall strive with spiteful speech;
    Richer I grow in ready words
    If thou speakest too much to me."

    "Thirsty I come into this thine hall,
    I, Lopt, from a journey long,
    To ask of the gods that one should give
    Fair mead for a drink to me.

    "Why sit ye silent, swollen with pride,
    Ye gods, and no answer give?

    - The Prose Edda - Snorri Sturluson

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  • WoolyloachWoolyloach Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    cipher_X said:
    "Speak now, Eldir, for not one step
    Farther shalt thou fare;
    What ale-talk here do they have within,
    The sons of the glorious gods?"

    "Of their weapons they talk, and their might in war,
    The sons of the glorious gods;
    From the gods and elves who are gathered here
    No friend in words shalt thou find."

    "In shall I go into Ægir's hall,
    For the feast fain would see;
    Bale and hatred I bring to the gods,
    And their mead with venom I mix."

    "If in thou goest to Ægir's hall,
    And fain the feast wouldst see,
    And with slander and spite wouldst sprinkle the gods,
    Think well lest they wipe it on thee."

    "Bethink thee, Eldir, if thou and I
    Shall strive with spiteful speech;
    Richer I grow in ready words
    If thou speakest too much to me."

    "Thirsty I come into this thine hall,
    I, Lopt, from a journey long,
    To ask of the gods that one should give
    Fair mead for a drink to me.

    "Why sit ye silent, swollen with pride,
    Ye gods, and no answer give?

    EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!! :cheese: :cheese: :coolsmmile:

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited February 2013

    'plaint - put too much pastinas in my tomato soup, now it's chewey. oops

    the lil tinas start out itch size, forgot how much it grows, doh

    really in the mood for a pina colada, but the only ingredient i have is the rum, what should i do?

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  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,036
    edited December 1969

    ...at least it isn't too much plasma (of the biological or the fusion kind) That could get real icky. :)

  • cipher_Xcipher_X Posts: 124
    edited December 1969

    @Woolyloach thank you and yours was equally as excellent. :-)

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    Kyoto Kid said:
    ...at least it isn't too much plasma (of the biological or the fusion kind) That could get real icky. :)


    are our plasma tvs safe from nosferatus?

  • WoolyloachWoolyloach Posts: 0
    edited December 1969

    cipher_X said:
    @Woolyloach thank you and yours was equally as excellent. :-)

    :red: :red: I'm a lame no-talent hack, but sometimes.. rarely.. I hit one. :red:

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,095
    edited December 1969

    Feh! Meh! Bah! Complaint Thread rises,
    The Dragons 'pon the Car now munching.
    Out of the North, the Wind surprises,
    Boots across the tundra crunching.
    "I am Thor!, the god of Thunder!"
    "I am Thor!", he cries again!
    "Thuch a headache!", brain asunder.
    "Hath no one thomething for the Pain?!"

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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,095
    edited December 1969

    @Cipher X and Woolyloach: you'uns pomes was real good! :)

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    the wind is noisy. it's kinda scary.

    i messed up the shortbread cookie recipe. dough has to chill in the fridge for a couple hours. it said to fold in the flour, but i threw it in the mixer with the butter and sugar. the dough is like crumbs, oops. i could make one giant cookie sheet size shortbread cookie, and melt chocolate to pour over it for icing

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited December 1969

    hey fiddle diddle
    the cat in the middle
    the cow jumped over the moon
    and somebody had a spoon


    rub a dub dub
    three men in a tub
    ... huh? ...
    resisting letting my mind go there


    Miss Mary Mac Contrary
    all dresses in black
    walkin the dog oh og

    three blind mice
    went up the clock

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Woolyloach said:
    cipher_X said:
    "Speak now, Eldir, for not one step
    Farther shalt thou fare;
    What ale-talk here do they have within,
    The sons of the glorious gods?"

    "Of their weapons they talk, and their might in war,
    The sons of the glorious gods;
    From the gods and elves who are gathered here
    No friend in words shalt thou find."

    "In shall I go into Ægir's hall,
    For the feast fain would see;
    Bale and hatred I bring to the gods,
    And their mead with venom I mix."

    "If in thou goest to Ægir's hall,
    And fain the feast wouldst see,
    And with slander and spite wouldst sprinkle the gods,
    Think well lest they wipe it on thee."

    "Bethink thee, Eldir, if thou and I
    Shall strive with spiteful speech;
    Richer I grow in ready words
    If thou speakest too much to me."

    "Thirsty I come into this thine hall,
    I, Lopt, from a journey long,
    To ask of the gods that one should give
    Fair mead for a drink to me.

    "Why sit ye silent, swollen with pride,
    Ye gods, and no answer give?

    EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!! :cheese: :cheese: :coolsmmile:

    Yay well done both. My first thought was the guy is a Russian tourist looking for a beach, the white singlet ya know :lol:

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Misty Whisky said:
    the wind is noisy. it's kinda scary.

    i messed up the shortbread cookie recipe. dough has to chill in the fridge for a couple hours. it said to fold in the flour, but i threw it in the mixer with the butter and sugar. the dough is like crumbs, oops. i could make one giant cookie sheet size shortbread cookie, and melt chocolate to pour over it for icing

    *hugs* nutz to noisy windz :)

  • MistaraMistara Posts: 38,675
    edited February 2013

    two handed belly rubs t'nite :)

    nuthin like some swedish chef to chase the scaries away

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  • cipher_Xcipher_X Posts: 124
    edited February 2013

    tjohn said:
    @Cipher X and Woolyloach: you'uns pomes was real good! :)

    Unfortunately I can't take credit for the prose..it is from the Edda, specifically the Lokasenna. Basically it is Loki taunting the other Norse gods/goddesses and their inability to match him.

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  • RezcaRezca Posts: 3,393
    edited February 2013

    The Edda eh? Age of Mythology had a lot of snippets from that when you right clicked on Norse units and upgrades =)
    Some of it I literally couldn't make heads or tails of, but hey that's epic poetry for you ^_^

    Mm... So playing moar of this, and that stinky diplomatic thing comes up again and I voted myself into the victors seat again (Though last time I had a few votes from an ally) and declined it. After getting a message that worried me, I notice that the two other AI had been "eliminated" and their systems were given to the leader I was competing with. Not really a bad thing, because the others only had one and two systems each (The entire game too... >_> ) but still, was suprised to see that ^_^ Something Skiriki *didn't* tell me =P

    Mm... I was similarly suprised to see myself having a massive tech lead through most if not all the game. Of course, I think the two clueless AI's tucked away in the corners of the map contributed to that XD (I'm always playing as the lizards, and they apparently have a reduced research income. Lizards!)

    I circled in blue the former worlds of the Humans (Who I managed to grab a few techs I missed out on, half from trading half from stealing), and in green the sole system that belonged to... Someone >_>
    In red I circled two systems I captured from two wars I engaged in. Now it seems there's gonna be one last war between us :P


    ETA: Yup. Only one single fleet was sent after me, and it was blown to pieces attacking one of my worlds (Which only had one single out of date ship in it (Destroyer? It said Boa which I think is the second ship in the line o3o) After that, my ships just swarmed his planets one by one ^_^
    Conquest victories are the most fun in Civilization, they seem to be fun here too X3

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  • bwaomegabwaomega Posts: 220
    edited December 1969

    Skiriki said:
    Rezca said:
    *EDIT* Wait never mind I found it. Refit is for existing ships, Design is for modifying future ships. I guess you can't make completely new designs beyond the current ones?

    You need to develop technology related to ships in order to get better ships.

    Protip: phasors can be boosted into something totally obscene, and thanks to their lightweight structure, you can load a lot of them into, say, a doomstar. Like... 1000 of them. They will totally eat their way through enemies, once you're there. They are, however, extremely high tech.

    Of course, some of us do like sticking other, more traditional weapons on a few Doomstars.... then letting an enemy take over that Tiny, Toxic world... so you can blow it up and turn the resulting asteroids into a larger, more congenial planet....

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Hot. Smokey. Can't be good.

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    Yep the water bombers are over Melbourne's Northern suburbs and the highway is closed.

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited February 2013

    Oh noes surrounded ! I guess is not so bad if the only alternative is going to the beach :lol:

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  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,095
    edited December 1969

    Whoa...stay safe 'Borg.

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,095
    edited December 1969

    Misty Whisky said:
    two handed belly rubs t'nite :)

    nuthin like some swedish chef to chase the scaries away

    Muppets+cupcakes=Mupcakes?

  • ps1borgps1borg Posts: 12,776
    edited December 1969

    tjohn said:
    Whoa...stay safe 'Borg.

    Were OK, tucked in a couple of bends iof a wide river here and the fires are around 20 K north of us, lots of city in between :). Still, close enough :)

  • TJohnTJohn Posts: 11,095
    edited December 1969

    Complaint: Why is Monday sunlight harsher and more eye-burny than the rest of the week?
    I'm retired but it still holds true. Monday must be cursed. :ahhh:

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