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RE: Beds

Don't worry about the bed its the mattress that's important, get one of those memory foam ones, I have never slept as well as when I bought one of those, my back/neck has given me problems for years, but after a few weeks of sleeping on the new memory mattress, I wake feeling that I have had a proper sleep and its only when in the shower that I remember I have a bad back as I stretch down for the fallen soap.

Can you teach an old dog new tricks?

I am so hoping Smoky, that by consuming large quantities of red Italian wine, I will one morning wake up and find I am now fluent in Italian, and if not, well it will have been a worthwhile experiment.

But I have to say I had no idea until doing this course just how awful English grammar is, I just speak and write as I do, never really took time to check grammar, it just happened

Can you teach an old dog new tricks?

I would never have guessed that English was not your native tongue, your written English is so much better than a vast number, for whom English is their only language. WOW

Can you teach an old dog new tricks?

I would agree with your post to a larger extent, I find I only retain words that have for me a common usage, "can I have" "not that, that" etc of course the general words to express politeness are important, yet when you're in a bar/shop in Spain how often do the locals actually say please and thank you, they don't, its already assumed you have done so, therefore you just say, that bread or one red wine etc. Confusing hey.

Can you teach an old dog new tricks?

Yes you hit it on the nail as far as I can see, I am good at maths and have worked with computers most of my life, I love the logic to the way they work, I fully understand the inner working of a computer and how it uses a set of switches to produce a result, it just makes total sense to me, whereas, in languages why is some object a male while another is female, why in Urdu for example do they say "My name Kevin is" its illogical to me.

Thank you for the imput

RE: falling

Spot on Morgan, you need far more than words to be able to judge if a person is in actuality the same as the perceived person you have imagined from messages. Eye contact has to be made,if that is there and the body language is there, then yes I think you could fall in love at first sight. "SIGHT" being the important word here.

Can you teach an old dog new tricks?

Thank you Sommer, I do wonder whether there are some people who are more atuned to picking up a new language that others, or whether its just down to the fact that having learnt two languages the rest seem to fall more easily in place, especially if they all share a common root (Latin for example).

When in Spain I understand very little that is said, I can pick out certain words that seem to me to be close to French and then make a guess as to the meaning, but when I was in Italy I found I could understand far more, both verbally and written down, I still found memorising new words hard, yet some just stuck in my mind for some reason.

Maybe its also down to how active the brain is, when you simulated your brain retains information better than when its being allowed to stagnate somewhat

RE: I am baffled

Surely its all a case of having an open mind.

I mean if you prejudge a person for being married 3 times or never married at all, you are basing that judgement on a pre conceived thought which in turn is based on your life experience.

How can you be certain that your experience of life has covered all eventualities,you can't, one thing in life you can depend on is that you will experience something new each week.

So my take on the op is to get to know the person and actually find out why they are at that stage in their life. It could open up a new chapter in yours.

Can you teach an old dog new tricks?

I have just completed an intensive weekend course on becoming a Language teacher, a great course and very informative, however, at the end of the course, by way of showing how easy it is to teach an unknown language to students, an Asian couple were asked to teach some Urdu to the whole class.
They taught us how to greet each other, ask for a name and the words for a book and a pen.

Almost the whole class grasped this lesson, bear in mind not one word of English was used throughout the lesson. But, I just forgot these new words within minutes of learning them and so, I discovered, did the three other people that were of similar age group to me, the rest of the class seemed to retain this information with ease.

Does this mean that once you have crossed a certain age barrier, learning a new language is much harder or even impossible?

RE: Darwin's Theory of Evolution

No one, God cannot by definition be created because he is not tangible or a actual solid entity.

God is omnipresent, he is a feeling and emotion, a thought that is in every living thing: whether they can understand or even get in touch with that feeling/emotion is of course another argument.

RE: WHO IS OPPOSING PEACE IN GAZA ??

rizlared: Hamas is a terrorist group, they hide behind the skirts of innocent women rather than create a real army and have an outright fight with their supposed enemies, they retreat to innocent schools and hospitals to try and cause the gunfire to follow them and cause massive death and destruction which is then used as propaganda.



What is your dispute with this, Amnesty International stated on the news last night that the use of human shields by hamas was inhumane and that it should be stopped from immediate effect.

RE: WHO IS OPPOSING PEACE IN GAZA ??

If it was a false statement, why did Egypt and Saudi both sign the treaties allowing the continuation of Israel.

Why, if you are correct and Israel has not right to be, have the rest of the Arab countries not forced Israel out, and not just now but 60 odd years ago when they were nothing like as well organised as now.
It would seem to me that as they accepted the British hand in setting up Israel, then you should also, if you disagreed with the 1948 resolution then so be it, but it is and remains, in place.

RE: WHO IS OPPOSING PEACE IN GAZA ??

Read my posts again, where have I ever knocked the Palestinians, where have I ever knocked Islam, where have I ever knocked Christianity.

Where have I said that I think people should die, by any means

Where have I said that Zionism is totally correct in its actions

Where is this unbalanced view, just maybe in your camp Patrick as its you who have cast blame here there and everywhere except at one population, not once have you said that hamas has done wrong

You views have always been totally slanted against one population and never showed the whole picture.

RE: WHO IS OPPOSING PEACE IN GAZA ??

I did Patrick, read it again, I said ANY RELIGION, I do include Zionist within that group.

I have never condoned what the Zionist element have done at times, I have always tried to put forward a balanced view.

But in your eyes even that is wrong, I just can't win can I

RE: How long will the Iraq war last?

Can I, in all politeness, just ask that maybe you can just start a thread rather than a poll, its getting to me now, not just the vast number of meaningless polls but that you don't manage the poll you started earlier, the idea of a thread is to induce a series of comments, as the original poster, you manage the posts, allow the topic to wander around a bit then bring back on line,to encourage people to post and thank or comment on those that have posted.
By posting so many polls there is manifestly no way you can control them all.
Just some helpful advice, you are of course within your rights to take or leave it

RE: WHO IS OPPOSING PEACE IN GAZA ??

Go get a good nights sleep sweetie, you seem over wrought by all the events over the last week or so, I will still be here and we can continue when you feeling better.

Shalom

RE: WHO IS OPPOSING PEACE IN GAZA ??

Don't be so stupid, I have never bullied anyone,least of all you, but, when I find something posted that genuinely and deeply offends me then I will reply back, in any way I feel, that is my right.

You say that Israel invaded the Gaza territory by the most brutal force.
It has been proven that they were retaliating to an attack by rockets sent by hamas, after several warnings that an retaliatory attack would be made unless they stopped. So it was not an invasion, but a twisting of words by you to make Israel look bad.
Had you said that Israel retaliated against the hamas in a brutal way, then I would have had to agree with you.

Had you actually read my previous posts you would have seen quite clearly that I never condoned the type of action.But that I understood why the Israeli forces did what they did in order to protect their own people.

I appreciate that you believe in human rights, well done, but I believe in them also, only in my case those rights apply to both Arab and Jew equally.

Not once in any of my posts have I badmouthed any country or their people, other than a recognised terrorist movement.

If you don't like my posts, why don't you stop posting, it works both ways, we are after all both equal here on CS or are you suggesting you are somehow more senior than myself

RE: What kind of sick bastage......?

But the word sick has taken on a newer meaning in the last 10 years or so, its used in everyday speech to describe someone whose action or thought is well below that standard put in place by moral and social code.
Its not raising ones own standard above others, but rather to show that that individual has low standards.
This is self assuming that most people wish to have some level of moral standard

RE: A Modern Day Fairytale...........in Ireland

Well done Vinny, always the negotiator hey

Huge respect and admiration, Family splits have to be the hardest to rebuild.

RE: WHO IS OPPOSING PEACE IN GAZA ??

They have

Livni: Israel ready to cooperate on Gaza aid `as far as needed`
By Reuters

"The European Union said it hoped more humanitarian aid could get through to Gaza Strip on Thursday after Israel assured EU officials it would fully cooperate on allowing urgent supplies through.

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said after talks with EU officials in Brussels that crossings into Gaza were open for such humanitarian purposes and Israel was ready to cooperate "as far as needed" to ensure vital aid got through."

RE: What kind of sick bastage......?

sorry but I fail to see any humour in that, just a warped sickness

Just goes to show, there are some very very strange people about and sadly also on dating sites

RE: WHO IS OPPOSING PEACE IN GAZA ??

Why would you want to ask such a question, you say that Israel wants to take over Gaza, hardly a great argument then, to infect the land with radioactive material. Sounds to me like your just trying to stir up more anti Semitic fever.

Yet you are happy that Qassam rockets were used by hamas to kill Israelis, a weapon wholly condemned by the Human Rights Watch organization. But you fail to mention such,not a balanced view.

Show your true colours, either you are posting for effect and to promote anti Semitic propaganda, or you are here to show support for a peaceful settlement.

In my own personnel view from reading your posts I would suggest you are anti Semitic, that you have no desire for a peaceful end to this awful conflict and are prepared to go to any lengths of lies and misinformation to try an prove your point.

RE: WHO IS OPPOSING PEACE IN GAZA ??

For a person who lives where you do, I would suggest its dangerous to throw stones when in a glasshouse.

A case of pot calling the kettle back methinks!!

RE: Basic writing skills severely lacking

I hope you don't take offence, but that statement is just crass,there are masses of reasons why someone may not get the education they deserve, the fact that you may have one should have taught you to be a bit more forgiving towards those that didn't have that luxury.
Poor education starts with a poor education system not the students, if Teachers cannot be bothered to teach and correct good spelling and grammar, what chance do the students have, they are not to know at that stage of their life, that the quality of teaching is letting them down.

As for evening courses, some people work every hour they can in order to feed their families, the last thing they can afford to do is learn to spell just because you are offended by their mistakes.

RE: Basic writing skills severely lacking

Having Dyslexia is not stopping people from learning skills, far from it, those that suffer are by far and large better at hands on tasks than those "normal" people.

As in all walks of life there are those that are lazy whether dyslexic or not, but study has shown that with correct teaching, dyslexia can be used beneficially rather than as an (a?)hindrance.
when shown the right path, most will excel if given the opportunity to take advantage of their hidden talent.

RE: Basic writing skills severely lacking

I don't fully agree,when you set yourself up with such high standards you liable to get badly hurt in the falling down.

Anyone can use a spellchecker, so just assuming that those that spell correctly are better educated is a fallacy, Grammar is, I would admit, a bit hard to fudge.
However, if I write to a prospective lady, I would always check the spellig and grammar, not to impress her, but because I take pride in writing, I would not be very impressed if I was judged on my spelling and grammar,rather than the actual contents of my letter.

PS Your post should really have been split into three separate paragraphs.

RE: Basic writing skills severely lacking

You may read words but I read sentence by sentence, I very rarely actually read each individual word unless I am checking something or want to be absolutely certain I have grasped the meaning of that sentence.

The reading of word with first and last letters transposed is something around 85 percent can do, but not all.

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RE: Basic writing skills severely lacking

Both my eldest boys have dyslexia, both went to Grammar School both have done well in life, my youngest son at 15 reads and write like that of an 8 year old, but he does not have dyslexia, just very very poor schooling, now its going to be a really hard struggle for him when he goes to 6th form College as he feels he is academically worthless and has been told so.(his teachers view not mine). I went ballistic at his last parent evening when his tutor said that he (my son) did not have the ability to progress and not to consider entering university.

RE: Basic writing skills severely lacking

Comma before "and" tut tut

RE: Basic writing skills severely lacking

I also had an incredible English teacher at College, he was one of the very first to recognise dyslexia was a trait not laziness, he taught me so well,I would never be able to write coherently without his teachings. My dyslexia is writing not reading, so I can write yoh and see who, and when it was at it's worst even I could not read my work after a week had past. the teasing I and others got was also a factor. Makes those who suffer just withdraw and stay quiet and not take part in lessons.(too many and's )