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Post by nauticusvergil on Apr 26, 2006 16:26:22 GMT -5
lol ^_^
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Post by RandallBoggs on Apr 26, 2006 16:30:49 GMT -5
^_^
It's about this police group who uses giant robots to work and further their protection of the city of Tokyo. It centers around the death of a scientist who uses science to bring about the fall of mankind through the labors.
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Post by Beboots on Apr 26, 2006 16:31:24 GMT -5
Yes they do ^_^ The original Kanji alphabet is IMMENSE, they only know about 6,000 of the roughly 10,000 there is. Japanese is an awesome language Oooh! Are you learning it as well? I'm taking night courses twice a week. :) We're not really supposed to learn Katakana until next year, but we begged our sensei to teach it this year... So I know how to read all hirgana characters and most katakana now... Plus I can recognize a few kanji (not much), but at least can sound 'em out if there's Furigana... However, reading and understanding what I'm readig are completely different things. ;) ...Are you saying there's 6,000 kanji characters out there? *whimpers* I have lots to learn...
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Post by nauticusvergil on Apr 26, 2006 16:33:17 GMT -5
More like 10,000, but don't worry, the Japanese only know about 6,000 themselves, the rest have been lost to history as they say, and yes, in the post where you asked me about taking French, I mentioned I'm taking Japanese as well.
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Post by Beboots on Apr 26, 2006 16:37:10 GMT -5
^_^ It's about this police group who uses giant robots to work and further their protection of the city of Tokyo. It centers around the death of a scientist who uses science to bring about the fall of mankind through the labors. Oh! I think that something like that was parodied in the webcomic "Megatokyo" (which is awesome, BTW). *is still giggling over racoon pouches*
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Post by RandallBoggs on Apr 26, 2006 16:38:02 GMT -5
I know ^_^ There's a sequel too.
It really is good the way they set up the plot.
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Post by Beboots on Apr 26, 2006 16:38:04 GMT -5
More like 10,000, but don't worry, the Japanese only know about 6,000 themselves, the rest have been lost to history as they say, and yes, in the post where you asked me about taking French, I mentioned I'm taking Japanese as well. Gah! I'm so unobservant. -_-; Sorry. Are you rather advanced? (you at least know way more than me )
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Post by nauticusvergil on Apr 26, 2006 16:42:39 GMT -5
Eheh, well, I know the Hiragan and Katakana and am working on Kanji, have to go now though, just noticed the time, have another appointment to keep. See ya around!
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Post by Beboots on Apr 26, 2006 16:48:05 GMT -5
Eheh, well, I know the Hiragan and Katakana and am working on Kanji, have to go now though, just noticed the time, have another appointment to keep. See ya around! Ah, le sigh... You know, my actual japanese vocabularly consists of a few numbers, colours, family member names, introductory information and lots and lots of crude words. My teacher loves pointed out stuff to us when we're doing flashcards. Same: "Gi is normally used to mean "hemmeroid" and "Oh! If you arange these two syllables together it means [insert common word for female genetalia]". Did you know that during the course of our first class, we learnt how to tell a hit man who to kill in japanese? >;)
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Post by nauticusvergil on Apr 26, 2006 18:19:25 GMT -5
yes that's right, heh. Keep working on it, it's a lot to know, but you'll get better as you go. I only wish I could say the same for my French, I used to be fluent, but I've forgotten so much of it.
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Post by Beboots on Apr 28, 2006 23:10:35 GMT -5
Awww... Well, to become fluent again, all you have to do is move to Québec for a few months. Many places will not serve you in English, so to survive, you'd have to relearn French. By the way - it's not as if they can't understand you, it's just that they don't want to serve anglophones (hurrah for Québec seperatism... XP)
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Post by lizardgirl on Apr 29, 2006 9:41:36 GMT -5
I understand why they do that- if they can speak other languages, I guess we should be able to speak theirs.
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Post by nauticusvergil on Apr 29, 2006 16:00:32 GMT -5
Heh, hmm, might be a good idea, I've been to Quebec once before, a long time ago, I still remember most if though. It was pretty cool.
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Post by pitbulllady on Apr 29, 2006 19:16:50 GMT -5
Found four more snakes this weekend, including a badly injured Kingsnake who has apparently had a run-in with one of those snake-hating idiots that are so numerous everywhere. His injuries are consistent with what I've seen inflicted by a weed-eater. They are definately NOT animal-caused injuries, made by teeth, claws or a beak, but a series of about a dozen deep parallel gashes running cross-ways down the length of his back. I didn't know what kind of injury he had when I found him, since most of his back was just one festering mass of scab and built-up shed skin that was unable to come off by itself. Once I got him home and soaked in a mild soap-and-water solution, and was able to slowly peel away that mess, I could see the gashes. Fortunately, they had already begun to heal, and with the application of antibiotic ointment, and removal of all that necrotic tissue, he should make a full recovery. He never once attempted to bite me during this entire process, though I was not restraining his head at all, and I know it was hurting him because he was drooling(snakes drool when under severe stress or pain), but if I had not removed that dead tissue, he never would have been able to shed all that off, and infection would have set in. The other three include two Water Snakes, a Florida Banded and a Midlands, which both came from an outdoor nursery(the kind that sells trees, not the ones that keep kids)near a swamp. The owner called be because she thought that they were a Cottonmouth and a Copperhead, respectively, but hey, at least she didn't kill them! I also had to get a HUGE Black Ratsnake out of a hedgerow in a neighbor's yard, and this was a major effort requiring several people, a cane poll and a ladder. The old guy absolutely did not want it left there, though, since he was terrified it would come in his house. I wound up having to fight my way through dense masses of wild rose bushes and other thorny vines to get the snake, and I still feel like I've got some sharp pointy things imbedded in my skin! Hours afterwards, every time I'd sit down or lean back, I'd find a new set of thorns I hadn't found before, and would have to get them out; I even had some in my scalp! The snake made one fake strike, and that was it, but he was mad because a flock of Bluejays had been harassing him, too. He's perfectly happy to be handled otherwise. He's in deep shed, and does not look his best, so once he sheds and is all shiny again I'll post some pics of him. He has got to be close to seven feet long, one of the biggest Ratsnakes I've ever seen!
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Post by Veg on Apr 29, 2006 22:48:21 GMT -5
Hey that's cool pitbulllady, about getting the snakes. I often wonder what kind of idiot would hate snakes. Unfortunately, I have a grandmother who is terrified of snakes and my family don't even like them. I once kept a garter snake in my room, until my mother demanded to get him/her out of the house. Anyway, I hope the Kingsnake is doing a lot better.
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