@dumdristig Ow my, pff didn't think my comment would stir so much text up... I don't mind though i love reading and "talking" to you. I always like it when I see messages in my inbox here. It's also very good for my English ;)
We have PE (which we call gym lessons) as well of course. We get quite a variaty of sports and games. But it stops being a part of the curriculum at the age of 16 or younger even. Unless you are studying to become a PE teacher or go to a special school. I guess the ticket sales is quite smart, if it helps with the funding of education. And if it helps people to get scholarships etc. it must be mostly a good thing. but you didn't sound so convinced yourself... I guess I don't know more about it than the info I get from teenage films.
Broomball still seems a little weird to me. I watched a video because it didn't makes sense to me. Why won't the players wear skates? And why mash-up two games... But than again I should actually play it before I pass any judgement. Morphing two games together is usually quite fun.
I can imagine. I had to read the part about the "100 mph" a view times, because I always use the metric system with kph. It seemed so slow that I knew I was reading something wrong
I think that driving with others at the same time with those speeds, is what I wouldn't like so much. Of course you'll have to because of time etc. I have crashed two cars before, and the thought of that holds me back a bit. I like driving fast on my own, I'm not scared to crash into something. But having a change of crashing into someone is a bit scary to me.
I think it is a survival skill. Trying to predict someone or something does help a lot in certain situations. And we just automatically do it even if it isn't really necessary. But it is fun as well. I love to guess peoples backgrounds or make stories about them in my head whenever i have to wait in public. People watching is fun.
I indeed thought you had been to Iceland. The way you mentioned it in your previous comment.
Well, foreigners are the ones that use drugs the most here in the Netherlands. And even though the rules have become harsher and not in their favor, they are mostly responsible for the illegal drug flow here. Our drug criminals are mostly supplying foreigners... I guess it's less interesting for most Dutch people because it is sort of legal. People lose interest in things that aren't hard to come by, not as exciting anymore I guess. I never really used drugs, not first hand. But I have witnessed some legal and illegal buys. The difference is very interesting.
Ah yeah but I would be quite surprised if you were to mix them up. Other people do though. People that do not know German or Dutch that well. It's just irritating when people try to do a Dutch accent in English and it comes out like a German accent. I think the best Dutch accents I've heard are the ones that sound like Sean Connery...
I should get a Finnish friend to try that out with ;)
I'm a fanatic watcher of films. I love it. I keep whole lists and am so very proud of myself for remembering so much of what I have seen. i should actually use those storage parts for useful things because I always miss-place my keys and phone :P
Wauw you traveled so incredibly much. I really need to get out more...
I usually like to do the opposite; watch the film before reading the book. That way the film can almost never be disappointing to me. The other way around is okay as well, but the visualization of the characters in my head never matches the characters in the film. That may also be because I don't always keep with the descriptions as they are written in the books. I like dialogue as well, it is indeed important. But I often find scenes without dialogue more interesting. I've recently watched one of my favorite films again. It has very little dialogue, and most of the time there is only one actor on screen. The film is called "Wrecked" and features Adrien Brody, one of my favorite actors. This film really takes me into the story. I always imagine myself in the characters' position, and try to figure out ways to escape etc. even though I've seen it many times. Have you seen the film "Locke"? The whole film is set in a car driven by one actor (Tom Hardy). Dialogue is the important item in this film, but the short silent parts also do so much for the film. I loved the film, but I can imagine a lot of people won't like it. It is beautifully shot and the plot is very interesting, and gets more complicated through phone calls. I could write at least ten more lines about it, but i won't.
I think fiction intertwined with historical facts are better in books. There is just more space to explain and work around difficult plot lines. My ancestors are of Spanish royalty and I used to love reading historical novels about them. They were set around historical facts and filled in with fiction. I used to look up a huge amount of information during reading, so I was able to follow the story even better. The Middle ages and the 1950's are my favorite time periods in books.
Don't watch Noah then, really not worth it. There isn't much source material indeed, but enough to not make unnecessary idiotic characters and plots. The story itself is already filled with hard to explain material, why make it more difficult.
I love kids, I'm the second of eight so I have experience in all the different ages. It mush be much harder to live with kids without much experience. I just don't know any better. Eight kids sounds like a lot, but it isn't so bad. It happened quite often that we have to count heads again because we feel like missing one :P
When I was living abroad I didn't really miss my family. But I think I will miss them much more when I move out in a few weeks.
Right, playing with dice is indeed easier in that case. But I tried to play monopoly with myself this morning and I just quit, because I found myself favoring the shoe to much. But I'll try to work out a game against the bank, could be interesting.
Ah you watch The Big Bang Theory too. I like the series, but I find it is more about the relationships these last seasons. I liked it better in the beginning, when it was more about their work and nerdy-ness. Although I really wish Sheldon and Amy back together :P
I'm watching too much YouTube sometimes I think, although I know a few people that would consider it way to less.
Okay, right. I don't know we use class terms so much here. We do use the term for middle class quite often. And I think the lower class are the people that do not work or have very low paid jobs because their handicapped or are low educated. But we don't really call them low class. And we don't like the term "high class" because we feel everyone could grow into that, so it sounds too much like an elite club. The middle class however is always a big topic, because they are the working folk with all the families. They keep the economy up and running, taking care of the poor and sick but also keeping the rich, rich. So nobody likes to be in the middle class, but most are in it.
Very interesting those blue and white collar terms. I have heard the white one dropped here and there before.
So you're not a bank teller anymore? What do you do for a living if I may ask? I can't really guess anything when reading about where you have been and the amount of knowledge you have about certain things makes it hard. But I can't help to be very curious...
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@dumdristig Ow my, pff didn't think my comment would stir so much text up... I don't mind though i love reading and "talking" to you. I always like it when I see messages in my inbox here. It's also very good for my English ;)
We have PE (which we call gym lessons) as well of course. We get quite a variaty of sports and games. But it stops being a part of the curriculum at the age of 16 or younger even. Unless you are studying to become a PE teacher or go to a special school. I guess the ticket sales is quite smart, if it helps with the funding of education. And if it helps people to get scholarships etc. it must be mostly a good thing. but you didn't sound so convinced yourself... I guess I don't know more about it than the info I get from teenage films.
Broomball still seems a little weird to me. I watched a video because it didn't makes sense to me. Why won't the players wear skates? And why mash-up two games... But than again I should actually play it before I pass any judgement. Morphing two games together is usually quite fun.
I can imagine. I had to read the part about the "100 mph" a view times, because I always use the metric system with kph. It seemed so slow that I knew I was reading something wrong
I think that driving with others at the same time with those speeds, is what I wouldn't like so much. Of course you'll have to because of time etc. I have crashed two cars before, and the thought of that holds me back a bit. I like driving fast on my own, I'm not scared to crash into something. But having a change of crashing into someone is a bit scary to me.
I think it is a survival skill. Trying to predict someone or something does help a lot in certain situations. And we just automatically do it even if it isn't really necessary. But it is fun as well. I love to guess peoples backgrounds or make stories about them in my head whenever i have to wait in public. People watching is fun.
I indeed thought you had been to Iceland. The way you mentioned it in your previous comment.
Well, foreigners are the ones that use drugs the most here in the Netherlands. And even though the rules have become harsher and not in their favor, they are mostly responsible for the illegal drug flow here. Our drug criminals are mostly supplying foreigners... I guess it's less interesting for most Dutch people because it is sort of legal. People lose interest in things that aren't hard to come by, not as exciting anymore I guess. I never really used drugs, not first hand. But I have witnessed some legal and illegal buys. The difference is very interesting.
Ah yeah but I would be quite surprised if you were to mix them up. Other people do though. People that do not know German or Dutch that well. It's just irritating when people try to do a Dutch accent in English and it comes out like a German accent. I think the best Dutch accents I've heard are the ones that sound like Sean Connery...
I should get a Finnish friend to try that out with ;)
I'm a fanatic watcher of films. I love it. I keep whole lists and am so very proud of myself for remembering so much of what I have seen. i should actually use those storage parts for useful things because I always miss-place my keys and phone :P
Wauw you traveled so incredibly much. I really need to get out more...
I usually like to do the opposite; watch the film before reading the book. That way the film can almost never be disappointing to me. The other way around is okay as well, but the visualization of the characters in my head never matches the characters in the film. That may also be because I don't always keep with the descriptions as they are written in the books. I like dialogue as well, it is indeed important. But I often find scenes without dialogue more interesting. I've recently watched one of my favorite films again. It has very little dialogue, and most of the time there is only one actor on screen. The film is called "Wrecked" and features Adrien Brody, one of my favorite actors. This film really takes me into the story. I always imagine myself in the characters' position, and try to figure out ways to escape etc. even though I've seen it many times. Have you seen the film "Locke"? The whole film is set in a car driven by one actor (Tom Hardy). Dialogue is the important item in this film, but the short silent parts also do so much for the film. I loved the film, but I can imagine a lot of people won't like it. It is beautifully shot and the plot is very interesting, and gets more complicated through phone calls. I could write at least ten more lines about it, but i won't.
I think fiction intertwined with historical facts are better in books. There is just more space to explain and work around difficult plot lines. My ancestors are of Spanish royalty and I used to love reading historical novels about them. They were set around historical facts and filled in with fiction. I used to look up a huge amount of information during reading, so I was able to follow the story even better. The Middle ages and the 1950's are my favorite time periods in books.
Don't watch Noah then, really not worth it. There isn't much source material indeed, but enough to not make unnecessary idiotic characters and plots. The story itself is already filled with hard to explain material, why make it more difficult.
I love kids, I'm the second of eight so I have experience in all the different ages. It mush be much harder to live with kids without much experience. I just don't know any better. Eight kids sounds like a lot, but it isn't so bad. It happened quite often that we have to count heads again because we feel like missing one :P
When I was living abroad I didn't really miss my family. But I think I will miss them much more when I move out in a few weeks.
Right, playing with dice is indeed easier in that case. But I tried to play monopoly with myself this morning and I just quit, because I found myself favoring the shoe to much. But I'll try to work out a game against the bank, could be interesting.
Ah you watch The Big Bang Theory too. I like the series, but I find it is more about the relationships these last seasons. I liked it better in the beginning, when it was more about their work and nerdy-ness. Although I really wish Sheldon and Amy back together :P
I'm watching too much YouTube sometimes I think, although I know a few people that would consider it way to less.
Okay, right. I don't know we use class terms so much here. We do use the term for middle class quite often. And I think the lower class are the people that do not work or have very low paid jobs because their handicapped or are low educated. But we don't really call them low class. And we don't like the term "high class" because we feel everyone could grow into that, so it sounds too much like an elite club. The middle class however is always a big topic, because they are the working folk with all the families. They keep the economy up and running, taking care of the poor and sick but also keeping the rich, rich. So nobody likes to be in the middle class, but most are in it.
Very interesting those blue and white collar terms. I have heard the white one dropped here and there before.
So you're not a bank teller anymore? What do you do for a living if I may ask? I can't really guess anything when reading about where you have been and the amount of knowledge you have about certain things makes it hard. But I can't help to be very curious...