JBF

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Agreed.

Though that Chelsea 'girl' may look feminine, but her chest is concave. She'd need breast augmentation just to look like an 11-year-old boy.
Yeah, difinetly B81 or Albert's material :agree:


What's with the socks though? Only Manchester and Liverpool seem to get it right. The irony :touched:
 

JBF

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I was going to ask why we're judging pictures, but then I remembered this is the internet.
Plus the fact that there's barely any activity around the forum these days.


Btw Martin, how many languages do you speak? Machine languages don't count :p
 

JBF

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Juve Big Fan, long time no chat.

Why, 5 or 6 roughly. At least those I attempt to speak. Some others I can understand/read.
Been a while since somebody called me that :p


Details bro, what languages do you really get the hang of and what are the others? Just wondering :D
 

Martin

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Been a while since somebody called me that :p
Can you believe that one member thought it would be awesome to call himself Greatest of all time (I mean how conceited do you have to be) and then abbreviate that to GOAT. That was his username for years. Yours wasn't so bad see.

Details bro, what languages do you really get the hang of and what are the others? Just wondering :D
I've studied Italian, French and Dutch in the last 4 years or so. I use them all from time to time. I've explored some others like Spanish, Portuguese, even Catalan. I can read them/listen to them with effort.

Are you into languages?
 

JBF

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Can you believe that one member thought it would be awesome to call himself Greatest of all time (I mean how conceited do you have to be) and then abbreviate that to GOAT. That was his username for years. Yours wasn't so bad see.
I picked it when I was still a kid at the time, only 14 years old :D But I only changed since everyone was used to calling me JBF around here and then others would wonder who JBF was...So yeah.

I've studied Italian, French and Dutch in the last 4 years or so. I use them all from time to time. I've explored some others like Spanish, Portuguese, even Catalan. I can read them/listen to them with effort.

Are you into languages?
Not really. But had the coincidence of studying in a French school for 9 years, so had to pick up that along with Arabic and English ofcourse. And then had the pleasure of studying in a German university where it's a requirement to take 5 courses of German.

So at the end of my 10th grade, I've applied to the French as a 2nd language international exam (DELF) and passed three separate levels A1,A2 and B1. Plus just 2 weeks ago, I've had the same exam but for German language this time and passed the advanced level (B1).

Even if I used to think of myself as a language enthusiast back in my school years, Im clearly nowhere near your level :D
 

Martin

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I picked it when I was still a kid at the time, only 14 years old :D But I only changed since everyone was used to calling me JBF around here and then others would wonder who JBF was...So yeah.


Not really. But had the coincidence of studying in a French school for 9 years, so had to pick up that along with Arabic and English ofcourse. And then had the pleasure of studying in a German university where it's a requirement to take 5 courses of German.

So at the end of my 10th grade, I've applied to the French as a 2nd language international exam (DELF) and passed three separate levels A1,A2 and B1. Plus just 2 weeks ago, I've had the same exam but for German language this time and passed the advanced level (B1).

Even if I used to think of myself as a language enthusiast back in my school years, Im clearly nowhere near your level :D
Well, noone learns languages in school, that's a basic premise. If you're going to learn a language properly you have to want to do it outside of school. B1 is a great start, means you have a good base in the language. But in 9 years of time you could reach C2 (or more) no problem if you were into the language.

I spent about 3.5 years studying languages as the main occupation I did in my free time. That adds up to a lot of hours.
 

JBF

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Well, noone learns languages in school, that's a basic premise. If you're going to learn a language properly you have to want to do it outside of school. B1 is a great start, means you have a good base in the language. But in 9 years of time you could reach C2 (or more) no problem if you were into the language.
Agreed.

That's basically the only reason why Im better at German than French despite spending 9-10 years learning the later and only 4 learning the former. I simply used the language frequently outside the course barrier. Blending in with German students and professers in the process, which really gave me the edge over other students.

I spent about 3.5 years studying languages as the main occupation I did in my free time. That adds up to a lot of hours.
Wow. So you really do that out of 'having fun' or professionally? Or is it a bit of both?

Btw, what do you do for a living Martin? Last I recall you're a coder but I lack the details :D
 

Lapa

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I tend not to drink mid-week, I'm a sprint drinker. Get as much alcohol into me in the space of 8-10 hours as possible, have a massive blackout, spend the next day behind closed doors until it's night time again when I restart the whole process. Once the weekend is through I spend the first half of the following week trying to readjust to reality and then second half just waiting for sweat lady liquor to come back into my life once again
Amateur problems, eh? :p

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So fucking tired and burned out. Have been working 24/7 basically past two weeks. So gotta get hammered all by myself today. Tomorrow I will wake up feeling fresh and well rested and start working again. Sounds like a good plan, doesn't it?
 

Martin

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Agreed.

That's basically the only reason why Im better at German than French despite spending 9-10 years learning the later and only 4 learning the former. I simply used the language frequently outside the course barrier. Blending in with German students and professers in the process, which really gave me the edge over other students.


Wow. So you really do that out of 'having fun' or professionally? Or is it a bit of both?

Btw, what do you do for a living Martin? Last I recall you're a coder but I lack the details :D
For fun, definitely. I was about to say that I would never spend so much time on something just to achieve some professional goal, but that's maybe not true. Thing is language study takes tremendous patience and a language takes longer to learn than most other things. So if you're not doing it because you like it then you won't last long enough.

Software developer. I give code samples on request. :p
 

JBF

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So fucking tired and burned out. Have been working 24/7 basically past two weeks. So gotta get hammered all by myself today. Tomorrow I will wake up feeling fresh and well rested and start working again. Sounds like a good plan, doesn't it?
Wake up fresh and well rested after getting hammered? I get you do heroin? :p

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For fun, definitely. I was about to say that I would never spend so much time on something just to achieve some professional goal, but that's maybe not true. Thing is language study takes tremendous patience and a language takes longer to learn than most other things. So if you're not doing it because you like it then you won't last long enough.

Software developer. I give code samples on request. :p
Wise words :tup:

Remember back in the day when I was struggling with Java and you gave me those couple of tips of how to get around all that crap? :D Those were the days my friend :touched:
 

Martin

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Wise words :tup:

Remember back in the day when I was struggling with Java and you gave me those couple of tips of how to get around all that crap? :D Those were the days my friend :touched:
I absolutely do not remember any of that. But I have helped a handful of people with coding on the forum over the years.

What are you up to now?
 

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Starting to regret my decision not to go to Parkhead tomorrow.

Weegie press have been winding up the tims in preparation for the game all week.

Now threats are being issued and it all promises to be propa nawty.
 

JBF

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I absolutely do not remember any of that. But I have helped a handful of people with coding on the forum over the years.

What are you up to now?
Nothing really, still in school. Finishing my double major in Logistic Science now that Im done with Computer Science. Will be off to Germany by September and there I should pass a semester in a German university then a 6 month internship and I'll be done with school and free to hunt in Deutschland!
 

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