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French? (Given that you live in Canada)

I guess in my case practice and the hands on experience were much more useful than theoretical learning.

I struggled with foreign languages in school, despite the fact that I worked hard and my school and parents poured a lot in me. After I emmigrated however my verbal skills improved significantly after just one year, probably because I had to speak in english most of the time.

As to the written part:
I got by at work because I copied some templates with standard professional phrasing for the line of work that I was in. But I never got to practice my "layterm" writing skills, because I never posted on english social media or so on.
Things changed however after I joined the forum almost two years ago, because I've been posting regularly and reading regulatly what others wrote. So I guess I learned through omosis.

So in a nutshell, I think in my case being 'forced' to practice (conversing either orally or in written english with other english speakers) made a huge difference.
-- Because I tried several times over the years to improve my written english by studying books on gramnar and syntax, but I either didn't have the motivation to carry that through or those theoretical concepts didn't stick without a chance to apply them.


Balderdash!

Best to just stay in character, avoid these awkward, implausible explanations. :rolleyes:


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You know the way cats will sometimes hang around your car?

Well, the black cat belonging to the woman across the street went squish under my wheel last nite.

good thing today's garbage day.
 
Good day for a motorcycle ride!

Typically, february is the one month of the year i can't get a ride in....the pavement us usually clear between xmas and new years, which covers dec and jan...and by late march its usually warm enough to ride.... but clear asphalt and double digit temps in february? Inconceivable!

Thanks, fake global warming!
 
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Sometime before March 15 is when the current stock market crazy rally will end.

“March 15, 2017 — That’s the day the debt-ceiling holiday that Obama and Boehner put together ... expires. We’ll be in the mother of all debt-ceiling crises. Everything will grind to a halt."
 
My birthday is tomorrow and I will be old!

As a kid, I thought my parents were old in their 20's.

In my 20's, I thought 40's was old.

In my 40's, I consider 50's to be middle aged.

It's a sliding scale. At some point, you go from thinking you're old to being certain of it. This usually occurs when you try to do something you used to do without thinking about it and hurt yourself.

Happy upcoming Day of Birth to you. :rose:
 
I've been looking all winter for an affordable older black electra glide to do a mild custom street glide conversion.... probably an evo motor carb bike.

My road king is mint and pretty much original except for some personal tweaks like heritage bars, shark fins and a lowering kit, so i dont want to monkey with it; it's too sweet as it is.

I'd given up and was wandering around online looking at all kinds of older stuff.

Then yesterday a guy i barely know tells me out of the blue he's decided to sell his 2000 ultra, which he bought new in 2000, for $5,000.

Bam, like something out of The Secret, the perfect bike lands in my lap. Twin cam injected, with 95" big bore kit and hydraulic oil pump upgrade, too. Black. Sweet. Always maintained by the best hd mechanic in town.

Cool guy. Retired Marine, moved to Canada for a woman twenty years ago. She died last year, so he's selling the bike he bought to ride all over north america with her.

Yay me!
 
I've been looking all winter for an affordable older black electra glide to do a mild custom street glide conversion.... probably an evo motor carb bike.

My road king is mint and pretty much original except for some personal tweaks like heritage bars, shark fins and a lowering kit, so i dont want to monkey with it; it's too sweet as it is.

I'd given up and was wandering around online looking at all kinds of older stuff.

Then yesterday a guy i barely know tells me out of the blue he's decided to sell his 2000 ultra, which he bought new in 2000, for $5,000.

Bam, like something out of The Secret, the perfect bike lands in my lap. Twin cam injected, with 95" big bore kit and hydraulic oil pump upgrade, too. Black. Sweet. Always maintained by the best hd mechanic in town.

Cool guy. Retired Marine, moved to Canada for a woman twenty years ago. She died last year, so he's selling the bike he bought to ride all over north america with her.

Yay me!

Harleys do go with the older wannabe cool set.
 
Harleys are like BMW's...people who don't own one hate on those who do.

According to my father, when they cant ride a real bike anymore, they give up and ride harleys, of course this was before competition in the market.

If it works for you, wonderful.
 
Harleys do go with the older wannabe cool set.

Yup...They just SCREAM "I spent WAY more on my ride than you did" :devil:

I'm cheap. A V-Strom 1000 or a gently used Duc 999 will do ME just fine. For a lazy, ancient owner like me, it'll likely be the former. :D
 
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