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MyUniBroDavis · Post #181 » by **MyUniBroDavis** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 4:55 am

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bondom34 wrote:Admittedly don't eat cereal much, but vegetarianism and missing Lucky Charms is sad. Don't really miss meat ever, but those marshmallows...

At least you have asparagus

Post #182 » by **bondom34** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 4:57 am

MyUniBroDavis wrote:[vine][/vine]
bondom34 wrote:Admittedly don't eat cereal much, but vegetarianism and missing Lucky Charms is sad. Don't really miss meat ever, but those marshmallows...

At least you have asparagus

Oh I have junk food, just not that sadly.

Am super excited Dunkaroos are coming back

!

MyUniBroDavis · Post #183 » by **MyUniBroDavis** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 5:02 am

bondom34 wrote:
MyUniBroDavis wrote:[vine][/vine]
bondom34 wrote:Admittedly don't eat cereal much, but vegetarianism and missing Lucky Charms is sad. Don't really miss meat ever, but those marshmallows...

At least you have asparagus

Oh I have junk food, just not that sadly.

Am super excited Dunkaroos are coming back !

Lmao im not even being sarcastic asparagus is gas

Since I started cooking everyday I had asparagus everyday for the past 2 weeks

Post #184 » by **bondom34** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 5:05 am

MyUniBroDavis wrote:
bondom34 wrote:
MyUniBroDavis wrote:[vine][/vine]

At least you have asparagus

Oh I have junk food, just not that sadly.

Am super excited Dunkaroos are coming back !

Lmao im not even being sarcastic asparagus is gas

Since I started cooking everyday I had asparagus everyday for the past 2 weeks

Oh it is! Just watch the bathroom after...

Almost in season too, my parents have it in their garden, great in any pasta too.

MyUniBroDavis · Post #185 » by **MyUniBroDavis** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 5:24 am

bondom34 wrote:
MyUniBroDavis wrote:
bondom34 wrote:Oh I have junk food, just not that sadly.

Am super excited Dunkaroos are coming back !

Lmao im not even being sarcastic asparagus is gas

Since I started cooking everyday I had asparagus everyday for the past 2 weeks

Oh it is! Just watch the bathroom after...

Almost in season too, my parents have it in their garden, great in any pasta too.

Smart and final asparagus does enough for me lmao

ardee · Post #186 » by **ardee** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 9:15 am

Bad Gatorade wrote:
Colbinii wrote:
Bad Gatorade wrote:
That's just in cereal terms though.

There's way more food that I miss out on/have to pay a premium in order to get a worse tasting version of

You already pay a premium for everything as you live in the land down under.

Yup.

Housing being the worst of them all... particularly in Sydney. Not exactly sure if there's a truly fair means of rating housing between locations, but even housing that's quite far from the CBD is rather expensive. My house was a 4 bedroom house a good 50-60 minutes from the CBD, and it cost around $600,000 USD back in 2016. Sydney is second to Hong Kong in terms of median dwelling price : household income ratio IIRC.

Oh, and for the cigarette smokers out there, cigarettes are crazily expensive here too. Comparative point - a typical 20 pack of cigarettes is $20.15 US in Australia, and $7.50 over in the US. In some of the poorer countries out there, it's $1-2 lol. If that's not a disincentive to smoke over here, I don't know what is.

(Very glad to not be one of them... I have relatives that spend $200-250 USD a week on cigarettes! )

Lesson is - if you want to quit smoking, move to Australia and endeavour to buy a house

$250 is what... 12 packs a week? 240/7 = 33 cigarettes a day?! Wtf?!

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Bad Gatorade · Post #187 » by **Bad Gatorade** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:42 am

ardee wrote:
Bad Gatorade wrote:
Colbinii wrote:
You already pay a premium for everything as you live in the land down under.

Yup.

Housing being the worst of them all... particularly in Sydney. Not exactly sure if there's a truly fair means of rating housing between locations, but even housing that's quite far from the CBD is rather expensive. My house was a 4 bedroom house a good 50-60 minutes from the CBD, and it cost around $600,000 USD back in 2016. Sydney is second to Hong Kong in terms of median dwelling price : household income ratio IIRC.

Oh, and for the cigarette smokers out there, cigarettes are crazily expensive here too. Comparative point - a typical 20 pack of cigarettes is $20.15 US in Australia, and $7.50 over in the US. In some of the poorer countries out there, it's $1-2 lol. If that's not a disincentive to smoke over here, I don't know what is.

(Very glad to not be one of them... I have relatives that spend $200-250 USD a week on cigarettes! )

Lesson is - if you want to quit smoking, move to Australia and endeavour to buy a house
$250 is what... 12 packs a week? 240/7 = 33 cigarettes a day?! Wtf?!

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Yep, lol. No idea how they find the time :-?

MyUniBroDavis · Post #188 » by **MyUniBroDavis** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 1:12 pm

Made a bet I could dunk in 8 weeks

Currently still not cleared to play because of an ACL tear (about 6 weeks should be cleared ish). I could dunk a volleyball at one point idk now though

Anybody have any tips? Im just gonna do pylos and stuff and hopefully thatll work lol. It kinda counts for rehab too

Jaivl · Post #189 » by **Jaivl** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 2:56 pm

MyUniBroDavis wrote:Anybody have any tips?

Sure, stop making stupid bets you cannot win.

MyUniBroDavis · Post #190 » by **MyUniBroDavis** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 4:12 pm

Jaivl wrote:
MyUniBroDavis wrote:Anybody have any tips?

Sure, stop making stupid bets you cannot win.

Tbf pretty sure im gonna win the cooking one if it happens at this point lol

Dr Spaceman · Post #191 » by **Dr Spaceman** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 4:33 pm

Jaivl wrote:
MyUniBroDavis wrote:Anybody have any tips?

Sure, stop making stupid bets you cannot win.

I miss being 18 and thinking anything was possible like you could learn to dunk in 2 weeks fresh off recovery from surgery lol

Post #192 » by **Clyde Frazier** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:13 pm

MyUniBroDavis wrote:
Made a bet I could dunk in 8 weeks

Currently still not cleared to play because of an ACL tear (about 6 weeks should be cleared ish). I could dunk a volleyball at one point idk now though

Anybody have any tips? Im just gonna do pylos and stuff and hopefully thatll work lol. It kinda counts for rehab too

Can't remember the exact timeframe, but my friend who's 5'11" trained for a few months and was able to do it. He was in his early 20s at the time. Wasn't coming off surgery tho lol...

And maybe not the smartest idea to try *because* you're coming off surgery? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Post #193 » by **Goudelock** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:38 pm

Jaivl wrote:
MyUniBroDavis wrote:Anybody have any tips?

Sure, stop making stupid bets you cannot win.

Hard agree with this one.

Zeitgeister · Post #194 » by **Zeitgeister** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:40 pm

MyUniBroDavis wrote:
Made a bet I could dunk in 8 weeks

Currently still not cleared to play because of an ACL tear (about 6 weeks should be cleared ish). I could dunk a volleyball at one point idk now though

Anybody have any tips? Im just gonna do pylos and stuff and hopefully thatll work lol. It kinda counts for rehab too

Buy a pair of these bad boys.

Post #195 » by **Goudelock** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 10:44 pm

Dr Spaceman wrote:...

I'm learning Spanish (for real this time, not for some class), and I was wondering if you had any tips for learning it as a non-native speaker. I'm doing the Duolingo thing and attempting to speak with my friends. if you don't mind helping a pal out, is there anything else I can do to improve my Spanish?

Dr Spaceman · Post #196 » by **Dr Spaceman** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:06 pm

PockyCandy wrote:
Dr Spaceman wrote:...

I'm learning Spanish (for real this time, not for some class), and I was wondering if you had any tips for learning it as a non-native speaker. I'm doing the Duolingo thing and attempting to speak with my friends. if you don't mind helping a pal out, is there anything else I can do to improve my Spanish?

Sure, but it depends what level you’re at. What level of class have you completed and how much of an average conversation can you understand and/or contribute to?

Jaivl · Post #197 » by **Jaivl** » Tue Feb 18, 2020 11:30 pm

PockyCandy wrote:
Dr Spaceman wrote:...

I'm learning Spanish (for real this time, not for some class), and I was wondering if you had any tips for learning it as a non-native speaker. I'm doing the Duolingo thing and attempting to speak with my friends. if you don't mind helping a pal out, is there anything else I can do to improve my Spanish?

First lesson - "on fire" is translated as "en llamas" or "ardiendo", not "en fuego"
Second lesson - "to be" means "ser", except when it means "estar"

"Soy en fuego" X
"Estoy en llamas" ✓

The end

Post #198 » by **Goudelock** » Wed Feb 19, 2020 1:59 am

Dr Spaceman wrote:
PockyCandy wrote:
Dr Spaceman wrote:...

I'm learning Spanish (for real this time, not for some class), and I was wondering if you had any tips for learning it as a non-native speaker. I'm doing the Duolingo thing and attempting to speak with my friends. if you don't mind helping a pal out, is there anything else I can do to improve my Spanish?

Sure, but it depends what level you’re at. What level of class have you completed and how much of an average conversation can you understand and/or contribute to?

I've completed what is essentially a 2000 level (sophomore of college) level spanish, but don't actually remember much of the vocabulary. I still remember basic conjugation rules and how spanish grammar works though, if that make sense.

MyUniBroDavis · Post #199 » by **MyUniBroDavis** » Wed Feb 19, 2020 6:41 am

Dr Spaceman wrote:
Jaivl wrote:
MyUniBroDavis wrote:Anybody have any tips?

Sure, stop making stupid bets you cannot win.

I miss being 18 and thinking anything was possible like you could learn to dunk in 2 weeks fresh off recovery from surgery lol

Oh the surgury was awhile back ive just been really bad at rehabbing it properly lol

HeartBreakKid · Post #200 » by **HeartBreakKid** » Wed Feb 19, 2020 8:08 pm

PockyCandy wrote:
Dr Spaceman wrote:
PockyCandy wrote:
I'm learning Spanish (for real this time, not for some class), and I was wondering if you had any tips for learning it as a non-native speaker. I'm doing the Duolingo thing and attempting to speak with my friends. if you don't mind helping a pal out, is there anything else I can do to improve my Spanish?

Sure, but it depends what level you’re at. What level of class have you completed and how much of an average conversation can you understand and/or contribute to?

I've completed what is essentially a 2000 level (sophomore of college) level spanish, but don't actually remember much of the vocabulary. I still remember basic conjugation rules and how spanish grammar works though, if that make sense.

What parts do you want to improve at the moment?

Most important thing is putting in amount of time to study Spanish every day. 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes per day etc.