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SeaHorseRacing
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OMG! Brave! That must be horrifying.
kerberus
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Christmas is coming - if anybody wants to buy a present for overgrown kids?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37553234
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On Tuesday, 4-year-old Bella Devyatkina from Moscow showed off her linguistic abilities. She speaks seven languages.

http://nypost.com/2016/10/19/this-4-yea ... languages/
Galilee66
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Gutuami,

what an astounding performance - she appears to have the same sort of "child prodigy" gifts with languages that Mozart had with music!! I have been studying Russian for about 3 years and I struggle - especially with ensuring that I get the case, the gender, the plural or singular and about 3,000 exceptions correct in the one sentence. Just to add to the confusion, Russian has a different grammar construction if you are going to somewhere or coming from somewhere - and whether you are going on foot or in a vehicle!!

I might be drawing a long bow here but does her name translate as "beautigul young girl"?

Anyway, it is inspiring to see such talent - although she does appear to be a little hyperactive.

cheers
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Galilee66
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Sorry that should be "beautiful" not "beautigul"

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kerberus
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There's an EDIT button
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I'd like a button like that for my life problems :) (and so would Donald Trump) :roll:
You can edit your own posts - means never having to say sorry - if you are fast enough :lol:
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kerberus wrote: You can edit your own posts - means never having to say sorry - if you are fast enough :lol:
A mate thought he'd found the solution to sending a text message to the wrong person when he was told you can quickly switch your phone to Aeroplane Mode and delete the text before it goes. (Testing on this only reveals you'd have to be extraordinarily fast or in a poor phone coverage area). Now with one less girlfriend he is still looking for a solution. The obvious solution, monogamy, wasn't given much consideration.
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Galilee66 wrote:Gutuami,

what an astounding performance - she appears to have the same sort of "child prodigy" gifts with languages that Mozart had with music!! I have been studying Russian for about 3 years and I struggle - especially with ensuring that I get the case, the gender, the plural or singular and about 3,000 exceptions correct in the one sentence. Just to add to the confusion, Russian has a different grammar construction if you are going to somewhere or coming from somewhere - and whether you are going on foot or in a vehicle!!

I might be drawing a long bow here but does her name translate as "beautigul young girl"?

Anyway, it is inspiring to see such talent - although she does appear to be a little hyperactive.

cheers
G66
her name Bella is italian for nice or beautiful, and Devyatkinа has as root word Devyati which means nine.
russian is not so hard for europeans. Chinese and Arabian these are pretty hard. I had a girlfriend who was fluent in 4 languages. She said the hardest think was to separate the words. Like begin a sentence in a language and finish it in another.
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Free Horseracing at Ascot Friday 18 November
Free tickets to the Grandstand (Queen Anne Enclosure) at Ascot on Friday 18th November. There is a £1 booking fee, so I guess some people will say it is not free.
From http://www.hotukdeals.com/all/freebies/hot

And I just checked. :-
"With the festive season well on its way, enjoy a spot of Christmas shopping at the Country Living Christmas Shopping Fair in the Grandstand in between races.

https://www.ascot.co.uk/horse-races-and ... end/friday
A day out or all the famully
:) :) :)
kerberus
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Peter's latest video reminded me of something.Could not work it out at first.... and then I recognised him!
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Watch the video at :-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzP2tUpN1aA

Peter Webb, Bet Angel - How to win a random game of chance
Now you can see why people keep saying to me "No sh*t Sherlock"
Morning all !
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Beware!!!!

The BHA's latest racecourse improvements - cut back the number of fences!
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The final one on this list will blow your mind!

https://youtu.be/QgNDao7m41M
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SeaHorseRacing
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Wow! So interesting, Great way to explain it with the animation.
kerberus
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VPN - the BBC explains :-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38068078
Don't think the guvvingment will be too happy - given the context.

:)
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