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Vladimir · 12-01-2008, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brokenhands

It's just like playing a sport. Once you learn the rules, make the team, and take the performance enhancing drugs, success comes easily.

And a jail sentence...
There are so many languages I want to learn, I wonder if I'll be able to learn them before dying...(which I hope I won't do soon...)

Brelanda · 13-01-2008, 06:52 PM

I used to work for the circus and learned a little Polish, Russian and Spanish.
There was two jokes that we all told at the BIG SHOW when people asked about language problems.

1st.
Every body here speaks at least two languages,
English and Broken English.

2nd.
If you speak three languages, you are tri-lingual.
If you speak two languages, you are bi-lingual.
And if you speak one language your an American.

Chadwick · 14-01-2008, 12:05 AM

Hahaha

My dad told me that joke a while back and I thought it was the funniest true joke I'd ever heard.

And... What's it like to be in a circus? >.>

Brelanda · 14-01-2008, 05:58 PM

The circus is not a job, it's a life style.
A new town every week, sometimes twice a week.
Getting to know people from the far reaches of the planet and getting paid to do it.
Learning what you can do, what you can't do, and what can be done with help.
Seeing and doing what only a small fraction of a percent of the people of the planet have seen and done, and knowing how special that knowledge and experience is.
Maybe some day I will write a book about it.

Vladimir · 14-01-2008, 08:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brelanda

The circus is not a job, it's a life style.
A new town every week, sometimes twice a week.
Getting to know people from the far reaches of the planet and getting paid to do it.
Learning what you can do, what you can't do, and what can be done with help.
Seeing and doing what only a small fraction of a percent of the people of the planet have seen and done, and knowing how special that knowledge and experience is.
Maybe some day I will write a book about it.

Wow...sounds deep!
What languages did you speak at the circus itself?

Brelanda · 15-01-2008, 04:12 PM

English is the only language that I am fluent in, the rest was just to be polite to the performers and the other workers that came with them.

At the time I joined, they had a unit that was traveling in Japan and I hoped to be able to transfer to that unit and get to experience Japan up close and personal.

I have been interested in Japan since I first saw station 48 out of N.Y.C. in 1980.
and got to see Japanese programs in their original form, without the dubbing and the editing.

The two shows that struck me most were "Cyborg 009" and "Galaxy Express 999". In 1980 you can imagine the impact these programs could have on a person in comparison to the rest of the American programing that was around at the time.

Just after I joined the unit in Japan was closed down.

Vladimir · 15-01-2008, 08:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brelanda

English is the only language that I am fluent in, the rest was just to be polite to the performers and the other workers that came with them.

At the time I joined, they had a unit that was traveling in Japan and I hoped to be able to transfer to that unit and get to experience Japan up close and personal.

I have been interested in Japan since I first saw station 48 out of N.Y.C. in 1980.
and got to see Japanese programs in their original form, without the dubbing and the editing.

The two shows that struck me most were "Cyborg 009" and "Galaxy Express 999". In 1980 you can imagine the impact these programs could have on a person in comparison to the rest of the American programing that was around at the time.

Just after I joined the unit in Japan was closed down.

Awwww...too bad about the unit in Japan. But still lots of fun I bet

I wish I could get some linguistic experiences.

brokenhands · 16-01-2008, 04:19 AM

Man this thread just got deep. Circus folk, I haven't been to the circus since...GHW Bush was in office. And just to stay topic. Who here knows programming languages, and which ones?

Vladimir · 16-01-2008, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brokenhands

Man this thread just got deep. Circus folk, I haven't been to the circus since...GHW Bush was in office. And just to stay topic. Who here knows programming languages, and which ones?

well, I'm a beginner, but I know a bit of C and...that's about it.
I used to know Turbo Pascal 7.0 and some other stuff, haven't used them in years so I don't remember anything about them...

Do HTML and CSS and stuff like that count?

EDIT: Yes, also HTML and CSS.
Ah and I also used to know VB.

brokenhands · 17-01-2008, 12:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vladimir

well, I'm a beginner, but I know a bit of C and...that's about it.
I used to know Turbo Pascal 7.0 and some other stuff, haven't used them in years so I don't remember anything about them...

Do HTML and CSS and stuff like that count?

Yes, Hyper Text Markup Language

I knew Pascal, VB, some C, HTML, and the commands from; Unix, DOS, CISCO, and Novell.

Too many head slaps while playing football damaged my hard drive a bit, so I have corrupted sectors.

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15-01-2008, 04:12 PM	#36 (permalink)
Brelanda Member Stablemate of FTP-Anime Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 26 Gold: 11,378.36 Secret Stash: 10,000.00 Total Gold: 21,378.36 Donate Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	English is the only language that I am fluent in, the rest was just to be polite to the performers and the other workers that came with them. At the time I joined, they had a unit that was traveling in Japan and I hoped to be able to transfer to that unit and get to experience Japan up close and personal. I have been interested in Japan since I first saw station 48 out of N.Y.C. in 1980. and got to see Japanese programs in their original form, without the dubbing and the editing. The two shows that struck me most were "Cyborg 009" and "Galaxy Express 999". In 1980 you can imagine the impact these programs could have on a person in comparison to the rest of the American programing that was around at the time. Just after I joined the unit in Japan was closed down.