Day spent at Chertsey Show. Much agricultural to do. Old cars, old bikes, older tractors and even older traction machines. Crap food, lots of dogs, raw honey and stem ginger deliciousness.
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It's a confusing world sometimes. I've got a mate whose brother is a vicar, gay and married to a pre-op female>male transsexual. They've adopted a couple of kids too.Originally posted by SueEllen View PostComment
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Would you mind watching Jess and Mo in Rio for me? It's on in a couple of hours but I'm a bit knacked. Probably nicely mid morning for you.Originally posted by WTFH View PostMorning allComment
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Have just watched Mo, as requested. Great win, although afterwards the Japanese TV concentrated on their own athlete.Originally posted by barrydidit View Post…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Lucky bronze for Greg. (Please don't read into this that I am some kind of non-Greg sympathiser
). He looked out of it until Lawson's hand touched the sand.
Also, have now worked out some of the TV titles. Some of the main banners are in English, so that's OK, but the top corner of the screen tells you the competition and then the second line will tell you who won - flag, first name initial, then Chinese characters for the surname.…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Unless your hotel is sending you pirated Chinese broadcasts, I doubt they're Chinese characters. Japanese characters (ideograms, to be precise), perhaps?Originally posted by WTFH View PostLucky bronze for Greg. (Please don't read into this that I am some kind of non-Greg sympathiser ). He looked out of it until Lawson's hand touched the sand.
Also, have now worked out some of the TV titles. Some of the main banners are in English, so that's OK, but the top corner of the screen tells you the competition and then the second line will tell you who won - flag, first name initial, then Chinese characters for the surname.
Although Japanese characters are very closely related to Chinese ones. It's all very complicated
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There's 4 character sets, but only 2 I can remember - Kana and Kanji. The others are something like hirojani and romaji. Kana is Japanese and Kanji is basically Chinese - the local IT guys call Kanji "Chinese" when they translate documents for us.Originally posted by NickFitz View PostUnless your hotel is sending you pirated Chinese broadcasts, I doubt they're Chinese characters. Japanese characters (ideograms, to be precise), perhaps?
Although Japanese characters are very closely related to Chinese ones. It's all very complicated
Most things are done in Kanji, with official documents in Kana and after that it goes into the minefield of reading horizontally or vertically.
Once you work out which language has been written, which direction it is written in, then you have to decide if the line after it is a translation in a different language or a continuation of the same.
Confusing? You bet. But I love it out here (apart from the heat, humidity and the lack of The Wife (tm) and The Dog (tw))…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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A bit stiff after cycle yesterdayComment
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But the weather is perfect for a walk - warm not hot and overcast.Comment
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