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GonePirateSenior Contributor
i encourage you all to join me for some casual drinking, social lubrication and light laughter right here in the beer garden.
Oh and before anyone gets up in arms about alcohol and its dangers the main beer on tap is VB or virtual beer
beer is the third most commonly consumed drink in the world behind water and tea
why not share the worlds joy with friends
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TABSenior Contributor
..and you lost me but in english .. well was nothing untoward or complicated re nod to german @Appleblossom will translate tomoz if remember lol
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
non capito @TAB just havin a stab at it ... amor .. from words in Bach's celebrated mooosic.
and mixing my languages
Nothing like a bit of hybridity and being a mongrel dog.
Dag!
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Lol, lol, you lot @TAB @Former-Member 
Lost me totally tonight.
NIghty night to you Fadin. xo
Are you off walking tonight TAB? Or prowling, I should say, lol.
I learnt German at school TAB, I don't remember much though.
Hi @Former-Member How was your day at the zoo today?
I'm off for a bit now, exercises, shower etc.
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TABSenior Contributor
yeah I was. Mittlestufe I was my greatest achievement in that language and thats a long time ago and sister stole my good dictionary .. so .. ruff ruff to you (thats german for woof, think) baha @Appleblossom enjoy Bach wherever it is that you identify yourself with 
..it's a gift . Not a happy one, but a gift ..
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TABSenior Contributor
am also lost, just improvising .. @Former-Member you may be surprised what you can remember if you stir your memory as dumb as that might sound .. re language etc
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AppleblossomSenior Contributor
Yeah the Lutherans are pretty stern ... and so was my Dutch mob.
Dag is just giddai in Nederlands sprechen
but then there is the Aussie NZ version of the term ... only sore it after I pressed post ... but no ya KOOL with lingo games.
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TABSenior Contributor
soz .. assumed you were German @Appleblossom yeah, ya dag ..have seen the word before re euro lingo, not in nachschlagen mode tonite just winging it ...G'day to you too, NederlanderInnen
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Unknown userMember
Goodnight @TAB
thanks my day was not too bad other then lack of sleep last nite
Just have to keep working on my sleep
are you working tonight?
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TABSenior Contributor
well that's something @Former-Member .. yeah long story, went to site, got told job canned 2 hrs before thought starting work. had to go in this morning, did nothing much and got driven home. 24hrs pay thankyou very much lol .. one hour could be interterpreted loosely as work, the rest was for my inconvenience, travel etc, well missed at least 39 hrs work elsewhere by going there ..stuff happens ..
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TABSenior Contributor
my German rels originated in Schlesien, now in Poland, haha that was one of the causes of WWII, League of Nations, Reparations. Treaty of Versailles ..what did they expect, then they took more land away after the next war oh well. They are smart people, the germans, smartest when organised, they are the Borg from Star Trek lol .. not really kidding .. they are capable of anything as a society. All about organisation .. Well good and bad re what they are capable of @Appleblossom
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