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I wanted to be an astronaut, until I found that they want

at least 1 (preferably 2) Doctorates
10,000 hours flying time (fighter pilots preferred)
absolutely perfect health and vision, and good psyche report (though that astronaut lover's triangle may have made things slip)

oh well...

welcome to WP...though what's so good about Word Perfect I don't know...

Ooh, I love seeing other Japanese speakers around. Gives me an excuse to brush up on it... I was fluent but I'm steadily losing it as I don't have anyone to practise with.

Whitedragon:

Shin-nen akemashite omedetoo gozaimasu!

(I found this Japanese greeting for the New Year
on Wikipedia.)

Welcome!

Thank you sort30030. It looks like an interesting number but I haven't sorted it yet. I hope you'll have a great time in Japan if you ever visit it. What aspects of the culture are you interested?

[edit] By the way when I posted this reply your post count was 303.

Thank you for your comments about Kagura, BainAduial. If you have any questions about it, plz do NOT hesitate.
Nihongo wa doko de naraimashita ka. 'BainAduial' wa nani-go no namae desuka.

[edit] "Madness takes its toll please have correct change." Your avater's funny!

Sorry to be late to respond to you all, but I've been unable to do so earlier. I am overwhelmed by all these nice posts. It's taking me a long time to write each reply, so I have to carry on tomorrow. Please bear with me.

Oh, I won't. I always ask, even when it's inappropriate, especially if I'm interested. Nihongo wa nihon de naraimashita, demo watashi wa chotto heta desu. Ima, daigaku de nihongo o benkyo shimasu. Sankagetsu kansaiken ni sunde imashita. 'BainAduial' wa Sindarin Elvish-go no namae desu. Watashi wa Tolkien no hon ga daisuki!

Good to meet you too autodidact. Does that mean you taught many things to yourself? If so, what things? Perhaps I should go to your introduction thread and answer myself?

Your post made me re-think about DX. It sounds like a relief. Some of the replies I received made me rethink my own assessment also . . . I'm a bit confused.


Thank you, pakled. This last sentence puzzled me a little, because I wasn't sure whether you meant
1. Me (whitedragon) being Word Perfect is silly, or
2. Astronauts having to be so Word Perfect is silly,
and I gave it a good thinking last night, and this is what I figured: Pakleds are nice and harmless, they do a lot of winking, which means comradeship, so he prob. meant 2. Did I figure correctly?


It's a pity you are losing it. I believe my English is quietly degenerating too as I don't put it to use often enough. We can practise the language here if it's all right with everyone. Also, there are some Japanese language threads in the 'Espanol, . . . francaise (can't do those accents and cedillas)' forum. LeKiwi-san wa do-shite nihongo ga jozu desu ka. Sugoi ne!


Akemashite omedetoo!! to you too Douglas_MacNeill and to everyone else!


Thank you Berserker.

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I've gathered from another post that you enjoyed living in Japan. I'm really happy to hear that. (happy faces)
Tolkien wa 'The Hobbit' to 'LOTR' dake yomimasita. Eiga mo mimashita, although I did not like the film's depiction of Gimli as a comical character. 'LOTR' wa omosiroi ne! Eiga wa 3kai-kurai mimasita. Yo-se- (elves) ga Helm no shiro ni kuru tokoro to, Gandalf ga Helm ni tasuke ni kuru tokoro ga kakkoii desu. Ato, Gandalf ga chitei no mamono (namae wasureta; the big monster in the Dwarf cave) to tatakau tokoro ga kakkoii.

Hello whitedragon! Heh, am I supposed to rightly tremble before you?

Just kidding, man. Welcome aboard! I'm heavily into Japanese culture, as you can probably tell from my screen name.

Have fun!