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Thomas, you caught me!
No, I don't speak Portugese.
mas posso assentir a minha cabeça e diz sim muito bem
Thomas, you caught me!
No, I don't speak Portugese.
mas posso assentir a minha cabeça e diz sim muito bem
Summertime Picture Thread
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Patrick
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
It really made me laugh..
online translators translate everything wrong!
Be careful when using it, because as it translates the words one by one, it can change completelly your meaning, like, "They is four person sad, but happy".
By the way, check you email inbox please.
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
It really made me laugh..
online translators translate everything wrong!
Be careful when using it, because as it translates the words one by one, it can change completelly your meaning, like, "They is four person sad, but happy".
By the way, check you email inbox please.
toggleswitch2
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oh yes do be careful.
The gesture/ hand-signal we use to mean "O.K." (short for "OLA KALA" or "all is well") is what Brazilians use to mean F.U.
Makes total sense if you think about it!
The gesture/ hand-signal we use to mean "O.K." (short for "OLA KALA" or "all is well") is what Brazilians use to mean F.U.
Makes total sense if you think about it!
You're right...
By the way.... If you show you my middle finger in brazil, it means the same everywhere.
The funny are the differences between brazilian portuguese and the portuguese spoken in Portugal
"Bicha" in portugal = Line... Example: I spent 2 hours in the bank because the "Bicha" was too long.
"Bicha" in brazilian portuguese = pejorative term for gay people (Fag)
Or...
"Dentro do armario" = "Inside the closet"
"inside the closet" in brazil = the same as in USA.
"inside the closet" in Portugal = literally inside that place we keep the clothes. there's no relation between the closet and the sexual orientation.
By the way.... If you show you my middle finger in brazil, it means the same everywhere.
The funny are the differences between brazilian portuguese and the portuguese spoken in Portugal
"Bicha" in portugal = Line... Example: I spent 2 hours in the bank because the "Bicha" was too long.
"Bicha" in brazilian portuguese = pejorative term for gay people (Fag)
Or...
"Dentro do armario" = "Inside the closet"
"inside the closet" in brazil = the same as in USA.
"inside the closet" in Portugal = literally inside that place we keep the clothes. there's no relation between the closet and the sexual orientation.
up!
language tricks
thre are confusions between Aussie English and USA English as I found out when I was an exchange student in USA in 81-82.
Fanny in USA = bottom. Fanny in AU = female genitalia.
To cheer for your team in USA is to "root" for your team. In AU to "root" is to have sexual intercourse. We "barrack" for our teams.
One day in Spanish class in USA I asked a girl next to me if she had a rubber I could borrow. She said "eeew, you're disgusting." I forgot that Americans call them erasers.
I studied Indonesian and Spanish at school and uni. I haven't studied either for over 20 years and I am very rusty. Occasionally I meet an Indonesian or Spanish speaker at work and try to speak with them in their language but I tend to throw in words from the other language by mistake. It gets confusing!
Chris.
thre are confusions between Aussie English and USA English as I found out when I was an exchange student in USA in 81-82.
Fanny in USA = bottom. Fanny in AU = female genitalia.
To cheer for your team in USA is to "root" for your team. In AU to "root" is to have sexual intercourse. We "barrack" for our teams.
One day in Spanish class in USA I asked a girl next to me if she had a rubber I could borrow. She said "eeew, you're disgusting." I forgot that Americans call them erasers.
I studied Indonesian and Spanish at school and uni. I haven't studied either for over 20 years and I am very rusty. Occasionally I meet an Indonesian or Spanish speaker at work and try to speak with them in their language but I tend to throw in words from the other language by mistake. It gets confusing!
Chris.
whirlcool
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Talk about language mix ups!
A f/a friend of ours quite a number of years ago had her hair cut in the "shag" style. Us Americans will remember this style.
She was in London on her vacation and decided to get a hair cut at one of London's more posh hair styling establishments. When she went to the desk to make an appointment they asked her what she wanted done. She just said "I need someone to cut my shag, I think it's getting a little long" The woman at the desk acted slighty shocked and told her "We don't do that here"... She went to a few other places and was told the same thing. Eventually a woman at the front desk asked her if she knew what she was asking for. My friend was totally embarrassed when she found out the British meaning of shag! When she told me this, I just laughed my ass off!
A f/a friend of ours quite a number of years ago had her hair cut in the "shag" style. Us Americans will remember this style.
She was in London on her vacation and decided to get a hair cut at one of London's more posh hair styling establishments. When she went to the desk to make an appointment they asked her what she wanted done. She just said "I need someone to cut my shag, I think it's getting a little long" The woman at the desk acted slighty shocked and told her "We don't do that here"... She went to a few other places and was told the same thing. Eventually a woman at the front desk asked her if she knew what she was asking for. My friend was totally embarrassed when she found out the British meaning of shag! When she told me this, I just laughed my ass off!
This morning I got an email from a guy telling I posted everything except a SUMMERTIME picture.
OK
Here we go.
I´m not too crazy, but crazy enough to fill an Intex pop up swimming pool right in the middle of my living room on the 6th floor. Obviuously I asked an engineer before doing it. I´m not crazy enough to kill myself and the neighbours under my floor.
The lady with me is my mom... She´s almost 80 y/o! Looks much younger, doesn´t she?
By the way, we´re not so fat and my left hand is not so small as it looks like... It´s because of the water.
Our summer is in Nov-Dec.
OK
Here we go.
I´m not too crazy, but crazy enough to fill an Intex pop up swimming pool right in the middle of my living room on the 6th floor. Obviuously I asked an engineer before doing it. I´m not crazy enough to kill myself and the neighbours under my floor.
The lady with me is my mom... She´s almost 80 y/o! Looks much younger, doesn´t she?
By the way, we´re not so fat and my left hand is not so small as it looks like... It´s because of the water.
Our summer is in Nov-Dec.
seamusuk
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Me on a train.....
With Sunnies so it must be summer
Seamus
With Sunnies so it must be summer
Seamus
andyelectrolux
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I was out Saturday night, and the local newspaper always sends photographers around to take pics of people in various nightclubs. They took my pic, and posted it on the website today.
iheartmaytag
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thomas
How do you plan to drain that pool so that water doesn't get all over your living room?
When It's in the yard you just dump it over, a little harder to do in the house.
How do you plan to drain that pool so that water doesn't get all over your living room?
When It's in the yard you just dump it over, a little harder to do in the house.
1) AndyElectrolux is a GORGEOUS nickname (specialy the "electrolux")
2) I have a drain in the balcony, and 1 in the laundry room.
I use the filter (That "wonderful" cartridge filter that sucks everything perfectly but everything comes back to the pool while the cartridge remains absolutelly clean for weeks) to pump the water to the floor drain
10 minutes later the pool's competelly empty and I just need to wipe some drops on the ceramic foor.
3) We do not have earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanos, tsunamis, or any other natural disaster in Brazil. Most people say God is Brazilian because of it.
Oh, we had an earthquake a few months ago, in Sao Paulo. the first in more than 200 years (Miles away from here) it reached less than 1 point Richter. maybe a fat bastard farted.
By the way, at this moment (our winter) my pool is folded and stored under my bed.
Obs: My pool is the smallest size available from Intex.
2) I have a drain in the balcony, and 1 in the laundry room.
I use the filter (That "wonderful" cartridge filter that sucks everything perfectly but everything comes back to the pool while the cartridge remains absolutelly clean for weeks) to pump the water to the floor drain
10 minutes later the pool's competelly empty and I just need to wipe some drops on the ceramic foor.
3) We do not have earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, volcanos, tsunamis, or any other natural disaster in Brazil. Most people say God is Brazilian because of it.
Oh, we had an earthquake a few months ago, in Sao Paulo. the first in more than 200 years (Miles away from here) it reached less than 1 point Richter. maybe a fat bastard farted.
By the way, at this moment (our winter) my pool is folded and stored under my bed.
Obs: My pool is the smallest size available from Intex.
andyelectrolux
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Thanks Thomas. There's an interesting story behind that name.
Around a year and a half ago, a customer came into the store to buy some Fairfax parts. He asked me how I got into the vacuum business and I told him I was interested in them ever since I was a kid, etc. etc.
His eyes got real big and he said "Oh my God, you're Andy Electrolux!"
"No, I'm Andy Weter" I replied.
He then proceeded to tell me about a friend of his that worked at the same daycare I went to as a toddler, during the same time I was there, and would always tell him stories about this kid she called "Andy Electrolux" who would play with the vacuum at the daycare. 23 years later and he remembers this. I was floored. I joined AW.org a little bit after that and decided to take AndyElectrolux as my screen name.
Around a year and a half ago, a customer came into the store to buy some Fairfax parts. He asked me how I got into the vacuum business and I told him I was interested in them ever since I was a kid, etc. etc.
His eyes got real big and he said "Oh my God, you're Andy Electrolux!"
"No, I'm Andy Weter" I replied.
He then proceeded to tell me about a friend of his that worked at the same daycare I went to as a toddler, during the same time I was there, and would always tell him stories about this kid she called "Andy Electrolux" who would play with the vacuum at the daycare. 23 years later and he remembers this. I was floored. I joined AW.org a little bit after that and decided to take AndyElectrolux as my screen name.
toggleswitch2
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Plug it in, plug it in.
Thomas:
SWIMMING POOL ON THE 6th FLOOR?
LOL LMAO ROFL. *OMG*
Won't all that humidity destroy your home?
What is that cavity in the wall with plants in it? Is that a barbeque or wood oven?
Andy Electrolux:
My pappou (grandfather) used to say:
A person is not formed/molded, he is born (that way).
One of my first words spoken is reported to be "BRIZA" or (electrical)outlet/power-point in Greek. Our webmaster calls me the Plug Queen. Insightful, isn't he? *LOL*
Thomas:
SWIMMING POOL ON THE 6th FLOOR?
LOL LMAO ROFL. *OMG*
Won't all that humidity destroy your home?
What is that cavity in the wall with plants in it? Is that a barbeque or wood oven?
Andy Electrolux:
My pappou (grandfather) used to say:
A person is not formed/molded, he is born (that way).
One of my first words spoken is reported to be "BRIZA" or (electrical)outlet/power-point in Greek. Our webmaster calls me the Plug Queen. Insightful, isn't he? *LOL*
toggleswitch2
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Thomas:
OOOPSIE. Nevermind. Saw that you discussed your BBQ in another thread!
OOOPSIE. Nevermind. Saw that you discussed your BBQ in another thread!
Andy:
Well... So we´re relatives! LOL.
You have Electrolux as your last name, and I have Electrolux DNA in my blood.
Steve.
Maybe you say that because our buildings are very different from the american.
I could see when I visited USA that most houses are made by wood, drywall, pre-manufactured parts, etc... just like a Lego toy.
It´s very cheap and very quick to build.
Your tall buildings are a huge metal structure, and then other materials.
It´s also cheaper and quicker.
Here in brazil most of our houses are built with ceramic bricks and concrete. We almost never use wood or drywall
Our buildings are almost the same. they are made floor by floor, tons of metal, concrete and bricks.
Only a few very tall buildings are built using the american metal structure to reduce the weight and make them taller.
Other difference we have is our weather. (again, the weather)
Here we don´t have dehumidifiers and we don´t have water heaters and hot water pipes.
No, that´s not because we´re old fashioned. It´s because It´s not necessary. our "cold" water sometimes can burn the skin.
instead of dehumidifiers, we use humidifiers because our weather is also too dry.
Off topic:
Sometimes I watch on the news those terrible destruction scenes caused by a tornado and I start wondering...
What if those houses were built using our techniques? Why build a concrete bunker inside or under the house if the whole house could be built as it?
probably the only damage would be some broken windows and the roof
Well, I´m an appliances designer, not and architect or engineer and I´ve never seen a tornado in real life, but I still believe our solid buildings would resist strong winds.
Somebody please answer that! I´m too curious.
Well... So we´re relatives! LOL.
You have Electrolux as your last name, and I have Electrolux DNA in my blood.
Steve.
Maybe you say that because our buildings are very different from the american.
I could see when I visited USA that most houses are made by wood, drywall, pre-manufactured parts, etc... just like a Lego toy.
It´s very cheap and very quick to build.
Your tall buildings are a huge metal structure, and then other materials.
It´s also cheaper and quicker.
Here in brazil most of our houses are built with ceramic bricks and concrete. We almost never use wood or drywall
Our buildings are almost the same. they are made floor by floor, tons of metal, concrete and bricks.
Only a few very tall buildings are built using the american metal structure to reduce the weight and make them taller.
Other difference we have is our weather. (again, the weather)
Here we don´t have dehumidifiers and we don´t have water heaters and hot water pipes.
No, that´s not because we´re old fashioned. It´s because It´s not necessary. our "cold" water sometimes can burn the skin.
instead of dehumidifiers, we use humidifiers because our weather is also too dry.
Off topic:
Sometimes I watch on the news those terrible destruction scenes caused by a tornado and I start wondering...
What if those houses were built using our techniques? Why build a concrete bunker inside or under the house if the whole house could be built as it?
probably the only damage would be some broken windows and the roof
Well, I´m an appliances designer, not and architect or engineer and I´ve never seen a tornado in real life, but I still believe our solid buildings would resist strong winds.
Somebody please answer that! I´m too curious.
It would be nice to keep this thread for pictures and discuss other topics in other threads.
That said, here's a picture of me. Taken a few weeks ago enjoying the wonderful weather in Leeuwarden. It's not a very clear picture, it was taken with my phone cam, but y'all folks know my "mug". LOL
Louis
That said, here's a picture of me. Taken a few weeks ago enjoying the wonderful weather in Leeuwarden. It's not a very clear picture, it was taken with my phone cam, but y'all folks know my "mug". LOL
Louis
Nice pictures...
I loved those chairs!
I loved those chairs!
veg-o-matic
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Yep, I'd recognize that mug anywhere!
*Cheek pinch*
veg
*Cheek pinch*
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