Do you rather post a new thread or "only" answer

[ffm172]

how many of you enjoy starting a new thread just because it is fun? Or do you rather answer to other ones?

Is my grammar correct? I guess not but I hope you understand anyway what I mean :)

[lenidog]

1. I mostly just answer at the moment but I am slowly I guess building up

confidence to post my own threads and have done a few.

[enigmatic]

2. Mostly answer

But I've opened a thread a few times..

[Huckebein the Raven]

3. Most of the time, I answer threads because the threads I start

more often than not die very quickly.

[ffm172]

4. sometimes I start threads so that I can have more or less private

converstaions with one or two persons instead of hijacking another thread. Even though that is fun too :)

How are you today/tonight? :hi:

[Huckebein the Raven]

5. Fine. Feel asleep and just woke up

how about yourself ?

[ffm172]

6. had some trouble getting out of bed

so I skipped washing my hair and put it up in a bun. It is raining a lot since last night. I would have rather stayed home and snuggled in my bed than getting to work. But I will pick me up shoes today I saw yesterday and let me hold back. There is a sale in the shoe store at the moment and I got a 20% off bonus I forgot yesterday to bring. Nice shoes :)

[Huckebein the Raven]

9. Are they dress shoes ?

[ffm172]

10. summer shoes

for my dresses and skirts.

[Huckebein the Raven]

14. I see

:)

[ffm172]

16. normally I am not a shoe freak or anything

I don't really like buying shoes. But I get those for about €45,- instead of €70,- and I like them. They look good on my feet. :)

[Huckebein the Raven]

17. Saving money is always a good thing

[ffm172]

19. yep

and saving amoney and getting shoes at the same time is even better :) and the branch I am buying is normally quite expensive.

[Huckebein the Raven]

21. And slice a cake at 2:47 am is always nice as well

let me go get one......

:P

[ffm172]

22. that reminds me ...

my co-worker just started to heat the water for tea and I have still some of the apple cake left, Mr Scorpio posted the recipe of the other day ... let me get a slice

[Huckebein the Raven]

23. Glad I inspired you

:P

[ffm172]

24. always

:)

[MrScorpio]

7. I love replying to threads, especially when I have a witty response

But I love to start threads because really I'm an attention whore.

I love both

[ffm172]

8. or you reply to threads so that you can say your name is in every thread

on page one :)

How are you? :hi:

[MrScorpio]

11. I'm doing great... Thanks for asking

So how is springtime in Deutschland today?

[ffm172]

12. rain rain rain cold cold cold rain rain rain

do I need to continue ;)

[MrScorpio]

13. You're bringing back those memories

So listened to Jazzmusique last night. Did you hear some good tunes?

[ffm172]

15. yes, it was nice

I chatted with xmas and had the jazz in the background. very calming. beautiful

[MrScorpio]

18. You know, in a way I credit living in the Eifel to my finding

This kind of music.

All the great radio out of Belgium, France and Lux. The record stores I used to go to had this music, including the ones I went to in Trier.

There was British MTV as well.

But least of all, I couldn't get any love out of German radio. There was one station, it wsa very weak and I can't remember the name, but it was the only one that played music like that and I could only hear in my car.

If you can find any station that plays Jazzanova and Helsinki Nuspirit, it's a station to keep.

By the way, I've got Jazzmusique on right now, and it's rocking the house

[ffm172]

20. I am thinking of getting a DSL flatrate

that way I could hear to it more often at home.

[Huckebein the Raven]

25. What's the typical rate for broadband in Germany ?

[ffm172]

26. what do you mean?

the price or the speed?

[Huckebein the Raven]

29. price

[ffm172]

30. depends on the company

this one would be about €40,-/month.

[Huckebein the Raven]

33. Do you know what speed do you get for that price ?

I think I'm 1.5 Mps

[ffm172]

34. yep

you got it right.

[Huckebein the Raven]

36. I was happy to be free of dial up

[ffm172]

37. I think I will be also

and then when my bf is back he can dowload his school program on my PC and can do his homework at my place also. :)

[Huckebein the Raven]

39. That's good.

Is he in school ?

[ffm172]

40. no

army and makes his master. When he has time.

[Huckebein the Raven]

41. I see

[ffm172]

42. and the fun part is that I help him with his homework

of course he has to correct my English and I can't help him always. But it is fun and I learn something also.

[Huckebein the Raven]

43. That's nice

how is his German ?

[ffm172]

44. German what German?

he barely speaks it. But it is cute when he says "Scheiße". With him it doesn't sound like a curse word anymore. Cracks me up almost every time he says it.

[Huckebein the Raven]

45. Is that "shit" in German ?

[ffm172]

46. yep

why is it that one learns the cursing words first? :)

[Huckebein the Raven]

47. LOL. Because it's fun

:P

Actually I picked that up watching the movie "Run, Lola Run" with Franka Potente. She's nice :loveya:

[ffm172]

48. that was a good movie

did you watch it in German with subtitles? I like the one song from the soundtrack she did with Thomas D.

[Huckebein the Raven]

49. Yes. I don't like dubbed movies in general

I like to hear the language spoken

Of course, I make an execption for Kung-fu movies. :)

[ffm172]

50. how does German sound for you?

[Huckebein the Raven]

51. A beautiful language.

I have trouble pronouncing German words more than I do French words though.

[ffm172]

52. really

wow, that is amazing. For me French is really hard to pronounce. Because you have letters which aren't spoken or the word is spoken absolutely different from how it is written.

[Huckebein the Raven]

53. The longer German words are what I have problems with

It could be that I haven't studied German like I have French

:shrug:

[ffm172]

54. you mean words like Lastkraftwagenanhänger

:)

[Huckebein the Raven]

55. A definite yes

LOL

:)

[ffm172]

56. LOL

an easier way to say Lastkraftwagenanhänger is LKW-Anhänger. :)

[Huckebein the Raven]

57. Just say the sounds for L, K, and W and then the rest ?

[ffm172]

59. yep

and LKW means truck :)

[Huckebein the Raven]

61. what does the rest of the world mean ?

Anhänger ?

[ffm172]

63. means trailer

see, I told you I teach you German ... LOL

[Huckebein the Raven]

66. LOL. I'll eventually learn the language

one word at a time...

:)

[ffm172]

69. that is how you start

:)and soon you will impress the ladies by speaking French and German :evilgrin:

[Huckebein the Raven]

that would be nice

:)

[Kellanved]

64. It really depends

In Urban areas usually €25 for the DSL line and another €10-20 for the ISP (3 Mbit, flat-rate, no blocked ports, no reduced ports).

The cheapest possible DSL flat-rate is probably around €20 and somewhere in the 1MBit ballpark. Cable internet is tad more expensive and not available in most areas.

[ffm172]

67. this one is called Alice-DSL

ich glaub ich geh diese Woche zu Saturn, wo sie einen Stand haben und frage nochmal nach. Es ist auf alle Fälle möglich in Frankfurt, nicht wirklich "urban" :)

[Kellanved]

70. well,

I'd use congster's special €10 offer. (http://www.congster.de) The company is a 100% Deutsche Telekom (our beloved pink Telekomiker/ Telecomedians) subsidiary and thus uses the Deutsche Telekom Infrastructure (arguably the best in Germany, especially as there is no way for them to reduce the speed).

The major downside is the missing VoIP, if you are interested in using VoIP, I'd recommend 1&1 http://www.1und1.de/. It is a Telekom reseller, i.e. they too are using the Telekom backbone. The router/modem with ISDN support they are offering for €30 is an extremely sweet deal.
In theory the 1&1 deal is better than the congster deal - even without VoIP. However I had a 1&1 flat-rate a few years ago (which worked great), and they terminated it after a few weeks - not just for me, but for all customers. So, I do not totally trust them about keeping the price constant. But that's just me - others are reporting very positive things about them.

[MrScorpio]

27. There's too much great music out there to miss

And the radio and TV aren't the best place to find it.

I wish that they had DSL flatrate when I was there

[ffm172]

28. the flatrate would be for internet and phone

it is a new company and only avaiable in some cities. Frankfurt is one. And it would cost me about €40/month. Really worth thinking about.

[MrScorpio]

31. It sounds like a great deal

Better than dealing with clicks

[ffm172]

32. right now I am getting online call by call with ISDN

because I am barely online. But with DU and chatting with friends some more and my bf of course it is worth the change. And till end of April they have a special offer that you don't have to pay the entry fee and installation.

[MrScorpio]

35. Flatrate is the best deal

If they give you unlimited downloads and calls, even better.

[ffm172]

38. the calls are limited till end of 2005 or end of 2007

not quite sure anymore. But still.

[freebird1]

58. I rarely "only" anything.

*** variety*** !!!

[ffm172]

62. I still need to see a thread started by you

:evilgrin:

How are you today :hi:

[freebird1]

65. There have been a few ~ if you know where to look.

You just have to do the right kind of search.

:hi:

I'm up too early again.

So how's it going for you on this beautiful sunny morning ?

:donut:

[ffm172]

68. sunny???

where? Not much sun. It rains here already the whole day. But I am doing fine. Can't complain. Having my lunch break now

[freebird1]

71. ! It's a gorgeous day !!! Totally awesome !!!

and too damn packed with things to do :grr: but ~ today they're all fun. The only down side is dropping my trike off at the shop by 4:30.

We are going out for a ride this afternoon to complete C's break in miles on her V-Rod and I NEVER ride the back seat on anyone's motorcycle - so we'll be moving a 4 wheel something for me to drive later. It's a good thing that my friends love me enough to put up with my idiosyncrasies.

So ? How was your lunch ?

[ffm172]

72. lunch was rainy

:)

went to pick up a piar of shoes I found yesterday and put on hold so I get them cheaper and had me a nice salad to eat. With shrimp :D

[freebird1]

73. Yummy

The salad sounds great and getting a bargain when you're buying something new always feels better.

:evilfrown: sorry about the rain spoiling your day.

[ffm172]

74. by now I am used to the rain

it was jst kinda hard to get out of bed this morning. Such nice snuggle and cuddling weather .... sigh ....

the shoes cost €100,- regualary. I got them for €47,- That is what I call a very good deal :)

[freebird1]

75. excellent

You wanna help me out - I haven't checked to see what my dollar is worth today. Would you please convert that price into American currency.

[ffm172]

76. here ya go

€100 = $130 ; €47 = $61

http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic

[freebird1]

77. I've shelled out both amounts and even more for a good pair of boots.

I have pretty feet and I want to keep them that way !:evilgrin:

[ffm172]

78. I normally pay my € 100-130 for a pair of shoes

I need a half size and my feet are somewhat scare in the front :)
So most of the time it is a pain in the ass to buy shoes. I ended up buying only shoes from one shoemaker (Gabor). The shoes I bought today are from a very good shoemaker also (Peter Kaiser). Normally not that cheap. And I got them in a half size. So I am happy. Let's see how it will work out in the summer wearing them.

[bridgit]

60. eh, it depends; here i'll show ya...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x3078533