21 Apr
2000
21 Apr
'00
2:39 p.m.
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, Sellam Ismail wrote:
VCF 1.0e is about a week away and plans are rolling
right along. It
should prove to be a smashing event. My German lessons are
progressing nicely and I can now ask for beer in German and get
directions to the nearest toilet. Next week I hope to be able to apologize
in German for vomiting on your shoes.
Better take along a LOT of visual aids (slides, overhead foils, etc.) If
that's the extent of your German, then 45 minutes is going to call for a
LOT of beer drinking, toilet visiting, and vomiting!
Maybe you should have Hans translate, or rely on their knowing some
English.
I'm also giving a talk at Oxford (that would be in
England :) at the
So you're going to have to learn British, also. Remember that we are two
peoples divided by a common language.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com