Te gustas, tu? ETA: Cómo escribir ? upside down on ese keyboard???

Wrt Aïcha, I first heard that song when my mom was contemplating studying music theory at the university and we went to a sample lecture, and the lecturer discussed that song and Raï music in general. Then a few years after that someone translated the song to English and it was a hit for a bit.

Here, for a different song by someone else in more than one language: Me gustas tu:

The bars are still bars even if they're made out of gold (as in, the bars of a cage). Here, the English translation, along with the original lyrics in French, and, indeed Arabic: http://www.arabicmusictranslation.com/2013/12/cheb-khaled-aisha-aicha.html

Yes, that's French, and I had to go back and edit the post because I forgot the t in sont (I think there's supposed to be a t there... I *think* I spelled it correctly now). Some of the song is in French, some in Arabic (I think - my Arabic is non-existent).

Des barreaux sont des barreaux même en or... Squillion points for who gets that one.

It was meant as a joke. My English is pretty decent without drinking as well. I doubt drinking improves my English.

When DW and I attended UTD, our electric bill by itself was over $200/month in summer. :leaving: ETA: summer is like 6 months out of the year there. Oh, and it still managed to get 86F inside some days, despite the insane A/C-related electric bill. ETA2: our utilities (gas, water, electric, internet) were probably about $400/month for the two of us combined, so, that'd bring you to $200/month without even paying for housing. Also, that was over a decade ago. ETA3: and laundry... laundromats are crazy expensive.

(((Spuds)))

Also, I'm 33, Jean.

Btw, in case anyone's wondering, it's been days since I've had a drink.

Is post padding a language? Because I'm fluent in that after drinking.

My Chinese sucks either way. Bu hao, or something.

My English is also pretty decent after drinking.

My maiden name is in Dutch. That counts, right? Especially after drinking some jenever (Dutch gin - the origin of that Dutch courage thing). My Dutch is very good after that. Oh, wait. It's actually pretty good before that too.

Btw, that's a joke about the lyrics of that song, in which the guy wants a 13 tattooed but they drew a 31. I thought it was funny when the song first came out, but I'm not about to actually go get a tattoo - I probably would've by now if I was going to.

Presumably my birthday will still be on the 31st.

My birthday is actually on the 31st (not of this month). My brother's birthday is on the 13th (also not of this month).

I kind of want to get a 31 tattooed.

I was going to say Pretty Fly for a White Guy by The Offspring, but I googled it and that's not where it's originally from. I still get a squillion points though, right? https://genius.com/The-offspring-pretty-fly-for-a-white-guy-lyrics

S/O. Do your kids play with toys and how old are they? Yes, and they vary in age - some toys are really new, and others are 30-something years old.

Edpo: Dutch courage will help you speak Dutch. If you learned some Dutch first, that is: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171018113538.htm (I also started a thread about this on Gen Ed, but, I thought it was funny anyway, and this way you don't have to go swimming in the sea - if anyone wants resources for learning Dutch, I can give pointers for that too)

If you needed an excuse to have a drink, here's a study: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/10/171018113538.htm (obviously, not advocating giving kids alcohol)

Back-to-back posts: What is in your purse? Dandruff? Eww. No.

I had to parallel park on both the car and the big rig tests. At least on the big rig test, the cones were further apart, lol. Parallel parking a big rig wasn't as bad as you'd think - I think I had more trouble learning to parallel park the car. Requirements vary by state, but it looks like pretty much every state now requires a minimum of 120 hours, and many 150 hours. That said, afaict, not all states require a bachelor's degree or higher - but by the time you have 120 or 150 hours, you'd probably qualify for some sort of bachelor's degree anyway... At the moment, in NY, you can sit for the CPA exam without meeting those requirements if you have 15 years of accounting experience. I haven't looked into all states. Either way, the exam is not easy, and afaik the failure rate is very high for first timers. My dad is more or less the Dutch equivalent of a CPA, and the pass rate was less than 20% for the exam - afaik, it's pretty similar in the US. The main thing is that you can do bookkeeping with an associate's in accounting, and take some classes on the side here and there and gradually move up, and eventually sit for the CPA exam if you want to go that far. Or not. Either way, there's progress you can make along the way... even if you never sit for the CPA exam, or even if you never complete a bachelor's, with more experience and knowledge, you can get some increase in responsibilities (and presumably pay) though you obviously can't do audits without a CPA exam.