[Eric]

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Not a Top Gun fan? or E.R.?

Maveric (Tom Cruise) Ice Man (Val Kilmer) and Goose (?) are all the call signs for the fighter pilots from Top Gun.

Dr. Mark Green (Goose - same actor) is a character from the drama E.R.

i can't even say for sure if i ever watched topgun. i know i've never watched a full episode of ER. we dont have a tv here and i think ER started after i left america...

but i like the pilot theme, very cool!

[terry66]

1) probably teaching in thailand if it wasnt for the $$$ or the maldives!!
2)Coffee and lots of it!!
3) Had a 15 year old korean boy take a swing at me!! and a 15 yr old gal flash me! It was the last time she was in my class!!
4)either checking out the sites around japan or playing on the compt.
5)Probably Jack black!!

[Eric]

Quote terry66

2)Coffee and lots of it!!

you and me both

[Manuela]

1. I like teaching in Greece. It's a country with a lot of light, even in winter.And the sea is fantastic: crystal clear, you can see your toes,splendid colours, no sharks, and in the Saronic Gulf, near Athens, usually no waves.
2. I drink nettle tea from my thermos. It's supposed to clean your blood and it's easier to drink than plain water which I should be drinking plenty of.
3. It was about 5 years ago. I used to teach in a public primary school which was located quite far from the village and pupils were brought by bus every morning and taken back home as well. The first class ended their programm one hour too soon on one of the days and had to wait for the bus. Since they didn't have enough teaching hours to give me, I was only supposed to teach grades 4 -6, I was asked to keep those first graders company once a week, when there was this problem. Since I believe in doing something with time, not wasting it, I started playing little games with them, teaching them songs accompanied by my guitar and so on. We were getting along fine. One of the little boys came to my desk after "class" one day and proudly announced in Greek, obviously trying to impress me."Mrs, I know English?" "Yes?" I said and smiled encouragingly.
f+++ you" he recited bursting with pride for knowing so much.
4. My daughter has left to study Art in another city so I have stopped being a full time mum and am adjusting to having time for myself and trying to remember who I used to be before becoming a mum. So I read, I am learning how to use the net, I prepare my lessons(lately I spend a lot of time doing that, keeps my students and me happy), I play the piano, learn new songs to teach my students accompanied by my guitar, go hiking on the mountain I see from my balcony together with my dog Daphne, see my friends. I'd like to go dancing but I am too lazy and for the time being to poor to join a dancing school.
5.This is a hard one. Judy Foster, maybe?

[Happy Camper]

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"Mrs, I know English?" "Yes?" I said and smiled encouragingly. f+++ you" he recited bursting with pride for knowing so much.

That's classic!

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Before maturity (!), in Mexico, it'd be tortas ahogadas, coronas and sleeping.

I know coronas and sleeping but what is the other thing?

[TLR]

I know coronas and sleeping but what is the other thing?[/quote]

Tortas ahogadas are big bread rolls/buns stuffed with pork and "drowned" in a chili sauce. Alomg with a few cold Coronas it's a classic Mexican hangover cure!!! And it really works. Now I'm older, hangovers are infrequent (due to lack of partying) and when they do occur unfortunately nothing can cure them!!!

[little sage]

Quote Manuela

1. I like teaching in Greece. It's a country with a lot of light, even in winter.And the sea is fantastic: crystal clear, you can see your toes,splendid colours, no sharks, and in the Saronic Gulf, near Athens, usually no waves.

Manuela,
Greece sounds like a dream. Wow. I'm so jealous...

Oh, and your "funniest" ESL moment is hilarious!!! Good grief. Here in Korea of course, it sounds like "Puck you", which makes it a little cute.

Karen