Recent content by eanda

I really enjoyed watching this group of gymnasts develop and succeed over the years and for a while now GBR men have been one of my favorite teams.

Apparently like many here, I could go on and on about languages and language developement. Another example of situational use for me: I count in Russian, whether I'm in English or French. I only remember a few polite phrases of Russian at this point, but that stuck with me for counting.

I read books in French, and can follow most face-to-face conversations pretty well, just slow speaking. I still have trouble with news and movies/tv shows. I speak enough that If someone speaks to me in a third language, I actually struggle to speak English and automatically respond in French...

Is anyone watching the Australian Open? Being in the U.S., I hit the point a few days ago of not really knowing what day it was here or there - I just know what time I need to watch matches (this isn't helped any by the fact that I also haven't worked the last three Mondays). I would love to...

I knew it was multiple, I meant mix up which two from post to post. Maybe Russian/English one time, Italian/Russian another. What's the fun of the same two all the time when you have multiple.

Keep it interesting, mix up the two languages you use.😂

I can’t help myself sometimes from checking it out just to see the ridiculousness. Occasionally I start to reply, but senses come back and I remember it would be pointless.

The New York Times had a really nice obituary - much more than you would expect to see for a less well-known gymnast in a major media outlet. In the author's own bio, he writes "If someone bounced on a pogo stick across Australia or decorated their Christmas tree with replicas of Dairy Queen...

I think TAAF had some, but of course not nearly as active.

Same here. I'm really far more interested in gymnastics in other countries. I can only claim one other language for really being able to carry on a conversation, but can manage in a few more. I always enjoyed the language forums at Gymworld. Their success depends on having the audience, which...

Exactly. Social media just isn't made for the kind of conversations or search options I'm looking for or find in a message board. Even within a single post on social media, it can become difficult to be a part of a popular discussion.

That’s it. I remembered there was some ugliness around him sharing it but not the details on the GGMB side. As I recall it was all right around the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and I was like, seriously, you’re being this petty right now about an old gymnastics video.

It was danafan. He was the first one I know who shared it publicly.

I wouldn't say it irritated me, but I was always baffled that anyone would seem to like her enough to use her name. I've been thinking about getting some film and pulling out my old camera. Even with the basics of composition, settings, etc. being the same, I feel like film after all of these...

Soviet gymnast Lyubov Yudina was doing this in the 70s.