tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post6825508201137189211..comments2024-03-18T23:27:37.733+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-5661051918498924312010-09-21T15:06:10.622+01:002010-09-21T15:06:10.622+01:00You had mentioned in a previous blog that James sp...You had mentioned in a previous blog that James spoke Chinese. I had always wondered how he became fluent. Now the mystery is solved- he started when he was young. He must have a gift for languages if he had deciphered characters just from seeing them in a book.<br /><br />It's funny you should mention Russian. I am wondering if that will be the next language I try to tackle. My oldest daughter is dating a Russian (he immigrated to Canada when he was 17). I imagine the Russian public toilets were every bit as bleak as the Chinese.kristieinbchttp://journeynorthof49.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-39032922506622904092010-09-21T08:59:15.007+01:002010-09-21T08:59:15.007+01:00If you're after a good place to destash yarn f...If you're after a good place to destash yarn for charity, how about p/hop, the charity Natalie set up for Medicine Sans Frontiers?<br /><br />http://www.p-hop.co.uk/<br /><br />You list what you have on the p/hop Ravelry forum, people request it, you post it out to them and they make a donation to p/hop in return.Spinningfishwifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13709744732495957360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-85632702766158808102010-09-21T08:43:55.507+01:002010-09-21T08:43:55.507+01:00So the inscription probably said, "Made in Ch...So the inscription probably said, "Made in China"? (The characters for China being 'middle kingdom'.) I had to learn some Chinese characters to write my thesis - and can no longer remember them as well as only ever knowing them in English. I admire his diligence!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.com