User Comments - panlu

Posted on: Asking the Time

It's refreshing to get "new" Newbie lessons.

Posted on: City Districts in Shanghai

Much appreciated!

Posted on: City Districts in Shanghai

I accidentally marked this lesson "studied" but didn't mean to. Now I can't figure out how to undo that action. Thanks if someone can help me!

Posted on: Big Darn Crabs

I can understand skepticism about the Shanghainese lessons, but there's all that other material if one wants to avoid them. I myself (a paying customer) have actually enjoyed them quite a lot. I'm not trying to learn the language in these particular lessons, but feel that I profit from hearing it and making the comparison to Mandarin. It also contributes to understanding that most Chinese do have a mother tongue in addition to Mandarin. If I were heading back to visit Shanghai, I would pull these lessons back up and give it a real effort.

Posted on: A New Jug for the Water Cooler

Thanks, I appreciate your reply. Actually, I did mean 20. When I was a child growing up in Korea in the 60's we boiled big kettles of water for 20 minutes then poured it into a big barrel with a tap. Sounds like that was more than necessary, but it was what we believed was necessary at the time.

Posted on: A New Jug for the Water Cooler

Curious when you mention boiling the water -- how long would you boil the water to consider it safe? I grew up with the standard that the water should be boiled 20 minutes. When I was in Xiamen in 2009, I got the impression from the housekeeping staff in the hotel that just to boil it briefly was enough -- a minute or less.

Posted on: Christmas Carols

Great fun! Thanks. We're howling over this video in front of the fire in the North Carolina mountains with snow outside.

Posted on: Slow Dinosaurs

I already use touchpad for Skritter on my old Powerbook G4. Maybe Leopard will improve functionality, but no need to wait for that as far as I can see.

So happy about Skritter/Cpod alliance!