Starship Asterisk*

Ann wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2019 3:40 am Ha ha! I know what you mean, John. The man in the picture at left if the chief gardener of the nicest park in Malmö. He's an Englishman, but he moved to Sweden when he met a girl here. He lives in my street. I have talked to him several times, and at first I wanted to speak to him in English, but he said: No, speak Swedish, I have to practice my Swedish! Everyone speaks English to me! :lol2:

Ann wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:08 am

NASA wrote:

Jessica U. Meir was selected by NASA in 2013.
...
Born and raised in Caribou, Maine. Recreational interests include skiing, hiking, running, cycling, soccer and SCUBA diving. She is a private pilot and is conversational in Swedish and Russian.

Basically no one is conversational in Swedish unless they lived here for a while, or if they have some Swedish family. (Our favorite Chris Peterson may disagree.)

JohnD wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 9:02 am

Ann wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:08 am Basically no one is conversational in Swedish unless they lived here for a while, or if they have some Swedish family. (Our favorite Chris Peterson may disagree.)

As an aside, having lived and worked in Sweden in the past, I'm not surprised. I diligently learnt and practiced my Swedish, to be answered universally by, "Oh, you are English! How nice, I do like to practice my English", and on we would go, but not in Swedish!

John

MarkBour wrote: ↑Sun Oct 20, 2019 1:20 am

neufer wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 7:46 pm Too many women have risked (and lost) their lives in propagating the species.
I would like to see more men contribute equally to this effort.

LOL. Good one, Art. However, in truth, I doubt that most women would support this suggestion.
(Probably they'd have a reaction more like ... no, you've done quite enough already, thank you.)

neufer wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 7:46 pm Too many women have risked (and lost) their lives in propagating the species.
I would like to see more men contribute equally to this effort.

sc02492 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 6:28 pm
This is certainly not the first time women have space walked, and I'm proud to see that this is continuing. Too many men have risked (and lost) their lives in the name of their country in general and in space exploration in particular. I would like to see more women contribute equally to this effort.

Ann wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:08 am

NASA wrote:

Jessica U. Meir was selected by NASA in 2013.
...
Born and raised in Caribou, Maine. Recreational interests include skiing, hiking, running, cycling, soccer and SCUBA diving. She is a private pilot and is conversational in Swedish and Russian.

Basically no one is conversational in Swedish unless they lived here for a while, or if they have some Swedish family. Swedish media are calling Jessica Meir Swedish! I guess her mother might be Swedish.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Meir wrote:
<<Jessica Meir was born in Caribou, Maine, to a Swedish mother who was a nurse and an Israeli father of Iraqi-Jewish descent, who worked as a physician. She attributes her abiding dream of personally participating in space exploration to the love of nature she learned from her mother, and from her father’s predilection for wandering and adventure. “And it might have had something to do with the fact that the stars shone so brightly in rural Maine,” Meir added.>>

Rcdavison100 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 1:08 pm Momentous occasion, for sure!
There is a typo where you refer to suit identification for astronaut Meir as “Weir” .

Ann wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:08 am Basically no one is conversational in Swedish unless they lived here for a while, or if they have some Swedish family. (Our favorite Chris Peterson may disagree.)

geckzilla wrote: ↑Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:44 am Removing any and all misogynistic posts that end up here. If you have nothing good to say about women, feminism, or this event in particular, keep it to yourself.

NASA wrote:

Jessica U. Meir was selected by NASA in 2013.
...
Born and raised in Caribou, Maine. Recreational interests include skiing, hiking, running, cycling, soccer and SCUBA diving. She is a private pilot and is conversational in Swedish and Russian.