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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • Nope. For those events, they actually bring river sand to the beach. Beach sand, like desert sand, is useless for sculpting - and for use in concrete, too. It simply is too round, while river sand is more ragged and edgy.

    That’s also why those ultra-rich desert sheikdoms have to import sand for building their skyscapers, despite basically living in a big sandbox.


  • Like with any other ability, like painting or playing an instrument, learning a language is something that some people can do better than others.

    And while starting to learn a language as a baby or toddler has it’s advantages (Our kids basically grew up bilingual), I started learning English in school when I was 11, and I still managed to learn it. Yes, native speakers will still tell me that I have an accent, but I’m good enough that they cannot place it, just that it is not native. With only 2-3 weeks a year in the UK, it is probably the closest I can get. Written English is another matter, anyway. I’ve probably read way more English books than the average native speaker…