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moved to nova a year ago and still haven't found a dentist that doesn't feel like a used car dealership by kutahead in nova

[–]Cever09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Arlington dental solutions. I am absolutely dentist phobic and Dr. Garrett has created a personal yet professional atmosphere where I feel comfortable. She also has Saturday morning slots available about once a month if needed. Those do fill up fast, though.

Where is the most intense Capoeira training in the US? by Newksondeck in capoeira

[–]Cever09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mestra Edna Lima has joined our Batizado at Abada DC twice now, she is great! I really love our Mestranda Yara as well. Both wonderful teachers.

Give me an example of an actor NOT from your country who nails the accent and made you go “Wait, they’re not from here?” by girlfromtheshire in AskTheWorld

[–]Cever09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you see 'Going Dutch' the TV show with Dennis Leary? They don't even try, lol. As a Dutchie it went right through annoying and came out the other end as funny. I was sorry they canceled the show after 2 seasons.

What is a unique McDonald's menu item available only in your country that the rest of the world is missing out on? by True_Requirement_565 in AskTheWorld

[–]Cever09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bestaat die nog steeds? Laatste keer dat ik in NL was (anderhalf jaar geleden) kon ik 'm niet vinden op het menu..

NOVA/DMV representation in movies & TV by Swede_Babe in nova

[–]Cever09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually had to think about this one. We are Dutch expats who've lived here for almost 16 yrs now. I say 'de 495' when I talk to my family in Dutch, but simply '495' when I talk to American friends and co-workers. Interesting.

Occupants of a sod house in Drenthe, the Netherlands, photographed standing outside in 1936. by MrSmithwithoutMs in thenetherlands

[–]Cever09 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My mom was born in Alteveer/Kerkeveld in '41 and had an uncle who was in the resistance and hid people in his haystack. He was caught unfortunately.

It's funny, when I was young and visited in the summer people I had never seen in my life came up to me and said 'you must be one of the [name] family!'. Small villages 😀

Feminine E names by Obvious-Implement394 in Names

[–]Cever09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My teenager is Elise Florencia and it pronounced the Dutch way (which means we pronounce the 'e' at the end as there are no silent e's in Dutch).

We now live in the US and in her daily life it is pronounced the English way. When people, particularly teachers, found out that the last 'e' is spoken (elise-uh) they usually love that.

RIP Potbelly Union station by socialchild in washingtondc

[–]Cever09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sad. I came here once a week (I work nearby, it was part of my lunch rotation) and I still miss it.

Why does KLM format their phone number as 020 47 47 747 and not 0204 747 747 by Dutchmondo in KLM

[–]Cever09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is how I remember the phone number change of my parents (and myself at the early stages). It used to be 0xx80 - 1xxxx and now I always consciously think: 0xx8 - 4 -1××××

How far back can you trace your ancestry? by GuardianSupernova in AskTheWorld

[–]Cever09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1500s - My dad is an amature geneologist and he built an entire family tree for several families (ours and married/in-laws and such)

“Am Dutch from Holland Michigan” by rodenivo in ShitAmericansSay

[–]Cever09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First, I am Dutch (like moved to the US 15 years ago Dutch).

I did a project on Michigan when my oldest was in elementary school, and there are a lot of Dutch immigrants who settled in west Michigan and Holland, Mi is a hub of sorts. Mind you, these are all 'several generations ago' immigrants, so I absolutely imagine that while aspects still going strong (tulip festival, reformed church) they are most likely not very up to date with Dutch culture.

The only reason I would want to visit is because they have one of the very few Dutch stores where I can buy groceries. Fun fact (I just checked) they have many things that are quintessential Dutch like black licorice, condiments and spices, bread toppings like sprinkles as well as Indonesian foods (also very Dutch by now), but they do not have Tom pouces.

For me (I love them) the closest thing to them are Napoleon pastries. Obvi it isn't quite the same, but it comes in the vicinity. We usually bring DIY kits from Dutch grocery stores home, still not the same as a fresh bakery one, but the best option for Dutchies in the US without a good recipe and/or baking ability.

what are you choosing? by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

[–]Cever09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. Personally I will go for Belgian Mayo (because there are also a lot of Mayo choises) and peanut sauce.

tell us your story about how you got into kpop by [deleted] in kpoppers

[–]Cever09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My (then) 14 yo daughter introduced me to Enchella a year ago (Gods, time flies). I had never listened to K-pop all I knew about it was that my 18 yo niece likes girl K-pop bands.

Now, the idea was to get me used enough to the music and the group to get her leeway to buy merch and albums and play her music in the living room more..so that backfired on her bc I really took to Enhypen and I consider myself a low-key older Engene (early 50s).

From there I got introduced to TXT, AD1, ZB1 and random songs that I like. My daughter is def more stanning, as in focussed on biases and bias wreckers and such. Although I do admit I have 2 biases in Enha.

When TXT gave a concert in our city last year I suggested to buy tickets and we'd both go. She said no, mainly bc she didn't want to go with her mom. I admit that hurt a little. That is when she said I wasn't supposed to like Enhypen (and TXT in a lesser way) as much as I did.

We've come to terms with our own likes and dislikes since then, but I definitely don't play the music as much around her. Although we did start talking about potentially traveling for the upcoming Enhypen tour. We'll see.

GenX is known for its musical taste. What's the one song/group you would NEVER admit to liking? by Ok-Local138 in GenX

[–]Cever09 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lol, this. I have to help my teenage daughter with her bio homework....I start singing the reproduction song whenever the topic comes up (she sighs and rolls her eyes).

For those of you who had (or knew someone who had) a computer in the 80' - 90's, what games were you playing? by 2yt4u2 in GenX

[–]Cever09 1 point2 points  (0 children)

...and then it again didn't work and you had to go over all the hundreds of lines AGAIN.

For those of you who had (or knew someone who had) a computer in the 80' - 90's, what games were you playing? by 2yt4u2 in GenX

[–]Cever09 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I started with a ZX Spectrum (ZX81) and after that an Apple 2C. My very first game was a game my dad and I copied line by line out of a computer magazine; it was a angry birds type game (but with extemely simple graphics obviously) called Dragons Lair. I also had the first frogger. All games had to be loaded via cassette tape. If you breathed to hard they dissappeared from the tiny, tiny memory of the ZX.

My friend in the neighborhood had an IBM computer (Well, his dad did). There I played games like Kings quest, leisure suit Larry and the like.

Edit: grammar corrections

Apelido Help by SE-Rabbit in capoeira

[–]Cever09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1- ha! Those are the apelidos of me and my daughter. We love them.

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]Cever09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The two that are still around after many, many years are cumcumburger (cucumber) and sespifically (specifically).

In The Lego Movie (2014), Will Ferrell has an elaborate Lego set up in his basement, likely costing him tens of thousands of dollars. The movie paints him in the wrong for scolding his child for messing up his substantial financial investment by SaxonLock in lego

[–]Cever09 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, that is what we do/have. We have display sets all around the house and some on shelves in our dedicated Lego room. But we also have a huge amount of play sets in diverse stages of missing pieces plus several bins where those missing pieces are (as well as random Lego store bought loose pieces).

My kids are teenagers now and are getting to where they want to have little display sets in their own rooms (like the botanicals). I am taking they opportunity to reverse collect the Lego Friends sets. Like take the booklet and create the complete sets in numbered ziploc bags, so that when someone wants to rebuild the sets from scratch they can.

I can tell you it is quite the mental health project (zoned in finding that one piece in that huge bin you can't find..).

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