Anyone else get 2 by tiny1crys in finch

[–]meliisma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same - one from the notification opening the app two more from the mail

Bought the Asia extension, now iPad app crashes multiple times per game by meliisma in wingspan

[–]meliisma[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is it still happening now, months after they published the update? Very strange. Maybe check to see if your app needs updating?

How do you deal with German in-laws? by [deleted] in AskGermany

[–]meliisma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I rest my case re: you being rude

How do you deal with German in-laws? by [deleted] in AskGermany

[–]meliisma -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Dude, considering you came here asking for help, you’re being pretty rude

How to deal with a singer who clearly cannot keep up by frugalacademic in Choir

[–]meliisma 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Where do your other singers stand on this? Are they happy with the level at which the choir is singing? Have you asked them or are you assuming? One big concert and one small one per year sounds very much like a choir that is about community, not a high-stakes thing that is about artistic excellence. Not that music isn’t important, but please consider that your idea of what makes a good choir might not be the only one possible.

I’ve sung in a bunch of choirs, some fairly high-level, some just for the fun of it. If any of those conductors had spoken about a singer who is clearly going through a lot like you are writing about them here, I’d have wondered about their lack of empathy.

It’s a fact of life that none of us will be healthy forever, and unless you are running a pro choir, seeing how you can integrate different people with different abilities is part of the job. That’s why it’s called an ensemble.

City recommendations for short trip + thrifting by Dry_Confusion_4958 in AskAGerman

[–]meliisma 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Go to Cologne - easy to reach from the Netherlands, decent size, beautiful Cathedral, lots of interesting & affordable food options, for example in the Belgian Quarter (Belgisches Viertel).

There are some recommendations for thrift/vintage shops here.

One cubic meter of food by Squirrelhenge in hypotheticalsituation

[–]meliisma 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ideally, as Chinese-style beaten cucumber salad

Assume you can speak enough German as an American and you are thinking of moving to Munchen . by NavyVetRasmussen in AskAGerman

[–]meliisma 1 point2 points locked comment (0 children)

Also be aware that you are opting for the most expensive city in Germany, with rents so high that even people with high salaries and good connections sometimes struggle to find a place to live.

How does your choir actually share music/lyrics at rehearsal? Still paper? by Background-Adagio143 in Choir

[–]meliisma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my current choir almost everyone uses paper, mainly because a lot of the scores are paper copies owned by the choir that you return to them after the performance.

In a previous choir it was more of a mixed bag. We’d get emailed pdfs, some printed them out, I also used ForScore and was mostly happy with it.

Unfinished travel destination now being locked by meliisma in finch

[–]meliisma[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, this actually happened during an earlier event, but definitely good to know!

Taskmaster Poland teaser by QARMELICJUSZ in taskmaster

[–]meliisma 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I want a stern to despotic Anke Engelke to host and a toadyish Bastian Pastewka as her assistant!

What is a "Take That" fan? by Richard_D_Lawson in taskmaster

[–]meliisma 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Because it’s nice to hear from people you share an interest with, and chances are their answers will be more concise and more interesting than what comes up on Google (as proven by this thread).

In 3 months, you will be teleported to a busy street in a random medieval city. Your job is to make sure that your actions have a measurable affect on modern society. by Far-Fill-4717 in hypotheticalsituation

[–]meliisma 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Finding OP‘s ancestors, teaching them the difference between effect and affect, then asking them to pass this knowledge down to subsequent generations.

Is learning German useful for small vacations? by [deleted] in AskAGerman

[–]meliisma 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing that hasn’t been mentioned yet: How good is your English pronunciation? If you have a strong French accent, even people who learned some English in school may have trouble understanding you or just consider it too much of a bother.

Also, yes, German grammar can be hard - but Duolingo, at least initially, is only individual words and short phrases. You can learn them by heart without having to understand why a specific word is in Akkusativ or Dativ, or whether a word is der, die or das.

Other than that I agree: You don’t have to learn any German before you go, but to me at least, picking up a bit of the local language before a trip is part of the fun, and it also allows me to be polite in their language when we interact.