Hey zwang. Thanks for all that, i've bookmarked this page. yeah i did German at school, been there quite a few times, spent a few years at evening classes and generally feel an affinity with all things German ( well not quite all) but without the motivation of needing to learn it i let it drop. Same thing with trying to teach myself to play the piano. Keen, have the resources and i can sustain it for a while but eventually it peters out. I'm sure if i lived there i would be fluent pretty quickly. I even swear in German. Take care mate. Love and peace.