Willanny....Dije que debes tener el metabolismo correcto para esto. Si te gustaba comer ensalada y verduras antes, (y no solo comiste ensaladas para estar a la moda o ser delgado)  entonces ser vegano probablemente sea bueno para ti. ( = If you already loved to eat salad and vegetables before (and not for fashionable or weight reasons) then it's probably good for you. )

No dije o quiero decir que eres vegano solo por la moda. Estaba hablando del hecho de que muchas mujeres comen ensaladas porque piensan que deben ser flacas como un palo. Si ese no fueras tú ...enhorabuena! :-)

Yes, you can, but you have to

1) live in the country where the language is spoken and have natives who will help you. 

2)  live in a place with really good libraries with free internet access and a great language section. If you go to one of these libraries several times a week for a few hours, and use the textbooks, reference materials and search for information on the internet...then you can learn/teach yourself almost anything for free. 

(OK, you'll still be paying taxes which go to fund the library...but if we are talking about direct cash outlay only...)

Good for you, Willanny! The biggest thing is to have access to A LOT of different foodstuffs. That is, special supermarkets or shops that sell a wide variety of grains and vegetables. And you also have to have the right metabolism for it. If you already loved to eat salad and vegetables before (and not for fashionable or weight reasons) then it's probably good for you. 

 Non-vegans don't quite understand that their diets are very limited, they eat only the same animals, vegetables and grains all the time and that's not healthy. The vegan diet is very varied because you eat a lot of things other people would never even think of! For example: black beans and rice give you just as much protein as meat.  But how many meat-eaters would make black beans and rice for dinner?

I'm not vegan, but I have a lot of respect for people who are. (applause!)

Try radio.garden

You can move your cursor around from country to country in the Middle East and find which stations are most useful for you. 

English and German were my favorites, followed by history. I am an author, so literature has always been fun for me. 

I wish I could have taken more hands-on technical classes in high school, like metal shop or auto shop, but I was told I couldn't because I was...and I quote..."too smart". Apparently, you can't be smart AND learn how to rebuild a car engine or weld pipes! 

I also agree with Sara about the teaching of history and the non-applicability of maths classes. 

A special closable gate similar to a canal lock system that would allow each person in line to pay at the supermarket  to move forward along with their groceries/cart, thus avoiding being rammed repeatedly in the ass with the shopping cart (or baby-buggy) of the impatient idiot behind them who can't wait for you to get out of their way so they can throw their groceries on the 15 cm of available conveyor belt.

This system would also be suitable for obese people who have no clue how much space they really take up and almost lay on other shoppers, the elderly who think they are going to die before they get to the cashier and thus simply must repeatedly stab you in the back with their their French bread stick every time you take one micro-step forward (and then stare at you like a raging bull) , and young women more interested in what the person on the cell phone clamped between their shoulder and ear is saying to pay attention to where their groceries are thus holding up the entire line.  

This might, however, only be marketable in Europe.