spit-shined ? I was wearing my Class A uniform , all of it clean , pressed,polished and spit-shined , all of it covered with.... could you tell me what it means to "spit-shined"?

gently, to express the same idea, How do you say at your country? In my day this would have happened ! I don't know you...but to my country...in this crazy times where we hear every kind of madness... I often hear people, 50 years or older, say : "In my day this would have happened !" gently, to express the same idea, How do you American say? P.S. I know that this is a question and should be done in the other section, but here there is the opportunity to highlight the errors that I definitely did :D Thanks everyone

two minutes to midnight Good night guys .I'm drunk of sleep and screen of laptop punches my eyes.see you tomorrow !

London plays them all London - What if they gave him to really listen? If the 8:12 minutes of the July 27 London - indeed, the British - decide to accept the invitation of the artist Martin Creed, and began to play, "more strong and fast as possible, for three minutes," every kind of bell, bell and bell in hand, how far would spread that sound?

it's sleeping time ! tonight mosqitoes are going to eat me...there is no place that it might claim exemption from the inroads of those who sweared satiate their blood thirsty. help me !!! goodnight

if i say... if i say "from a few days i read online newspapers" instead of "some days ....", it would be wrong? se io dicessi "da un po di giorni" invece di "some days",sarebbe sbagliato ?

here we are ! it's summer ! and like all summers , here in Genova , there are a lot of people (italian included) must embark for Sardegna.The problem is that they exit to the wrong highway's exit ! for me no problem : i have a chance to speak with them and i like it !but i'm not sure if the crossroad like an "Y" is called junction or fork or "what"? and the road like a spiral how it says? who knows it ? we call it "elicoidale"... to the next , people !

my first book in original language hi everybody , I'm going to improve my English so I bought a book in the original language: I read the first 30 pages (moooore slowly) and so far so good, more or less. the best is yet to come.i guess. for some days I'm reading online newspapers as the guardian. I understand and I write summarily, my problem is to talk it. Sometimes i watch CNN and BBC,some little thing i learned. we ll see :) bye bye