Weird grammar Hi. Could you explain why such grammar is used in the following sentence? When you love her deeply but the relationship won't work because she is a peoples and you is a kitty. Thank you)

Let Me Get My Baba Hey guys! What's up? I was watching House M.D. And House said "Oh It's Storytime Let Me Get My Baba". What does it mean?) I understand it's been said with sarcasm but what is baba ? Thanks in advance!

Gerunds and infinitives in these examples Hello. Could you explain why we use in these variants gerunds and infinitives. 1) I started working early to get spending money. // why not "to get to spend money" 2) She gotten me to learn more then I did before. //why not "gotten me learning more then I did before". For instance we use a gerund in the phrase "He got me thinking about" Thank you)

Trust, but verify? Living in Russia is sometimes very funny and interesting. The other day I was going to my work by tram. And I was charged by the tram conductor. It could seem that it was enough. But no, after 2 stops I was checked for a ticket by the controller. The controller checked the work by first conductor. I really wonder why they don't have another controller to check first controller and so on. When I was in Europe, I was really surprised by absence of conductors in public transport. It seemed like they believe each over. But here, in Russia, people don't do that. I think we have learned the proverb "Trust, but verify" too well. P.S. Thanks for your attention and correcting mistakes)

No service, no money We all know that in the USA people tip almost everybody where there is a service, at a hairdresser, in a taxi, in a restaurant at coat check, in a hotel a bell-boy. But in Russia that is not the case. Yesterday I decided to order some pizza from the local branch of Papa Johns, and I faced a lot of troubles like not answering the phone call and long wait. I spent 2 hours in waiting for my pizza. And it got me thinking why Russians don't tip almost never. Because there is a terrible service in Russia. Taxi drivers are rude, they can argue with you, can smoke when they're driving you. A person from a coat check or a bell-boy won't smile and greet you. As you can see there is no need to tip in Russia, because of a bad service. There is no need to pay money to someone who doesn't want to deal with you.

Preparation for the weekend There're just few days left until the day, when I go hiking. It's going to be a winter forest in the mountains. I've always wanted to go there, and now my wish comes true. But before the weekend I have to buy some equipment. First of all, I need to buy a sleeping bag, the problem is that I don't know exactly which one I need to buy. I like outdoors, like snowboarding, cycling, but I'm not a big fan of hiking, that's why I'm pretty much a basket case at hiking equipment. Then I need a camping mat. It's much easier to choose. And the last one is the thing that I don't know it's name. I hadn't head this word even in Russian, before yesterday. The idea of the thing is you're wearing it around you boots, and it protects your legs from coming snow. That's it. I better go to the sporing goods store, the Friday is tomorrow!

The fall 2013 in Siberia I bet if to ask people a simple question:"How do you think, is it cold in Siberia?". The would answer "yes". But unfortunately it's so far away from the truth this year... There's even no snow on the streets and the temperature is about seven Celsius degrees. But I wish it was cold here. I'm really waiting for a new snowboard season, I bought new equipment. Perhaps I'll open the new season this weekend, I'm going to mountains which are close to lake Baikal. There's some snow there, but my friend tells me not enough to go snowboarding. Will see...

To give/have butterflies. What is like? Hello italki people) I know that to have butterflies means not to feel good, to be scared of something and it's related to your stomach. But I wanted to clarify what is like exactly? Can I hear a sound coming out of a stomach? And If I say as in "Man, as I see you're having butterflies". it means that I see he is afraid, nervous and I hear his stomach's sound. Is it right? Thank you.