I Speak German

Ein Bisschen... I had four years of Deutsch, German, but never got immersed in the language. This was in the years of high school so it has been 23+ years ago.  I never attained fluency even then.  I can watch a German film and understand some of what is said.  I can still do my numbers probably because I used them against my fear of needles.  So, I can still move my way up eins, zwei, drei, ... thru larger numbers like zwolfundzweithausand.   Most of my vocabulary has left me.  I do remember some like schlachtschiffe or unterseeboot because I see them in many of the books I read.  I also come across some in stamp collecting which can refresh my memory, but unless I live in Deutschland, I'll probably never attain any real fluency.