Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
If your writing stays that good, I can't wait for the next installment. If you meet any hackers, tell them thanks for me!
Moscow - The way I see it.
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If your writing stays that good, I can't wait for the next installment. If you meet any hackers, tell them thanks for me!
Dobalovr
Being on the Cbody diet SUCKS!
Sounds like a really interesting time! My wife’s homecare helper is from Vladivostock and has been teaching how to swear in Russian. Don’t know if that will be useful in the future but we are going to St Petersburg in July so hopefully she doesn’t get me sent to a Gulag in Siberia...
MarPar
Meat Man with a Hat
oliver
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Are they still allowed to use the words "Ladies and Gentlemen" on the PA system? It is now considered politically incorrect in NYC as some passengers feel offended by the phrase. I recently met with a friend for supper in Manhattan. During our subway ride, we were calling each other "passenger" so as not to offend anyone.
So wrong. When did people become such pussies? Oops, I probably offended some effeminate guy.
oliver
Senior Member
They're totally out of control with political correctness in NYC. I can't stand it and no longer enjoy spending time there
That is funny! LOL!
The GI's always want to learn all the swear words in every new country that we go to.
We had an American GI that served in the French Foreign Legion, immigrated to the U.S., got a green card and enlisted in the U.S. Army. His nickname was "Frenchy" but we called him "Fe Fe". He was stationed with us for 3 years in Germany and we begged him to teach us all the bad words in French. He would never teach us because he said we would be calling him all those bad words.
There are some beautiful women (girls) here and they dress to the 9's. But, they are all stick thin and they are extremely obvious about their intentions, money and a green card. I have to admit I sat in a restaurant on Friday night, table facing the bar and I watched with awe and admiration as two young ladies worked the crowd. They both had 2 to 3 guys working at a time and they were so good at what they were doing they would sometimes have the guys change seats at the bar so as to sit closer together so the girl didn't have to walk as much. The guys seemed oblivious. It was truly an education in people manipulation that I had not seen since I lived in Southeast Asia.
So tonight I am asleep but keep hearing something that sounds like a giant weed-eater, you know that waspish sound.
I look out the window and it is snowing but I also see smoke and flashing emergency lights. I open the window and now I can really smell smoke and the weed-eater noise is really loud. Suddenly this object about 5 ft long goes screaming by about 6 ft from the window. Now i am really nervous what the hell is going on?
I go to another window and can see that the street is blocked off by squad cars.
There are lots of people milling around and i am thinking that i need to wake my wife, get dressed and try and figure out what is happening.
All of a sudden the police cars turn out their lights and people start running an i am thinking oh crap I waited too long and there is a fire, raid, terrorist attack or......and then that weed-eater noise starts again and I see someone in the next block setting something on fire and rolling it under cars.
Now i am really confused and I wish that:
1. I had a gun....if this was Texas I would have all the guns I could carry.
2. I was someplace I could speak the language cause i cant ask anyone whats going on, heck I even cant call 911, or if 911 is the right number to call.
So what do I do now?.
Then I see the weed-eater, it has green and red lights on it and is flying up and down the street at the next intersection.
Then I realize it is a huge drone and as it passes by i can see it has a large camera mounted underneath.
Then all the people that have been milling around rush out into the street and take up poses. WTF?
AND THEN I realize they are filming a movie and the fire and smoke are special effects. And everybody else is an actor or special effects person.
Now I cant get back to sleep.
I look out the window and it is snowing but I also see smoke and flashing emergency lights. I open the window and now I can really smell smoke and the weed-eater noise is really loud. Suddenly this object about 5 ft long goes screaming by about 6 ft from the window. Now i am really nervous what the hell is going on?
I go to another window and can see that the street is blocked off by squad cars.
There are lots of people milling around and i am thinking that i need to wake my wife, get dressed and try and figure out what is happening.
All of a sudden the police cars turn out their lights and people start running an i am thinking oh crap I waited too long and there is a fire, raid, terrorist attack or......and then that weed-eater noise starts again and I see someone in the next block setting something on fire and rolling it under cars.
Now i am really confused and I wish that:
1. I had a gun....if this was Texas I would have all the guns I could carry.
2. I was someplace I could speak the language cause i cant ask anyone whats going on, heck I even cant call 911, or if 911 is the right number to call.
So what do I do now?.
Then I see the weed-eater, it has green and red lights on it and is flying up and down the street at the next intersection.
Then I realize it is a huge drone and as it passes by i can see it has a large camera mounted underneath.
Then all the people that have been milling around rush out into the street and take up poses. WTF?
AND THEN I realize they are filming a movie and the fire and smoke are special effects. And everybody else is an actor or special effects person.
Now I cant get back to sleep.
Is the stereotype of Russians being drunk all the time true? I heard a few stories as a kid, but that was back in the early 80's.
Not that I have experienced personally as of yet. However with the cold weather and not much of a positive attitude I can see how it could be true especially for people who are in the 50 + range. I have been told that most Russian women carry the weight of the family and many marriages are that in name only. You don't see a lot of couples in their mid 30's and older doing things together.
Carmine
Old Man with a Hat
Dobalovr
Being on the Cbody diet SUCKS!
tbm3fan
Old Man with a Hat
A dozen Russian women were detained in the Philippines last week for working without permission. You could say it was the hospitality field and they were brought in by Koreans. They will be deported only because someone didn't have their hands greased.
Carlisle man... You are sending yourself to Siberia... is the weather there really better than Calgary?
Very interesting. I vaguely remember seeing this guy on Carson. However, as I listen to him speak it is obvious from his syntax the is not Russian just has adopted an accent. It is the way he forms his sentences that give it away. In Russian you would use what we would call a double negative to emphasis a strong negative position, "I will not not be eating more borscht today!"
Oh and BTW, there is no direcly translatable word, for the word FUN in the Russian language.
Dobalovr
Being on the Cbody diet SUCKS!
Flying to London and hopping on the Pacific Princess. Stopping in Denmark Sweden Estonia Latvia Germany Russia Finland....it’s easier to travel with a wheel chair halfway around the world than in a 48 year old 300 with no AC.....apparently ...so I’ve been told....by management
Just one more step, and you can call each other "Comrade."
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