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Re: Russia земля борца самбо

February 22nd, 2023, 3:25 pm

I’m impressed that the light isn’t full of dead flies like mine in that style.
More photos here: Rynek Kolejowy (rynek-kolejowy.pl)

The carriage was modernised by a Polish company for Lviv Railways back in 2005, according to the article. Feels a bit 90s (or possibly even 80s), but I personally like it.
Yukkes. brown ... real 80s.
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Re: Russia земля борца самбо

February 22nd, 2023, 8:08 pm

Gérard Depardieu, of course! But also Alain Delon and Vincent Cassel, aka the best of France. Merci beaucoup!
Depardiev is rather the best of Russia AFAIK. And even if not the best then the dumbest.
 
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Re: Russia земля борца самбо

February 22nd, 2023, 8:27 pm

Happy days are here again
OMG is that Sharon Stone?
Patsies. He should sing in G.



Gérard Depardieu, of course! But also Alain Delon and Vincent Cassel, aka the best of France. Merci beaucoup!
Those fawning French, what?

Also Goldie Hawn.
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February 23rd, 2023, 7:16 pm

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Re: Russia земля борца самбо

February 23rd, 2023, 8:21 pm

Sting once sang "I hope the Russians love their children too."
 
 
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Re: Russia земля борца самбо

February 23rd, 2023, 8:40 pm

Sting once sang "I hope the Russians love their children too."
They love the Motherland, whether they like it or not. 

And excluding man-made famines DISTRESSING PHOTOS

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... death.html
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February 24th, 2023, 6:30 am

Sting once sang "I hope the Russians love their children too."
They love the Motherland, whether they like it or not. 

And excluding man-made famines DISTRESSING PHOTOS

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... death.html
At Gamal's recommendation I am brushing up on some history. So I'm (re?)watching David Lean's Doctor Zhivago. Some of these things are mentioned there.

I've still got hours and hours to go. What do I now know about Russians? They wear funny hats because of the snow. And they love the sound of their own voices. I knew the latter already from War and Peace.
 
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Re: Russia земля борца самбо

February 24th, 2023, 11:12 am

The war in Ukraine is a typical clash of civilisations. Ukrainians speak Russian no less than Ukrainian, they share the same religion, Ukraine has been in Russia for more than two hundred years. What makes them different? Tradition. The Russians have a Mongolian tradition of autocracy, while the Ukrainians share a democratic tradition with the Poles. We may say that Ukrainians are fighting for the one only thing that is really worth fighting for.
 
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February 24th, 2023, 12:29 pm

The war in Ukraine is a typical clash of civilisations. Ukrainians speak Russian no less than Ukrainian, they share the same religion, Ukraine has been in Russia for more than two hundred years. What makes them different? Tradition. The Russians have a Mongolian tradition of autocracy, while the Ukrainians share a democratic tradition with the Poles. We may say that Ukrainians are fighting for the one only thing that is really worth fighting for.
This enlightens me a lot. Thanks 
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Re: Russia земля борца самбо

February 24th, 2023, 1:59 pm

The war in Ukraine is a typical clash of civilisations. Ukrainians speak Russian no less than Ukrainian, they share the same religion, Ukraine has been in Russia for more than two hundred years. What makes them different? Tradition. The Russians have a Mongolian tradition of autocracy, while the Ukrainians share a democratic tradition with the Poles. We may say that Ukrainians are fighting for the one only thing that is really worth fighting for.
This enlightens me a lot. Thanks 
Serfdom and slaves (Ivan IV Vasilyevich's vision) versus free men. Ne'er the twain shall meet.
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Re: Russia земля борца самбо

February 24th, 2023, 2:44 pm

This day 1 year ago I was giving a lecture in Aveiro. All of sudden some of the audience (Ukrainians) stepped up and left the room. They looked shell-shocked. They had just received some bad news.
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Re: Russia земля борца самбо

February 24th, 2023, 4:57 pm

Some people just won't accept that there's no "h" in Nicolson.
 
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February 24th, 2023, 10:11 pm

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Re: Russia земля борца самбо

February 25th, 2023, 1:56 am

Some people just won't accept that there's no "h" in Nicolson.
Somehow, very awkwardly, Jack snuck in on page 111 of Cuch’s new(ish) book. I’ve encountered a couple of other typos, too, but that one hurt!