Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	It must be love, Russian style	QUOTE (Thomas-n-Elena @ Jun 30 2009, 08:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> This thread is another great example how every russian thread lives on the Tangent. Headline for the thread "It must be love, Russian style" Somehow has evolved into the quality of restroom facilities around the world and the use thereof. I really missed it, it brings me great joy to see this kind of mottled thinking because it makes perfect sense to me. The interesting thing about this thread is the OP is the one that took it off track. My original post was about slippers but then I posted about the toilets upon my return from Russia. I agree, I like this mottled thinking	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-06-30 07:28:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	It must be love, Russian style	QUOTE (clueless_in_usa @ Jun 29 2009, 02:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (john and natalya @ Jun 29 2009, 02:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (mox @ Jun 29 2009, 02:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Brad and Vika @ Jun 29 2009, 11:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What's wrong with cold wa-wa on the pooter? Heh! Ask a Russian doctor, it's probably good for your health. It is seldom just cold wa-wa; usually these toilets do not flush well, have previous debris, etc. Do as you wish, I will continue my Air to Surface Missile technique or just hold it till I get to mall or home Place a carpet of toilet paper on the surface of the water and you do not have to worry about a splash, no matter the angle. Bu don't put too much paper, or else you will clog the system You have been gone from Russia to long; the Babuska will give you four little squares of paper for 20 rb. How can I make 4 square, approx 3"x3" into a carpet; besides, I am not staying in there any longer than absolutely necessary-the smell is so so so bad-even that roaches will not go in these bathrooms	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-06-29 13:54:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	It must be love, Russian style	QUOTE (mox @ Jun 29 2009, 02:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Brad and Vika @ Jun 29 2009, 11:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What's wrong with cold wa-wa on the pooter? Heh! Ask a Russian doctor, it's probably good for your health. It is seldom just cold wa-wa; usually these toilets do not flush well, have previous debris, etc. Do as you wish, I will continue my Air to Surface Missile technique or just hold it till I get to mall or home	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-06-29 13:23:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	It must be love, Russian style	QUOTE (mox @ Jun 29 2009, 11:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (john and natalya @ Jun 29 2009, 07:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (mox @ Jun 29 2009, 09:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The advantage of the squat-over-the-seat maneuver is that even the largest...er...solid bits...can't create enough splash-back to nail you in the pooter. This is important if you're prone to screaming like a girl when cold water hits you square in the pooter. Or...so I'm told. I prefer the Scud missile approach, shot it at an angle so the splash black goes toward the rear wall. It takes a bit more effort to shoot with pressure a,,er,,solid bits but I find I prefer that to the splash back Judging from my memories of the first Gulf War, I'd have thought the Scud Missile approach is where you miss the toilet completely.	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-06-29 10:51:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	It must be love, Russian style	QUOTE (mox @ Jun 29 2009, 09:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The advantage of the squat-over-the-seat maneuver is that even the largest...er...solid bits...can't create enough splash-back to nail you in the pooter. This is important if you're prone to screaming like a girl when cold water hits you square in the pooter. Or...so I'm told. I prefer the Scud missile approach, shot it at an angle so the splash black goes toward the rear wall. It takes a bit more effort to shoot with pressure a,,er,,solid bits but I find I prefer that to the splash back Edited by john and natalya, 29 June 2009 - 09:05 AM.	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-06-29 09:05:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	It must be love, Russian style	QUOTE (mox @ Jun 23 2009, 05:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> How was the trip? Well, it ain't no Pitcairn Island It must be like childbirth, you forget the pain of the long trip and only remember the good times; I have been to Russia so many times they greet me by my first name at Passport Control. Did I mention the trip is long, but I digress. I recently relocated to Jacksonville, Florida from St. Petersburg, Florida. That added an extra stop to my trip and an extra pain in my rear because of the long trip. Oops, there it is again, a mention about the long trip. I am a bit slap-happy. I arrive at 3 AM, got to bed at 4 AM and went to work at 7 AM; oh, that was after three days of travel with little sleep except on the airplanes. I was a real joy to be around today at work After the first 10 phone calls and meetings, I plaster a sign on my back that read "The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has determined that the safe loading capacity on my "ash" is four people; you are number 8 in line, take a number!" The trip was good; Natalya is a princess; her father and mom are the parents I wish I had; her sister and niece are sweet and her son-in-law seems okay. I filed the K-1 today, off in FedEx to Vermont; with my request for waiver for previous K-1, divorce docs, evidence of meeting, check, etc.... Seems by the time lines that the wait will be approximately 7 to 8 months; what a joy What is the best advice I can give any newbies; learn enough Russian to avoid Taxis. At Sherometvo One the official taxi desk wanted 1500 rubies to go to Sherometvo Two, less than two miles. Oh, for you newbies, that is 50 bucks. WHAT? I had to get in my bag just to get a mirror to see if "STUPID" was tattooed on my forehead. 1500 rubies. Just a short walk out the terminal was a bus that carried 17 people for 60 rubies each from Sherometvo One to Sherometvo Two. Second piece of advice, go to the toilet in your hotel or flat. In Sochi, it is 10-20 rubies for a toilet. Oh, but before you start saying that is only 33-67 cents; you need to experience this sort of toilet. The plastic box kind were so full they overflowed when you opened the door because of the flexion of the plastic-and I am not speaking of overflow of the blue tidy bowl type water used in American Port-a-lets. An Army NBC gas mask would not protect you from the horrid smells of this sort of box of horrors. Then there were the 20 rubies toilet rooms with the older babuska collecting money and giving you two squares of toilet paper for wiping. One there is no frickin toilet, only a couple formed pads in the base for your two feet and you hang it over the hole-and I am not speaking of hangin my 12 inches over the bowl but my buns. Just because you shelled out a couple extra rubies does not mean it is clean. I have been in autopsy's of 10 day old floaters that smelled better.	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-06-23 17:05:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	It must be love, Russian style	I leave town for a week and this thread goes all to ship; now we discussing belly flab, shameful. Oh, welcome home myself; good trip all. It is a long frickin way to Anapa, Russia. I think the airlines in Russia are better than the ones operating out of JFK, what a joke of an airport.	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-06-23 16:17:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	It must be love, Russian style	QUOTE (sivad @ Jun 9 2009, 10:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (john and natalya @ Jun 9 2009, 09:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (baron555 @ Jun 9 2009, 09:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> conversions.com ? this is the chart i use,hope it helps. http://www.i18nguy.com/l10n/shoes.html Duh, sorry, I had a brief moment of blankness. I can measure my feet, no problem. I just thought it was so thoughtful that this was her primary question for me before I came for visit.	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-06-09 21:42:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	It must be love, Russian style	QUOTE (baron555 @ Jun 9 2009, 09:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> conversions.com ?	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-06-09 20:52:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	It must be love, Russian style	In three days, I leave for Russia. Got an email today from Natalya, one major question. WHAT SIZE ARE YOU FEET IN CENTIMETERS? This is not a question I have ever been asked, not in my two marriages and not by any other FSU women. She wants to buy me slippers so I am accepted in her family home. I am so touched! Edited by john and natalya, 09 June 2009 - 08:10 PM.	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-06-09 20:10:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	Queston on background check for petitioner	QUOTE (mox @ Jul 1 2009, 06:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, he can't really file yet unless he's met his intended 18 year-old hawt sexah bride within the last 2 years already. Otherwise he's going to have to schedule his "A Foreign Affair" bridal tour for roughly July 2159. Couldn't he file as a hardship; because of governmental intervention in his life causing him to be unable to visit	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-02 11:37:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	hating on the "newbies"	QUOTE (missmissy @ Jun 29 2009, 05:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey Mox, I enjoyed lurking around in here before, never caused any trouble....can I still lurk, if I do it quietly to myself? You are welcome to lurk but not quietly and not to yourself; this is a public forum. Ooops, I am not Mox	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-06-29 16:22:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	hating on the "newbies"	Hey, those NOOBS highjacked our Russian Forum thread; no peace for us	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-06-29 15:37:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	Pronunciation Differences	QUOTE (Steve S @ Jul 6 2009, 05:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm sure she loves meat and potatoes just as much as the next FSU girl, but like the rest of the FSU girls, there's no way she's touching fried anything. Did anyone else read this at first as Florida State girls (who by and large enjoy catfish & hushpuppies, and other fried delicacies, I imagine)? Maybe it was just silly me. I had to think about it for a minute! Living in Florida, every time I see FSU my mind immediately translated to Fla State Univ until my gray matter takes over to former Soviet Union	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-07 15:38:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	Travel to Russia	I remember one of my puddle jump flights (2 hrs) in a Russian plane, it was setup like a bus with open over bins, seats super close together, gang boarding, no safety presentation and folks milling around during take-off and landing.	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-03 07:24:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	Travel to Russia	Time for me to weigh in here. I have been to Russia roughly 30 times in the past five years. The best site I have found for searching airfare prices is www.kayak.com; it is just a portal and sometimes the flights are sold out once you go to the member airline but it gives you an excellent feel for the options. I have had tourist visas, business visas, multiple entry, etc. If you plan multiple trips, the business one year visa is the way to go; less hassle and less long term expense. My last trip, I had a problem, first time, with my visa. I went through a broker and they put a Moscow hotel on my visa invitation and visa voucher. I spent my time in Sochi. When attempting to leave Sochi, the person in charge of allowing me past the security checkpoint flagged me for special treatment; you know, the single chair in a 12X12 room with a bright light on my face as they grilled me in Russian. Well I have been around the baseball diamond enough to act totally stupid. I know enough Russian to speak a tiny bit but I have found it best to act totally stupid, not hard for me. I repeated, I don't understand Russian, I do not speak Russian, etc. Never said a word of Russia other than "Da". They finally sent in a Russian with some command of English and he grilled me why my voucher said a Russia hotel but I stayed in Sochi. I explained I went through an agent and that is what they gave me. Soon, he passed me through. Also, when in the company of a Russian official, never say you are visiting Russia for a bride, to visit your fiancee, for a MOB, etc. Some do not take to kindly to American (or any other countries men) coming to cherry pick there best single Russian women.	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-06-30 12:47:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	failed relationship	Concerning the OP, not much you can do; your friend is in denial. De-Nial is not a river in Egypt	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-09 15:57:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	failed relationship	QUOTE (BluesTraveler @ Jul 9 2009, 04:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Thomas-n-Elena @ Jul 9 2009, 09:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ... because I lived in the basement where it was dark and cool and only came up for food and to go to work. I still live in my parents basement. I don't see any problems with it. Unless momma's got a new friend visiting, then the dust from the ceiling falls on my head, but I don't really mind since all of momma's friends help her pray. Although the prayers aren't really complicated so I don't how effective they are, but at least she says them loud enough that there is no doubt as too who she is talking too. Like, Oh God, Oh God....	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-09 15:54:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	How long was your flight?	QUOTE (Thomas-n-Elena @ Jul 10 2009, 07:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (slim @ Jul 10 2009, 05:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> . I think Obama just fixed all that with his recent trip, right? Yeah he had to hook up the digital TV converters in our stations over there. They were still broadcasting in analog. Do we really believe the Russians are that stupid to believe that Obama fixed anything between these two countries? I love it when the news said the two Presidents saw "eye to eye" on many issues but that Putin and Obama had major differences, duh It is like to featherweights going up against one heavyweight. Sure, they will get in a couple pretty good swings but they do not have a prayer against the big guy. Don't kid yourselves, Putin has the final say in any treaties, togetherness, etc. Edited by john and natalya, 10 July 2009 - 07:16 AM.	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-10 07:16:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	How long was your flight?	Let's see, last time: Trip over 5am-7am Jacksonville-Atlanta 9am-11am Atlanta-JFK 4pm-10am JFK-SVO (+1 day) 9pm-11pm Moscow-Sochi 11pm-4am Sochi-Anapa (taxi) Return 6pm-8pm Sochi-Moscow Noon-2:30 Moscow-JFK 6pm-8pm JFK-Atlanta 1130pm-1am Atlanta-Jacksonville (+1 day) That is a lot of ash time! Previous times when I went to Blagoveschensk, add 6.5 days on the train to this total, minus the trip to Sochi Edited by john and natalya, 07 July 2009 - 03:19 PM.	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-07 15:16:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	Certified Translations	Slim; after you have raised a couple teenagers, you will qualified to comment on "picking your battles"	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-08 08:47:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	Certified Translations	QUOTE (mox @ Jul 7 2009, 04:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (john and natalya @ Jul 7 2009, 01:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Okay folks, write this date on you daytimer, Mox and I agree. This is not a big deal, give her this one. If you are wrong and her particular interviewer requires the notary, you are sunk for the rest of your life and will never ever ever hear the end of this; spend the few rubles and let her win. Agree, pick you battles. Any former or current parent of a teenager knows this! Hehe ...I didn't realize we disagreed so much Really, we don't; just like to stir the pot	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-07 16:04:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	Certified Translations	QUOTE (mox @ Jul 7 2009, 01:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE How do you tell a woman she is wrong and get her to believe it? So. If she's going to go through the roof if you don't notarize your translations, then hell, notarize the translations. I'm all about domestic harmony and picking my battles wisely, and to my mind this is a pretty small battle to win. So if you can't convince her, get 'em notarized and make her happy. Once you get to the AOS stage you'll be able to show her on a computer screen in front of both of you that such-and-such a thing is either necessary or not, and then it won't be such a big deal. Okay folks, write this date on you daytimer, Mox and I agree. This is not a big deal, give her this one. If you are wrong and her particular interviewer requires the notary, you are sunk for the rest of your life and will never ever ever hear the end of this; spend the few rubles and let her win. Agree, pick you battles. Any former or current parent of a teenager knows this!	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-07 15:29:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	The foods they made you eat... just once.	QUOTE (AKguy @ Jul 14 2009, 12:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (slim @ Jul 13 2009, 11:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> On the heat.... the one thing I noticed very early on about Russian girls was when it's hot, they're not scared to take their clothes off. I spent the better part of my early twenties hanging out with half-nekkid Russkayas, and I believe I'm a better man for it. ...... I'm just wondering if I'm going to spend the better part of my sixties the same way! When Anna and I first started to talk on Skype I thought I was just lucky with how few clothes she wore. And then how few clothes her sister was wearing when walking by the camera... then her parents... Her mom would be standing right over her shoulder in just a bra and undies, while we were chatting and I'm like "uh... um" and then pops came over her other shoulder in just his tighty whities "um... really?" Come to find out when I was there that the flats are all heated at one temperature HOT! While I was there and sweating like a stuffed pig her sister would egg me on "take your clothes off!" I'm a commando kinda guy! "No thanks... the heat is good for me..." AK, next time, take some whities	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-14 11:17:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	The foods they made you eat... just once.	QUOTE (mox @ Jul 9 2009, 03:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (KGSodie @ Jul 9 2009, 12:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> At the same cafe in Moscow where I had the awesome veal with mushroomd there was a 'salad' that reminded me of a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon: (paraphrasing) Calvin, looking down at this dinner plate: "Mom! I need a new plate! Someone already puked on this one!" Nice to see you around Kevin! They served you the same stuff they served me!	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-09 15:30:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	The foods they made you eat... just once.	QUOTE (mox @ Jul 8 2009, 11:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (slim @ Jul 8 2009, 12:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Thomas-n-Elena @ Jul 7 2009, 02:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (mox @ Jul 7 2009, 09:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (slim @ Jul 7 2009, 01:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's inappropriate? Absolutely. It's rude and humiliating. The proper compliment is "stunning tits." Otherwise it's like, "what? They're just nice?!" I thought you just supposed to run up to them and stick you face in them and make motor boat sounds. That's how we do it in the midwest. California has all that PC #######. Right. We're not allowed to make motor boat sounds, it interferes with whale migration patterns. You are admiring them on someone the size of a whale	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-08 11:39:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	The foods they made you eat... just once.	QUOTE (Thomas-n-Elena @ Jul 7 2009, 02:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (mox @ Jul 7 2009, 09:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (slim @ Jul 7 2009, 01:13 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> That's inappropriate? Absolutely. It's rude and humiliating. The proper compliment is "stunning tits." Otherwise it's like, "what? They're just nice?!" I thought you just supposed to run up to them and stick you face in them and make motor boat sounds.	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-07 13:53:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	The foods they made you eat... just once.	QUOTE (mox @ Jul 6 2009, 03:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Postally Acquired Signifigant Other PASO Love it. My PASO	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-06 15:02:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	The foods they made you eat... just once.	QUOTE (AKguy @ Jul 6 2009, 12:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (slim @ Jul 6 2009, 06:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't understand why Microsoft is touting that as a bad thing. It seems to me Americans would be better off if they knew a little bit more about everything as most seem pretty clueless. Just another case of the dumbing down of America. I'm saving up for the Google Implant. http://io9.com/35993...e-brain-implant "What exactly would be the plusses and minuses of being able to google information instantaneously in your head, without anybody knowing you're doing it?" Do you really believe this would be possible "without anybody knowing...". I don't, they would install something with cookies and some type of reporting software so they could monitor all you thoughts, thereby soon controlling all your thoughts and thereby controlling all your actions.	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-06 12:15:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	The foods they made you eat... just once.	QUOTE (lee b @ Jul 6 2009, 11:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (john and natalya @ Jul 6 2009, 11:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (lee b @ Jul 6 2009, 11:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> the pussification of America Another George Carlin fan? Who isn't, but its just so ridiculous these days. Being PC has just gottrn out of hand in this country. Everything that is said or done has to be so measured. I am not for just blatantly offending people, but a little bit of thicker skin wouldn't hurt anybody in this country. We are in complete agreement, GROW A SET (of balls)!	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-06 11:05:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	The foods they made you eat... just once.	QUOTE (lee b @ Jul 6 2009, 11:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> the pussification of America Another George Carlin fan?	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-06 10:32:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	The foods they made you eat... just once.	QUOTE (slim @ Jun 21 2009, 12:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My wife is shocked at my refusal to take meditsin. She also doesn't understand how I can never be sick even though I eat lotta pizza and gamburger, don't have exercise, and always stay in wind. I drink super cold drinks, never wash my hands (I do, just not 299 times a day) and even used to wear my dirty shoes in the house. How did I ever survive before she got here? OH my god Slim, you are me! Until a couple days ago, I had not taken any medicine in years (after 8 days of diahierra I finally down part of bottle of the pink stuff-uuuggg). I consider Pizza fancy restaurant food, regular diet is whatever i shove in my gut, I keep my home at 68 degrees, drink a couple gallons of coke a day, I wash my hands if I ####### on them-otherwise they are clean enough, etc. I get sick once every 10 years.	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-01 12:34:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	Whoda Thunk it	QUOTE (Thomas-n-Elena @ Jul 20 2009, 10:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Are you sure your SO is russian, I mean sour cream come on, next your going to say you dont like pie or worse you dont like guns!!!!! I don't like sour cream (why do we eat something sour or spoiled); I like pie-all kinds of pie. I like to have my cake and eat it to. Guns are great for watermelon, right Slim; who needs a knife?	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-20 21:53:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	Tupolev 154 serving lunch	QUOTE (Thomas-n-Elena @ Jul 22 2009, 09:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ... but the Lions in the superbowl that is laughable, thats like saying the Phoenix coyotes are going to win the stanley cup. Hey, the Tampa Bay Lighting did the Stanley Cup for a year (actually two since this sit-out)	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-22 09:49:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	Tupolev 154 serving lunch	QUOTE (Thomas-n-Elena @ Jul 21 2009, 08:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> And watch out for the guy in the BBQ apron you have no idea what kind of weapon he is concealing under that thing. According to his wife; he is not "packin"	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-21 07:44:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	Tupolev 154 serving lunch	QUOTE (Thomas-n-Elena @ Jul 21 2009, 07:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (john and natalya @ Jul 21 2009, 07:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Thomas-n-Elena @ Jul 21 2009, 07:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> maybe you have to display it kind of like a hunting license. Sure, just make it a requirement to have a shirt with the license printed on rear; Licensed to Kill See its this kind of thinking that allows for real change, so as soon as we get slim in the white house we can all become law makers, natural law makers, laws about common sense. Exactly! It would not be to difficult to know the general character (likely hood to draw and shoot) of persons either. A man wearing a dirty "wife beater" printed t-shirt (or BBQ apron ) would be a bit more scary than someone wearing a button-down Ralph Lauren Polo with printed license on back.	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-21 07:06:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	Tupolev 154 serving lunch	QUOTE (Thomas-n-Elena @ Jul 21 2009, 07:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> maybe you have to display it kind of like a hunting license. Sure, just make it a requirement to have a shirt with the license printed on rear; Licensed to Kill	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-21 06:55:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	Tupolev 154 serving lunch	QUOTE (Thomas-n-Elena @ Jul 17 2009, 04:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Why would you arrest someone for taking a picture of a bird, I could see if he was showing you the bird but not taking a picture of one. He assumed I was a spy with a giant lens pointed at the AK factory so something; I did not ask questions. I know how to act like stupid American; American Embassy, American Embassy, American Embassy When I got my call to American Embassy, they said, sorry Mon, you are on your own.	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-17 15:48:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	Tupolev 154 serving lunch	QUOTE (sivad @ Jul 17 2009, 01:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (john and natalya @ Jul 17 2009, 08:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I may be a bit "dim" but I am not stupid. I never asked for a tour of the factory because this is the same city the militiza picked me up in the city park because I was photographing birds with a big camera lens. Granted, the lens was a 600mm f4 (about 2 feet long and about 12 inch diameter) but they detained me till they could confirm I was indeed a wildlife photographer working in Russia photographing birds. Sure, I can see me on a tour of the AK factory; picked up in the park as a spy; dating a lady with son who works at AK factory; background as special forces in Army; .... I think I would still be living in a gulag in Russia! However, I did enjoy the cold of Siberia and Yakutia is not so bad is you like permafrost and -70, seas of bugs in the summer and ice almost year-around wildlife photographer,cool job.i love the hooded crows i saw over there,and next thursday on animal planet "wild russia" The Jackdaw that I have just uploaded as my avatar was the same bird I was photographing at the time of my arrest	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-17 12:16:00
Russia, Ukraine and Belarus	Tupolev 154 serving lunch	I may be a bit "dim" but I am not stupid. I never asked for a tour of the factory because this is the same city the militiza picked me up in the city park because I was photographing birds with a big camera lens. Granted, the lens was a 600mm f4 (about 2 feet long and about 12 inch diameter) but they detained me till they could confirm I was indeed a wildlife photographer working in Russia photographing birds. Sure, I can see me on a tour of the AK factory; picked up in the park as a spy; dating a lady with son who works at AK factory; background as special forces in Army; .... I think I would still be living in a gulag in Russia! However, I did enjoy the cold of Siberia and Yakutia is not so bad is you like permafrost and -70, seas of bugs in the summer and ice almost year-around	johnj	Male	Russia	2009-07-17 07:31:00