Fedor Gorst's sponsorship
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He ain't a Pootin
https://military-history.fandom.com/wiki/Conscription_in_Russia Looks like you have to do at least a yr. unless you qualify for exempt status.
China is a communist nation. There is a person who is a member on this website who builds cue cases there. He might be able to fill us in on the details but I doubt he would ever do that.
On the topic of Russia they are no longer communist but I knew a woman in St Louis who was a Jew living in Georgia - the area in the Caucasus - when it was part of the Soviet Union. She said everybody was hustling and involved in the black market because you would starve if you went by the rules under communism. Her family moved from the Soviet Union to Israel and then America. I asked her about Israel and she said she was treated better in the Soviet Union than in Israel. She loved America. Some of the things we take for granted were a miracle for her - like a grocery store.
I went to a wrestling match once between team USA and team Belarus. After the event the wrestlers from Belarus were selling items. I bought a warm fur hat dirt cheap. I took it to work and showed it to the Russian woman so she could read the label and tell me what it was made of. It read "hare" which is a cousin of a rabbit. Absolutely the warmest hat I've ever had. I can wear it when it's zero outside and my head is nice and warm.
My wife is from the Philippines. Not a communist nation but almost as poor. Like the Russian woman my wife loves America probably more than a lot of Americans who take it for granted because she has experienced life elsewhere. No food stamps. If you want to eat you have to acquire money for food.
On the topic of Russia they are no longer communist but I knew a woman in St Louis who was a Jew living in Georgia - the area in the Caucasus - when it was part of the Soviet Union. She said everybody was hustling and involved in the black market because you would starve if you went by the rules under communism. Her family moved from the Soviet Union to Israel and then America. I asked her about Israel and she said she was treated better in the Soviet Union than in Israel. She loved America. Some of the things we take for granted were a miracle for her - like a grocery store.
I went to a wrestling match once between team USA and team Belarus. After the event the wrestlers from Belarus were selling items. I bought a warm fur hat dirt cheap. I took it to work and showed it to the Russian woman so she could read the label and tell me what it was made of. It read "hare" which is a cousin of a rabbit. Absolutely the warmest hat I've ever had. I can wear it when it's zero outside and my head is nice and warm.
My wife is from the Philippines. Not a communist nation but almost as poor. Like the Russian woman my wife loves America probably more than a lot of Americans who take it for granted because she has experienced life elsewhere. No food stamps. If you want to eat you have to acquire money for food.
i was taught that what we call hares in europe you call jackrabbits
Another example of the failed public school system. Everyone gets a diploma.
HUH???? What does this have to do with anything in this thread??
He own's a nice room in Moscow. Jeremy Jones talked about one time. Really a nice place from what he reported.
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I dated a girl whose father made $$$ importing Levi jeans into Russia in the 80s. They were gaga over Levis apparently.
Yes, a Jack Rabbit would be wild and free roaming. In my area they are all over the place. These are from my yard:
Current events. History. Things your taught in school to understand and keep up with. Intellectual curiosity.
I think you are correct. The little things are everywhere. In my other neighborhood it was deer.
I live in the Texas Hillcountry. The deer are so tame they eat out of my hand. Man is the only predator except for vehicles and a rare cougar.
Nice photo. They are just like that around Far West and Mesa in Austin too. I had the same few deer live around us for a good while. The neighbor next door had no fence to her back yard on one side and every year it seemed a mama would hide out back there and start her little ones life there.
I knew a guy who worked for Pepsi in Poland when it was part of the Soviet Union. His biggest task was getting everybody to cooperate to move the product. They all expected to be paid under the table. Different culture.
In Missouri add coyotes and in Southern Missouri black bears.
They love Doritos. I had a friend who lived at Lakeway and if you sat on his balcony and ate them they would gather in the backyard waiting for a handout.
