Re: [MBZ] MB's in Albania

2014-06-03 Thread Dan Penoff
Absolutely. I always carried copies of my passport, WHO immunization card and 
driver's license in a number of different places with me when I traveled.

>From personal experience I can tell you it's far easier getting a passport 
>replaced while in a foreign country if you have copies of the original.

Family and our travel department all had copies as well.

Dan

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> On Jun 3, 2014, at 12:13 PM, Randy Bennell  wrote:
> 
> Let me suggest that you make copies of identification documents like your 
> passport and leave them with someone you trust back home so that, if your 
> passport should be lost or stolen etc., you can at the very least get the 
> copy faxed or emailed etc so that you have some evidence of who you are. 
> Having the document copies notarized might not be a bad idea either and you 
> might get those couriered to you as even better evidence than the faxed 
> copies.
> 
> Actually, a good idea to photocopy all of the stuff in your wallet 
> periodically. Much easier to get replaced if you lose your wallet if you at 
> least know what was in there etc.
> 
> 
> 
>> On 03/06/2014 11:08 AM, Dan Penoff wrote:
>> This is something that every citizen should do when traveling to a 
>> potentially sketchy foreign country.
>> 
>> In advance of your trip check the State Department web site for the contact 
>> information of the local embassy or consulate. Upon arrival, call them, 
>> identify yourself as a U.S. citizen, and ask to speak to the RSO (Resident 
>> Security Officer) on the duty desk.
>> 
>> When you get to the RSO, identify yourself and let them know you are 
>> In-country and would like to check in. They will ask for your location and 
>> departure date. It's a courtesy to call them and let them know when you 
>> leave, although not required.
>> 
>> Here's the deal: If the RSO has a record of you being in-country and all 
>> hell starts breaking loose or there is a reason for U.S. citizens to be in 
>> danger, they will try to contact you. It's also handy if you don't show up 
>> at home and someone has to go looking for you.
>> 
>> Dan BTDT
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad
>> 
>>> On Jun 2, 2014, at 11:25 PM, "WILTON"  wrote:
>>> I asked Grndson to check in/register with American embassy/consulate - 
>>> "Just in case you might need some 'help,' at least let somebody know you're 
>>> there."
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Wilton
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Re: [MBZ] MB's in Albania

2014-06-03 Thread Randy Bennell
Let me suggest that you make copies of identification documents like 
your passport and leave them with someone you trust back home so that, 
if your passport should be lost or stolen etc., you can at the very 
least get the copy faxed or emailed etc so that you have some evidence 
of who you are. Having the document copies notarized might not be a bad 
idea either and you might get those couriered to you as even better 
evidence than the faxed copies.


Actually, a good idea to photocopy all of the stuff in your wallet 
periodically. Much easier to get replaced if you lose your wallet if you 
at least know what was in there etc.




On 03/06/2014 11:08 AM, Dan Penoff wrote:

This is something that every citizen should do when traveling to a potentially 
sketchy foreign country.

In advance of your trip check the State Department web site for the contact 
information of the local embassy or consulate. Upon arrival, call them, 
identify yourself as a U.S. citizen, and ask to speak to the RSO (Resident 
Security Officer) on the duty desk.

When you get to the RSO, identify yourself and let them know you are In-country 
and would like to check in. They will ask for your location and departure date. 
It's a courtesy to call them and let them know when you leave, although not 
required.

Here's the deal: If the RSO has a record of you being in-country and all hell 
starts breaking loose or there is a reason for U.S. citizens to be in danger, 
they will try to contact you. It's also handy if you don't show up at home and 
someone has to go looking for you.

Dan BTDT

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On Jun 2, 2014, at 11:25 PM, "WILTON"  wrote:
I asked Grndson to check in/register with American embassy/consulate - "Just in case 
you might need some 'help,' at least let somebody know you're there."


Wilton


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Re: [MBZ] MB's in Albania

2014-06-03 Thread Dan Penoff
This is something that every citizen should do when traveling to a potentially 
sketchy foreign country.

In advance of your trip check the State Department web site for the contact 
information of the local embassy or consulate. Upon arrival, call them, 
identify yourself as a U.S. citizen, and ask to speak to the RSO (Resident 
Security Officer) on the duty desk.

When you get to the RSO, identify yourself and let them know you are In-country 
and would like to check in. They will ask for your location and departure date. 
It's a courtesy to call them and let them know when you leave, although not 
required.

Here's the deal: If the RSO has a record of you being in-country and all hell 
starts breaking loose or there is a reason for U.S. citizens to be in danger, 
they will try to contact you. It's also handy if you don't show up at home and 
someone has to go looking for you.

Dan BTDT

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> On Jun 2, 2014, at 11:25 PM, "WILTON"  wrote:
> I asked Grndson to check in/register with American embassy/consulate - "Just 
> in case you might need some 'help,' at least let somebody know you're there."
> 
> 
> Wilton
> 

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Re: [MBZ] MB's in Albania

2014-06-03 Thread Dan Penoff
Not hardly.

My grandfather was Greek Orthodox.  The government destroyed or re-tasked all 
places of worship starting in the late 1940s, so I doubt that my relatives had 
any religious affiliation.

As for my grandfather, the area where he is from was a real melting pot of 
religions and cultures at the time he was growing up (early 1900s) consisting 
of Christians (Greeks and Macedonians) and Muslims (Turks) as well as a 
smattering of others, including Jews.

I always recall him telling jokes about the Macedonians, as if they were the 
Polacks of the area

When I was a young teenager and dabbling in electronics I built him a shortwave 
receiver from a Heathkit. Set up the antenna and everything. He would often 
spend his evenings listening to broadcasts from Albania and other Eastern Bloc 
countries, as he spoke and wrote in a number of their languages.

Dan

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> On Jun 3, 2014, at 2:52 AM, "arche...@embarqmail.com" 
>  wrote:
> 
> Your Albanian relative are Sunni Muslim, then?
> During the 1970s I could pick up Radio Tirana on my shortwave when no other 
> European stations were accessible except those with repeaters in the West 
> Indies.  The same lady announcer would read the news every time, and she 
> sounded like the grim reaper.  She was not a good cheerleader for communism.
> Gerry
> 
>> On 6/2/2014 10:13 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
>> Albania was probably the country who came the closest to pure socialism in 
>> its day.
>> 
>> My grandfather would get letter from my cousins which inferred that we were 
>> all rich beyond belief and the streets were paved with gold, so to speak.  
>> The things they told the people about the West were really outrageous, at 
>> least from what we could see.
>> 
>> One of the last letters I saw from them before the government collapsed and 
>> the Hoxhaist state was more or less dismantled had them asking for several 
>> thousand dollars so they could buy motorbikes for everyone in the family to 
>> help them to be able to get around.
>> 
>> This was in the early 1980s, I recall.
>> 
>> In 1966 or 67, I traveled with my Dad to NYC to visit the Albanian 
>> representatives at the UN.  We had gotten word that one of the relatives was 
>> very sick, and my grandfather wanted my Dad to travel to Albania to deliver 
>> medicine to the family under the auspices of a Red Cross visit.  I recall 
>> the men from the consul or whatever the diplomatic entity they were being 
>> very skeptical and not so nice.  They would, however, grant my father and 
>> any other member of our family a visa to enter the country if we liked.
>> 
>> The next day we took the train down to D.C. where we met with some people 
>> from the State Department.  I remember was the State Department person 
>> telling us that we were welcome to go to Albania if they issued a visa, but 
>> once we crossed their border we would, for all intents and purposes, vanish 
>> off the face of the Earth, as the US had no diplomatic relations with the 
>> country.
>> 
>> Needless to say, my Dad said "The hell with it!" and more or less told my 
>> grandfather they wouldn't let us in the country.
>> 
>> Dan
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jun 2, 2014, at 5:37 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:
>>> 
>>> Just like in Washington DC (and probably Ottawa too).
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
 On 02/06/2014 4:12 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
 Commie socialist capitalists?
 
 
 On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Rich Thomas <
 richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote:

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Re: [MBZ] MB's in Albania

2014-06-02 Thread arche...@embarqmail.com

Your Albanian relative are Sunni Muslim, then?
During the 1970s I could pick up Radio Tirana on my shortwave when no 
other European stations were accessible except those with repeaters in 
the West Indies.  The same lady announcer would read the news every 
time, and she sounded like the grim reaper.  She was not a good 
cheerleader for communism.

Gerry

On 6/2/2014 10:13 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:

Albania was probably the country who came the closest to pure socialism in its 
day.

My grandfather would get letter from my cousins which inferred that we were all 
rich beyond belief and the streets were paved with gold, so to speak.  The 
things they told the people about the West were really outrageous, at least 
from what we could see.

One of the last letters I saw from them before the government collapsed and the 
Hoxhaist state was more or less dismantled had them asking for several thousand 
dollars so they could buy motorbikes for everyone in the family to help them to 
be able to get around.

This was in the early 1980s, I recall.

In 1966 or 67, I traveled with my Dad to NYC to visit the Albanian 
representatives at the UN.  We had gotten word that one of the relatives was 
very sick, and my grandfather wanted my Dad to travel to Albania to deliver 
medicine to the family under the auspices of a Red Cross visit.  I recall the 
men from the consul or whatever the diplomatic entity they were being very 
skeptical and not so nice.  They would, however, grant my father and any other 
member of our family a visa to enter the country if we liked.

The next day we took the train down to D.C. where we met with some people from 
the State Department.  I remember was the State Department person telling us 
that we were welcome to go to Albania if they issued a visa, but once we 
crossed their border we would, for all intents and purposes, vanish off the 
face of the Earth, as the US had no diplomatic relations with the country.

Needless to say, my Dad said "The hell with it!" and more or less told my 
grandfather they wouldn't let us in the country.

Dan




On Jun 2, 2014, at 5:37 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:


Just like in Washington DC (and probably Ottawa too).



On 02/06/2014 4:12 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:

Commie socialist capitalists?


On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Rich Thomas <
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote:


I understand a lot of them are stolen elsewhere and taken there and sold,
a fairly lawless place.  The commie socialists embraced capitalism very
quickly.

--R



On 6/2/14 3:34 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:


That's pretty interesting, as before they opened the borders to the
outside world they were lucky to have horse drawn carts.

My Dad's family is from Albania and I supposedly still have relatives
there...

Dan

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  On Jun 2, 2014, at 3:30 PM, "WILTON"  wrote:

@ 1 grandson (grad student in Paris) is on a  summer job in Tirana,
Albania; 'says most of the cars there seem to be MB's; lotsa 124's and
newer; I'll ask about 123's.

Wilton
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Re: [MBZ] MB's in Albania

2014-06-02 Thread WILTON
Grndson is working for National Democratic Institute For International 
Affairs; HQ in DC; board chair is Madelyn Albright.


I've been concerned about grandson going to Albania since he first mentioned 
it coupla months ago.  'He called me last Saturday evening to say that he 
had arrived.  'Recounted a "scare" he had immediately after clearing 
customs.  A man dressed in dark grey suit met him immediately outside the 
airport exit and asked if he wanted a taxi.  He at first refused until the 
man asked if he were going to Hotel Europa.  He then thought, "well, he 
already knows where I'm going."  Grnson enlisted aid of young 
English-speaking woman shopkeeper to translate and help him negotate fare. 
(Grnson is fluent in French, Arabic, English, of course, passable in 
Russian, some Mandarin, but not Albanian/Italian)  They got into a silver 
Mercedes taxi; another man dressed like the first one got into front 
passenger seat.  Soon after starting the trip to the hotel, driver opened 
glove compartment, pulled out police badge and showed it to grndson while 
pointing to himself and the other man, each displaying big smiles.  Grndson 
understood that they were policemen, but one of 'em also drives taxi "on 
side."


I asked Grndson to check in/register with American embassy/consulate - "Just 
in case you might need some 'help,' at least let somebody know you're 
there."


Grandson called again early this afternoon.  He'd been to his workplace, met 
his boss (a Bosnian lady) and some of the other people there.  They took 
'imp to lunch and helped him find an apartment with which he was very 
pleased regarding location, size, furnishings, amenities, etc.  'Seems to be 
near a university; he was pleased to see others his age nearby.


Wilton





- Original Message - 
From: "Dan Penoff" 

To: "Mercedes Discussion List" 
Sent: Monday, June 02, 2014 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] MB's in Albania


Albania was probably the country who came the closest to pure socialism in 
its day.


My grandfather would get letter from my cousins which inferred that we 
were all rich beyond belief and the streets were paved with gold, so to 
speak.  The things they told the people about the West were really 
outrageous, at least from what we could see.


One of the last letters I saw from them before the government collapsed 
and the Hoxhaist state was more or less dismantled had them asking for 
several thousand dollars so they could buy motorbikes for everyone in the 
family to help them to be able to get around.


This was in the early 1980s, I recall.

In 1966 or 67, I traveled with my Dad to NYC to visit the Albanian 
representatives at the UN.  We had gotten word that one of the relatives 
was very sick, and my grandfather wanted my Dad to travel to Albania to 
deliver medicine to the family under the auspices of a Red Cross visit.  I 
recall the men from the consul or whatever the diplomatic entity they were 
being very skeptical and not so nice.  They would, however, grant my 
father and any other member of our family a visa to enter the country if 
we liked.


The next day we took the train down to D.C. where we met with some people 
from the State Department.  I remember was the State Department person 
telling us that we were welcome to go to Albania if they issued a visa, 
but once we crossed their border we would, for all intents and purposes, 
vanish off the face of the Earth, as the US had no diplomatic relations 
with the country.


Needless to say, my Dad said "The hell with it!" and more or less told my 
grandfather they wouldn't let us in the country.


Dan




On Jun 2, 2014, at 5:37 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:



Just like in Washington DC (and probably Ottawa too).



On 02/06/2014 4:12 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:

Commie socialist capitalists?


On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Rich Thomas <
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote:

I understand a lot of them are stolen elsewhere and taken there and 
sold,

a fairly lawless place.  The commie socialists embraced capitalism very
quickly.

--R



On 6/2/14 3:34 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:


That's pretty interesting, as before they opened the borders to the
outside world they were lucky to have horse drawn carts.

My Dad's family is from Albania and I supposedly still have relatives
there...

Dan

Sent from my iPad

 On Jun 2, 2014, at 3:30 PM, "WILTON"  wrote:

@ 1 grandson (grad student in Paris) is on a  summer job in Tirana,
Albania; 'says most of the cars there seem to be MB's; lotsa 124's 
and

newer; I'll ask about 123's.

Wilton
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Re: [MBZ] MB's in Albania

2014-06-02 Thread Dan Penoff
Albania was probably the country who came the closest to pure socialism in its 
day.

My grandfather would get letter from my cousins which inferred that we were all 
rich beyond belief and the streets were paved with gold, so to speak.  The 
things they told the people about the West were really outrageous, at least 
from what we could see.

One of the last letters I saw from them before the government collapsed and the 
Hoxhaist state was more or less dismantled had them asking for several thousand 
dollars so they could buy motorbikes for everyone in the family to help them to 
be able to get around.

This was in the early 1980s, I recall.

In 1966 or 67, I traveled with my Dad to NYC to visit the Albanian 
representatives at the UN.  We had gotten word that one of the relatives was 
very sick, and my grandfather wanted my Dad to travel to Albania to deliver 
medicine to the family under the auspices of a Red Cross visit.  I recall the 
men from the consul or whatever the diplomatic entity they were being very 
skeptical and not so nice.  They would, however, grant my father and any other 
member of our family a visa to enter the country if we liked.

The next day we took the train down to D.C. where we met with some people from 
the State Department.  I remember was the State Department person telling us 
that we were welcome to go to Albania if they issued a visa, but once we 
crossed their border we would, for all intents and purposes, vanish off the 
face of the Earth, as the US had no diplomatic relations with the country.

Needless to say, my Dad said "The hell with it!" and more or less told my 
grandfather they wouldn't let us in the country.

Dan




On Jun 2, 2014, at 5:37 PM, Randy Bennell wrote:

> 
> Just like in Washington DC (and probably Ottawa too).
> 
> 
> 
> On 02/06/2014 4:12 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:
>> Commie socialist capitalists?
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Rich Thomas <
>> richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> I understand a lot of them are stolen elsewhere and taken there and sold,
>>> a fairly lawless place.  The commie socialists embraced capitalism very
>>> quickly.
>>> 
>>> --R
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 6/2/14 3:34 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
>>> 
 That's pretty interesting, as before they opened the borders to the
 outside world they were lucky to have horse drawn carts.
 
 My Dad's family is from Albania and I supposedly still have relatives
 there...
 
 Dan
 
 Sent from my iPad
 
  On Jun 2, 2014, at 3:30 PM, "WILTON"  wrote:
> @ 1 grandson (grad student in Paris) is on a  summer job in Tirana,
> Albania; 'says most of the cars there seem to be MB's; lotsa 124's and
> newer; I'll ask about 123's.
> 
> Wilton
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Re: [MBZ] MB's in Albania

2014-06-02 Thread Rich Thomas
Yeah, just like in Russia and China and parts of Charleston pretty much, 
but they have bypassed the problems with capital and working for it and 
raising it and all that, they just cut right to the end state without 
all that bother in-between.  Probably a fairly efficient process as long 
as the takees don't have weapons, which is probably the case in the 
enlightened places where most of the taking occurs.  At least that is 
how it works around here.


--R


On 6/2/14 5:12 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:

Commie socialist capitalists?


On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Rich Thomas <
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote:


I understand a lot of them are stolen elsewhere and taken there and sold,
a fairly lawless place.  The commie socialists embraced capitalism very
quickly.

--R



On 6/2/14 3:34 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:


That's pretty interesting, as before they opened the borders to the
outside world they were lucky to have horse drawn carts.

My Dad's family is from Albania and I supposedly still have relatives
there...

Dan

Sent from my iPad

  On Jun 2, 2014, at 3:30 PM, "WILTON"  wrote:

@ 1 grandson (grad student in Paris) is on a  summer job in Tirana,
Albania; 'says most of the cars there seem to be MB's; lotsa 124's and
newer; I'll ask about 123's.

Wilton
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Re: [MBZ] MB's in Albania

2014-06-02 Thread Randy Bennell


Just like in Washington DC (and probably Ottawa too).



On 02/06/2014 4:12 PM, Andrew Strasfogel wrote:

Commie socialist capitalists?


On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Rich Thomas <
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote:


I understand a lot of them are stolen elsewhere and taken there and sold,
a fairly lawless place.  The commie socialists embraced capitalism very
quickly.

--R



On 6/2/14 3:34 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:


That's pretty interesting, as before they opened the borders to the
outside world they were lucky to have horse drawn carts.

My Dad's family is from Albania and I supposedly still have relatives
there...

Dan

Sent from my iPad

  On Jun 2, 2014, at 3:30 PM, "WILTON"  wrote:

@ 1 grandson (grad student in Paris) is on a  summer job in Tirana,
Albania; 'says most of the cars there seem to be MB's; lotsa 124's and
newer; I'll ask about 123's.

Wilton
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Re: [MBZ] MB's in Albania

2014-06-02 Thread Andrew Strasfogel
Commie socialist capitalists?


On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 3:58 PM, Rich Thomas <
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote:

> I understand a lot of them are stolen elsewhere and taken there and sold,
> a fairly lawless place.  The commie socialists embraced capitalism very
> quickly.
>
> --R
>
>
>
> On 6/2/14 3:34 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:
>
>> That's pretty interesting, as before they opened the borders to the
>> outside world they were lucky to have horse drawn carts.
>>
>> My Dad's family is from Albania and I supposedly still have relatives
>> there...
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
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>>  On Jun 2, 2014, at 3:30 PM, "WILTON"  wrote:
>>>
>>> @ 1 grandson (grad student in Paris) is on a  summer job in Tirana,
>>> Albania; 'says most of the cars there seem to be MB's; lotsa 124's and
>>> newer; I'll ask about 123's.
>>>
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Re: [MBZ] MB's in Albania

2014-06-02 Thread Mitch Haley

Rich Thomas wrote:
I understand a lot of them are stolen elsewhere and taken there and 
sold, a fairly lawless place.  The commie socialists embraced capitalism 
very quickly.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyH-351Z_-0

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Re: [MBZ] MB's in Albania

2014-06-02 Thread dseretakis
Yeah and lots of them were stolen from Greece.

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> On Jun 2, 2014, at 3:30 PM, "WILTON"  wrote:
> 
> @ 1 grandson (grad student in Paris) is on a  summer job in Tirana, Albania; 
> 'says most of the cars there seem to be MB's; lotsa 124's and newer; I'll ask 
> about 123's.
> 
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Re: [MBZ] MB's in Albania

2014-06-02 Thread Rich Thomas
I understand a lot of them are stolen elsewhere and taken there and 
sold, a fairly lawless place.  The commie socialists embraced capitalism 
very quickly.


--R


On 6/2/14 3:34 PM, Dan Penoff wrote:

That's pretty interesting, as before they opened the borders to the outside 
world they were lucky to have horse drawn carts.

My Dad's family is from Albania and I supposedly still have relatives there...

Dan

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On Jun 2, 2014, at 3:30 PM, "WILTON"  wrote:

@ 1 grandson (grad student in Paris) is on a  summer job in Tirana, Albania; 
'says most of the cars there seem to be MB's; lotsa 124's and newer; I'll ask 
about 123's.

Wilton
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Re: [MBZ] MB's in Albania

2014-06-02 Thread WILTON

That was s'posed to be # 1 grandson.

He also says traffic seems to be helter-skelter; few traffic signals; every 
driver for himself; blow horn and go.  'Sounds dangerous.


BTW, during the Commie dictatorship, they seemed to be afraid of everybody; 
built MANY concrete bunkers everywhere.  A pity that money could not have 
gone to education, improving the economy, quality of life, etc.


Wilton

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Subject: Re: [MBZ] MB's in Albania


That's pretty interesting, as before they opened the borders to the 
outside world they were lucky to have horse drawn carts.


My Dad's family is from Albania and I supposedly still have relatives 
there...


Dan

Sent from my iPad


On Jun 2, 2014, at 3:30 PM, "WILTON"  wrote:

@ 1 grandson (grad student in Paris) is on a  summer job in Tirana, 
Albania; 'says most of the cars there seem to be MB's; lotsa 124's and 
newer; I'll ask about 123's.


Wilton
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Re: [MBZ] MB's in Albania

2014-06-02 Thread Dan Penoff
That's pretty interesting, as before they opened the borders to the outside 
world they were lucky to have horse drawn carts.

My Dad's family is from Albania and I supposedly still have relatives there...

Dan

Sent from my iPad

> On Jun 2, 2014, at 3:30 PM, "WILTON"  wrote:
> 
> @ 1 grandson (grad student in Paris) is on a  summer job in Tirana, Albania; 
> 'says most of the cars there seem to be MB's; lotsa 124's and newer; I'll ask 
> about 123's.
> 
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