On Dec 19, 2008, at 11:01 AM, Dan M wrote:
>> No, by "well-educated" I mean professionals - accountants, lawyers,
>> medics etc.
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> I thought that was the case, but thanks for the clarification.
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>> Cyprus was full of them working bar, waiting, or worse being
>> exploited
>> in strip clubs. (I
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On 19/12/2008, at 7:44 PM, Wayne Eddy wrote:
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> How did you establish that the girls in the strip clubs were well
> educated
> russian girls?
By the cunning method of living in the same building as them, and
talking to them during the daytime.
Charlie.
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> No, by "well-educated" I mean professionals - accountants, lawyers,
> medics etc.
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> Cyprus was full of them working bar, waiting, or worse being exploited
> in strip clubs. (It wasn't like London where an attractive woman could
> make good money doing "exotic dancing" a couple of times a week -
On 18 Dec 2008, at 14:08, Jim Sharkey wrote:
> Wayne wrote:
>> 5. The nicest beer I ever had the pleasure of drinking was in
>> Russia. It
>> was a Belgian brew and I wish I remembered the brand name.
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> I know it betrays my Irish-ness, but I think the Belgians make the
> best beers.
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> Ch
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Jim wrote:
> I know it betrays my Irish-ness, but I think the Belgians make the best
beers.
Well, now they make Budweiser too so there is no accounting for taste...
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Dan M. wrote:
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>> I would have thought that a low birth rate is very very good
>> evidence of being part of the first world.
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> It does have that in common with the first world. But, the life expectancy
> of both men and women in every age catagory is less than it was 40 years
> ago.
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And how c
On 19/12/2008, at 5:47 AM, Dan M wrote:
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>> More than that, why are there so many Russian ex-pats, well-educated,
>> doing menial jobs in tourist resorts? 'cause it's better than no job
>> in Russia.
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> And I bet it's not just the usual theater majors doing menial jobs
> while
> waiting for t
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On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 6:08 AM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
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> I know it betrays my Irish-ness, but I think the Belgians make the best
> beers.
Ah, well, then I have to share a joke often told by a Fitzgerald friend of
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"An Irishman walks out of a bar."
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Wayne wrote:
>5. The nicest beer I ever had the pleasure of drinking was in Russia. It
>was a Belgian brew and I wish I remembered the brand name.
I know it betrays my Irish-ness, but I think the Belgians make the best beers.
Chimay, Corsendonk, Maredsous...all delicious and with some fairly hi
On 18/12/2008, at 11:46 AM, dsummersmi...@comcast.net wrote:
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> The recovery was caused by two things: Putin controlling the mob so
> businessmen knew who to bribe, and the rise in fuel costs. But, the
> last 4
> years, as he consolidated his power, he also concentrated the
> wealthI
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Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:59:18 +1000
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