scottc
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 posted on 12/7/07 at 01:32 PM |
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Murmansk men get it right.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/06/business_murmansk0s_gorgeous_garages/html/1.stm
" The men of Russia's Arctic city of Murmansk have an unlikely passion - as a woman living there explains: "Many men in Murmansk
love escaping to their garages, which are often built far away from the apartment blocks where they live."
"The men spend a lot of time there, repairing their cars and talking politics or gossiping."
"When a car has been repaired they celebrate. It is a tradition to eat home-made pickles and drink vodka, so in most garages there is a good
store of supplies."
"The garages are often furnished with old furniture, so after bad rows with their wives the men can come here to stay for a few days."
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02GF74
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| posted on 12/7/07 at 03:29 PM |
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the film shown on tv looks like it could be interesting 
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mackei23b
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| posted on 12/7/07 at 03:34 PM |
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Sounds rather good..........Glasnost!!
I've obviously not equiped my garage fully yet, I will need to get the drinks fridge, TV and sound system built in.
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DIY Si
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| posted on 12/7/07 at 06:27 PM |
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Ah, the good old drinking/think about it chair. I really need me one of them.
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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theconrodkid
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| posted on 12/7/07 at 06:40 PM |
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knowing russian women as i do,it is desirable to "get away"at every available opportunity
who cares who wins
pass the pork pies
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muzchap
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| posted on 12/7/07 at 07:33 PM |
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Conronkid - what ya talking about
I spent a while in Russia and I couldn't get enough of their women - although - I suppose after a while - nag, nag, nag!
Good ole' ruskies - they do know how to live! They call cars crashing 'kissing' and there's obviously no such thing as an MOT
as so many dodgy cars on the road.
Women taxi drivers doing 60mph+ in sheet ice in a Lada! She's driving like Gronholm, sliding, catching, sliding... scary!
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NS Dev
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| posted on 15/7/07 at 12:56 PM |
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Never posted much about my holiday in Siberia last year, but suffice to say it was the best trip i have ever been on in every way, the most incredible
place and people I have ever seeen and met!!
here are a few snaps:
firstly, expect your taxi bus (transit copy thing with a 2.5 16v 4 cyl petrol lada engine with gear driven cams!! ) to break down, I'm on the
right trying to suss where the petrol was spraying out from!!
 
taxi
Then, when it's 35 degrees C, expect the odd storm, with golf ball hail, and REALLY beautiful clouds!!!
 
storm
When you get into the mountains, the transport reflects the terrain, here's a typical Gornay Altaisk region bus:
 
bus
and expect to see plenty of mental and occasionally fairly unpleasant crashes, here's a more pleasant one:
 
accident1
.........But when you get there the scenery is quite beautiful:
 
mountains1
And provides great fun!
 
raft1
Finally, some great clubbing in Novosibirsk, but too much vodka to take good pics!!
 
club
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