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posted June 15, 2009 06:38 PM
Totally ruining this guy's thread... sorry.
Welcome!
BTW Reeves, that was Slovenia... I think it was, not Ukraine.
Born in the USSR, on the old forum was from Ukraine too.
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posted June 15, 2009 07:00 PM
hey, i'm the guy that told alex about the forum in the first place.
alex, that's a pretty detailed description of your home town. what i want to know is, how do you think the vols are going to do this season with their new head coach?
if you prefer, we can shoot the $#!+ on my kawiforums thread, lol.
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posted June 15, 2009 07:03 PM
Hah... sad part is, your question isn't that far off - sh*t does happen. I wouldn't be so worried about falling into the hands of a psycho-path as I would be about dealing with police. I don't mean to make my country look bad, but you know those scenes in spy movies where they pull out fingernails and crush non-critical bones, electrocute you, etc...? Our police definitely does that without a second thought... as to our CIA, I don't even want to know, but within 2-3 weeks of every presidential election at least 5 highest-ranked cabinet heads suddenly "commit suicide" in their bathtubs or get into "car accidents". Our senators all have private body guards, drive bullet-proof vehicles, etc...
I remember seeing pictures in newspaper of some pretty regular guy who got arrested on some bullsh*t charges (public intoxication if I can remember correctly)... the next day he was released from detention center, but with 3 broken ribs, broken jaw, severe bruises all over the body, blood-stained shirt, etc... I think they did a follow-up after hospital and his kidney also gave out due to beatings.
It's definitely a country of contrasts... lots of beauty (girls!! food!!) but govt. is ran just like wild west. Maybe we're like US 150-some years ago? ha-ha
Don't got pics, but got better than that - use drop-down menu at top-right OR click orange arrows to navigate around streets. You start at our opera theater: virtual tour of L'viv
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posted June 15, 2009 07:09 PM
Mass, yeah it was Slovenia. I was born in USSR as well, but we gained independence when I was 7. A lot of peeps liked it a lot better during USSR - they had stability. With capitalism came the mafia, corruption, and lawlessness, etc. - which is totally not capitalism's fault per se (I for one love capitalism OK), but it's historic fact that every country that switches from socialism to capitalism has a few decades of "adjustment period" that are really rough. Withdrawal period maybe?
Vols? Meh... I'm more worried about Brady's performance with Patriots this year. I'd follow UT in football but they aren't worth following IMO, sorry lol
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posted June 15, 2009 07:20 PM
haha, the vols were once a powerhouse. a couple mediocre seasons in the sec, and your lookin' for new employment. i'm rootin' for the rebels myself. lookin' to bust a nut this season!
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posted June 15, 2009 07:43 PM
Hey, i'm not lookin' for new employment, I'm just from Ukraine... oh my bad, I probably forgot to mention that we cheer for real sports over there such as soccer and boxing and not for silly sports like basketball :P
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posted June 16, 2009 04:33 AM
i agree 100% on the basketball. however, soccer is not real futball!
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posted June 16, 2009 04:52 AM
Agree, I actually prefer watching football to soccer now, it's just more intense.
So you're from TN reeves? What part?
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posted June 16, 2009 11:36 AM
nope, mississippi. i'm just a sec fan. been to memphis several times though. i enjoyed beale street, the gibson guitar factory, graceland, the football stadium, the peabody, etc. i'm not much of a traveler, so if it's not in the southeastern part of the nation, chances are, i haven't been there.
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posted June 16, 2009 01:51 PM
Alex, thank you very much for the detailed reply. Way more than I expected. I live north of
you in southwest Ohio a mere 6 miles from Brock's Performance. Later.
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