its still warm here. warm as in 1 degree C. but now its really messy, reminds me of winters in the carolinas (well not from what i heard this year), that i do not miss at all. cold and rainy is a lot more of a downer than colder and snowy. the only real difference in the temperatures is one layer of clothes. all the snow is about melted, but i dont think it is over yet. temps are suppose to start dropping here soon. i guess it doesn't really matter i am going to the crimea next weekend to hang out. it is in the middle of the black sea so it is a lot warmer, and wetter. so i bet you didn't think you would hear this but bring back the cold! can we skip from -10C to 20C! we are planning trips to romania and budapest, hungary, and also russia. russia is such a pain in the ass, you have to have so much documentation plus you have to pay everyone for it. under or over the table, its still paying one way or the other. but that is the way the "tax" system works here. noone pays taxes, therefore gov't people don't get paid, therefore they are really willing to take bribes. if someone ever gets caught, i have actually heard them state publicly that they need this money cause they don't get paid otherwise. besides the person that receives the bribes rarely get in trouble period. when everyone is doing it, it is okay right? just another social ethic that is different. brainspill end.
posted by tripp at 2/23/2006 03:06:00 PM
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Cool, lyala has a tiny little belly! Good to hear about Yale, (although, we're routing for Duke, just for locality!). I got to expierence a little cold myself in Toronto, (not really the coldest was like 18 F). But there was snow. Glad you guys are doing well. Tripp you should go work in porn like the rest of your old co-workers! Talk to you guys soon.
Heh, every time I get tired of all the little rules around here, I think about you paying bribes all the time. That would bug the crap out of me. How do you manage to plan for a trip when you can't know how much they're going to ask for?
well, i dont have to bribe people all the time but, think about it this way, if you went to the dmv and they said you dont have the exact papers they need, wouldnt it be nice to pay them $10 and "have" that paper work. the part that sucks is the judicial system works the same way, so you dont have to be as rich as you would be in the USA to get away with crimes.
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