tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202630.post5416204135376209556..comments2023-06-23T16:13:12.577+03:00Comments on Neeka's Backlog: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202630.post-25316321440297926832007-05-24T23:25:00.000+04:002007-05-24T23:25:00.000+04:00yeah, screw them if they don't want your money. So...yeah, screw them if they don't want your money. <BR/><BR/>So what happened to the giant flea market at Luzhniki? Is it contained in that mini-mall they were building down there? Or is it just on the other side?<BR/><BR/>I dug the flea market but it really turned the rest of the area into a giant toilet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202630.post-11499099178902231232007-05-24T18:09:00.000+04:002007-05-24T18:09:00.000+04:00To quote the US version of "The Office", which I'v...To quote the US version of "The Office", which I've been watching on DVD recently, "This is the smallest amount of power I've ever seen go to someone's head". It does sometimes seem to me that people with tiny amounts of power in Russia love an opportunity to wield it, especially over a harmless young woman. <BR/><BR/>But, I have to say, today I applied for a new Russian visa (in Sweden), and I was bracing myself for an interaction with a grumpy chinovnik, and was extremely pleasantly surprised by how nice the guy in the window was. I was the only "customer" there speaking Russian instead of English (apparently consulate officials don't have to know Swedish) and this seemed to soften his bureaucratic heart.Megan Casehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14765996533140362910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202630.post-77471863501068198582007-05-24T15:13:00.000+04:002007-05-24T15:13:00.000+04:00Yes, this rings bells. A constant feature of Russ...Yes, this rings bells. A constant feature of Russian life is that people will do themselves a bad turn for the sake of spiting others. We call it "cutting off your nose to spite your face" and I'm afraid it's a national characteristic in Russia. <BR/><BR/>Another big difference with Ukraine, at least in my experience, where people are more helpful, more often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5202630.post-10342725119854912882007-05-24T10:34:00.000+04:002007-05-24T10:34:00.000+04:00If the Moscow law is anything like what I'm thinki...If the Moscow law is anything like what I'm thinking, you wouldn't be able to cite it in defense against a stroller-forbidding ignoramus. Just an entrance too narrow for a wheelchair.Ransomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08006957487567021492noreply@blogger.com