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bryak
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Joined: 28 Oct 2005
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Location: Edmonton, Canada

PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 10:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

vitalsigns wrote:
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waytossed is known (at least to me) for giving funny advice to people. Every time I read his/her posts I keep thinking: "This guy got it all wrong."

Anyway, I am not saying this to cause any problems, but anyone who says discussing scammers should be left alone on this forum and then he/she gives the advice to an american kid: Go and join the russian army, or compares local kids to visitor's kids has definitely not thought through his/her opinions about things.


Well I'm going to take his advice anyways, just for the hell of it. I have a pretty strong stomach anyways and have drank water from many a river/well/water pump with a big sign reading BOIL ONLY!!! right above. If I get sick you can say I told you so, but if I don't you have to apoogize to poor senile wavetossed. Okay? Agreed.
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vitalsigns
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

bryak wrote:

Well I'm going to take his advice anyways, just for the hell of it. I have a pretty strong stomach anyways and have drank water from many a river/well/water pump with a big sign reading BOIL ONLY!!! right above. If I get sick you can say I told you so, but if I don't you have to apoogize to poor senile wavetossed. Okay? Agreed.


Very well bryak - now you are in my book in the section: "Crazy things no one should ever do". Smile
Tuller won the "most faces in one post" prize, to you I will give the "most worms in one stomach" prize! Way to go!
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bryak
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ha! a worm in the stomach is nothing. I used to have a little tapeworm named Pepe which I adopted on a trip to Mexico. He was nearly six inches long and would climb up my throat every day at six o'clock, at which point I would have to dangle a little piece of uncooked beef into my opened mouth. Pepe woud come up and grab it and disappear back into my stomach, satisfied. I miss Pepe and hope that when in Russia I can adopt a little tapewrom named Volodya. Most worms in one stomach indeed! Smile
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Fire_Goddess
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bryak wrote:
ha! a worm in the stomach is nothing. I used to have a little tapeworm named Pepe which I adopted on a trip to Mexico. He was nearly six inches long and would climb up my throat every day at six o'clock, at which point I would have to dangle a little piece of uncooked beef into my opened mouth. Pepe woud come up and grab it and disappear back into my stomach, satisfied. I miss Pepe and hope that when in Russia I can adopt a little tapewrom named Volodya. Most worms in one stomach indeed! Smile


If you ever get tired of that friend start eating lots of garlic lol Razz
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vitalsigns
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bryak wrote:
ha! a worm in the stomach is nothing. I used to have a little tapeworm named Pepe which I adopted on a trip to Mexico. He was nearly six inches long and would climb up my throat every day at six o'clock, at which point I would have to dangle a little piece of uncooked beef into my opened mouth. Pepe woud come up and grab it and disappear back into my stomach, satisfied. I miss Pepe and hope that when in Russia I can adopt a little tapewrom named Volodya. Most worms in one stomach indeed! Smile

Beer induced imagination that runs wild!!! Yuck!!!!
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bryak
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

vitalsigns wrote:

Beer induced imagination that runs wild!!! Yuck!!!!


Imagination? Oh no. This story is entirely true. Unfortunately Pepe is no longer with us. I unknowingly ate too much garlic, and it's not funny Fire Goddess Crying or Very sad
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Generation-P
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Joined: 22 May 2006
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Location: SHE WENT TO BARCELONA!

PostPosted: Mon May 22, 2006 7:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Help me, please! I'm going to St. Pete to work there during the summer. I was thinking that maybe buying a filter would be more practical than carrying waterbottles for three months. As I am not so deeply interested in having too much luggage with me, I'd like to know is it easy to find a water-filter in St.Pete? Do they sell them somewhere there in the huge Northern Venice? Like Brita's or Norex, perheps? Or should I just be a humble carrier looking like a gypsy in the trainstation with my lovely filter-system bought from E.U?
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av3333
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Joined: 26 May 2006
Posts: 7

PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2006 4:51 pm    Post subject: Penza Reply with quote

Hi,
I plan to visit Penza in near future and stay there for a couple of months. How is water there? Is it an industrial town and one has to watch for clean water. How moch does bottled water cost in Penza. Are there any particular brands to look for to avoid fake water?
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surfguy
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PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2006 6:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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dcunited11
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Joined: 10 Jun 2005
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yes, bottled ater is EVERYWHERE & in huge bottles i might add Smile

if you're too scared to try the water either way, just buy juice. big and small sizes and they're DELICIOUS!
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