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CruisingRam
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 Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 8:03 am Post subject: A little help please finding someone? |
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I had a friend- she came over on a fiance visa about 2 years ago- actually, closer to 3 years ago, maybe slightly more- and I lost contact with her. - and she lived about a 8 hour bus ride from Kazan. Do you have some kind of national directory for Russians to locate them- I used to have more info on her- but I have lost it- she was a nanny to our children, and I wanted to see how she was doing after having to go back. Send her a couple of bucks or something if she is having a hard time.
She was very helpful to me and my family in a time of need- and I am ashamed I lost contact with her.
I wish to make amends- any help? |
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Fire_Goddess
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 10:47 am Post subject: |
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Oh no, you stay away from this woman, we all know you are on the rebound and looking for comfort!  |
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CruisingRam
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:06 am Post subject: |
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| No- actually, her name came up in conversation wtih my ex mother in law- apparently she got married and had a baby or something - but we lost contact with her to even congradulate her- and she was very helpful to us without going into boring and personal details LOL |
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Fire_Goddess
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 11:08 am Post subject: |
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| Then how come your ex mother in law does not have this womans contact details since she was some how able to find out the woman had a baby? |
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CruisingRam
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A friend of a friend kinda thing- may even be a rumour- that was how the conversation started- might not even be true kinda thing.
I just don't think there is an equivilent of a 411 in Russia eh?
I kinda posted this subject as a lark anyway- I write my cousin in law in Russia all the time, and I am heading over there again to take the kids to see their great grandparents and grandfather plus thier cousins etc in August- and I keep forgetting to mention this to my cousin- I just keep remembering it when I am at work, where many sites are blocked, instead of when I am chatting on line with my cousin in law.
My cousin in law and aunt in law are still business partners of mine, and my grandfather in law is a close friend as well.
Kinda Jerry Springer I suppose- but sometimes I get information about Russia on boards like this one, and even boards NOT like this one- that is more useful than the stuff I get straight from the region.
Take the business stuff- my cousin is young- so I am starting to be able to make him think "outside the box" more about business in Russia-
I don't know even how to explain it, and will probably do a horrible job, and will get flamed for it-
BUT- my opinions Russians give up easily and are discouraged by failure more than Americans- where the stigmata of failure is perhaps not so great?
So sometimes, when it seems I am asking a simple question, they say something like "oh, it is impossible"- and I ask "did you try" and they said "no, many poeple have tried, they all failed"- and I say "did YOU try"
and then they give me this puzzled look LOL |
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vitalsigns
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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The angry CruisingRam didn't like my little essay so no need to have it here.
Last edited by vitalsigns on Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:32 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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CruisingRam
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 10:36 am Post subject: |
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| I am sorry to be crude- and there are many well thought out replies here- but does any body know a god damned thing about contacting someone they have lost contact with in Russia? Do they have the equivilent of a 411, or poeple look up? |
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Fire_Goddess
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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 Shock Shock Horror Horror Shock Shock Horror!  |
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vitalsigns
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| CruisingRam wrote: | | I am sorry to be crude- and there are many well thought out replies here- but does any body know a god damned thing about contacting someone they have lost contact with in Russia? Do they have the equivilent of a 411, or poeple look up? |
How rude.
Hey, can you speak russian? If you can go to here: http://phone.rin.ru
from there you can access russian phone books for diffirent cities. Try to locate her name using the phone book(s). |
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CruisingRam
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| Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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| choo-choo paruskie? |
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vitalsigns
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| CruisingRam wrote: | | choo-choo paruskie? |
You have at least to tell us the town where she lives (near Kazan is a vague discription). Even then, if it is a small town, I doubt they have something like 411 to locate persons. Good luck to you my angry friend. |
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Jade
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| vitalsigns wrote: | | CruisingRam wrote: | | I am sorry to be crude- and there are many well thought out replies here- but does any body know a god damned thing about contacting someone they have lost contact with in Russia? Do they have the equivilent of a 411, or poeple look up? |
How rude.
Hey, can you speak russian? If you can go to here: http://phone.rin.ru
from there you can access russian phone books for diffirent cities. Try to locate her name using the phone book(s). |
Impossible. This website contents the phone numbers of hotels, companies and public organizatons only. No private phones. As far as I know, there is no phonebook in Russian websites contaning private phones.... Well, the only way is to call the local phone service. But you cannot do it from abroad ( I have already tried), you should have someone in Russia who could do it for you. |
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CruisingRam
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| vitalsigns wrote: | | CruisingRam wrote: | | choo-choo paruskie? |
You have at least to tell us the town where she lives (near Kazan is a vague discription). Even then, if it is a small town, I doubt they have something like 411 to locate persons. Good luck to you my angry friend. |
I am only angry when I ask a simple question and get oblique answers LOL
I thought as much. When I am on next with my cousin on the dot RU chat I will try to remember to have him look her AND her husband up LOL- if they are still married. That is probably the one thing of why I was concerned- she wasn't great at making good choices- sweet as can be, but sometimes as dumb as a rock. But she helped us in a tough spot- we tried to get immigration to allow her to stay- but , well, too complex a story to tell here. |
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vitalsigns
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| CruisingRam wrote: |
I am only angry when I ask a simple question and get oblique answers LOL
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Simple?! I do not think so.
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But she helped us in a tough spot- we tried to get immigration to allow her to stay- but , well, too complex a story to tell here. |
I suspect that Fire_G. was right all along in her assumption. |
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Jade
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| Oh yeahh, there is a "people search" in www.whitepages.rin.ru., but you have to buy a membership first. |
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