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Soffie Frequent Guest Joined: 25 Dec 2008 Posts: 12	Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:02 am    Post subject: haha, i already like it!!! haven't noticed any fools yet
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Ender WayToRussified Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 498 Location: Urals	Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:23 pm    Post subject: Soffie wrote: haha, i already like it!!! haven't noticed any fools yet They are invisible up to the moment when they do something stupid. For example two weeks ago I had to visit to a different than usual office of Sberbank because office near my home had some computer problem. So I went to the different office. - I want to withdraw 2000 united states dollars from my account. - clicking on the computer keyboard Here you are. - What are you doing? You are giving to me 2000 roubles (1 USD ~ 27 roubles). I don't need roubles, I need dollars. - Oh. I'm sorry but we currently don't have necessary amount of dollars in the cashier's desk. We rarely perform any operations with dollars and we usually don't have dollars at all. - But why did you give to me roubles? You are able to forewarn me about lack of cash, aren't you? - If you don't like this I'll fix it. clicking on the computer keyboard Here you are. - What have you done? You haven't canceled the operation but simply bought roubles back. - Yes, I've put the money back to your account... - Gr-r-r-r-r I've lost about USD $5 because of this stupid girl. I thought to start a scandal but after a couple minutes of thinking I decided that my nerves worth more. Be very careful in the Sberbank. Some of its clerks are stupid beyond imagination.
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koderr Just Starting Joined: 22 Mar 2009 Posts: 2 Location: 58°N 56°E	Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:59 pm    Post subject: Sberbank and Russian Post are known as branches of hell on earth.
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hpesch Frequent Guest Joined: 09 Mar 2008 Posts: 35	Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:03 am    Post subject: Best vodka? When Brezhnev visited West-Germany the last time he drank a lot of local Doppelkorn and announced: this is the best vodka ever! Well, I'm no expert on vodka. But Russian icecream is the best in the world. If you like creamy icecream. And I like kvass more than coke.
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Ender WayToRussified Joined: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 498 Location: Urals	Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 6:03 pm    Post subject: Re: Best vodka? hpesch wrote: When Brezhnev visited West-Germany the last time he drank a lot of local Doppelkorn and announced: this is the best vodka ever! Many Russians drink cognac instead of vodka if they can afford it. There is good cognac from Armenia and from Daghestan (which is a part of Russia). hpesch wrote: Well, I'm no expert on vodka. But Russian icecream is the best in the world. If you like creamy icecream. And I like kvass more than coke. Beware of kvass. If you drink it too much you can break wind easily.
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7flash7 Just Starting Joined: 09 Jun 2010 Posts: 7	Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2010 11:02 am    Post subject: Re: Best vodka? hpesch wrote: Many Russians drink cognac instead of vodka if they can afford it. There is good cognac from Armenia and from Daghestan (which is a part of Russia). It's true:)
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