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Topic: Nutcracker at the Bolshoi |
mr. barley
Replies: 4
Views: 536
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Forum: Travel Advice (Practicalities) Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 8:30 am Subject: Nutcracker at the Bolshoi |
| My wife and I saw the nutcracker at the new Bolshoi 5 years ago when we were in Moscow. We were on an adoption trip and the guy who helped us through our adoption while we were in Moscow got us ticket ... |
Topic: Scary Fast Russian Women! |
mr. barley
Replies: 22
Views: 7110
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Forum: Russian People Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:17 am Subject: Scary Fast Russian Women! |
| My brother almost fell into this kind of scam. He was exchanging email with a supposed young Russian woman and she started asking for money for a visa and airfare. He showed me all his info on this wo ... |
Topic: Bad rubles? |
mr. barley
Replies: 6
Views: 1814
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Forum: Travel Advice (Practicalities) Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2009 9:13 am Subject: Bad rubles? |
| Why don't you just exchange your money when you get to Russia? That's what we did. |
Topic: Grocery Store near the center? |
mr. barley
Replies: 4
Views: 1938
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:28 pm Subject: Grocery Store near the center? |
| There is a good little grocery store near the Ukraina Hotel. It's right next to a McDonald's near Kievskaya Metro station. I stayed in Moscow for 3 weeks 4 years ago and it was where I did most of my ... |
Topic: too cold to visit? |
mr. barley
Replies: 16
Views: 7124
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Forum: Moscow Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 7:28 pm Subject: too cold to visit? |
| About 4 years ago my wife and I spent 3 weeks on Moscow from Christmas (US not Russian) until mid January and I have to say I've never been so hot in January in my life. Of coarse, I live in Minnesota ... |
Topic: Russian men and emotions |
mr. barley
Replies: 16
Views: 8319
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Forum: Russian Contexts, Myths and Truths Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:13 am Subject: Russian men and emotions |
| Look into Reactive Attachment Disorder or RAD. I have an adoptive son from Russia who has it. |
Topic: Surviving Moscow knowing no Russian at all |
mr. barley
Replies: 6
Views: 3352
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Forum: Practise Your Russian Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 12:29 pm Subject: Surviving Moscow knowing no Russian at all |
| 3 years ago, my wife and I spent 3+ weeks in Moscow. We hardly ran into anybody who spoke good English, but we survived. We learned a bunch of basic Russian before we went and we made it through. We ... |
Topic: Can I bring pocket knife into the country? |
mr. barley
Replies: 3
Views: 1889
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Forum: Travel Advice (Practicalities) Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:21 am Subject: Can I bring pocket knife into the country? |
| I brought a Gerber multi tool which contained a knife to Russia a few years ago. Just keep it in your checked luggage and not your carry on. |
Topic: A man for all seasons? |
mr. barley
Replies: 25
Views: 6499
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Forum: Talk Lounge Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:40 am Subject: A man for all seasons? |
| Al Gore is too busy making money off "global warming" to be Man of the Year. He's such a whore. |
Topic: Joseph Stalin |
mr. barley
Replies: 372
Views: 46291
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Forum: Talk Lounge Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 8:23 am Subject: Joseph Stalin |
| There is a quote somewhere by Winston Churchill that said when Stalin first led Russia, all Russia had was the wooden plough. When Stalin died, Russia had the nuclear bomb.A very true statement. Stali ... |
Topic: Your Age? |
mr. barley
Replies: 35
Views: 16376
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Forum: Polls Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2007 9:05 am Subject: Your Age? |
| 47 years young with a 3.5 year old Russian boy to chase around. |
Topic: Got any hobbies? |
mr. barley
Replies: 118
Views: 12481
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Forum: Talk Lounge Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 10:27 pm Subject: Got any hobbies? |
| Why make beer when you can buy it? Better quality of beer for one thing. I also make kvas in the summertime. Very refreshing. Good for hangovers to. |
Topic: Got any hobbies? |
mr. barley
Replies: 118
Views: 12481
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Forum: Talk Lounge Posted: Sat Jul 21, 2007 9:02 pm Subject: Got any hobbies? |
| My hobbies include beer brewing and wilderness canoe camping. |
Topic: Russian Beer ? |
mr. barley
Replies: 108
Views: 15963
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Forum: Talk Lounge Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 3:37 pm Subject: Russian Beer ? |
| As an avid homebrewer, I was very disappointed in Russian beer. I was there for 3 weeks and tried a lot of different kinds. I guess if I had to drink Russian beer, I would probably choose Baltika 9. I ... |
Topic: Russian birth rates |
mr. barley
Replies: 272
Views: 43934
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Forum: Talk Lounge Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:15 pm Subject: Russian birth rates |
| Had my mother been afforded the abortion option years ago when she got pregnant at 16, my older brother may not have been and there is a chance my parents would never had gotten married. Meaning I wo ... |
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