Re: Party pics, Russian-style,

2002-12-19 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
If you start with the political comments again, we will all live to regret it. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Lon Williamson Subject: Re: Party pics, Russian-style, I do wish, though, that any leader who wants to start a war would be required to lead the troups

Party pics, Russian-style

2002-12-17 Thread Paul Franklin Stregevsky
My wife is Russian, and our family spent the weekend visiting her relatives in Brooklyn, New York. Saturday night was the main event, the celebration of her cousin Ilya's 50th birthday at a Russian restaurant. (The vodka flowed like water.) I went armed with two SLRs: A Super Program and a Ricoh

Re: Party pics, Russian-style

2002-12-17 Thread Keith Whaley
I found that a very interesting slice of life tale... Thanks for sharing it with us, Paul! keith whaley Paul Franklin Stregevsky wrote: My wife is Russian, and our family spent the weekend visiting her relatives in Brooklyn, New York. Saturday night was the main event, the celebration of

Re: Party pics, Russian-style,

2002-12-17 Thread Gleb Baida
No wonder these people lost the Cold War. I found the general story funny and the quoted statement offensive. I lived in Russia for 31 years and took many pictures and only read in books about something similar somewhere overseas. The case you described exsisted, I am sure, but leads to not

Re: Party pics, Russian-style

2002-12-17 Thread Robert Harris
Paul Franklin Stregevsky wrote: [big snip] When I asked Ilya why the guy had taken so few shots, he explained how it's been proven that each time you take someone's picture, you take away part of their life energy. Whoever owns the print can hurt the person in the picture by--I

Re: Party pics, Russian-style,

2002-12-17 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Gleb Baida Subject: Re: Party pics, Russian-style, I personally thought that we lost that war because of wrong ideology and economy and also because of huge losses in the WWII. Wasn't the cold war caused by wrong ideology? William Robb

Re: Party pics, Russian-style,

2002-12-17 Thread Paul Franklin Stregevsky
My apologies (Eezveenee), Gleb. Gleb Baida [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I found the general story funny and the quoted statement offensive. ... The case you described exsisted, I am sure, but leads to not very correct generalization. ... I personally thought that we lost that war because of wrong