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Skriven 2007-05-14 20:51:00 av PETER COGGON
     Kommentar till en text av ALEXANDER KORYAGIN
Ärende: MAY 14-2007
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Hello Alexander.

 -=> Quoting Alexander Koryagin to Peter Coggon <=-

 AK> On your place I would prefer the night sky. The sky of my town is
 AK> hopelessly light-stricken. Once upon a time I was in a small village
 AK> very far from Moscow. It was in autumn, very dark; the air was cool and
 AK> transparent. I had seen into the sky and it was seemed to me I saw the
 AK> whole Universe. I gasped and said first time in my life "My Lord!" ;)

  Yes, I know the feeling from being at Hudsons Bay, and looking up,
and seeing nothing but the stars, and just watching for hours, and
seeing everything that could move.
 
 AK> I think it must be something easier; although sometimes this liquids
 AK> are really hard. Once I tried to use such a substance (a spray) against
 AK> larvas of Colorado beetle. Some potato leaves had not tolerated the
 AK> attack. But those substance was not a repellent. It was a substance to
 AK> kill flies. ;) 

  You have the Colorado beetle? Really?    You better be careful with what
you are spraying,  some of that stuff had bad beginings, and reminds
me of agent orange.  Watch a friend from primarly school who had a
summer job doing lawns etc, loose his hair after it turned white, and
now he is dead.  Supposed to be safe....and now on the TV, they are
pushing enviromental friendly products, after the fact.  Gotta make
me laugh.

 AK> What is RV?

  Sorry Alexander.   People have RVs  < Recreational Vehicles>  trailers
they tow behind a properly equipped vehicle.  Like a home on wheels.
In Europe they call them caravans.   Sorry about that.
 
 AK>> cigarette type. The French Gitanes imho is perfectly fitting against
 AK>> mosquitoes. I tried to smoke it when I lived in France for some time.
 AK>> ;-)
 
 AK> I doubt that birds define the number of mosquitoes. Imho they eat a
 AK> small part of them only. The other part dies from hunger. ;-)

   I'll still leave it to the birds.  They used to show up here in a mass
cloud and clear the flying bugs.  Haven't seen them in a few years, but
then we all know what happened to them.

 AK> [skipped]
 AK>> Imho Russian fishermen like Russian scientists also like rather
 AK>> process than result. ;) For example to drink something.
   PC>   Vodka?
 AK> and shashlick. So called gentlemen fishing set. But speaking the
 AK> truth, such a set is most common for those who rarely is able to get
 AK> out for fishing. They must have time to do many things and have a good
 AK> rest at the weekend or other occasion. I supose when American says
 AK> "quality time" he means something of this kind.
 
  Yes, quality time.  One does need to push away from work and relax
with a hobby or recreation of his or her likeing.

 AK> How much time can man be in the water? For example  in summer? What is
 AK> the temperature of the water?

  I think it matters where in any lake one jumps in.   Further down, it
does get cooler, and into the 15c and lower.   In waters like sand bottoms
the temperatures are nice....here in my location it has hit 20c and higher
but then there comes the water quality warnings, and no swimming.

At the club we had a water test to see how long a person in a jacket
could stay in the waters near our place, if they had to abandon ship.
It was less then an hour, at 18c and the body lost heat and they
started shaking.   But then thats based upon the person and their
heritage.

 AK>> I always wonder  when I see a big lake with fresh water and not a
 AK>> single river is flowing out of it. Probably it has some underground
 AK>> water drain.

  River in the south end flows out of Lake Simcoe, going towards Toronto.
 
 AK> Simcoe. On the map there are some rivers inflowing it but there are
 AK> any outflowing, except for small man-made canals.
 
 AK> There is some sense in the fantastic film "Back to the Future". The
 AK> professor finally made his dream - the steam train which could travel
 AK> through
 AK> time. ;) What a romanticism - to push the level and realise a huge
 AK> amount of steam around, making everyone to run away. ;-)
 
  I remember in the Scotland, the Flying Scot ... when it reached steam
and had a blow-out it got attention.   Oh they are still big and 
beautiful to me.   I just love the smell of coal burning in the boiler
and the ride.


 AK> I think that ideal language is the one when you pronounce the same
 AK> what is written by letters. Every letter has to have a definite sound;
 AK> and it is not necessary to see one thing, but speak another. BTW the
 AK> English language is also full of such a gaucheries. I think that at
 AK> long last people will invent a new language that will be nice and
 AK> logical for all people. Anyone will be able to learn it spending much
 AK> less time.

  They are trying hard to reach this goal.   Maybe one of these days it
will be a reality.    I like saying words too that when pronounced are
written the same way.   Got in trouble in school for this, but never
cured me.  Still write as I hear it.   < color instead of colour >.
 
 AK> Learning the language is, in principal, a waste of time if you are not
 AK> going to translate books. Precious time of life. So, imho you ought to
 AK> spent as little time as you could; although, I admit that there are
 AK> some circumstances when a man is wishing to kill his time. When he is
 AK> in prison for a example, when he has nothing to do. In this case the
 AK> learning of any language is a good way out. ;)

   Well I have been trying portuguese, but I am useless at languages.
 
 AK> If you will have problem with your BBS use my E-mail: koryagin@erec.ru

   Okay ... will do.   Take care... see you next time

Peter

   


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