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EPK
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Thank God for the USA
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3/5/2004 2:14:31 AM
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Like the saying goes, you never truly appreciate what you have until its gone. In this case, temporarily (and not memory).
Just got back from a 21-day stint in Russia, 2-weeks being in Chita, Siberia (few hours from both the Mongolia and China borders). Yes, my noids were freezing. Coming back to 70+ degree weather in ATL is absolutely great. But seeing how people live is truly despairing. Anyone who posts to this forum better not complain about their conditions 'cuz you have absolutely no clue on well-off you are compared to others.
Personally, just can't wait to get back onto the lake in warm weather and just enjoy some R&R.
And yes, Lakebum, the boys became US citizens as soon as they touched down at JFK Airport on 3/4, at 3:42-pm. I'm still on Moscow time and will probably be totally screwed-up (more so than usual) for a couple days due to jet-lag. But the whole experience was worth it. We'll be putting-together a web-page on our journey, including Aeroplots flying gas-cans and kamikazee drivers (NASCAR is much safer, and, rules of the road are only suggestions). And no, I did not drink the water, thus, did not get the Kremlins Revenge.
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Surfer
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Thank God for the USA
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3/5/2004 7:45:35 AM
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Glad your trip was safe and you returned with nothing less than jet lag. My sister went on church mission to Russia a few years ago and came back a changed person. She, like you, was AMAZED at the living conditions the people endure. Some in this country would like us to believe the "poor" here are in such, squalid, horrible conidtions. The reality is the "poor" here are better off than the the middle class in Russia and other "developed" nations around the globe.
My sister was was most astonished by the little things that we take for granted that the Russian people lived without, ie: toilet paper. They had NONE!! She went three weeks without it too. Can you imagine? It moved her so that she actually sent one of those giant 24 packs of TP to each of the host families that she stayed with.
Count your blessing folks, for God has surely blessed America!!
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EPK
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You know it
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3/5/2004 4:20:09 PM
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You hit the nail on the head. TP is a no-brainer to us but a luxary there. Just like electricity, hygienics, even fresh water. All are luxaries there.
We went over to adopt 2-children. We ended-up with twin 8-month boys (fraternal twins). My father is already sizing them up with water-skis.
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Fool Slough
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You know it
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3/5/2004 6:30:24 PM
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Congratulations! The best to you and your wife and your children!
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roswellric
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Congratulations
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3/6/2004 7:22:34 AM
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Ditto! It takes a lot of courage to committ to children these days. What a great place to raise kids!
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