• Some observations

    From alexander koryagin@2:5020/400 to All on Fri Jul 6 22:01:02 2018
    From: alexander koryagin <koryagin@erec.ru>

    Hi, all!


    There are two reason why your computer works slowly. It has either a
    virus, or an antivirus.

    The cats who live at a forging plant don't understand why home cats are
    so afraid of a vacuum cleaner.

    The Parkinson's disease is better than the Alzheimer's syndrome. It's
    better to spill some cognac on your pants, than to forget where the
    bottle is.

    Bye, all!
    Alexander Koryagin

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  • From Paul Quinn@2:203/2 to alexander koryagin on Fri Jul 6 22:01:02 2018
    Hi! Alexander,

    On 08/04/14 14:06, you wrote:

    No, but I believe it must be true. There are so many viruses now and
    their amount is growing up significantly, every year. As for me, I
    don't use an anti-virus that works constantly. When I've got a virus I load my computer from the USB boot disk and run a program for virus scanning.

    This is an unknown condition here. All of our machines are moderately fast. We have eight PCs: two physical machines and six virtual computers, for specific tasks. E.g. you've used one of my virtual computers to post your note
    on.

    We've only experienced one viral-like attack last August, on my wife's virtualised XP SP3 computer. It was easily fixed using the last backup of the (virtual) hard disk, and restoring from the previous afternoon's backup. Since
    then I've installed an anti-virus package that runs all the time. There are other browser add-on packages that also protect my wife's internet wanderings.
    That's the only computer of the eight that has any anti-virus software installed.

    railcars, with its own furnace & forge facilities. Is that what you
    mean?)

    There is a blacksmith's work. It is when a blacksmith takes a metal detail, puts it on the anvil and strikes it heavily with his huge
    hammer. A forging plant, I believe, is a factory shop, where many blacksmiths do their work. It is especially noisy if they use big pneumatic hammers. Actually, you can't talk when work is going on. So,
    I told you about the cats who lives in such a shop. Probably, these
    cats would be happy to go away, but they don't know another place
    where they can get milk for free. ;-)

    Ah. Yes, I understand. I was wondering if you were about to educate me in some aspect of your life's experience, whilst I had in mind that there could be
    other forms of forge-ing. I.e. art forgery or banknote forgery, or jewellery forgery, etc. I had an urge to ask, you see.

    That's me! I did that the night before last: found the bottle (Tia
    Maria), and then proceeded to spill a good deal of a portion when I
    was re-filling a 'hip flask'. :)

    If you spill something on the table you can suck it with your mouth.

    Not on that table. It hasn't been cleaned for nearly two years! It's in my youngest daughter's room, and she is away nursing at a hospital in the 'wild west', in Mount Isa (a mining town... well, the largest city in the world in fact!). :)

    Beside enjoying with the spilled substance you'll hear a funny,
    gastric juice emitting sound. ;-)

    Please, Alexander! This is unmentionable in present 'company'. ;-)

    Cheers,
    Paul.

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  • From Alexander Koryagin@2:221/361 to Paul Quinn on Fri Jul 6 22:01:02 2018
    Hi, Paul Quinn!
    I read your message from 08.04.2014 10:04
    about Some observations.

    That's me! I did that the night before last: found the bottle
    (Tia Maria), and then proceeded to spill a good deal of a portion
    when I was re-filling a 'hip flask'. :)

    If you spill something on the table you can suck it with your
    mouth.

    Not on that table. It hasn't been cleaned for nearly two years!
    It's in my youngest daughter's room, and she is away nursing at a
    hospital in the 'wild west', in Mount Isa (a mining town... well,
    the largest city in the world in fact!). :)

    Well, fill your hip flask above a soup plate. ;-)

    PS: April 15: no connection with your NNTP server.

    Bye, Paul!
    Alexander Koryagin
    fido.english_tutor 2014

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  • From alexander koryagin@2:5020/400 to Paul Quinn on Fri Jul 6 22:01:02 2018
    From: alexander koryagin <koryagin@erec.ru>

    Hi, Paul Quinn!
    I read your message from 15.04.2014 19:25

    ak>> So, in Russia, a gentleman's set for drinking tea consists of a
    ak>> glass, a teaspoon and a saucer.

    PQ> I have seen this 'ritual', in at least one film. The use of a glass
    PQ> cup, replete with handle, is a point of interest. Alexander, why is
    PQ> glass used in lieu of similar 'china' to match the saucer?

    Do Russians like flowers on china saucers? ;-)

    In Russia we also produce china caps. Such a cap always has a handle. So
    it is more difficult to produce it. In hard time, especially after WW2
    when all utensils were broken :) glasses and saucers (and tea spoons)
    became the main mean for tea drinking.

    It must be said that there also was another tea set. It consisted of a
    glass (with a teaspoon) and a special metal glass holder (podstakannik
    in Russian). It has been widely used in trains, canteens etc. A waiter
    takes a tea tray, puts glasses on it, in glass holders, and carries it
    along the train, canteen etc. As you can see if they would use glasses
    with saucers they could carry much less glasses per one tray.

    Bye, Paul!
    Alexander Koryagin
    fido7.english-tutor 2014
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  • From Paul Quinn@2:203/2 to alexander koryagin on Fri Jul 6 22:01:02 2018
    Hi! Alexander,

    On 16/04/14 17:51, you wrote:

    I have seen this 'ritual', in at least one film. The use of a

    Do Russians like flowers on china saucers? ;-)

    I cannot be certain. I do (like flowers on them).

    In Russia we also produce china caps. Such a cap always has a handle. So it is more difficult to produce it. In hard time, especially after WW2 when all utensils were broken :) glasses and saucers (and tea spoons) became the main mean for tea drinking.

    Caps? China cups. Yes. I used to have my own (favourite) tea cup and saucer in my teenaged years.

    It must be said that there also was another tea set. It consisted of a glass (with a teaspoon) and a special metal glass holder (podstakannik
    in Russian). It has been widely used in trains, canteens etc. A waiter takes a tea tray, puts glasses on it, in glass holders, and carries it along the train, canteen etc. As you can see if they would use glasses with saucers they could carry much less glasses per one tray.

    I have seen this metal glass holder at least once in a film. I've spotted its use at the 33 minute mark in the 'The Hunt for Red October' movie from 1990. I have seen such things used in other films as well. E.g. I suspect a senior Police official may have been using one in the 'Gorky Park' film from 1983 but I don't have a copy to check.

    Yes, I can imagine that a cup holder would essentially turn a glass into a shape similar to a coffee cup. Such things would be more useful, and less awkward, than cups & saucers.

    Thanks again, Alexander.

    Cheers,
    Paul.

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  • From alexander koryagin@2:5020/400 to Paul Quinn on Fri Jul 6 22:01:02 2018
    From: alexander koryagin <koryagin@erec.ru>

    Hi, Paul Quinn!
    I read your message from 16.04.2014 08:51

    ak>> In Russia we also produce china caps. Such a cap always has a
    ak>> handle. So it is more difficult to produce it. In hard time,
    ak>> especially after WW2 when all utensils were broken :) glasses and
    ak>> saucers (and tea spoons) became the main mean for tea drinking.
    PQ> Caps? China cups. Yes. I used to have my own (favourite) tea cup
    PQ> and saucer in my teenaged years.

    Shame on me! Cups! ;) It is probably my bad pronunciation. ;=) But it supports my main English rule - you should never say short phrases. You
    should speak adding many context words. In this case you'll be
    understood! :)

    ak>> It must be said that there also was another tea set. It consisted
    ak>> of a glass (with a teaspoon) and a special metal glass holder
    ak>> (podstakannik in Russian). It has been widely used in trains,
    ak>> canteens etc. A waiter takes a tea tray, puts glasses on it, in
    ak>> glass holders, and carries it along the train, canteen etc. As you
    ak>> can see if they would use glasses with saucers they could carry
    ak>> much less glasses per one tray.

    PQ> I have seen this metal glass holder at least once in a film. I've
    PQ> spotted its use at the 33 minute mark in the 'The Hunt for Red
    PQ> October' movie from 1990. I have seen such things used in other
    PQ> films as well. E. g. I suspect a senior Police official may have
    PQ> been using one in the 'Gorky Park' film from 1983 but I don't have
    PQ> a copy to check.

    PQ> Yes, I can imagine that a cup holder would essentially turn a glass
    PQ> into a shape similar to a coffee cup. Such things would be more
    PQ> useful, and less awkward, than cups & saucers.

    Russians also like glass holders because they can be made of gold and silver. ;-)

    BTW, here is a joke about a Russian way to drink tea. One Japanese
    waiter said that he always knows how to tell if a man is Russian when he
    drinks tea. He said that all Russians don't take tea spoons out of the
    glass when drinking, and they press them with a big finger, in the
    process of drinking. A Russian man decided to deceive the waiter and
    started to drink tea without a tea spoon. But when he left the coffee
    shop that waiter said to him:
    "Spasibo, prohodite esche!" ("Thank you, come again" in Russian).
    The Russian man asked him, "How have you guessed that I am a
    Russian?"
    "You drink tea like a Russian," answered the waiter.
    "But did I have tea with a tea spoon taken out?"
    "Yes, you did," answered the waiter. "But you've got a habit to close
    your eye when you drink tea."

    Bye, Paul!
    Alexander Koryagin
    fido7.english-tutor 2014
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  • From alexander koryagin@2:5020/400 to Paul Quinn on Fri Jul 6 22:01:02 2018
    From: alexander koryagin <koryagin@erec.ru>

    Hi, Paul Quinn!
    I read your message from 17.04.2014 16:34

    ak>> "Yes, you did," answered the waiter. "But you've got a habit to
    ak>> close your eye when you drink tea."

    PQ> Ah. The joke is more universal than you think, my friend. John
    PQ> Wayne (the actor, 'Duke') also had the same trouble. According to
    PQ> another YouTube video of him & Red Skelton, the teaspoon was the
    PQ> reason that he had to wear an eye patch. :)

    I didn't watch it. Did he play a Russian spy who got his trauma in
    his childhood, when he drank tea? ;)

    Bye, Paul!
    Alexander Koryagin
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  • From Alexander Koryagin@2:221/361 to Ardith Hinton on Fri Jul 6 22:01:02 2018
    Hi, Ardith Hinton!
    I read your message from 22.04.2014 00:36
    about Some observations.

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    Finland, eh?? Wonderful, wonderful! During the past several months
    we heard from Sweden & the Netherlands for the first time... and I
    was pleased about that because we've borrowed so much of the
    English language from similar sources. Be warned, guys. I may want
    to pick your brains now & then.... ;-)

    We don't always know who's carrying the echo unless somebody posts
    a message from their system. Glad to know we've made it to Finland
    too.... :-)

    NNTP is a cool thing. For instance, Facebook or any other social network
    can be switched off in one second for all their users. But NNTP network
    has a lot of servers, and you can read/write from any of them. If one
    server is down for some reason, you always have a possibility to check
    your echoes using another server. If an NNTP server doesn't have a
    particular echoes you can ask its administrator and he will include it
    in the list.

    Bye, Ardith!
    Alexander Koryagin
    fido.english_tutor 2014

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  • From Roy Witt@1:387/22 to Ardith Hinton on Fri Jul 6 22:01:02 2018
    Greetings Ardith!

    Hi, Alexander! Recently you wrote in a message to Paul Quinn:

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    Finland, eh?? Wonderful, wonderful!

    He's posting from a BBS in Finland operated by Tommi Kiovula, but that
    doesn't mean that Alexander is necessarily in Finland.

    Be warned, guys. I may want to pick your brains now & then.... ;-)

    Too late...

    We don't always know who's carrying the echo unless
    somebody posts a message from their system. Glad to know we've made
    it to Finland too.... :-)

    Do you know how to read the hidden kludges in a msg?

    The 'seen-by' kludge tells you which nodes are receiving these msgs, but
    not necessarily reading them. For instance, Tommi may be connected to the
    echo, but I havn't seen any posts from him yet.

    Have a day!

    R\%/itt - K5RXT

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  • From alexander koryagin@2:5020/400 to Paul Quinn on Fri Jul 6 22:01:02 2018
    From: alexander koryagin <koryagin@erec.ru>

    Hi, Paul Quinn!
    I read your message from 16.04.2014 08:51

    PQ> Caps? China cups. Yes. I used to have my own (favourite) tea
    PQ> cup and saucer in my teenaged years.

    It is interesting how it sounds in Australia? I know, in the UK they say "c[ae]se" for case; expl[ei]n for explain; f[ae]ce for face.
    In Australia we have
    "c[a]se" for case; expl[a]in for explain; f[a]ce for face.

    But how, then, you live with "cap" and cup? According to the above
    mentioned theory both words must sound equally? ;-)

    Bye, Paul!
    Alexander Koryagin
    fido7.english-tutor 2014
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