Hello forumites

[Jesca]

May I ask out of interest which country your first marriage took you to? We are a nosey bunch here.........

I noticed )) The Netherlands.

[Manny]

May I ask out of interest which country your first marriage took you to? We are a nosey bunch here.........

I noticed )) The Netherlands.

Dank u wel. 

I suppose the $64k question everyone is wondering how to phrase is as you hailed from Kiev in CCCP days, how do you view events in Crimea and the east? Or better put, do you take a 'side' or not?
 

[Dogsoldier]

May I ask out of interest which country your first marriage took you to? We are a nosey bunch here.........

I noticed )) The Netherlands.

Dank u wel. 

I suppose the $64k question everyone is wondering how to phrase is as you hailed from Kiev in CCCP days, how do you view events in Crimea and the east? Or better put, do you take a 'side' or not?

I hope you won't pull that one out of the hat on Saturday....

[Manny]

May I ask out of interest which country your first marriage took you to? We are a nosey bunch here.........

I noticed )) The Netherlands.

Dank u wel. 

I suppose the $64k question everyone is wondering how to phrase is as you hailed from Kiev in CCCP days, how do you view events in Crimea and the east? Or better put, do you take a 'side' or not?

I hope you won't pull that one out of the hat on Saturday....

I wouldn't put it past me. 

[Dogsoldier]

May I ask out of interest which country your first marriage took you to? We are a nosey bunch here.........

I noticed )) The Netherlands.

Dank u wel. 

I suppose the $64k question everyone is wondering how to phrase is as you hailed from Kiev in CCCP days, how do you view events in Crimea and the east? Or better put, do you take a 'side' or not?

I hope you won't pull that one out of the hat on Saturday....

I wouldn't put it past me. 

I'd better ask Olga to ask Olga to keep you on a tight leash....

[Jesca]

Dank u wel. 

I suppose the $64k question everyone is wondering how to phrase is as you hailed from Kiev in CCCP days, how do you view events in Crimea and the east? Or better put, do you take a 'side' or not?

Niets te danken, graag gedaan )

[I never take sides unless I am 100 % informed, provided all the information is 100% valid.]
 As far as Crimea and the east is concerned...well I do have an opinion (and it happens to be a well informed one). But would prefer to keep a can of worms airtight. Thanks for understanding )

[Jesca]

Some of my views are now available - FSUW and The Money, that is )
http://ruadventures.com/forum/index.php/topic,26351.msg459123.html#msg459123

[Jerash]

Dank u wel. 

I suppose the $64k question everyone is wondering how to phrase is as you hailed from Kiev in CCCP days, how do you view events in Crimea and the east? Or better put, do you take a 'side' or not?

Niets te danken, graag gedaan )

[I never take sides unless I am 100 % informed, provided all the information is 100% valid.]
 As far as Crimea and the east is concerned...well I do have an opinion (and it happens to be a well informed one). But would prefer to keep a can of worms airtight. Thanks for understanding )

Good answer!! Way too much politics everywhere and I like to come to this forum for other things.

This is no safe harbour here, but it is something different!


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[rosco]

May I ask out of interest which country your first marriage took you to? We are a nosey bunch here.........

I noticed )) The Netherlands.

Dank u wel. 

I suppose the $64k question everyone is wondering how to phrase is as you hailed from Kiev in CCCP days, how do you view events in Crimea and the east? Or better put, do you take a 'side' or not?

I hope you won't pull that one out of the hat on Saturday....

Forget the rugby - we're coming!! 

[Markje]

Dank u wel. 

I suppose the $64k question everyone is wondering how to phrase is as you hailed from Kiev in CCCP days, how do you view events in Crimea and the east? Or better put, do you take a 'side' or not?

Niets te danken, graag gedaan )

[I never take sides unless I am 100 % informed, provided all the information is 100% valid.]
 As far as Crimea and the east is concerned...well I do have an opinion (and it happens to be a well informed one). But would prefer to keep a can of worms airtight. Thanks for understanding )

Crimea was the biggest error of the western press. I lost all faith in them on that referendum-day.

[Jesca]

Crimea was the biggest error of the western press. I lost all faith in them on that referendum-day.

Faith in the press, or in Crimeans' decision making quality?

Just one thingy. On the Crimean referendum day, according to independent ballot count, the turnout showed to be around 122% ...
Did the Western press highlight that?? If they did, I will go out and do a face-down snow angel. (Given no snow outside.)
Once/if I get the answer, we can put the lid back on the can of worms )

[Markje]

Crimea was the biggest error of the western press. I lost all faith in them on that referendum-day.

Faith in the press, or in Crimeans' decision making quality?

Just one thingy. On the Crimean referendum day, according to independent ballot count, the turnout showed to be around 122% ...
Did the Western press highlight that?? If they did, I will go out and do a face-down snow angel. (Given no snow outside.)
Once/if I get the answer, we can put the lid back on the can of worms )

I lost faith in the western press.

Western press said: Under threat of kalashnikovs, people are forced to vote:
Realtime Skype with my mother-in-law: Huge streetparty, vodka, fireworks etc. etc. All the while people are shouting "we're going home". Oh well.

Searching for the turnout, I did however, find this hilarious post on dutch news , since you can read dutch : https://zwolle.sp.nl/nieuws/2016/03/de-krim-stemt-tegen-associatieverdrag-oekraine

Short english Version : Crimea votes against the EU-Association agreement ..... (But its the city Crimea in Netherlands, not the peninsula south of Ukraine).

Mark.

[Dogsoldier]

May I ask out of interest which country your first marriage took you to? We are a nosey bunch here.........

I noticed )) The Netherlands.

Dank u wel. 

I suppose the $64k question everyone is wondering how to phrase is as you hailed from Kiev in CCCP days, how do you view events in Crimea and the east? Or better put, do you take a 'side' or not?

I hope you won't pull that one out of the hat on Saturday....

Forget the rugby - we're coming!! 

Bring

May I ask out of interest which country your first marriage took you to? We are a nosey bunch here.........

I noticed )) The Netherlands.

Dank u wel. 

I suppose the $64k question everyone is wondering how to phrase is as you hailed from Kiev in CCCP days, how do you view events in Crimea and the east? Or better put, do you take a 'side' or not?

I hope you won't pull that one out of the hat on Saturday....

Forget the rugby - we're coming!! 

More the merrier. 

[Jesca]

I lost faith in the western press.

Western press said: Under threat of kalashnikovs, people are forced to vote:
Realtime Skype with my mother-in-law: Huge streetparty, vodka, fireworks etc. etc. All the while people are shouting "we're going home". Oh well.

Searching for the turnout, I did however, find this hilarious post on dutch news , since you can read dutch : https://zwolle.sp.nl/nieuws/2016/03/de-krim-stemt-tegen-associatieverdrag-oekraine
Short english Version : Crimea votes against the EU-Association agreement ..... (But its the city Crimea in Netherlands, not the peninsula south of Ukraine)

This is BRILLIANT Mark - thanks. I enjoyed the "wrong Crimea" post immensely!
(I must admit though: reading Dutch is becoming a job! Well if you don't use it, you lose it - that is life.)

[Jesca]

(And I never completed school in the NL anyway - due to not spending enough time in the country. Lol.)