Posted on 01/19/2014 6:42:46 AM PST by rktman
Rob Hornstra and Arnold van Bruggen spent 5 years in region photographing ordinary life Say Sochi is unlikely spot for Winter Games...because there's no snow Photos include portraits of strippers and children holding Kalashnikovs Say area is plagued with various problems and that 'There's a big chance terrorists will try to disrupt these Games
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
they hang rugs on the wall because it is freakin cold and the furnace doesn’t work
it’s insulation
Most Russians live in apartments bordered by thin walls. Hanging rugs on the walls provided sound insulation, making it harder for their next-door neighbors to eavesdrop on their conversations.
And why do Russians like hanging rugs on their walls???
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DUH!! Keep them and floors clean.
Russian centralized steam heating works extraordinarily well. You'll find yourself opening the windows in January to let some of the heat out! Interestingly, there's no thermostat. The heat comes on in the winter and is turned off in the summer. Everyone's heat.
The rugs are for privacy, to make it more difficult for neighbors to eavesdrop on your conversations.
I read commentary earlier this morning that said it was because the walls are/were so thin that rugs were hug to try and soundproof the rooms (I’m guessing it helps with temp control, too). It may have become habit or a part of culture now?
LOL! (in a sad way) Putin doesn’t want those pictures seen either. Er, I mean the “lyin’ king”. (Course, I may trust Putin more. Yeah, probably.)
They probably won’t show the slums/shacks/shanty towns in Rio either.
You’ll put your eye out Ralphie.
Hell, there’s places in west Cocoa that make this look purty nice. LOL!
Because they’re pretty?
The Russian Dating Sites photos are incredibly entertaining.
I visited a friend in Russia in the 90s. She said Moscow apartments were absolutely airtight— no cold seeping in. So the rags must be for the privacy. Also, maybe they need to let them air dry after using them, since they probably don’t have washer/dryer hookups in apartments? Finally, for years Russians had to paint walls with whatever color was available, so maybe throwing a few rags on the wall helped to hide a gross color.
Someone musta done one hell of a marketing presentation. Subbed pictures from Gstaad or Verbier or something. Read somewhere this morning that the womens downhill had to moved from Garmisch to Italy due to lack of snow. I know we sure have a lack of snow around Tahoe. Way lacking. Need big snow dump. Dang algore and his glo-bull warming. Or maybe it’s just La Nina or El Nino. (Hissss-panics causing a problem?)
My first thought, too.
Rio where they gun down homeless children in the streets
Which is perhaps why Putin chose Sochi. Supposedly, he has placed a 1500 mile security circle around the place. What better excuse to go after any terrorist, and I"m not even putting terrorist in scare-quotes, because this what they are.
NOT during the Olympics though.
I would NEVER waste my time and money on any sports event other than four wheeling or rally racing.
http://rt.com/sport/motorsports/kamaz-silk-way-rally/
ANd be SURE to look at the pics here and read (in English):
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