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To: TigerLikesRooster

Well, you have no option when secret police is watching over you all the time.

I remember encountering a couple of Russian engineers in a hotel in Germany in the 1970's. They were in obvious terror of their "minder". They were at a table in the restaurant near the TV, watching the winter olympics and the owner, who had served on Eastern Front and spoke a smattering of Russian (and who was on very cordial terms with us GIs) starting needling them. The "minder" arrived in the elevator (British: lift) took one look, said two words and two fify-ish engineers hurriedly gulped their beer and left, obviously embarrassed and afraid.

10 posted on 06/25/2009 2:56:00 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (AGWT is very robust with respect to data. All observations confirm it at the 100% confidence level.)

To: Lonesome in Massachussets

One wrong word from their minder could send them to eternal winter vacation in the Arctic.

11 posted on 06/25/2009 3:00:12 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (LUV DIC -- L,U,V-shaped recession, Depression, Inflation, Collapse)

To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Sounds like the directors of the “new” GM...

12 posted on 06/25/2009 3:00:52 AM PDT by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")

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