>>>>>>>>>>>>>'To elect candidates who understand the Constitution, to protect our military interests so that we can
>>>>>>>>>>>>>keep on fightin' for our constitution that will protect
some of the freedoms that evidently are important to you to'
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>{ What a heck did she say ???}
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>>>>>>>>>>>>Obviously, not ALL the freedoms. Some will have to go away.
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>>>>>>>>>>>Good morning, Dragon. How's life?
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>>>>>>>>>>Two phased, instead of three - and I mean electricity. Had a nasty storm yesterday, and one of the lines is gone. Luckily, we have three (3x220V, and 380V between them, instead of your 2x110V giving 220V).
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>>>>>>>>>>I now officially hate Virginia Credit Union which won't allow me access my money from here, because Serbia is allegedly under some sanctions, even though the web site of the gov't agency they refer to (as the source of the list of banned countries) mentions Serbia only in "sanctions revoked by GW2B in 2006". Still living on what we brought, which will suffice for a few more months.
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>>>>>>>>>WTF? This can't be right. You opened an account with the Virginia Credit Union (sounds suspiciously American) and put legitimate money into it, and they won't let you have it? I have been reading some Philip K. Dick lately and this is beyond about anything he wrote about.
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>>>>>>>>Wake up and smell the coffee :o) There has always been restrictions on moving money out of the U.S. and into specific countries. There were clear reasons why the ban existed at the time. I thought the ban on moving money to Serbia/Montenegro was lifted though when the travel ban was lifted....
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>>>>>>>At the time I replied to Dragan I did not realize he had repatriated. It still stinks.
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>>>>>>>What other news did I miss this summer? I hope all are alive and well.
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>>>>>>We'll get him back one day... :o)
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>>>>>Only if you improve the food from the sound of it.
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>>>>Looks like all the Europeans are up and about ;-) I am taking a break from insomnia and with any luck will be back to sleep soon.
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>>>>If I don't nod back to sleep soon I may finish the latest book, which is sensational. It's “Case Histories” by Kate Atkinson. I can’t say enough about her writing. Great plot, great characters, some humor, some pathos not laid on too thick. She can be earthy at times, which of course I like. There is even a character with the unimprovable name of Binky Rain. She is an old bat who has the quirk of saying her A’s like E’s – “He was efrican.” “I told the men in the benk….” Recommended.
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>>>Its a lovely morning here Mike. Torrential rain last night has made everything very fresh.
>>>I don't like books where dialogue is written with an accent or some pronunciation. Made me not read trainspotting for instance so I'll leave that.
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>>The worst loo in all of Scotland, lol.
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>>The sleep trick didn't work so I am back up. Listening to the Stones on youtube, which is not necessarily a remedy. I don't have to get up in the morning and it's summer. Just listened to a great ad hoc version of "Wild Horses." The Stones are usually so overproduced and pumped up, it's nice to see them just banging around in the studio.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhVLiHPUOIM>
>Yes
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>Its been a while since I saw live music but my preference was always for a sweaty basement club with a couple of hundred people not a field or stadium with 50000.
Agreed.
BTW, that whole part of the Stones playbook came from an Alabama guy named Gram Parsons. He was obscure in his own time. Retrospectively he is considered the father of country rock. He took the Byrds in that direction, then recorded two memorable solo albums. He OD-ed in the desert in Twentynine Palms, California, and his body was set on fire as part of some weird pact. You can't make this stuff up. He and Keef were close buddies, drugged up most of the time apparently. Keef made it, Gram didn't. When you listen to some of these songs like "Wild Horses" you know where they came from. Country music is not exactly indigenous to London.
