Asking the [probably] Impossible...

[mox 298]

Wow. I'm really glad everything turned out alright for the baby and your family... Let's hope all this oil money entering Russia will help improve conditions in the next few years...

[slim 1,525]

Wow. I'm really glad everything turned out alright for the baby and your family... Let's hope all this oil money entering Russia will help improve conditions in the next few years...

I'm going to go ahead and guess the "oil money" in Russia will improve conditions for them about as much as the "oil money" here in the U.S. has improved conditions for us.

[shikarnov 7]

Wow. I'm really glad everything turned out alright for the baby and your family... Let's hope all this oil money entering Russia will help improve conditions in the next few years...

I'm going to go ahead and guess the "oil money" in Russia will improve conditions for them about as much as the "oil money" here in the U.S. has improved conditions for us.

I almost got drawn into another major rant. God, I'm way to in love with politics

Z

[NYGirl 0]

Fair enough, sorry for dragging the discussion from your main point.

It's all good. Sometimes a good rant helps vent some stress anyway.

As for getting family over here, I think it's important that your spouse and her family know that their chances of getting a Visa are pretty weak. Definitely try, but don't give them too much hope. If they get the Visa, it will be a pleasant surprise.

That's what I've heard -- it's a real bummer though. In addition to making Ira happy, I'd really like to have her mom around for a while too. She's a great woman, who I'm only now really getting to know (learning Russian is really really hard).

Z

With your name and your last name ( if it's real) I could of sworn that you are Russian 100%.......which probably you are but came here as a little baby?

[shikarnov 7]

With your name and your last name ( if it's real) I could of sworn that you are Russian 100%.......which probably you are but came here as a little baby?

Shikarnov comes from the adjective, "шикарный" (Russian for "smart" -- as in "Smart A s s"). Zhenya, is my American name translated into Russian. It started as a nickname that Ira's family gave me since Gene didn't inflect and change in a way they preferred.

Z

Edited December 21, 2007 by shikarnov

[slim 1,525]

That's a much cooler story than how I got my knickname.

[NYGirl 0]

With your name and your last name ( if it's real) I could of sworn that you are Russian 100%.......which probably you are but came here as a little baby?

Shikarnov comes from the adjective, "шикарный" (Russian for "smart" -- as in "Smart A s s"). Zhenya, is my American name translated into Russian. It started as a nickname that Ira's family gave me since Gene didn't inflect and change in a way they preferred.

Z

Gene is as russian name as it can be. It is called Gena or full name Genadiy.

So you are not russian at all?

[shikarnov 7]

With your name and your last name ( if it's real) I could of sworn that you are Russian 100%.......which probably you are but came here as a little baby?

Shikarnov comes from the adjective, "шикарный" (Russian for "smart" -- as in "Smart A s s"). Zhenya, is my American name translated into Russian. It started as a nickname that Ira's family gave me since Gene didn't inflect and change in a way they preferred.

Z

Gene is as russian name as it can be. It is called Gena or full name Genadiy.

So you are not russian at all?

Gene is short for Eugene, which is the English version of Yevgeniy. Zhenya is the short/tender form of Yevgeniy.

I'm 50% Greek, 25% Hungarian, 25% European mongrel. I suppose there might be a smidgen of Russian in my mix if I consult the family tree far enough back.

Z

Edited December 22, 2007 by shikarnov