Favorite Pictures in Russia

[NavarreMan 10]

I had the extraordinary luck to fall in love with a person whose best friend is a professional photographer. The friend, Aza, followed us around for a few days and took hundreds of photos and worked some of them in Photoshop. I have them all over my house. It looks like a shrine to my Tanya.

Here are some of her photos and some that were taken by her husband, Sergey. I also have several that were taken of the 2 of us in our photos in our profile. Goes without saying that the photos of us together are my favorites.

Me and Aza in Baskin Robbins in Taganrog.

Me on Sergey's Jawa! Sergey fancies himself a Russian biker. If I win the lotto I promised to send him a Harley!

Then there was this silly punching game down on Pushkinskaya Quay. Just seemed like a photo op!

Asa & Sergey's beautiful daughter, Masha. The subject of many of Aza's photos.

Port of Taganrog with the Yacht Club in the foreground.

The big monster is going to bite off the head of the young princess!

[kud 0]

Kids Birthday party

Edited January 17, 2008 by kud

[mox 298]

Nice pics everyone, I'm really glad this thread was resurrected.

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

I concur! Time to share another...

Theatre «Уникс» in Kazan' by the State university near Ul. Baumana, where my Alla performed at. (Note: The "Work In The U.S." poster on the building)

Nice pics everyone, I'm really glad this thread was resurrected.

[mox 298]

I concur! Time to share another...

Those Megafon ads were plastered everywhere in Y-O. On the weekends a bunch of women dressed in green jumpers stood at intersections and in the middle of the street when traffic was stopped handing out Megafon fliers to all the pedestrians. The fliers had little pedestrian symbols and stoplights on them, so at first I thought they were crossing guards and that it was some kind of public safety campaign. Then when I actually read (and by that I mean I looked at the pictures in) the flier I figured out they were just adverts. Damn, wish I'd taken pics of that, it was kind of surreal to see all those women in bright green weaving in and out of the pedestrian traffic. I do still have my flier though, maybe I'll scan and post it.

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

Oh, I know! I love the way they market and advertise. There is a whole agency in Kazan' that hires pretty girls for this. Some were recruited from Alla's theatre. They walk around the street in matching attire yelling through bull horns handing out literature. I liked the "Beeline" girls too.

I concur! Time to share another...

Those Megafon ads were plastered everywhere in Y-O. On the weekends a bunch of women dressed in green jumpers stood at intersections and in the middle of the street when traffic was stopped handing out Megafon fliers to all the pedestrians. The fliers had little pedestrian symbols and stoplights on them, so at first I thought they were crossing guards and that it was some kind of public safety campaign. Then when I actually read (and by that I mean I looked at the pictures in) the flier I figured out they were just adverts. Damn, wish I'd taken pics of that, it was kind of surreal to see all those women in bright green weaving in and out of the pedestrian traffic. I do still have my flier though, maybe I'll scan and post it.

[slim 1,514]

Actually, I prefer the Russian cheap stuff. It, well, cleans better!

Uh-huh, if you don't mind losing a layer of skin at the same time. And while I don't generally like losing a layer of skin anywhere, that's one of the areas I *least* like losing it.

Back in my military days that "official issue TP" was refered to as the "John Wayne" TP. Rough, tough, and didn't take any $#!t off of anyone.

I agree though, it is an "acquired taste" as I've grown quite used to the cheap stuff as well. Throw a little angel soft squeezable quilted stuff back there and I get a memo later asking "what was that, a pampering?"

Although I've got to say the absolute worst TP in the world is the little squares that come in the MREs. (Meals ready to eat. GI Joe food.) They come with these little 4" X 4" pieces of napkins that are passed off as toilet tissue. From what I've been told (I was in the Air Force, remember. We never actually had to use the restroom out there in the woods.) it takes at least a squad-sized collection of them to "get the job done."

Edited: Oh, and by the way, the pictures are great too. Keep 'em coming!

Edited January 17, 2008 by slim

[Jason-Sasha 1]

Actually, I prefer the Russian cheap stuff. It, well, cleans better!

Uh-huh, if you don't mind losing a layer of skin at the same time. And while I don't generally like losing a layer of skin anywhere, that's one of the areas I *least* like losing it.

Back in my military days that "official issue TP" was refered to as the "John Wayne" TP. Rough, tough, and didn't take any $#!t off of anyone.

I agree though, it is an "acquired taste" as I've grown quite used to the cheap stuff as well. Throw a little angel soft squeezable quilted stuff back there and I get a memo later asking "what was that, a pampering?"

Although I've got to say the absolute worst TP in the world is the little squares that come in the MREs. (Meals ready to eat. GI Joe food.) They come with these little 4" X 4" pieces of napkins that are passed off as toilet tissue. From what I've been told (I was in the Air Force, remember. We never actually had to use the restroom out there in the woods.) it takes at least a squad-sized collection of them to "get the job done."

Edited: Oh, and by the way, the pictures are great too. Keep 'em coming!

the $hit paper in MREs is horrible. But trust me, you quickly become an artist. Most troops will tell you that its easier to use a few squares at a time, strategically patterned in your hand, so that you finish the job in one crescent-turned swipe. Perhaps that's too much info Haha. Damn MREs. Hope I never see one of those again!

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

ROTFLMAO!

Actually, I prefer the Russian cheap stuff. It, well, cleans better!

Uh-huh, if you don't mind losing a layer of skin at the same time. And while I don't generally like losing a layer of skin anywhere, that's one of the areas I *least* like losing it.

Back in my military days that "official issue TP" was refered to as the "John Wayne" TP. Rough, tough, and didn't take any $#!t off of anyone.

I agree though, it is an "acquired taste" as I've grown quite used to the cheap stuff as well. Throw a little angel soft squeezable quilted stuff back there and I get a memo later asking "what was that, a pampering?"

Although I've got to say the absolute worst TP in the world is the little squares that come in the MREs. (Meals ready to eat. GI Joe food.) They come with these little 4" X 4" pieces of napkins that are passed off as toilet tissue. From what I've been told (I was in the Air Force, remember. We never actually had to use the restroom out there in the woods.) it takes at least a squad-sized collection of them to "get the job done."

Edited: Oh, and by the way, the pictures are great too. Keep 'em coming!

the $hit paper in MREs is horrible. But trust me, you quickly become an artist. Most troops will tell you that its easier to use a few squares at a time, strategically patterned in your hand, so that you finish the job in one crescent-turned swipe. Perhaps that's too much info Haha. Damn MREs. Hope I never see one of those again!

[mox 298]

So...wow! The amazing morphing thread. Wonder what page 5 is going to bring us!

[Danno 1,228]

I don't know why but... I am having trouble posting a pic now, every time it shows

<<Select a file

Attachment space used 942.48k of 1000k>>>

says I only have room for 57.54k

it has been like this for a day or two, how do I clear away the 942.48k?

I don't even see any attachment... attached to the browse-upload thing.

[Jason-Sasha 1]

I don't know why but... I am having trouble posting a pic now, every time it shows

<<Select a file

Attachment space used 942.48k of 1000k>>>

says I only have room for 57.54k

it has been like this for a day or two, how do I clear away the 942.48k?

I don't even see any attachment... attached to the browse-upload thing.

Damn, I cant remember. Is this maybe your avatar? Or the profile pic? Something like that. from what I remember its easier to just open an account at photobucket.com and post your photos there. Then simply link them to this thread in your post. Been awhile since I did it, but I think that's how I did it. Guess I'll take some time this afternoon and finally post some pics from Russia that I have.

[Jason-Sasha 1]

So...wow! The amazing morphing thread. Wonder what page 5 is going to bring us!

Our Russian crowd is a crazy bunch! We seem compelled to morph any thread within this forum. Ah, well it keeps it interesting and definitely entertaining. 2 months ago this forum seemed pretty quiet. then a bunch of us started getting our NOA2s and this forum is coming back to life.

[mox 298]

I don't know why but... I am having trouble posting a pic now, every time it shows

<<Select a file

Attachment space used 942.48k of 1000k>>>

says I only have room for 57.54k

it has been like this for a day or two, how do I clear away the 942.48k?

I don't even see any attachment... attached to the browse-upload thing.

At the top of the page click on "My controls" then on the left hand Menu you'll see an "Options" heading. Under that is a link for managing your attachments. You'll have to remove some pics there.

The amount of space they give you on these boards is ridiculously small, which is why I usually use Flickr and then just link to here.

[slim 1,514]

the $hit paper in MREs is horrible. But trust me, you quickly become an artist. Most troops will tell you that its easier to use a few squares at a time, strategically patterned in your hand, so that you finish the job in one crescent-turned swipe. Perhaps that's too much info Haha. Damn MREs. Hope I never see one of those again!

No, this is too much info. (I actually typed it up yesterday and then re-read it saying to myself, "that's too much info.")

One of my supervisors, who was a crusty old guy that was in the military "back when Christ was a corporal" told me the best way to use that MRE $hit paper was to fold it in half diagonally and then tear off a little hole in the middle. "But don't throw that middle piece away, you're going to need it later."

"Ok, Sarge."

"So you've got this little square piece of TP with the hole in the middle. What you do is stick your thumb through the hole and then stick it all way up in your (***CENSORED***) and wiggle it around and then pull it out, kind of like how you you'd clean your rifle with a cleaning patch. Pull the rod and the patch from the bore to the muzzle and it's all clean. Same thing with your thumb and that little square of TP. Works every time."

"Yeah, but why did I save that little middle piece that I ripped off?"

"Oh, that little middle piece. You use that to clean under your thumbnail when you're done. Now you see why it's so important to keep that little piece?"

(The horrible part of all of this is this is actually a true story that was told to me at Thumrait Air Base in the Sultanate of Oman, circa 1998.)