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mac-man6
Junior Member
Canada
217 Posts |
 Posted - 10 Jun 2003 : 03:44:04
Well not really by a long shot. But I'm in a internet cafe in Budapest Hungary. Europe is nucking futs!, this place is great!. The women are gorgeous. vislat! Editor of the printed word, Ministry of 68k Truths (mini6)
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jun 2003 : 04:02:00
Cool!  Have fun! "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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~tl
Junior Member
United Kingdom
312 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jun 2003 : 11:55:32
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The women are gorgeous.
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llamaboy487
Full Member
USA
516 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jun 2003 : 15:54:22
thats a really good beatles song..."back in the ussr", that is... i doubt they recorded one called "damn right" ________________________
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jun 2003 : 22:08:55
heh... let's record a song called "damn right"...we'll go use cinemo's quadra Official 68k videographer
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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jun 2003 : 23:33:11
Soon enough Im going to russia for the sake of it, all I need is some cash to get to Sheremtoo.
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mac-man6
Junior Member
Canada
217 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jun 2003 : 14:37:30
I'm in Brasov Romania right now paying 10000 lei for an hour of internet time. I get 21000 or 23000 for a Canadian dollar!. Although I'm using XP on some Romanian clone. It's nuts here I had a steak, wine and dessert for less than $15 today.Editor of the printed word, Ministry of 68k Truths (mini6)
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Unknown_K
Full Member
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jun 2003 : 16:12:34
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I'm in Brasov Romania right now paying 10000 lei for an hour of internet time. I get 21000 or 23000 for a Canadian dollar!. Although I'm using XP on some Romanian clone. It's nuts here I had a steak, wine and dessert for less than $15 today.Editor of the printed word, Ministry of 68k Truths (mini6)
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Cool, what kind of meat did the steak come from? LOL Whenever you go to some ex-communist country you will notice everything is cheap because people only make a few thousand a year average salary if that. Russia would be cool to visit (I would want to visit the WWII battlefronts and museums) but too many mobsters running things there today, and they just love american tourists.
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jun 2003 : 19:12:09
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I'm in Brasov Romania right now paying 10000 lei for an hour of internet time. I get 21000 or 23000 for a Canadian dollar!.
How many US$ is that?  "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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Gothikon
Full Member
Australia
537 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jun 2003 : 20:34:21
While I was still in the Uk my G/f went travelling around eastern Europe, often paying around 2-3 AUD for 2 course meals! Absynthe is also ridculously cheap in Eastern Europe, cheaper than beer back home!--------
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jun 2003 : 20:42:29
Wow thats good! "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jun 2003 : 20:47:01
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Whenever you go to some ex-communist country you will notice everything is cheap because people only make a few thousand a year average salary if that.
Moscow has been rated the most expensive city in europe to live in, and in the world rankings is number 2 after Osaka, Japan. The cheapeast to live in is Australia, so it seems.
Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure...
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jun 2003 : 20:49:40
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I'm in Brasov Romania right now paying 10000 lei for an hour of internet time. I get 21000 or 23000 for a Canadian dollar!.
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In 5th grade I did a report on romania...
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Gothikon
Full Member
Australia
537 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jun 2003 : 02:12:37
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Moscow has been rated the most expensive city in europe to live in, and in the world rankings is number 2 after Osaka, Japan. The cheapeast to live in is Australia, so it seems.
Hmm, so Moscow is part of Europe now? (I mean it might be but I really didn't think so) Anyway Norway is 10x more expensive than most of Europe, obviously it's all different now that the Euro is in mainstream use. Eastern Europe, Czech Republic etc are stupid cheap. France Spain Europe etc are fairly comparable, the UK is a bit more expensive. Eastern Europe is also much cheaper than Australia although Australia is quite cheap compared to the UK, 2.6 AUD to 1 UKP or so. --------
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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jun 2003 : 02:50:09
http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/87/347/10255_moscow.htmlThe research is done by Mercer Human Resource Consulting which is used by companies who have employees working abroad. And yes, Western Russia has always been europe, the east is Asia. Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure... |
Alien
Junior Member
Netherlands
269 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jun 2003 : 03:41:33
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Hmm, so Moscow is part of Europe now? (I mean it might be but I really didn't think so)
Yes, it is. Always has been. The border between Europe and Asia is the Ural mountains. quote:
Anyway Norway is 10x more expensive than most of Europe, obviously it's all different now that the Euro is in mainstream use.
Not really. Scandinavia is still expensive compared to the rest op Europe, due to their tax system. It's just a lot more obvious now with the euro. quote:
Eastern Europe, Czech Republic [...]
That's Central Europe.  quote:
etc are stupid cheap. France Spain Europe etc are fairly comparable, [...]
France and Spain are part of Europe. I dare you to order a beer on a terrace in central Paris, then tell me their prices are "fairly comparable". quote:
[...] the UK is a bit more expensive.
The UK is expensive (although that depends on where you are; Scotland is fairly cheap, as are Wales and Northern England) mostly due to an unrealistic exchange rate on the UK pound. The pound has devaluated immensely over the past few decades, and something tells me the British are artificially keeping it higher than it should be now for psychological reasons. ,xtG
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jun 2003 : 05:43:22
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mac-man6
Junior Member
Canada
217 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jun 2003 : 14:58:40
What happened to the rest of this topic?, I'm in Sibiu Romania now. Has big brother blessed us with a opportunity that erased the forum replies?, was this direct from the 'ministry of error-free computing'?.Editor of the printed word, Ministry of 68k Truths (mini6)
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mac-man6
Junior Member
Canada
217 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jun 2003 : 15:13:13
Sorry about that, the PC I'm using is really slow and didnt load the rest of the page. The steak was... really good, you see the cows walking across the roads all the time. For y'all American's dinner for two (mentioned above) with the steak was $14.70 USD, or $1USD is worth 32,631 Romanian Lei. Yeah the wages here suck but there are some very wealthy people, "communist heirs" if you will. Any thing Romanian or dealing with labour is cheaper. So food, drinks, museums and stuff is really cheap. Computers and CD's are not, new american cd's are like $27 Canadian, while they'd be $14 in Canada. But some western stuff is cheaper, like half a litre of Stella Artois beer is less than a Canadian dollar.Good fun, ttyl Editor of the printed word, Ministry of 68k Truths (mini6)
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Gothikon
Full Member
Australia
537 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jun 2003 : 03:21:05
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Yes, it is. Always has been. The border between Europe and Asia is the Ural mountains.
Oh, I always think of Russia as Russia, not really part of Europe or Asia quote:
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Eastern Europe, Czech Republic
That's Central Europe.
I'm from Scotland, it's east as far as I'm concerned quote:
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France Spain Europe etc are fairly comparable, [...]
France and Spain are part of Europe.
I never doubted that, either you misread me or I wasn't very clear... quote:
I dare you to order a beer on a terrace in central Paris, then tell me their prices are "fairly comparable".The UK is expensive (although that depends on where you are; Scotland is fairly cheap, as are Wales and Northern England) mostly due to an unrealistic exchange rate on the UK pound. The pound has devaluated immensely over the past few decades, and something tells me the British are artificially keeping it higher than it should be now for psychological reasons.
I guess a lot of it also comes down to where you shop, when I was in France everything was quite reasonable. Obviously shopping in the trendy areas of any country is going to be higher than average. For instance London seems really expensive compared to Edinburgh, although as far as the clubs and shops I go to there are concerned it is not that different. The general cost of living is higher throughout though. --------
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Alien
Junior Member
Netherlands
269 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jun 2003 : 16:41:23
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Eastern Europe, Czech Republic
That's Central Europe.
I'm from Scotland, it's east as far as I'm concerned
That doesn't make it "Eastern Europe". Heck, Holland is east from Scotland, would you suggest I live in Eastern Europe? Would it be correct for an Irishman to say that Scotland is in Eastern Europe? Or for a Swede to say that the Hebrides are in Southern Europe? ,xtG
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