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Offline Boroda

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« on: May 25, 2005, 01:59:24 PM »
We'll probably not have street lights on tonight, even escalators in underground are mostly switched off, so we finally can find a good use for lamp-posts, to hang all the new-fangled post-Soviet bourgeoisie.

Damn, RAO EES (Russian electricity monopoly) got nearly $ 1 billion profit last year, and doesn't give a damn about upgrading or even maintaining equipment!

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Offline Thrawn

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« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2005, 02:40:34 PM »
In Soviet Russia, the power outs you!
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Offline T0J0

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« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2005, 02:49:54 PM »
You live in a Democratic society, contact your politician and complain.
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Offline ChickenHawk

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« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2005, 03:05:27 PM »
Over here they have rolling blackouts so they can charge more for electricity.
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« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2005, 03:23:08 PM »
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Originally posted by Boroda
We'll probably not have street lights on tonight, even escalators in underground are mostly switched off, so we finally can find a good use for lamp-posts, to hang all the new-fangled post-Soviet bourgeoisie.

Damn, RAO EES (Russian electricity monopoly) got nearly $ 1 billion profit last year, and doesn't give a damn about upgrading or even maintaining equipment!



I like the text, translate it for everybody :)
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Offline Urchin

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« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2005, 03:28:42 PM »
"Lights out, mother****er?"  

Just a guess, I don't read or speak Russian.
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Offline Estel

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« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2005, 03:54:19 PM »
No. The first word is untranslatable.
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Offline AWMac

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« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2005, 04:10:35 PM »
*In my best Darth Vader voice*

 "Welcome to the Dark Side!"

:D
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Offline Hangtime

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« Reply #8 on: May 25, 2005, 04:21:30 PM »
Translation:

"Duty requires that all citizens sleep with the lights off...

...or else"
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Offline Nilsen

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« Reply #9 on: May 25, 2005, 04:26:55 PM »
All the oil and gass that russia has should really start to benefit the russian people soon.

or?
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Offline Boroda

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« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2005, 12:05:20 PM »
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Originally posted by Nilsen
All the oil and gass that russia has should really start to benefit the russian people soon.

or?


Or.

Anatoly Chubais, chairman of RAO EES is a famous "father of de-nationalisation", a person who gave all the property of the Union to gangs of crooks. Now he finally showed that he's not a "successfull professional manager" but a moron and a criminal.

Damn, we didn't have big blackouts since late-40s.

Imagine 20,000 people stuck in underground trains in darkness. 1500 people got stuck in lifts. Traffic lights went off and it resulted in huge traffic jams.

I don't understand some things. How can a United Russian Energy System, built by the whole nation, become a public company? How can it bring profits while the equipment is aging and gets out of order? It's a common new-Russian "business model", to get maximum profits without investing in anything, living on Soviet heritage.

the only good thing about it is that a catastrophe took place in May, not in February. In winter such thing will cause heating pipes freezing, that means that the whole 10-million city will literatly die.
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Offline Wolfala

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« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2005, 12:10:20 PM »
2 weeks and I get to live the excitement! But I have to admit Pavel, the thought of being stuck in the elevator in Izmalevo makes me think about taking the stairs for now...
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Offline Arlo

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« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2005, 12:16:02 PM »
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Originally posted by Boroda
We'll probably not have street lights on tonight, even escalators in underground are mostly switched off, so we finally can find a good use for lamp-posts, to hang all the new-fangled post-Soviet bourgeoisie.

Damn, RAO EES (Russian electricity monopoly) got nearly $ 1 billion profit last year, and doesn't give a damn about upgrading or even maintaining equipment!



Yeah, things ain't been the same here since the end of the cold war, either. Kids are bored to tears playing games like Grand Theft Auto (series) and gangbanging suburbs. The defense industry is struggling. The space race ain't much of a race anymore.

Lead the revolution, comrade. Bring back the cold war. Please? Thank you.
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Offline Rob Cashman

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« Reply #13 on: May 26, 2005, 12:25:31 PM »
Translation:

"Lights Off_ski with Enron_ski"
« Last Edit: May 26, 2005, 12:31:09 PM by Rob Cashman »
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Offline Arlo

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« Reply #14 on: May 26, 2005, 12:28:10 PM »
"In case of fire, cut all phonelines."
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