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caskur

#600
December 16, 2018, 02:37:05 AM
Quote from: "Gaon"Moscow was 7.6 million in 1975.


Yep so he just wrote what was told to him by the tourist guide and didn't stipulate "Moscow".....lol



He's also got 75% of Dr were females too. And there was no litter whatsoever.
"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want."
- Andy Warhol

Gaon

#601
December 16, 2018, 02:39:33 AM
Quote from: "caskur"That population of "Russia" you're talking about Gaon included other countries like Poland, Yugoslavia, Finland and a few others apparently.

Poland, Finland and Yugoslavia were never part of the Soviet Union. The population of the Soviet Union was 257 million in 1975. And about 55 per cent of that was Russia.
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caskur

#602
December 16, 2018, 02:42:51 AM
Were not those countries communists including East Germany... ?



I don't know... Kurt's telling me stuff, I'm just repeating it. He's usually misinformed.
"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want."
- Andy Warhol

Gaon

#603
December 16, 2018, 02:47:17 AM
Quote from: "caskur"Were not those countries communists including East Germany... ?



I don't know... Kurt's telling me stuff, I'm just repeating it. He's usually misinformed.

Finland was never communist. Poland and Yugoslavia were communist, but they were never part of the Soviet Union.



These are the countries that made up the Soviet Union.

Armenia

Moldova

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

Georgia

Azerbaijan

Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan

Belarus

Uzbekistan

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

Kazakhstan

Russia
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caskur

#604
December 16, 2018, 02:59:29 AM
Quote from: "Gaon"
Quote from: "caskur"Were not those countries communists including East Germany... ?



I don't know... Kurt's telling me stuff, I'm just repeating it. He's usually misinformed.

Finland was never communist. Poland and Yugoslavia were communist, but they were never part of the Soviet Union.



These are the countries that made up the Soviet Union.

Armenia

Moldova

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

Georgia

Azerbaijan

Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan

Belarus

Uzbekistan

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

Kazakhstan

Russia


Yes, I'd never heard of Finland being communist or even part of USSR.... All the rest I knew.





But places change, they change names and borders. I have a Macedonian friend who grew up under communism. She survived, thrived and became a lawyer.



Siam, Ceylon, Burma... Are ones I remember... Rhodesia became Zimbabwe...



why don't they bloody well just keep their original names...?





And My husband just informed me Finland had to give some of their country to Russia so that's where Finland came into it.
"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want."
- Andy Warhol

Anonymous

#605
December 16, 2018, 04:42:19 PM
Quote from: "Gaon"
Quote from: "caskur"Were not those countries communists including East Germany... ?



I don't know... Kurt's telling me stuff, I'm just repeating it. He's usually misinformed.

Finland was never communist. Poland and Yugoslavia were communist, but they were never part of the Soviet Union.



These are the countries that made up the Soviet Union.

Armenia

Moldova

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

Georgia

Azerbaijan

Tajikistan

Kyrgyzstan

Belarus

Uzbekistan

Turkmenistan

Ukraine

Kazakhstan

Russia

Yugoslavia itself was made up of many republics that all got their independence just like the former USSR..



Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia, and Bosnia for example.

caskur

#606
December 17, 2018, 08:58:10 AM
In 1993 I went back to high school for a refresher.. I didn't know Yugoslavia had now become Serbia and Croatia and all that other BS...*roll eyes*



I'm sure my history teacher thought I was an alien.



John Curtin School of Arts hosted plenty of kids sent out to protect them from the civil war there a few years earlier... Those Muslim kids treated the Aussie girls in the most filthy manner AND in front of teachers too. Serbs didn't like them and neither did we!~.
"I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want."
- Andy Warhol

Gaon

#607
December 18, 2018, 03:33:06 PM
Some birds of Israel.



Pictures are all taken from the web.



sand partridge

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black winged stilt

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Black-winged_stilt_%28Himantopus_himantopus%29.jpg/800px-Black-winged_stilt_%28Himantopus_himantopus%29.jpg">



pin tailed sangrouse

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Pin-tailed_sandgrouse_%28Pterocles_alchata%29.jpg/800px-Pin-tailed_sandgrouse_%28Pterocles_alchata%29.jpg">



barn owl

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Tyto_alba_-British_Wildlife_Centre%2C_Surrey%2C_England-8a_%281%29.jpg/800px-Tyto_alba_-British_Wildlife_Centre%2C_Surrey%2C_England-8a_%281%29.jpg">



Egyptian nightjar

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Egyptian_Nightjar.jpg">
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Vancouver

#608
December 18, 2018, 04:00:14 PM
We have the barn owl here. I've never seen one in the wild. They have one at the owl rescue society place.
Time is malleable

Gaon

#609
December 18, 2018, 04:03:05 PM
Quote from: "TheVancouverGuy"We have the barn owl here. I've never seen one in the wild. They have one at the owl rescue society place.

I've never seen one in the wild in Israel.
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Bricktop

#610
December 18, 2018, 05:04:28 PM
Who doesn't love owls!!!



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Anonymous

#611
December 18, 2018, 05:09:23 PM
Quote from: "Bricktop"Who doesn't love owls!!!



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Owls are my favourite bird of prey..



The cutest part was the owl with the dog.

Bricktop

#612
December 18, 2018, 05:23:32 PM
I've only seen one in the wild. It was sitting in one of our trees, just looking at us...about 10 feet from the ground. A beautiful bird.

Vancouver

#613
December 19, 2018, 06:48:07 PM Last Edit: December 19, 2018, 06:54:00 PM by Vancouver
Saw this eagle today. I think it's a golden eagle?

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Time is malleable

Gaon

#614
December 19, 2018, 06:52:14 PM
Quote from: "TheVancouverGuy"Saw this eagle today. I think it's a golden eagle?

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https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4862/31447482027_6608b26cca_c.jpg">

It is a golden eagle. I just looked it up. The second largest eagle in North America.



Where did you see it?
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