[Wirezfree]

Not seen some of the regulars misko_2083 or gold_finger or altman or N4RPS around for a while...???

[N4RPS]

Hello!

I can't speak for the others, but along with some family issues, I have been forced to take a leadership role in a non-profit organization some friends and I founded last year. This new role greatly reduces my time to be here as often as I have been in the past.

In my absence, one thing I HAVE noticed is that others, including yourself, have stepped in to help share some of the load. For this, I - and, I'm sure, the people you folks have helped - thank you...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob

[gold_finger]

Hadn't seen this thread until N4RPS revived it now.


My absence for approximately 6 months on this (and Mint) forum due to combination of being busy with other things as well as feeling a need to take a break for a while from forum postings.


Had looked in every once in a while over that period and saw that you, torreydale, rokytnji, technomancer, firenice, m654321, and others were taking up the slack and seemed to have things well under control.


Am planning to post more regularly again, but not at quite the same frequency as before to avoid feeling burned out.

[Wirezfree]

Nice to see you back.. Yes, family & personal stuff needs to take priority...

[anon222]

Sorry fellows, situation in my country is getting worse. Prices and taxes go up and salaries are going way down.

When I try to explain what is going on here most people think I'm crazy. So I'll try to do my best. :D

First you need to understand the concept of paradox.

Someone in a Chicago newspaper published: Serbia is a country that shares borders with itself. Where the most beautiful women live and the birth rate is falling. Where most unemployed work, in the most fertile country, and yet there are people who are starving. Where trains are late according to the timetable. Where all play football, and win the world championship in volleyball. All rush to work, and no one is on time. Where there is eight-hour work time with a duration of twelve hours.
Where health care is free, and the treatment is expensive. Where journalists are free to write whatever they are commanded. Where the global crisis received citizenship. Where public procurement secrets and state secrets are public. Where history is repeating itself every day.

I would just add: Where there are the richest people who have never worked. Where the foreign currency is taken for domestic. Where people celebrate the saints and curse God. Where smart because of misunderstandings are declared lunatics and madmen capable.
Where illiterate write history. Where laws are illegal, and the anarchy is the normal state. Where the rullers despise citizens as unwanted witnesses.
Where the people live of the future, because we have no right to live in the present. Where the court proceedings last longer than life. Where the flood is the oly way for land irrigation.
Where they whish for the dictator and democracy is considered a tax on fools. Where it is considered that the country will prosper more the more it is deteriorating.

Now that we got that clear, here is one interesting story: A few months ago two politicians came to take photos of themselves while opening an unfinished bridge. You couldn't see a photo of the bridge on the TV or in the newspapers because the politicians and the rich folks supporting them own most of the TV stations and the newspapers. Benny Hill couldn't make it better.

Voice of the people is being silenced even on the internet. The rulling party has a big computer office and it pays daily to certain individuals to post comments and create general impression that most people support the government. Each of them has like 50 fake facebook accounts and who knows how many on twitter. They get paid well and as a bonus they get a sandwich for the lunch. That's why we call them "The Sandwichers".

There are many, many more interesting stories like starlets in the parlament, prime ministers attempt to portray himself as a superhero...

[Wirezfree]

Well misko with all that said, and there was a lot of it....
Yes I think we need the "Handy Man"


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJC4HvpWewM

[anon222]

Well misko with all that said, and there was a lot of it....
Yes I think we need the "Handy Man"

LoL, I agree. :) Everything I've written looks unreal to anyone living in a somewhat normal country.
Here is the link of a video when Serbian prime minister went to take photos saving people that got stuck in cars durring a blizard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3gnG3nXXG0
I heared that the rescuers were told to back off while he was getting ready to be filmed. :/
The rescuers were more than capable of handling this. There was no need for him to be there, just wanted to take advantage over the situation for political goals. Even without the cap on his head.
Here is the unfinished bridge situation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQGsEdUT3VA
It was closed after that event and the work on the bridge continued.
The bridge was so well done that the concrete started to crack last month. :)
And that's just the top of an iceberg. It always amazed me how my people can take all this.
During the 90's there was a worst episode of hyperinflation in history. Between October 1, 1993 and January 24, 1995 prices increased by 5 quadrillion percent.  This number is a 5 with 15 zeroes after it. We survived that. The inflation was so bad that the prices were changing several times a day. I actually had these bills:

One day you could buy a 20 eggs and the next day it was worth 2 eggs. Sancions hurt the people more than the government.