My wife talks to her parents once a week. Last week she said her father was commenting on the news coverage of the war within Russia. He said that while Putin and Bush were a little tense, Russians only received war coverage from Russian news media and AL-Jazeera. He said that once Bush and Putin thawed a little, the Russians started to get more news from BBC, CNN, Fox, etc.

Makes me wonder if these guys disapproved at least partially because they are being kept from one side of the story. Food for thought. Just because people disapprove of us, it does not necessarily mean they are well informed.

Get home safe, to fully utilize those verbal skills upon unsuspecting women in Mother Russia.

Shelf life: A minimum of three years stored at 80 degrees
Calories: 1,200-1,300

Nutritional Information: 13 percent protein, 36 percent fat and 51 percent carbohydrate

Heating Time: 10-15 minutes

24 Main Entrees: beefsteak with mushrooms, pork ribs, beef ravioli, country captain chicken, chicken breast, chicken with Thai sauce, chicken with salsa, beef patty, beef stew, chili and macaroni, pasta with vegetables in tomato sauce, black bean and rice burrito, cheese tortellini, manicotti with vegetables, beef enchiladas, chicken with noodles, beef teriyaki, turkey breast with gravy and potatoes, roast beef, spaghetti with meat sauce, chicken tetrazzini, jambalaya, chicken with cavatelli and meatloaf.

What’s this about extra steps to compensate your balance on a ship? Might be handy sometime. I’ve got Internet access via satellite, pretty good except for heavy traffic. Most units have a portable DVD player so we gather around and watch. My Canon powershot G2 4megapixel stopped working after 3 day…probably got sand into it.
I’ll have to get a waterproof sports type.

Since Nikon discontinue the model, I would venture to say there are probably some brand new models still in the box for sale, at a heavily discounted price.  The cameras' unique shape is very handy and one would think it would break in two... but it's made very well.

It's a 2.5 megapixel camera, the highest resolution pictures will take up about 900k which is idea, as a photo that takes up too much memory is like overkill and won't be noticed.

I took it with me to the First Jack Social in April 2001 and the only problem I had was the cafe was too dark and peoples movements were too fast for the camera to capture - hence the on board flash isn't that great.  But I pretty much feel all digital cameras are going to have this problem with lagtime.

I have found that if you turn off the flash in dim setting, a take a picture the camera will compensate for this and will yield a great picture...so some of you guys with digital camera should check this out with your cameras.

Also with this digital camera you have to get some MiNH batteries, don't for get a battery charger and special transformer with plug for Eastern Europe!!

The beauty about the camera is that you can look down while holding it and point the lense at say a pretty girl in a crowd and they won't think your looking at them... but I know I did get some long looks while standing at the Metro area/McDonalds Metro in Kiev..

From the reviews I'm reading about some of the current Nikon cameras of this unique design shape, is that they're junk..  Which is surprising, since the Nikon name is all about quality,,, maybe they want people to buy those really expensive models.  But if this on dies, I'm definately going to find another one...and I'm sure it's will be a helluva lot cheaper than what I paid for it.

Here is a review..
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikoncp950/

That's great! Is it original? Mind if I steal it?

I hope you're back on your RW Mission soon, Warrior... Thanks for taking time off from it to keep Democracy safe...

But I would say that it was more clever than Romantic... (and I have never staked any claims to clever :-)