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andymackem
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Had a great trip. Will provide pics and anecdotes when I'm a bit more alert (if people are all that interested).

Until someone informs me otherwise I'm assuming that my combined travels secure me the largest land empire and population in Heartland history - taking the countries involved it would share borders with Norway and Vietnam - which is nice. Don't start re-writing songs for me, though. I'll get offended.

What did I miss? I heard we won the Olympics and got blown up, but the rest is largely speculative.
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:P , :P , and :P .

You be Hitler, I'll be Mussolini. :wink:
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andymackem
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boudicca wrote:You be Hitler, I'll be Mussolini. :wink:
Very unfair - I wouldn't have a 'tache at all if it wasn't for China's strange plugs which weren't compatible with my shaver.

For obvious reasons I'm not going to start attacking my face with Chinese razor-blades, so I'm having a Dominion moment.
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andymackem wrote:
boudicca wrote:You be Hitler, I'll be Mussolini. :wink:
Very unfair - I wouldn't have a 'tache at all if it wasn't for China's strange plugs which weren't compatible with my shaver.

For obvious reasons I'm not going to start attacking my face with Chinese razor-blades, so I'm having a Dominion moment.
Don't be too hasty; a good chinwig can make you look a million dollars!

Mine, on the other hand, was £2.99 from the charidee shop. :wink:
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So, who'll be Franco...

At least his empire will last a couple years longer :von:


Glad to have you back, and please bring us all of your silly stories btw :D
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Welcome back Mr Mackem. :)
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Welcome home andy
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welcome back. I hope you've prepared the Russian Federation for my visit next year.
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nice tan, Sir!
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Did you leave some crying mongolian ladies behind? :wink:
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Welcome back. Your thoughtful posts have been missed around here.
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timsinister wrote:Don't be too hasty; a good chinwig can make you look a million dollars!

Mine, on the other hand, was £2.99 from the charidee shop. :wink:
Many a true word spoken in jest... :innocent: :P :lol:

He has a girl in every port now, I don't doubt. :wink:
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Show us yer white bits, Andy.
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boudicca wrote:He has a girl in every port now, I don't doubt. :wink:
Do that all have £2.99 chinhair as well?
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Petseri wrote:
boudicca wrote:He has a girl in every port now, I don't doubt. :wink:
Do that all have £2.99 chinhair as well?
:lol: I imagine THEY ( :P ) do.

He's not very picky, from what I've heard... :innocent:
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lazarus corporation wrote:welcome back. I hope you've prepared the Russian Federation for my visit next year.
oi and mine :P
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Welcome home Andy,

Nice to have you back.
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Brideoffrankenstein wrote:
lazarus corporation wrote:welcome back. I hope you've prepared the Russian Federation for my visit next year.
oi and mine :P
Honeymoon in the inner Ural? How lovely. :P
Put their heads on f*cking pikes in front of the venue for all I care.
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canon docre wrote:
Brideoffrankenstein wrote:
lazarus corporation wrote:welcome back. I hope you've prepared the Russian Federation for my visit next year.
oi and mine :P
Honeymoon in the inner Ural? How lovely. :P
It's not a honeymoon! (Well not yet anyway :wink: ) Personally I can't think of a more romantic place than Red Square in the snow......
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canon docre wrote:
Brideoffrankenstein wrote:
lazarus corporation wrote:welcome back. I hope you've prepared the Russian Federation for my visit next year.
oi and mine :P
Honeymoon in the inner Ural? How lovely. :P
we already spend far too long gazing lovingly at WW2 Maxim machine guns used at Stalingrad
Brideoffrankenstein wrote:Personally I can't think of a more romantic place than Red Square in the snow......
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welcome back! :D
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canon docre wrote:Honeymoon in the inner Ural? How lovely. :P
Does that joke work in German as well?
A piece on German humour on Radio 4's Today programme wrote:Why did my grandfather cross the road?

To invade Poland.
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Welcome back - it's been quiet round here.
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Girl in every port? Not that picky? Pah!

More romantic than Red Square in the snow .... you could try Krasnoyarsk in a heat wave but I wouldn't dream of commenting on that.

I did have a chance to check about trains between Moscow and Georgia, and it's not good news. At the moment there are trains running into the Caucasus but not beyond. You can still go to Grozny if you want.

This might change, but I wouldn't hold your breath.
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andymackem wrote:I did have a chance to check about trains between Moscow and Georgia, and it's not good news. At the moment there are trains running into the Caucasus but not beyond. You can still go to Grozny if you want.

This might change, but I wouldn't hold your breath.
Wow thanks Andy :notworthy: We changed our minds in the end and we have decided to have a week in St Petersburg instead!
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