Subj : Testing
To   : Alex Cherkas
From : Tom Oakes
Date : Thu Aug 17 2000 02:15 pm

Alex Cherkas wrote in a message to Tom Oakes:

 AC>    Hiya, Tom!

 AC> Wednesday August 09 2000 17:13, you wrote to me:

 SS>>> Verified in Ukraine.
 TO>> Hey, I just got back from three weeks in the Ukraine. Beautiful
 TO>> country.
 AC>> More beautiful than USA ? ;)
 TO> I traveled by train from Kiev to Ternopl and then by bus
 TO> to Podilskyi region and Kamianets. Much farmland very like
 TO> the midwest US.

 AC> Hmmm... never thought...
 AC> But there are no beautiful skyscrapers in Ukraine.. ;)

Ukraine has beautiful churches. The US has nothing like them!

 TO> Then I traveled by train from Kiev to Simferopl and from there
 TO> to the Chata-Daq plateau. From the Chata-Daq you can see the Black
 TO> Sea. Beautiful wild flowers, beautiful sunsets and awesome caves.
 TO> The Crimea is different than anything I have ever seen in the US.

 AC> I agree, Crimea is beautiful, really. More than, it's magical! ;) 

 TO>> Where do you live?
 AC>> In Ukraine ;)
 TO> True, true. :-) But where? North/south/east/west? City/town?

 AC> Middle-east of Ukraine. Dniepropetrovsk. The town is divided into 2
 AC> parts by the river Dniepr... Town is named in honour of the river
 AC> and russian czar Peter I. It was once renamed to Ekaterinoslav, but
 AC> then re-renamed again. Dniepropetrovsk is a capital of european
 AC> mafia ;)))

I understand that the mafia is a problem in your country, as well 
as in much of the former CCCP. Here in the US we have a pretty 
effective police force who gets along reasonably well with their 
local community. That, along with a decent leagal system that we 
adapted from the British, has made for an excellant balance between 
justice and enforcment, and personal freedom. Although, here in
the US there is still much room for improvement. <G> In the Ukraine, 
it will take some time for the system to repair itself, but I have 
much confidence that in time it will. I met many good and wonderful
people when I visited your country!

 AC> Take care,
 AC> /Alexi the Wildchild

You too.

Tom

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