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Re: Russian RVs!
« Reply #25 on: August 09, 2009, 10:16:36 PM »
Quote from: seeker_two on August 07, 2009, 06:50:38 AM
Why do the Russians seem to have all the cool stuff lately?.....even their egocentric communist dictator is cooler than ours.....  =(

I'm reminded of a line from Cryptonomicron. 

"Ask a Russian to design a shoe, he'll give you something that looks like the box a shoe should come in.  Ask him to design something to kill Germans, and he turns into bloody Einstein."
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Re: Russian RVs!
« Reply #26 on: August 10, 2009, 07:41:04 AM »
Quote from: RevDisk on August 09, 2009, 10:16:36 PM
I'm reminded of a line from Cryptonomicron. 

"Ask a Russian to design a shoe, he'll give you something that looks like the box a shoe should come in.  Ask him to design something to kill Germans, and he turns into bloody Einstein."

So....if LadySmith needed to kill a German, what would a Russian design?.....  =D
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Re: Russian RVs!
« Reply #27 on: August 10, 2009, 08:36:14 AM »
Quote from: seeker_two on August 10, 2009, 07:41:04 AM
So....if LadySmith needed to kill a German, what would a Russian design?.....  =D

Quit teasing me!  :mad:
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Re: Russian RVs!
« Reply #28 on: August 10, 2009, 12:29:09 PM »
Looks like a nice collection of Urban Assault Vehicles. 


(I think the Ruskies have watched Stripes waaaaayyyyy too many times.....)
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Re: Russian RVs!
« Reply #29 on: August 10, 2009, 01:15:36 PM »
Quote from: scout26 on August 10, 2009, 12:29:09 PM
Looks like a nice collection of Urban Assault Vehicles. 


(I think the Ruskies have watched Stripes waaaaayyyyy too many times.....)

I saw an old RV for sale the other day that is the same model they used for the EM50.  I had to really work to talk myself out of it.

I could totally see myself driving it with a personalized "EM50" license plate.
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