Thread: Lie Detectors Coming to Domodedovo

What does 'be on the euro' mean? Does it have anything to do with money?

Originally Posted by ReDSanchous

What does 'be on the euro' mean? Does it have anything to do with money?

Yep.
To be on the Euro means to use the Euro as currency -- which meant that I a)had to change money, b)had to pay a fee to do so, and c)got further screwed due to the exchange rate (the Dollar was getting raped by the Euro then). I mean, not Germany's fault (I don't expect them to use the Dollar or Ruble) but it was a pain.

Originally Posted by Barmaley

Yeah, I heard somewhere that it was made to look much better and had a more confortable environment, so more people were, naturally, interested in going there. The only one I've been to is Pulkovo, which I wasn't fond of: arrived to wait in a long line to do a visa process I'd never been through before, then proceeded to go to some cra@@y, busted old bus and load my luggage in rain. On the departure, I arrived at like 2 am; then had to sit for 2 hours in an empty, closed down airport hall. On the other hand, I suppose I did get to where I was going in one piece, so that's something to be happy about! And Frankfurt was a nicer -- but it was still an airport and it was on the euro which REALLY sucked.

I got through passport control no problem. Then we put 15 people and their luggage on a 80s mercedes passenger van. For the whole time I was there it didn't rain once.

Originally Posted by BlackMage

I got through passport control no problem. Then we put 15 people and their luggage on a 80s mercedes passenger van. For the whole time I was there it didn't rain once.

Wow. I don't know how long you were there, but I'm sure it was an incredible feat, since it seems to rain in Piter on an hourly basis...

Originally Posted by Barmaley

Originally Posted by BlackMage

I got through passport control no problem. Then we put 15 people and their luggage on a 80s mercedes passenger van. For the whole time I was there it didn't rain once.

Wow. I don't know how long you were there, but I'm sure it was an incredible feat, since it seems to rain in Piter on an hourly basis...

a week.

Originally Posted by patriot

beatings thats against geneva or somthing so are beatings are alowed there?

Yes. They have a quota. Every single person who works at the airport is required to beat AT LEAST 4 foreigners an hour. Otherwise, they lose their bathroom break privileges...

To seriously address your question, we must first start with IT, because it's flawed. I'm assuming "geneva or something" is supposed to be the Geneva Convention. AFAIK, it applies only to military personel. So that's your first problem. Are beatings allowed? They are not legally sanctioned, but of course beatings occur in Russia -- I think you'd be hard-pressed to find any country, even Norway (KalinkaVincintez does it all the time, I"m sure). They aren't typically state-sanctioned -- you don't get 40 whacks for walking through airport security if that's what you're getting at...

Yeah i'll let you know about it. And if I don't, well then I guess they work

tdk

Originally Posted by tdk2fe

Yeah i'll let you know about it. And if I don't, well then I guess they work

tdk

Hehe. If you don't come back, we'll send Jack Bauer in for you. You might get tortured though...