Thread: Why such grey outmn in Russia? Thoughts aloud.

Originally Posted by Vitalik100

This is my friend playing in football

In the U.S. that would be soccer

This is football to Americans

Originally Posted by Vitalik100

Rybinsk Museum near the Volga river. (Бывшая хлебная биржа в 19 веке)

I like this one. It is very pretty.

I like those photos. I think I'll visit Rybinsk.

Santa Barbara is very beautiful place.

rockzmom, shouldn't it be "is a very beautiful place"?

Originally Posted by Vitalik100

Later i'll post else foto. So what are you think about Rybinsk? And you let post foto if you have anything to show

Later I'll post a photo of myself Is that what you are trying to say?

Photo is short for photograph. Thank you for sharing.

As for me posting photographs that would be a bit tricky as I only have them on my computer and I cannot link them. I do live not too far from Washington, D.C. so there are lots of photos of this area on the Internet.

I can tell you that I grew up here and after living all over moved back here because it is a wonderful place to raise children. Washington has many things to do for free. Until just recently ALL of the museums were free and most are open every day except Christmas. Now there are only maybe at the most five that charge a fee, so it is still great.

My favorite time of year here is spring (March-April) because of the Cherry Blossom Festival. Around the Thomas Jefferson Memorial there more than 3,800 cherry trees from Japan. This photo actually has the Washington Monument in the background as I could not find one that I liked with the Jefferson Memorial in the background. The trees have these beautiful light pink flowers and when they are in bloom it is spectacular. When the petals fall, it is like snow but it is warm outside.

Originally Posted by Оля

shouldn't it be "is a very beautiful place"?

Was my question really so hard, or maybe impolite?

[quote=Оля]

Originally Posted by "Оля":h349qgnt

shouldn't it be "is a very beautiful place"?

Was my question really so hard, or maybe impolite? [/quote:h349qgnt]Оля, no your question was not impolite. It was just overlooked in the photo frenzy. You are absolutely 100% correct about the article "a". Rockzmom just made a mistake, or maybe she was getting into her Dimitri character and forgot about articles.

[quote=Ken Watts][quote="Оля":1tcqytwc]

Originally Posted by "Оля":1tcqytwc

shouldn't it be "is a very beautiful place"?

Was my question really so hard, or maybe impolite? [/quote:1tcqytwc]Оля, no your question was not impolite. It was just overlooked in the photo frenzy. You are absolutely 100% correct about the article "a". Rockzmom just made a mistake, or maybe she was getting into her Dimitri character and forgot about articles.[/quote:1tcqytwc]

Very good catch Оля!

I had logged off for a while to write. You were correct; I missed my "a" in typing. I was having a hard time putting the photos in. I had never done that before and I got sloppy with my typing. I am not as good at typing as my mother. She can type over 100 words per minute without mistakes! I remember as a child she would type on an old typewriter (no computers back then; but, no inkwells either) and talk to me at the same time while she was typing and be able to answer the phone too.

You (or anyone else) may always correct my mistakes or ask me why I use certain words or phrases or just ask me if you think I messed up. The expression I use, "no blood no foul."

Originally Posted by rockzmom

As for me posting photographs that would be a bit tricky as I only have them on my computer and I cannot link them.

Rockzmom, if you have some photos you want to share you can upload them to Photobucket, here: http://photobucket.com/, right click on the photo, look at properties, copy the address and link to the the photo like you have done with photos on other internet sites.

Originally Posted by Ken Watts

if you have some photos you want to share you can upload them to Photobucket, here: http://photobucket.com/, right click on the photo, look at properties, copy the address and link to the the photo like you have done with photos on other internet sites.

Thanks Ken, as the British would say, "done and dusted." I just set up the account and uploaded the photo of the cover of the Russian version of Twilight! Thanks so much!

Rockzmom, I don't understend what is the fireworks you have seen far from Santa Barbara beach? What is the parentage of them? Who them are making?

The Washington's Cherry trees are pretty! It so many! Are you eting the cherry from this trees when it ripened?

Originally Posted by Vitalik100

Rockzmom, I don't understend what is the fireworks you have seen far from Santa Barbara beach? What is the parentage of them? Who them are making?

Vitaly,

Those are not fireworks. Those are oil rigs way out in the ocean that at night are lit up.

Here is what one looks like during the day:


And here is a closeup of one at night:

Have you seen the great SantaBarbaras arch showed at the "Santa Barbara" soap? Can you post photo of this arch?

Ой! Я понял! Я не правильно перевел! Ясно что это за огни!

Я не понял просто что такое "Oil Rigs"

Originally Posted by Vitalik100

The Washington's Cherry trees are pretty! There are so many! Can you eat the cherry from this tree when it ripens?

No, I don't believe that they even have any cherry fruit on them, just the flowers.

My birthday is in late April and every year if I was not home and I would see on the news that the cherry trees were in bloom, I would get homesick. Not at any other time of the year, only at that time.

Originally Posted by Vitalik100

Have you seen the great SantaBarbaras arch showed at the "Santa Barbara" soap? Can you post photo of this arch?

I never watched that soap; but, I can try to Google it and find out.

Originally Posted by Vitalik100

Я не понял просто что такое "Oil Rigs"

Okay, you are writing in Russian and you have "Oil Rigs" do you not know that term/word???

It is the machinery that gets oil out of the ground from beneath the sea. They also have ones that look different for land. People live on the ones at sea and during very bad storms they must shut it down and everyone must leave the "rig."

Просто у нас Oil Rigs называется вроде как Нефтяная платформа или Нефтяная вышка в море. Ну ладно, у нас уже ночь, пойду спать. Завтра что нибудь напишу вам ещё! Allready night we are have at Rybinsk, so i'll going to my bed! Goodby!

So look this link, and read about Santa Barbara soap:
http://www.santa-barbara.ru/