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Rtyom, I can't believe you don't wear valenkis. How cold does it get where you're at? I understand valenkis are the only kind of footwear that can protect your feet from the horrors of our winter....

'Brass monkeys' is British English for 'cold'. The origin of the term is 'cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'.

Is that a Russian or Italian tradition I dont know about? And is it compulsory? :lol:[/quote]I thought it was a British tradition and the origin of the phrase "brass monkeys".

funny, i wore my silly leather shoes with thin socks for weeks in russia and never got cold. Maybe italians can just take more cold than russians?[/quote]Wasn't it you crying bitter tears in the...

But what kind of the shoes do they wear than? Mеховые сапоги?[/quote]

Everything that looks pretty and modern but with synthetic fur on the inner side.[/quote]I have to conclude you have never...

In this country it's not uncommon for people to lose their arms when they get their bags snatched by petty criminals. A businessman may have his case snatched along with his wrist. A lady may have...

I once conducted this experiment. I had triple doors in my apartment at the time (now I have four), so I removed all of the ten locks from the outermost one and placed a sensor on it so that if...

... under the watchful eye of a dozen of store detectives with stun guns :-D