Virtual pub “With a little help from my friends”

[RiponredTJ]

If the rakia is all gone, Borislav has been here

[borisbob]

Originally Posted by RiponredTJ

If the rakia is all gone, Borislav has been here

Cheers Guyas !!! ... Yes … Bob is here … reading about disasters these days in Odd … we had 2 days with positive temp – a flood followed in some regions – 8 people died … now we have a heavy snowing for 3 days, after - to the end of the week again temp will be 20 – 25 deg bellow freezing … snow in the mountains already is 7 - 10 feet ...

[Austin]

Originally Posted by RiponredTJ

Funny, I routinely see the occasional guy walking down the street wearing shorts when it's well below zero. I'm not sure what they are thinking

And sadly, I have yet to see any ladies wearing shorts during the winter.

They are smarter than that.

[borisbob]

a real disaster is here ... definitely no any ladies wearing shorts ...

[RiponredTJ]

Wow, you guys are really getting nailed by mother nature. I have heard nothing on the news about the weather you Bulgarians are suffering through.

Are those pictures of your home town?

On behalf of Canada, I wish everyone in BG a safe and rapid return to normal conditions.

Take care of yourself Borislav.

[borisbob]

Originally Posted by RiponredTJ

Wow, you guys are really getting nailed by mother nature. I have heard nothing on the news about the weather you Bulgarians are suffering through.

Are those pictures of your home town?

On behalf of Canada, I wish everyone in BG a safe and rapid return to normal conditions.

Take care of yourself Borislav.

Pictures are from other parts of the country ... My town is situated in a field surrounded by mountains, so here we have not a strong wind … only snow … but it is not possible to reach my University - roads are closed, trains are not going … tomorrow it will be the same. Tomorrow it will be 15 deg below zero, after – again 20 deg below zero … I can not imagine what it will happen, when the south wind will begin blowing … I'll be at home ...

Danube river is down ...

[Austin]

Originally Posted by borisbob

a real disaster is here ... definitely no any ladies wearing shorts ...

Is that a converted tank?

[borisbob]

Originally Posted by Austin

Is that a converted tank?

Austin, I can not find the right word … it is not tank, we name it “armor car” – the armor is not thicker than 2 centimeters (1 inch = 2,54 cm) . We have a big plant for production of such vehicles. Usually it is equipped with a cupola machine gun and it transports 8 foot soldiers to the front line.

Other modification has a heavy 6 inches gun on it – we call it self-propelled gun. The one in the picture it is attended for “civil purpose” – to reach remote places, or in case of deep snow or flood … In the case now it is used to transport woman in child-birth to a hospital …

When I was in the atmy long years ago, I have trained on a little different type of such a monster - for 8 driving hours ... down ... believe me, it is not a pleasure to manage it ... No any visibility, inside it is as narrow as you can imagine …

[borisbob]

Hm … I have remembered the army … other tracks we were trained to manage are below … The last 3 were purposed to pull heavy howitzers … it also was not a pleasure to do ....

[Austin]

I understand it's unpleasant but I would still like to drive one once.