[Dixielandjazz] Leningrad Dixieland Jazz Band

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Hi Dave:

I must admit I was totally pre propaganda brainwashed  by American 
Media about what to expect when I arrived in Russia, and quickly found 
out that all of them had been brainwashed about Americans the same way 
in reverse.  Once we both got past that Bs we had a warm and wonderful 
time together, and I found that for the most part they are really no 
different than us save for the propaganda, however they have learned to 
ignore their politicians much better and quicker than we do. :))

I quickly learned that not all Russian women looked like what we have 
been shown as OLGA in an Army Green swimsuit and not a bikini either 
:))   I saw and met many very Beautiful women in all walks of life and 
jobs, and all of them much prettier than the ones we see in the figure 
skating competitions and olympics games.

They still do have a major Vodka problem there, and the men seem to be 
really heavy into it, and these gorgeous women have to resort to 
working very hard to support their families when the mens jobs 
evaporate in the russian economy and they slip further and further down 
into the vodka bottle.  These lovely beauties then get turned into 
rather plump Olga types very quickly after about age 33 or so from 
working so hard and having their unemployed husbands just laying around 
the house drinking vodka all day.   Some of the men actually do go out 
and sell their wives services to make ends meet and keep the vodka 
flowing :))

Some even sell their wives to Foreigners from any country willing to 
pay them money and some of the wives will go and marry the guys and 
stay with them a few years and  then divorce them and send money back 
to bring their husbands over to the new land.

It is a big business. :))  I found Russia as a whole to be a lot like 
the Old Wild West, but living it out in the Al Capone era .

Nice folks, bad circumstances to live and deal with at least according 
to western standards.

Cheers,

Tom





-----Original Message-----
From: postmaster at fountainsquareramblers.org
To: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
Sent: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 8:25 PM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Leningrad Dixieland Jazz Band

   Sounds like the same group I heard in Leningrad in 1971.  They were
impressive, but I can¹t actually remember the name.  They had the chops 
and
I was impressed.

Further to Tom¹s comment, Russian prostitution is rife up in 
northeastern
Turkey, especially in the surprisingly European-feeling port city of
Trabzon.  Turks call them ³Natasha¹s².  It is pretty sad to see.  The
prettier and lucky ones fetch up with retired bachelor or divorced US
military officers, like some of my friends who chose to stay on in 
Turkey.
It makes for some pretty interesting social dynamics, but the 
relationships
I know about seem to be stable.

David Dustin
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