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Maro2Bear

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Lyn, do they bring you flowers on the first day of school? Or is it just a Russian tradition?
  • Thats a nice tradition. I remember being in Kyiv a few years back and as I walked in to work early one Monday morning, there were tons of school kids with their moms and dads all walking to school and each child carrying a nice bouquet of flowers.
 

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Good happy monday all. Great weekend here in Maryland, nice temps and lower humidity. Yesterday, we were off kayaking in Southern Maryland on the mighty Potomac River in an area called Mallows Bay. Other than perfect weather and warm gentle waters, Mallows Bay is home to the eery Ghost Fleet of more than 200 sunken ships.
  • Some brief info: Charles County operates Mallows Bay Park. This small park contains the graves of more than 230 United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation ships sunk in the river. Almost ninety were poorly constructed steamships built during World War I; in 1925 they were burned and scuttled in the bay. Bethlehem Steel then built a salvage basin during World War II to recover metal from the abandoned ships. The ships form a reef that hosts an array of wildlife.
  • Mallows Bay contains the largest collection of wrecks in the Western Hemisphere. More than 100 of the vessels are wooden steamships, part of a fleet built to cross the Atlantic during World War I. However, most of these ships were obsolete upon completion after the end of the war. The most distinct ship seen at Mallows Bay is the S.S. Accomac
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No - they usually just bring us a lot of hassle and cold germs! ;)
Some do bring gifts for Xmas, Easter or at the end of the year, which are always lovely to receive.
I still have every ornament I have been given.... they may not always be to my taste and live in a cupboard or the attic but I couldn't throw them out after they have been given with such excitement and appreciation.

I hope you didn’t keep the germs... ;) :D
 

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Caught up! [emoji28] I had a busy Sunday at the Russian festival, though only as a spectator — they didn’t need my help (phew!). Monday is my day to relax.

I hope I was able to put my point across regarding Adam. I want him with us, but I don’t want to be selfish. I don’t know if he wants to be here. We surely miss him, all the time! I also feel I fought hard to bring him back after the 100K incident — I kept messaging Adam, I picked up a fight with the interfering mod, trying (unsuccessfully) to get him to apologize to everyone in the CDR... I have no idea what happened now, and I don’t need to know. I’d love it if he could be back with us, regularly or sporadically, but it’s his call.
Has your day been a relaxing one so far?
 

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No - they usually just bring us a lot of hassle and cold germs! ;)
Some do bring gifts for Xmas, Easter or at the end of the year, which are always lovely to receive.
I still have every ornament I have been given.... they may not always be to my taste and live in a cupboard or the attic but I couldn't throw them out after they have been given with such excitement and appreciation.
Aaahhhh. That is so sweet.
 

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  • Thats a nice tradition. I remember being in Kyiv a few years back and as I walked in to work early one Monday morning, there were tons of school kids with their moms and dads all walking to school and each child carrying a nice bouquet of flowers.

We’ll do that for our Russian teachers on September 1 this year! Just a little motivation for their important and hard work that they do for little pay.
 

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Good happy monday all. Great weekend here in Maryland, nice temps and lower humidity. Yesterday, we were off kayaking in Southern Maryland on the mighty Potomac River in an area called Mallows Bay. Other than perfect weather and warm gentle waters, Mallows Bay is home to the eery Ghost Fleet of more than 200 sunken ships.
  • Some brief info: Charles County operates Mallows Bay Park. This small park contains the graves of more than 230 United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation ships sunk in the river. Almost ninety were poorly constructed steamships built during World War I; in 1925 they were burned and scuttled in the bay. Bethlehem Steel then built a salvage basin during World War II to recover metal from the abandoned ships. The ships form a reef that hosts an array of wildlife.
  • Mallows Bay contains the largest collection of wrecks in the Western Hemisphere. More than 100 of the vessels are wooden steamships, part of a fleet built to cross the Atlantic during World War I. However, most of these ships were obsolete upon completion after the end of the war. The most distinct ship seen at Mallows Bay is the S.S. Accomac
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That’s fascinating!
 

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