Interesting, Odd or Funny Pics II.

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Originally Posted by Tins

Nino was having way too much fun with us Aussies, with Cop This Lot and Gone Fishin', to be thinking of the Russkies. Right in the middle of the "Petrov Affair". IIRC.

Bloody funny books, BTW.

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All written by John O'Grady under a pseudonym. Great reads.

DL

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Originally Posted by sashadidi

yes so much interesting history there..
One half of family belarus /polish and buried with polish letters in grave in belarus(now)
That territory changed hands so much in early 20th century, german was around a bit in the baltics for sure. Alot of history there, I had helped a jewish friend get his family history from belarus archives and he got to visit one branch of family that surviving it all including nazis and latvian right wing death squads..

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A bit more of our family history, my Grandmothers mother was schooled with the Czar's children , her father was head gardener for the Czar. When my Grandfather left Russia he left money behind so his brother & sister could follow should they want. His brother also came to Australia but his sister stayed in Russia . A couple of my cousins have gone to Russia in search of family without results. One of them did get close but the person in Russia chose not to meet with him .

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Originally Posted by 1950landy

A bit more of our family history, my Grandmothers mother was schooled with the Czar's children , her father was head gardener for the Czar. When my Grandfather left Russia he left money behind so his brother & sister could follow should they want. His brother also came to Australia but his sister stayed in Russia . A couple of my cousins have gone to Russia in search of family without results. One of them did get close but the person in Russia chose not to meet with him .

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That wasn't very nice. Maybe he/she thought they wanted to nick all the Faberge eggs worth Billions.

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Originally Posted by 4bee

That wasn't very nice. Maybe he/she thought they wanted to nick all the Faberge eggs worth Billions.

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Not sure they under stood why they were enquiring , cousin only spoke to a second party who came back & said they didn't want to talk.

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Originally Posted by 1950landy

Not sure they under stood why they were enquiring , cousin only spoke to a second party who came back & said they didn't want to talk.

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Must have been KGB. [bigrolf] They should have said, "Ve haff vays to make you talk". They'd understand that no doubt?[bawl]


Could have threatened them with a "Chinese Wrist Burn", every school kid knew what they were, well, in the olden days we did.:BigCry::Rolling:

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Originally Posted by 4bee

Must have been KGB. [bigrolf] They should have said, "Ve haff vays to make you talk". They'd understand that no doubt?[bawl]


Could have threatened them with a "Chinese Wrist Burn", every school kid knew what they were, well, in the olden days we did.:BigCry::Rolling:

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Or Russian Mafia [bighmmm]

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Originally Posted by 1950landy

Or Russian Mafia [bighmmm]

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OMFG! Do they actually exist?

Every family has one.....
https://youtu.be/0tPKMRUAyLA
....our embarrassing cousins. [wink11]

One of the many motorsport sites I follow is about early TQ ( three quarter) midgets. This class later evolved into Formula 500. I was pleasantly surprised to spot a flashback from 60 odd years ago

At the 13 second mark, there is a car with ( what appears to be) a large circle painted on the rear quarter. It is infact a car number MN1 ( Moe/Newbourough 1). This is my Dad in 62 or 63. Still hunting through the old family photos my Mum took, probably on a box brownie. [smilebigeye]. I do still have his (that) helmet.


https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https...AjXheJtw73Loow

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Originally Posted by Tins

Nino was having way too much fun with us Aussies, with Cop This Lot and Gone Fishin', to be thinking of the Russkies. Right in the middle of the "Petrov Affair". IIRC.

Bloody funny books, BTW.

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Had forgotten about the Petrovs. I wonder what actually did happen to them?


As I recalled they both got elbowed off in Darwin. I suppose they are sunning themselves (if they are still kicking that is) on some now defunct resort on some semi-tropical island somewhere up north & drawing Centrelink full Pensions & eating Lobster every day at our expense.



It did sell newspapers so that is alright then.:rolleyes::BigCry: :Rolling:

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They lived in relative obscurity for the rest of their lives. The press was formally requested by the Department of Defence, by way of a D-Notice, not to reveal their identities or whereabouts,^[10] but this was not always honoured. Vladimir died in 1991 and Evdokia in 2002.

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