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    #21
    Originally posted by Paddy View Post
    Pre-1990 communist times it was interesting to see trucks from Romania. The cargo was usually something like matches or cloths pegs. The driver and his wife travelled dressed in gipsy style clothes. Using the motorway services cafes was beyond their means and so they used to pull into lay-bys and boil a kettle and cook food on the side of the road.
    Dont know about matches, pegs possibly, but it was more likely to be furniture. One of my neighbors in Romania always proudly shows me his certificate for being the biggest European exporter of rocking chairs 2001-2003. Of course he has sold out to a German company now and doesn't have to work any more.

    PZZ

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      #22
      Originally posted by pzz76077 View Post
      Originally posted by Paddy View Post
      Pre-1990 communist times ...
      ...exporter of rocking chairs 2001-2003.
      Do you see the flaw in your argument?

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        #23
        Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
        Do you see the flaw in your argument?
        Romania were never big in matches, pre or post Ceauşescu. Furniture, however, has always been one of their biggest exports.

        My neighbor had been running his furniture manufacture and export business since the 70's BTW.

        PZZ
        Last edited by pzz76077; 26 February 2010, 22:01.

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          #24
          Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
          Do you see the flaw in your argument?
          No, he doesn't.

          Stoopid iz az stoopid duz sir.
          Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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            #25
            Originally posted by suityou01 View Post
            No, he doesn't.

            Stoopid iz az stoopid duz sir.
            What argument would that be then??

            PZZ

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              #26
              Originally posted by pzz76077 View Post
              What argument would that be then??

              PZZ
              Quality sockie Atw. Well done.
              Knock first as I might be balancing my chakras.

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