congeries

Хорошо, мы поскучаем.
Постараемся несильно, но как знать.

Только вы возвращайтесь обязательно.

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мы - да, мы просто в коммандировку... с корабля на бал, так сказать... я в отпуске все эти дни был, потому и резвился... а с первого "рабочего" дня - бизнес-трип, на их ряд.

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zigzig.livejournal.com

приятных путешествий!

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Вот вам кое-что интересное, для развлечения и размышлений:
http://www2.photosig.com/userphotos.php?portfolioId=51259

Вам понравится, дорогой друг.

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dvv7.livejournal.com

Настроя!

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hello-
I don't understand your journal, but do you mind if I add you just so I can see your photographs?

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you are most welcome, of course! however, i write in russian (just occasionally quote and comment english texts)... if you want to see my @rt pics only, you may consider adding

aman_geld instead... all interesting pictures from "centralasian" migrate to that journal, sometimes with a day lag... and it's wordless :)

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hooray!

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hooray! <lj-user"aman_geld"> added :)
thank you, I enjoy your photos, very glad I came across centralasian.
I wish I could understand/read russian- so many interesing lj users who write in it... my browser won't read it, either, so it's all ??????, no words, anyway.

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Sorry for intrusion, but — isn't livejournal itself created for the openness of mind and contact and the whole the idea of absence of „involvement barrier“? Why don't you think that what you shan't see you won't see until you are be-friended?

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if the writing is in Russian, all I shall see is: "??????"
(some people have locked journals...also, I am shy)
I would add many many people but sometimes it feels like an intrusion...
it is easier to add someone to a friends list, for convenient viewing :)

(or spying? voyeurism is also an element of the live journal, which encourages open mindedness- a 'give and take'- which is why I feel bound to some sort of loose etiquette when befriending)
does that answer well enough?

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yes, sure. Thank you. Though only the reason „also, I am shy“ is convincing me. :)

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спасибо, хорошая тусовка, я уже присоединился (даже 15 очков сподобился заработать)... топ-картинки очень сильны, слов нет...

но они всё ж очень фотографичны... боюсь, мои "обрезки" там не покатят... девиантарт всё ж как-то ближе... но я попробую и там, в сиге, "пожить"... посмотрим.

да, я вам сейчас мейл писать буду...

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hi, due to stupid mistake of mine i deleted myself from the friend-lists of all my firends... you want to befriend with me, please add me again.. sorry for the troubles...

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hey-
I took your advice and added aman_geld :)
but could you tell me, by any chance, is there a (free) program I should look for to be able to view Russian characters on my computer? As I said, they appear as '?' on mine, which is basically garbeldygook... then I could run your entries through the babelizer and enjoy your journal...

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seeing russian (cyrilic) alphabeth correctly is not a matter of any special software... i am sure you could see the letters, and not ??? right away, if you put the right "encoding" system in your browser...

in the Internet Explorer it in the Vew/Encoding/ - and then you select appropriate coding, like Cyrillic Windows... after that you will have to see the letters correctly...

the problem is that there are quite a few coding systems of russian (cyrillic) letters... there are all available via IE, but in a worst case you will need to try selecting them manually...

these are

- Cyrillic (Windows)
- Cyrillic (KOI8-U)
- Unocide (UTF-8)

- and unfortunately a few more :(((

if nothing of the above three works, than you can always go to More, and select more options under Cyrillic.

it's a disaster, i know... we all suffer from that, and i keep receiving letters from my friends which i can read only after a half-dozen of tryouts with the coding systems...

now my questions - what's babelizer? i didn't find the link...

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hey-
thanks for the suggestions- the IE character set changes didn't work no matter which one I tried. BUT! I put the URL of your journal through the babelizer (http://babelfish.altavista.com/) and it worked! Try it- the translations can be very funny.

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