@endso, I grew up behind the iron curtain and shortages of pretty much anything were commonplace. Washing powder, toilet paper, sugar, you name it. They were so common that a mere suggestion of an oncoming shortage of let's say soap was enough for everyone panicking and stockpiling soap for a year. The only thing I do not remember a shortage of was staple food. But things like bananas or oranges? The government had to import those from abroad for hard currency and so they were in shops only for special occasions.

There was even a common joke about it:
A western tourist walks on the street and sees a long queue in front of a greengrocer shop. He asks, "What do they give there?"
"Bananas", is the answer.
The naive tourist replies, "If I had to queue for bananas like that, I would rather buy them."

I remember when the iron curtain lifted in 1989 and western books started flooding in. I read Adrian Mole's Diary and there was a bit where he had a big zit on his face and complained to his mother that she did not feed him enough vitamin C. She just replied, "Go and buy yourself an orange!" It stuck with me for the next 27 years for two reasons:
1) The idea that 13 year olds had disposable pocket money;
2) The idea that you could just go out on a whim and buy an orange!

Thx.Great story.

The holiday of bananas.

Btw. I think we are building a new Cold War next 10 years. How long before Russia move against neighbors trying to retake "their" Land and restore the Soviet Union.

You don't build an army like that if you don't intend to use it

They may have to use Uber to move their troops...
may even have to resort to walking possibly..
tell me how functional a country is (no matter the "power" they claim to have..) when they are going broke.
try keeping an army you can't pay...
what will russia pay it's troops in when the ruble is worthless or next to worthless?
Venez. , Saudi Arabia ...
Hell...Canada ..
especially the province of Alberta..
was banking on oil...
what has been happening has definitely hurt our economy here...
thank goodness we didn't have all our eggs in just that one basket....

pretty much all the countries whose economies hinge on oil production and sale...
are going tits up...
big time disruption happening...

If Russia does anything ...
it'll be soon..
before their ability "to" do anything disappears...
regardless...
it is not relevant.
They do something stupid...
expand their territories some more...
upset their neighbours and the global community more...
doesn't matter really...
either there is a final conflict resultant (I would hope not)
or
the entirety of the Russian empire collapses afterward...
Sanity would dictate that they do reforms to stabilize their economy...
What I expect out of the current Russian Kleptocracy is different however...

counties without money are more dangourus than ever since anything could happen and people will follow any crazy dude that shows up and promise ...

Question is wen corps like google officially takes power. Like umbrella corporation

"Question is wen corps like google officially takes power. Like umbrella corporation "

I can see it now...
multicolour gooooooogle letters rampaging through the streets...

I think it will start with buying small islands, and then small countries and then...

hahahahahaha
oh man
you nailed it
nailed it good.

http://uk.businessinsider.com/donald...16-2?r=US&IR=T

Say what?

here we go...
an ultimate game to play...

http://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/weeken...rjs?li=AAggNb9

http://www.no-mans-sky.com/about/

I'd give 'er a spin for a bit...sounds interesting....

ok...
just finished watching some game(life?) (play?) vids...
fabulous ...
all around...
Never said or ever contemplated it before...
but...
If I can replicate my carving tools and one of my favourite harps...
Just upload my cat's and my dog's (I'd miss them terribly), and my own brain too....
straight into this program and leave us there for eternity please.
All I ask.
That's it...