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thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

I was in my Tekel bayı yesterday evening buying half a dozen beers
(Efes refundable bottles) to start the evening off when 2 young jandarma who are on foot patrol around here came in and were looking to buy a litre of Coca Cola. One of them went to the frıdge, not finding a one litre bottle -he pulled out a 2 litre bottle and asked the price. He put it straight back when he found that it cost 2.5 and asked where the 1 litre bottles were. I was apalled that they didn't seem able to afford a 2 litre bottle of coke and eventually when told that there were no 1 litre bottles left, they asked the price of the 2 litre bottle and 1 persuaded the other to buy it and he pulled out a battered wallet with nearly no money in it and handed over his 2.5 YTL.

Sad.

runeman · Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 124

Did you not take the opportunity to play Santa? Thrifty - Scrooge?

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

Certainly not. I do not buy coca cola for anyone.

runeman · Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 124

I always try to warn people about the horrors of 'Coke' too.

furiousmilksheikali · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:03 pm Post subject:

I hope you also warned them of the dangers of "cake":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwylBRucU7w

runeman · Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 124

Here's a couple of warnings about 'the black stuff'. Plenty more to be found on the web.

http://www.counterpunch.org/frank12132006.html

http://virtualnick.vox.com/library/post/what-happens-to-your-body-if-you-drink-a-coke-right-now.html

furiousmilksheikali · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 6:51 pm Post subject:

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

Thanks for the hijacking my thread.

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

There's a military museum outside Moscow where, for a packet of cigarettes, you can practice shooting a tank. Those young army guys there have almost NO money. It's a joke that for a bottle of vodka, they'd let you drive the tank away....or maybe not a joke.

furiousmilksheikali · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 7:37 pm Post subject:

calsimsek · Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 775 Location: Ist Turkey

Back to your thread...

Non commissioned soldier in the army only gets paid around 12 Y.T.L a month. So 2.5 Y.T.L is alot of money.
Exclamation

Golightly · Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 10:24 pm Post subject:

But they do get an ill-fitting uniform and as many potatoes as they care to peel.

And copies of ET's coursebook to pilot.

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

calsimsek · Joined: 15 Jul 2004 Posts: 775 Location: Ist Turkey

thr'fty:

thrifty · Joined: 25 Apr 2006 Posts: 1665 Location: chip van

I know I live in an area where there are no civilian police- that is why I said they were on patrol.

It is "belde."