tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post9012661914900830472..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Beer and squirrelsAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-71353329397773684172011-03-08T14:57:47.390-08:002011-03-08T14:57:47.390-08:00I will. :-)I will. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-31089058381913218262011-03-08T07:18:09.244-08:002011-03-08T07:18:09.244-08:00Ana, "da", as they say, well at least as...Ana, "da", as they say, well at least as regards speaking the language (and formerly living in Russian-speaking lands. Well, southern Ukraine, anyway)<br /><br />But for now I live in Essex, where the dialect is somewhat different and the accent arguably more incomprehensible ;)<br /><br /> (Have been in the Low Countries for a long carnivalesque weekend. I'll try and translate the squirrel sometime, but my home internet was down when I got back last night, so there may be a further delay... Watch this space...)Dominichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145734042272196687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-17433446826722704842011-03-02T15:18:57.879-08:002011-03-02T15:18:57.879-08:00Dominic, thank you very much for this useful infor...Dominic, thank you very much for this useful information. I have the impression that you live in Russia, or have lived there. Am I correct? Do you speak the language? Perhaps you can translate the mad squirrel? :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-35595620448206868262011-03-02T02:22:56.768-08:002011-03-02T02:22:56.768-08:00Compared with vodka, beer IS a soft drink...
Look...Compared with vodka, beer IS a soft drink...<br /><br />Looking through the 2010 life expectancy figures (which are published for each of the administrative regions, but not, publically, as far as I know, for ethnic groups) I'd guess the average male figure for ethnic Russians would be in the early 60s (and more probably in the range 60-61 than 61-63). And possibly lower than that in Siberia and the Far East.<br /><br />Though it's very noticable that one predominately Slavic region in the west (Belgorod), which placed strict restrictions on the sale of spirits, has a significantly higher male life expectancy (over 65 years) than almost anywhere else in the Slavic parts of Russia (Moscow and St Petersburg excepted).<br /><br /><br /> Life expectancy in the Muslim regions of the Caucausus is markedly higher. And is low as 54 in (non-Slavic) Tyva (home of throat-singing) and lower still in Abramovich's Chukotka.Dominichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00145734042272196687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-25840335230024149992011-03-01T00:24:30.548-08:002011-03-01T00:24:30.548-08:00Calvin, thanks anyway.Calvin, thanks anyway.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-58364892056731155342011-03-01T00:24:07.911-08:002011-03-01T00:24:07.911-08:00Anthony, it's higher than that at 63 for men. ...Anthony, it's higher than that at 63 for men. But that's for all ethic groups. I don't know about the Slavs specifically.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-30118400037551207872011-02-28T18:46:55.773-08:002011-02-28T18:46:55.773-08:00Don't know, Ana. I heard it a long time ago, ...Don't know, Ana. I heard it a long time ago, and it stuck in my mind.Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-5773715496875707622011-02-28T16:46:24.106-08:002011-02-28T16:46:24.106-08:00I like that Bogart quote! Is it from one of his m...I like that Bogart quote! Is it from one of his movies, Calvin?Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-14804633595376866402011-02-28T16:44:50.741-08:002011-02-28T16:44:50.741-08:00What is the average life expectancy of a Russian M...What is the average life expectancy of a Russian Man, 45 yr.?anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-16407790914945857082011-02-28T16:15:28.578-08:002011-02-28T16:15:28.578-08:00Why did this make me think of Nicola Sarkozy? To ...Why did this make me think of Nicola Sarkozy? To paraphrase former VP Dan Quayle: "A wasted mind is a terrible thing."<br /><br />I'm fortunate that alcohol and other drugs never seemed to have power over me, but I can understand why some seek bottled oblivion. I dislike, intensely the puritan fashion of recent years, arising not out of concern for individual welfare, but bureaucratic pettiness and spite. <br /><br />I tend to side with Humphrey Bogart, who contended that most of humanity is 'a couple of drinks behind.'Calvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10640148105202971907noreply@blogger.com