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2004-02-01 Europe

Some German nostalgic for Soviet Bloc days

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-02-01 12:05:58 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Dan,
Interesting article; thanks for posting it.
It's not just in E. Germany; there's some growing nostalgia for those times here in Estonia.
Shirts with the Soviet logo are hot sellers here, although mostly among Russian teenagers who have a hankering for the good ol' days of empire. I haven't seen any Estonian kids wear them.
But even my Estonian girlfriend, who is an Estonian nationalist and about as anti-communist as they come, told me a couple days ago that one of her real disappointments growing up is that Soviet rule collapsed just before she was about to earn her Young Pioneer red scarf. She used to dream about wearing it when she was a kid. Go figure.

Posted by Scott 2004-2-1 5:40:32 AM|| 2004-2-1 5:40:32 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I guess that's better than being nostolgic for the third reich.

Posted by JerseyMike 2004-2-1 8:06:41 AM|| 2004-2-1 8:06:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Hell, my Dad still misses the Great Depression.

Posted by Shipman 2004-2-1 10:56:25 AM|| 2004-2-1 10:56:25 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 That's because it's was the last time that the air was clean and sex was dirty.

From high Waltons' Chateau on the Plateau.

Posted by John Boy 2004-2-1 10:58:45 AM|| 2004-2-1 10:58:45 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 We used to run and play and laugh and sing!

Hit it!
Those were the days my friend,
We thought they'd never end...

Posted by Napoleon VII 2004-2-1 11:42:53 AM|| 2004-2-1 11:42:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 (sigh) Ach! I sure do miss my old syphillis infection. Sure, the blindness was worrisome, but it did make for an interesting morning pee.

Posted by Hans Melancholy 2004-2-1 11:38:25 PM|| 2004-2-1 11:38:25 PM|| Front Page Top

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