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2009-11-17 Europe

Czechs celebrate fall of communism 20 years ago

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Posted by ed 2009-11-17 07:11|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Of all the countries I've been to in Europe, as a people I like the Poles and the Czechs the most.

They are hotheads, in the fine American tradition.

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2009-11-17 10:58|| 2009-11-17 10:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Mr. Wife has Czech colleagues who lived in Prague at the time. They were convinced the Soviet tanks would roll as they had in Hungary a generation before, but they all came out anyway. I don't know about hotheads, but when they get the bit in their teeth...

Posted by trailing wife 2009-11-17 15:50|| 2009-11-17 15:50|| Front Page Top

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