[RESOLVED] Happy Birthday ovidiucucu

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Originally Posted by PadexArt

I bet that after the 1st x of them we would hardly make a difference between Ursus (Cluj), Zimbru(Iasi) or Timisoreana(Timisoara). :D

Beer for every1 on this topic. ( On Ovidiu of course). :D :D

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So Ursus is a Beer that comes from your province - Cluj?

How exactly is "Cluj" (as in Cluj-Napoca) prounounced?
(starting with a "k" or with a "s", and I presume "j" is as in "joy"?)

Let me know.

Thanks,
Sid!

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Originally Posted by Siddhartha

So Ursus is a Beer that comes from your province - Cluj?

How exactly is "Cluj" (as in Cluj-Napoca) prounounced?
(starting with a "k" or with a "s", and I presume "j" is as in "joy"?)

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Yep, each province with its beers. :)

Cluj is pronounced starting with a "c" ( but if you prefer "k" it's ok) and finishes with "j". Think of how "clue" is pronounced and add a "j" in the ending.

The city has also a German name, Klausenburg.

Happy Birthday, Ovidiu! :)

Best wishes from me, too!

Sorry for being late again... :p But I'm really busy these days... Just started woking on a new project - all VS 2005, .NET 2.0, WinFX and Avalon. :thumb: Great, but lots of work, so I rarely find time to visit CodeGuru these days, let alone Chit Chat...

Happy Birthday :wave:

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Originally Posted by PadexArt

Cluj is pronounced starting with a "c" ( but if you prefer "k" it's ok) and finishes with "j". Think of how "clue" is pronounced and add a "j" in the ending.

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Thank you, PadexArt!

East European culture interests me a lot, and Romanian since the days Ceaucescu was de-throned in a coup! I heard that he built something like a 1000 room Presidential Palace. Is this true?

Here is one place where information on Romania can be found.
(Through it, information on other countries.)

// Hope Ovidiu is not cross with me for discussing Romania, Beer, Culture, Languages, and Ceaucescu (!!) in his bday thread... Moderators that hijack... Tch.. Tch!

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Originally Posted by Siddhartha

I heard that he built something like a 1000 room Presidential Palace. Is this true?

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No. It is actually a 2500 rooms building. ;) It currently host the Romanian Parliament. It was named People's House during the communist regime, now it is called The Parliament Pallace. It is the second largest building in the world, after Pentagon. Here is a picture of it.

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Originally Posted by Siddhartha

East European culture interests me a lot, and Romanian since the days Ceaucescu was de-throned in a coup! I heard that he built something like a 1000 room Presidential Palace. Is this true?

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Don't take it just as a curiosity.
As well as the Americans can also be proud of Hoover Dam.
Not Hoover built the "Hoover Dam", not Ceausescu built the "People's House" but a lot of people with sweat and sacrifices.

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Originally Posted by ovidiucucu

not Ceausescu built the "People's House" but a lot of people with sweat and sacrifices.

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Yes... yes... I am well aware that the people would pay for it heavily - like in any Dictatorial rule.

Heard of Imelda Marcos and her shoe collection? She was the wife of former Phillipine dictator Ferdinand Marcos. She is supposed to have collected 3000 pairs of precious shoes. She later refuted the claim, and said that she had only 1060 pairs of shoes! Oh, so few!

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Originally Posted by gstercken

Sorry for being late again... :p But I'm really busy these days... Just started woking on a new project - all VS 2005, .NET 2.0, WinFX and Avalon. :thumb: Great, but lots of work, so I rarely find time to visit CodeGuru these days, let alone Chit Chat...

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Well, I have celebrated it like in Romanian fairy tales: "three days and three nights". Now I have to go back to work. Not yet Avalon, not yet VS 2005, just my old Visual C++ 6.0 to make some urgent patches. :D ;)

Thank you very much!

Viele Grüße,
Ovidiu

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Originally Posted by Siddhartha

Heard of Imelda Marcos and her shoe collection? She was the wife of former Phillipine dictator Ferdinand Marcos. She is supposed to have collected 3000 pairs of precious shoes. She later refuted the claim, and said that she had only 1060 pairs of shoes! Oh, so few!

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Well, that's my eternal debate with my wife. Since I've currently got only two pairs of shoes, she have ten and wants more. I always said "stop here, don't you see what big mistakes Imelda does?" :D :D ;)

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Originally Posted by ovidiucucu

Well, that's my eternal debate with my wife. Since I've currently got only two pairs of shoes, she have ten and wants more. I always said "stop here, don't you see what big mistakes Imelda does?" :D :D ;)

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LOL, nice ratio - 2:10 !! :D

Perhaps in her mind she's telling you - "Ovidiu, you are so lucky you don't have Imelda for a wife - else, you would be buying airline tickets to places she shopped for shoes in!"

// Hope Ovidiu gets a new pair by next birthday! :p
// Projected ratio next year: 3:30 !

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Originally Posted by Siddhartha

Perhaps in her mind she's telling you - "Ovidiu, you are so lucky you don't have Imelda for a wife - else, you would be buying airline tickets to places she shopped for shoes in!"

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Or "You have be build us a second Parliament Pallace, so that my growing shoes collection fits it". :D

Happy Birthday Ovidiu CuCu
:)

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Originally Posted by ovidiucucu

Well, that's my eternal debate with my wife. Since I've currently got only two pairs of shoes, she have ten and wants more. I always said "stop here, don't you see what big mistakes Imelda does?" :D :D ;)

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2 to 10. Why does that sounds familiar? Do you also have a 1 to 8 ratio in the drawer as well? :D

Happy Birthday ovidiu :wave: :)