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Old 04-12-2007, 05:20 AM
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Looks like some of them don't need the subway anymore

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Old 04-12-2007, 08:34 AM
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I've read about that - the upper class is getting some serious wealth and they're spending it on cars. Who'd a thought that rich Russians would be car guys?
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Old 04-12-2007, 08:52 AM
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If you're rich you buy cars. I could use a RR Phantom.
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Old 04-12-2007, 09:17 AM
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I've read about that - the upper class is getting some serious wealth and they're spending it on cars. Who'd a thought that rich Russians would be car guys?
China is very similar. If you have "connections" with the government and thus able to practice Capitalism within a Communist society, business can be very profitable. Even after the protection payments.
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Old 04-12-2007, 03:10 PM
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I've read about that - the upper class is getting some serious wealth and they're spending it on cars. Who'd a thought that rich Russians would be car guys?
The G/F is from St. Petersburg (Leningrad). She says there are lots of MB's and BMW's in Russia.
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I've read about that - the upper class is getting some serious wealth and they're spending it on cars. Who'd a thought that rich Russians would be car guys?
The G/F is from St. Petersburg (Leningrad). She says there are lots of MB's and BMW's in Russia.

Guess it's not your father's Russia any more!
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I don't know why but the rich Russians you see in Chicago have an awful chip. My dad said the rich Chinese he sees on business trips don't have that awful chip the Russians have.

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