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adidasss · 10-30-2005, 03:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by right-track

How did the war in the Balkans effect you and your family?
What hardships, if any, did you have to endure?

oh hello, interesting question....well it started when i was 9 so i wasn't completely aware of the dangers, my island wasn't ( well not exactly ) on the front line so we were fairly safe, somewhere along the line we had air raids because they were bombing the bridge that connects our island with dalmatia ( it was the only way to get from north croatia to the south, split, dubrovnik, the serbs occupied all the other roads ), i actually thought it was fun going to a shelter...what the fuck did i know...also, the first couple of years we were without electricity, the serbs occupied the biggest powerstations in the south,that was a bitch, no tv, no hot water... before the war my family owned 2 restorants and a night club, ( along with the apartment renting ) that was our main income, tourism, so when the shit hit the fan and the tourists stopped coming, we were in a bit of a perdicament and my father had to do all sorts of shit to earn money ( that was the poorest we ever got and i wont even mention all the things we did to get food ).....and the most importaint thing, which i wasn't completely aware of at the time, my brother got drafted and went on the front line, he spent a couple of years there and only recently i started to realize in how much danger he was and what he actually went through ( he told me that at a certain point he was assigned to dispose of dead bodies , and at the end of the war, he was a part of the liberation action and some of his comrades got killed a few feet from him )..other that that i was fairly traumatised by what i saw on the tv ( dead masacrated bodies at that age? not nice...)...but i also realise that we were spaired of the real hardships ( someone being killed, home being occupied, being bombed like many cities were....)

thanks for asking....

adidasss · 01-08-2006, 04:27 PM

since this is officially the last day of the christmas holidays, i thought i'd post these pictures here. this is a tradition that to my knowledge exists only in middle europe ( italy, austria, croatia ). i don't really know the english term for it, either the manger ( sp?) or the nativity scene? no idea...

and this is just our picture perfect christmas tree

riseagainstrocks · 01-08-2006, 04:44 PM

And adidass, we call it a Nativity Scene and it is actually done in America. Usually not so elaboratly but still done.

riseagainstrocks · 01-08-2006, 06:01 PM

They're not from England?

~~bungalow~~ · 01-08-2006, 06:12 PM

HAHAHAHAHA!

no......they are from California

EDGE · 01-08-2006, 06:13 PM

1. I think so.

2. Nope.

3. I guess I can agree with snickers on this one and say Oasis.

4. Some .. green feild with lots of fog and some crappy weather. Why? I don't really know why.

5. Yeah, he's pretty good-looking. Oh, and .. he plays basketball right? Oh, no .. baseball, is it?

Imonlydancing · 01-08-2006, 06:18 PM

Oh.
I wanted to answer.
Butican't.
:[

adidasss · 01-09-2006, 08:51 AM

ok, the proper response to my post should have been "oh dear god! that is so fucking amazing! i can't believe it! you must have put so much work into it, and look at the amount of detail on it!! good god,it's simply astonishing!!".......ungrateful bastards......

ladyluckrules · 01-09-2006, 01:10 PM

There, there adidasss.
The tree is very pretty.

ArtistInTheAmbulance · 01-09-2006, 01:17 PM

I do actually wish I lived in a house that made an effort like that adidasss. I tried though.. I have this little woolen handmade nativity scene thing from a charity shop, which is really sweet, and I hung ballball (Aheh. This is the first time Ive tried to spell that word, leave me be) things from the ceiling too, with invisible string, which looked pretty good.

Meh. No ones bothered anymore

01-08-2006, 04:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,945	since this is officially the last day of the christmas holidays, i thought i'd post these pictures here. this is a tradition that to my knowledge exists only in middle europe ( italy, austria, croatia ). i don't really know the english term for it, either the manger ( sp?) or the nativity scene? no idea... and this is just our picture perfect christmas tree __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

01-08-2006, 04:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
riseagainstrocks Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: DC Posts: 3,297	And adidass, we call it a Nativity Scene and it is actually done in America. Usually not so elaboratly but still done. __________________ One note timeless, came out of nowhere...

01-08-2006, 06:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
riseagainstrocks Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: DC Posts: 3,297	They're not from England? __________________ One note timeless, came out of nowhere...

01-09-2006, 08:51 AM	#8 (permalink)
adidasss Slavic gay sauce Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Abu Dhabi Posts: 7,945	ok, the proper response to my post should have been "oh dear god! that is so fucking amazing! i can't believe it! you must have put so much work into it, and look at the amount of detail on it!! good god,it's simply astonishing!!".......ungrateful bastards...... __________________ “Think of what a paradise this world would be if men were kind and wise.” - Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle. Last.fm

01-09-2006, 01:10 PM	#9 (permalink)
ladyluckrules D: Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: England Posts: 489	There, there adidasss. The tree is very pretty. __________________ AHOY SAILOR

01-08-2006, 06:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
~~bungalow~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hot-lanta Posts: 3,061	HAHAHAHAHA! no......they are from California

01-08-2006, 06:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
EDGE accidental genius Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,146	1. I think so. 2. Nope. 3. I guess I can agree with snickers on this one and say Oasis. 4. Some .. green feild with lots of fog and some crappy weather. Why? I don't really know why. 5. Yeah, he's pretty good-looking. Oh, and .. he plays basketball right? Oh, no .. baseball, is it?

01-08-2006, 06:18 PM	#7 (permalink)
Imonlydancing raaaaaaa Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Bedford Posts: 950	Oh. I wanted to answer. Butican't. :[

01-09-2006, 01:17 PM	#10 (permalink)
ArtistInTheAmbulance enchanted. Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: cornwailles, angleterre. Posts: 2,528	I do actually wish I lived in a house that made an effort like that adidasss. I tried though.. I have this little woolen handmade nativity scene thing from a charity shop, which is really sweet, and I hung ballball (Aheh. This is the first time Ive tried to spell that word, leave me be) things from the ceiling too, with invisible string, which looked pretty good. Meh. No ones bothered anymore __________________ shake your wings like theyre laced with sound!