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Name a CD you own that no one else on your friends list does.
Easy. Back in the summer a Macedonian political leader gave me a CD of him singing Macedonian folk songs (and a couple of Elvis numbers). I’d be surprised if anyone else reading this has Trifun Kostovski’s greatest hits.
Name a book you own that no one else on your friends list does.
Anatol Lieven’s book about America (because it hasn’t been published yet).
Ramush Haradinaj’s autobiography, A Narrative about War and Freedom. (review)
The Last Castle, by Jack Vance, winner of Hugo and Nebula awards but out of print for years.
Name a movie you own on DVD/VHS/whatever that no one else on your friends list does.
Much more difficult. I did go through a phase of buying discounted comedies on video about a year ago but haven’t yet watched them all. I have a suspicion that “You’ve Got M@il” is the most exotic of these, which gives you some idea.
Probably lots of you have Finding Nemo, but did anyone else bother to get the two-DVD version with the “Exploring the Reef” documentary featuring Nemo, Dory and Jean-Michel Cousteau (dum dum dum dum!!!!)?
Name a place that you have visited that no one else on your friends list has.
I’m currently in Provo, Utah (unable to get back to sleep).
I was in Chişinău, Moldova, earlier this month.
The most sinister places I have ever been were Velika Kladuša, in western Bosnia, and Bratunac, in eastern Bosnia near Srebrenica.
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Well, indeed. I mean, the frustrating thing about Mr Maes’ letter is that it contains nothing I could not have worked out for myself (apart from the apology, and that only if I make the dubious assumption that it is sincerely meant). There is not even any commitment to improve; he states flatly that “tous les moyens sont mis en oeuvre par les services de régulation du trafic afin de limiter les conséquences de tels incidents” and that’s it.
I sent a reply and will follow up as well after another week.