http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Program/1978
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Yuri Stoupak, 10feb98 Russian text follows (quoted; 
 used alphabet is :  A B V G D E E ZH Z I I K L M
   N O P R S T U F H TS CH SH SHCH `` Y ' E YU YA )
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"Ya nakonets-to sdal na nastoyashchie Amerikanskie 
prava ( " Driver License, not Permit. "Proizoshlo
eto 5 fevralya. Prinimala teten``ka let 50+... , 
skazala " good job ", no 12 ballov snyala (-4, -8) 
za to chto ploho oglyadyvaiyus`` kogda porestraivayus`` 
na levuyu LANE (i pri povorote nalevo tozhe?). Pri 
sdache mozhno poterya`` do 30 ballov (70, y menya 88). 

"Sdaval ya na avtomate toi shkoly, chto menya uchila 
(zdeshnii instruktor skazal mne ne morochit`` golovu 
i prosto sdat``, a navyk na ruchnike prihodit potom).
Na ekzamene nado ezdit`` ne bol``she 3-i skorosti, 
tak chto ruchnoe pereklyuchenie tol''ko otvlekaet."

"UCHIT``SYA NADO V MOSKVE !!! Zdes`` uroki stoyat 
$60 za 2 chasa - a na ruchnike vzyali $75 za paru 
chasov, i tol``ko v odnoi shkole soglasilis``, i na
OCHEN`` razdolbannoi mashine vypustili na freeway."

"S 10 fevralya ya snyal svoe sobstvennoe zhilie - "
1 BEDROOM apartaments " za $800 v mesyats. Eto v 
starom " apartaments " komplekse, tam dazhe gazovaya 
plita i gazovyi nagrevatel``. No eto dolzhno byt`` 
deshevle. Podklyuchili kabel`` (televizor ya kupil 
deshevyi - Panasonic-20 dyuimov za $230), telefon, 
pri mne zamenili gazovuyu plitu. Bedroom nebol``shaya 
no stennoi shkaf nichego. Na vtorom etazhe (1-i 
dorozhe na $60-70 potomu chto ogorozhennyi dvorik)"

"Kover v horoshem sostoyanii (govoryat chto ego  
pomenyali.) Vozle krytogo parkinga est`` saraichik 
metra 2 kvadratnyh (4 kubicheskih) s polochkami.
Est`` balkon - 2 metra shirinoi 4 dlinoi s kryshei,
bol`shya kladovka. Holodil``nik, dishwasher - vse 
kak u lyudei (stiralki konechno na dvore - eto ne 
lyuksovye " apartaments. "Bassein s 15maya po 15 
sentyabrya (tozhe ne " luxury ". Pod oknami rastut"
Redwood"-y, malen``kie takie, vsego 1 foot diameter."

"Do raboty mozhno doiti minut za 20-25, no ezzhu 
na mashine kak poryadochnyi (nikto zhe ne hodit)."