Hi, Ardith Hinton!
I read your message from 01.12.2023 01:14

According to my sources this word refers to a peasant... i.e. a term somebody Dallas & I knew years ago applied WRT those who live in the country & whom he thought to have limited education, intelligence, &
/or knowledge of how things work in the Big City. But I understand
it can also signify an ordinary adult male, and I reckon the latter
is more like what you had in mind.... :-)

Today informally we often use "muzhik" to denote a cool, strong man as an opposition to a modern weak, feminized one. Most often phrases are "he is a real muzhik!" or respectfully about a man who keeps his word: "Muzhik has said Muzhik has done!". :)

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And whether or not either statement is true, nobody who values their
life would risk eating a poisoned one... [chuckle].

Although it is just a joke story, I strongly believe. ;)

Bye, Ardith!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2023

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Hi, Anton Shepelev!
I read your message from 02.12.2023 20:42

And I translated the demo-version of Star Heritage:

https://unbox.ifarchive.org/?url=/if-archive/games/spectrum/shdemo.zip AK>> Should I look for a Spectrum computer to appreciate it?

Depends on your taste. Who knows but you might put up with running
the game in an emulator: -? My all-time favoirite one is
RealSpectrum:

https://web.archive.org/web/20080915070725/http://www.ramsoft.bbk.org/realspec.html

I run its DOS version under DOSBox with my pixel-perfect patch for excellent graphics!

Probably, I am already out from playing games pastime. Sometimes I play GP2 however, because I use it as a measurement instrument of my vital tonus. ;-)

Bye, Anton!
Alexander Koryagin
english_tutor 2023

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Alexander Koryagin:

Today informally we often use "muzhik" to denote a cool,
strong man as an opposition to a modern weak, feminized
one

Yes, `effeminate' even.

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Hi Ardith,

16.02.2024 1:26:34, Ardith Hinton wrote:

And he wrote on his fence this announcement:

He posted the following annnouncement on his fence:

Well, but IMHO people write words on the fences, not
post them. ;-)

Depends on what the fence was made of. I think Gleb has a
point in that this announcement may have been written on a scrap of
cardboard which the protagonist attached to the fence using whatever
came readily to hand.... :-)

'The protagonist'. I like the word.
Yes, it could be a sheet of cardboard attached to a metal/wooden fence
with duct tape, or our protagonist might as well write it in 2-feet
tall letters with white paint, which is unlikely (but not unexpected).


--
Rudin's Law: In a crisis that forces a choice to be made among
alternative courses of action, people tend to choose the worst
possible course.

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