Hi, Paul Quinn!   
   I read your message from  06.10.2014 10:42   
   about Some fun.   
      
    PQ> (We might say here that there are "5 banknotes of 1 thousand   
    PQ> roubles each".)   
      
    ak>> "Do you know," said the boy, "last time when I found a purse its   
    ak>> owner had no small money to pay a reward."   
      
    PQ> :) We call this 'small change'. We also carry some small change in   
    PQ> our pockets, purses or wallets. Mostly coins, as we no longer have   
    PQ> any small denomination banknotes less than AUD$5.   
      
   In Russia we have a law that if somebody finds money or hidden treasure he   
   gets 25% of it cost as a reward. So, 1000 roubles can be traced to this law.   
   Yes, 25% from 5000 is not a thousand roubles, but the boy had not probably   
   small change himself, and he could not put in the purse 3750 + 1250 roubles.   
   -)   
      
   BTW, 1000 roubles is about 30$ - do you call it small change, too?   
      
    ak>> The bears who met people think that people live in the trees.   
      
    PQ> Do bears really think of things such as this? That is impressing   
    PQ> human expression upon an animal. From my experience, I tend to   
    PQ> think that bears might consider: 1. do they run fast?; 2. can they   
    PQ> hurt me?; or, 3. do they taste good? And, no, I do not hunt bears.   
    PQ> :)   
      
   When a human sees a grizzly bear he usually runs away and climbs up the tree,   
   hoping to escape. That's why grizzlies think that humans live in the trees   
   like birds. Probably grizzly are too heavy to climb up the trees themselves.   
      
    ak>> Things unheard in the war history have happened after Russia's   
    ak>> aggression into Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands Ukrainian refuges   
    ak>> rushed into Russia.   
      
    PQ> This is akin to 'jumping from the frying pan into the fire', is it   
    PQ> not? ;-)   
      
   Not at all. Russia is the only place where Ukrainians of Russian descent can   
   feel safe during the Civil war in Ukraine. That's why we have such huge   
   numbers of refugees. Ukrainian army doesn't hesitate to bomb cities and towns   
   trying to kill so called terrorists and bandits.   
      
   Bye, Paul!   
   Alexander Koryagin   
   ENGLISH_TUTOR 2014   
      
   --- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox   
    * Origin: Quinn's Post - Maryborough, Queensland, OZ (3:640/384)