Hi & welcome, Mike!  Recently you wrote in a message to alexander koryagin:   
      
   MMD>  I would like to join!   
   MMD>  My name is Mike. I'm from Ulyanovsk (called traditional   
   MMD>  name Simbirsk in FidoNet).   
      
      
              Yes... as Alexander says, the old name is probably more familiar to   
   many of us who live elsewhere & who attended school before the name change.   
      
              During my lifetime a lot of persons, places, things, and ideas have   
   had their names changed.  I find it hard to keep up after awhile... [chuckle].   
      
      
      
   MMD>  So I've been looking for some echo's in FidoNet for   
   MMD>  improving my English skills for a long time. I found   
   MMD>  ALT.USAGE.ENGLISH which is a mirror of old Usenet   
   MMD>  group and this one.   
      
   MMD>  But I decided to write here first.   
      
      
              Glad you did!  Pull up a chair & make yourself at home....  :-)   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
    * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)