Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/04/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They were pretty common in Egypt until about two months ago. Now the police are a bit more afraid of the people and just stand around doing nothing. Cheers, David Degner Cairo, Egypt EG: +2-01-6760-0049 US: +1-646-450-4334 http://www.IncendiaryImage.com On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:26 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote: > They are still blatantly common in India. > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 11:15 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at > gmail.com>wrote: > >> Douglas asks: >> "Were bribes to policemen common in communist Poland in the 70s?" >> - - - - - >> I don't know about Poland, but they were certainly common in Yugoslavia >> during the 60's. On a driving trip through Yugoslavia on the way to >> Greece, >> we were stopped at least a half dozen times in our half pint sized Hillman >> Imp and accused of miscellaneous traffic violations. These could all be >> fixed on the spot by paying a fine directly to the policeman who stopped >> us. >> Fortunately the Yugoslav dinar was so cheap that the total of the fines >> came >> to less than $20 US. At that time a bottle of reasonable Yugoslav wine >> cost >> about 25 cents. A cup of coffee, on the other hand, was $2.00. >> Larry Z >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >