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Пополнение в lib.ru [Sep. 7th, 2005|02:31 am]
Слова "сачок", "сачковать", "саковать" происходят от названия рыболовной снасти сак. В старое время, когда не было грузоподъемных кранов, грузы речных (морских) кораблей загружались и разгружались артелью грузчиков. Оплату за перенесенный груз артельщики получали в конце каждого рабочего дня, соответственно количеству перенесенных тюков, мешков и т.п. грузов. Чтобы вести точный учет количества груза каждый день выделялся один член артели, который держал сак с натянутым мешком на трапе корабля. Каждый грузчик, проходя с грузом на спине мимо "сакующего", бросал в мешок камушек. В конце рабочего дня подсчитав камушки, артель получала от хозяина соответствующую плату. А член артели, державший сак с мешком, считался как бы не работавшим, "сачковавшим". Сачковали члены артели по переменке, т.е. по очереди.
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Two-way radio [Sep. 7th, 2005|06:28 pm]
Who would recommend me how to choose and buy one (or two)? I need it for things like camping, hiking (no heavy mountaineering, some light mountaineering maybe), caravan driving (to get around town or between towns in a party of two or more cars), cross-campus talk (to save the cell phone battery).

Unlike digital cameras, the online reviews I have found for these have been suspicious and/or incomplete. I hope you could give me a better hint.

Thanks in advance.
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Frugal Guide To Disaster Preparedness [Sep. 7th, 2005|07:21 pm]
Frugal guide to disaster preparedness.

Instant mashed potato flakes. Reminds me of someone well prepared... (you know who you are).

More from the same source.
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Latest from New Orleans [Sep. 7th, 2005|07:59 pm]
From interdictor again. :-)
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Знание -- сила [Sep. 7th, 2005|08:09 pm]
А сила есть — ума не надо. Значит: если есть знание — можно обойтись без ума. Вот и объяснение, почему среди образованных так много дураков.
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The most successful American communist [Sep. 7th, 2005|11:25 pm]
Pete Seeger.

That's it, I am goign home now. Good night.
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Not the last one [Katrina] [Sep. 7th, 2005|11:35 pm]
No, that was not the last one. I just realized I forgot to mention Andrew Sullivan, whose blog has links to interesting Katrina-related texts. Like this one (from dailyKos). The people felt they were abandoned — sheesh, they were abandoned. (Although I would be careful about certain details in the story.) And this one from EMS Network (and a large grain of salt, see "there is good reason to be skeptical"). Update: indeed!

Update. Sophomores not behaving like sophomores.
Update. Navy pilots behaving like navy pilots.

Update. Citizens of New Orleans behaving like citizens.

(Caution: some of these references are to MSM, others to eyewitnesses, so take them with a grain of salt, like everything else.)
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