Re^8: How many continents have you visited?

a) 18 years old is not a child.

b) there were strong rules and safety procedures.

с) I actually meant USA.

Even today, there is a mandatory military service in some countries, do not know about Germany in particular, but in Switzerland, for example, they are all obliged to undergo military training. The same is for Israel.

And just to preanswer your possible question -- despite of mandatory military training in USSR, I wasn't in the army. I was declared unfit for combat due to medical issues (small weight/height ratio. I was what it is called 'nerd' nowadays, thin and weak).

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Re^9: How many continents have you visited? by LanX (Saint) on Jun 10, 2013 at 17:31 UTC
Priwjet Fisher! We were discussing school system in Russian classes and my teacher who grew up in Siberia told us that she needed help holding the AK47 when she was supposed to decompose it. Even in Switzerland you don't have military education at school or university. But yes they keep their guns at home after service, which is another source of ridicule for Germans. ;-) I'm not criticizing, you asked why its interesting for me, now you know! =) If you go to next YAPC we can discuss it in person. Cheers Rolf ( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)	[reply]
Re^10: How many continents have you visited? by fisher (Priest) on Jun 10, 2013 at 22:52 UTC
If you go to next YAPC we can discuss it in person. If you're talking about YAPC::EU then I would be glad to give you a short introduction course to local pubs -- since I'm local, I live here, in Kiev ;)	[reply]
Re^11: How many continents have you visited? by LanX (Saint) on Jun 10, 2013 at 23:28 UTC
отли́чно! =) Cheers Rolf ( addicted to the Perl Programming Language)	[reply]


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