carlos
rest easy
it is not that no one is responding to lithuania again
more likely it is just that everyone is off partying too hard
or hibernating
but your ice follies here are so remarkable
in marking our premier attainment of ice folly multidimensionality
for with this report we may now enjoy our first 3rink circus
performing practically simultaneously at ltru denl & caus2nyqcvt
--- In
BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Karolis B.
<kbajoraz@y...>" <kbajoraz@y...> wrote:
> LTRU protective zone (200 meters inwards) on Curonian
Lagoon ice gets
> demarcated by LT borderguards. (bouys mark it in summer,
but this is
> the first time they do it on ice). Watch this complicated
procedure
> for your enjoyment :))
>
http://www.tv.lt/playasx.asp?id={1D8EB274-EEF7-4013-A856-D3
6432278092}
> My favorite part though is the coast/border guard amphibian
ship
> flying across the ice, what a "ship"! :)
>
> transcript/translation, in case any of you are sooo ignorant so
as
> not to speak Lithuanian (and I've been told that's some of you
out
> there!) Well, I know it ain't Peter for sure. He's a wise Dane,
who
> knows this extremly useful language!
>
> ANNOUNCER: With the smelt season approaching, more and
more
> frequently, fishermen seeking the prize mingle on the ice of
Curonian
> Lagoon. To make it easier for them to orient themselves and
not to
> accidentally walk over the ice into Kaliningrad district, the
border
> guards for the first time marked the state border on the ice this
> year.
> REPORTER: Officers of Coast Guard District started to mark
the strech
> separating Lithuania and Kaliningrad district in the Curonian
Lagoon
> in the summer of the last year. Brigh bouys help the fisherman
to
> orient themselves and not to get lost sailing in the Lagoon
between
> Nida and Rusne. However in the cold season the bouys are
retrieved
> from the water and then it is harder for the fishermen to orient
> themselves on the ice that covers the Curonian Lagoon. In
attempt to
> avoid border violations, the border guards decided to install the
> landmarks right on the ice in the winter.
> BORDER OFFICIAL: The state border protection zone
demarcation in
> wintertime is taking place for the first time. Earlier, bouys were
> place at the beginning of navigational season, in the summer,
and
> they were retrieved in the late fall, when the navigaitonal
season
> ended. And since we are preparing for the smelt season, we
know that
> about 200 people go on the ice at once, of course they're form
all
> over Lithuania, and not local residents, it is difficult for them to
> orient themselves.
> REPORTER: The border guards made about a hundred sticks
wrapped with
> bright warning tape themselves. The sticks, drilled into ice
about
> every 100 meters, mark the stretch of about 19 kilometers from
Nida
> to Rusne. The fishermen who step across it won't be penalized
yet. A
> distance of 200 meters is left between the sticks and the yet
> unratified Lithuanian Russian border. The fishermen, who
have been
> drilling ice holes in Curonian Lagoon ice for many years, doubt
that
> the landmarks that were installed on ice this week will help
them.
> FISHERMAN I: Now it helps, but if it's fog or snow, and the
person
> who came won't see those sticks. He'll think maybe it's some
markings
> left by fishermen.
> FISHERMAN II: I did read in the newspaper that the sticks were
> installed, but it I didn't realize they were those.
> REPORTER: Those who step over the lagoon-crossing
Lithuanian Russian
> border face a fine of up to 200 LTL. In case of recurring
violation,
> a 300 LTL fine would have to be paid. This winter border
guards fined
> only one border violator. Ususally at least 20 cases of border
> violations are recorded in a winter.
>
>
> Linksmø <eth>v. Kaledø!