Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Just another day at the office...<br/>
Date: Jan 08, 2003 @ 10:53<br/>
Author: Peter Smaardijk (Peter Smaardijk &lt;smaardijk@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1002031889">--- Ernst Stavro Blofeld &lt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:blofeld_es@...">blofeld_es@...</a>&gt; wrote:<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; The second link, that may or may not have been posted<br/>
&gt; here before, is a summary of the changes of the border<br/>
&gt; between Germany and Poland and its border markers<br/>
&gt; since 1945. The document states changes that have been<br/>
&gt; made in the border, and shows pictures of different<br/>
&gt; types of border markers. As you are doubtlessly aware<br/>
&gt; the border is marked with the double poles that seem<br/>
&gt; to be fairly common in eastern Europe.<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>If you&#39;re interested in buying some of these:<br/>
<br/>
The Instruments Factory (Priborostroitel&#39;nyj zavod) of the Russian<br/>
Ministery of Nuclear Energy not only makes complicated stuff for<br/>
nuclear power plants and some other instruments that we&#39;re not aware of<br/>
and not supposed to be aware of, but also some products for the<br/>
consumer market, like rotary pumps, trailers, decorative parts for in<br/>
churches, casted works of art, steam baths, and... boundary markers. At<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://imwp.tpi.ac.ru/cordon.html">http://imwp.tpi.ac.ru/cordon.html</a> , it says:<br/>
<br/>
&quot;Purpose:<br/>
The boundary pole is primarily meant for the marking of the state<br/>
boundary of the Russian Federation in every physical and geographical<br/>
condition of its course.<br/>
<br/>
Properties: The mass of the material doesn&#39;t exceed 15 kg. The material<br/>
used is a base of glass material, which allows that demands of<br/>
firmness, stability, and resistance to mechanical, climatological, and<br/>
biological factors are reached.<br/>
The metal elements are made of stainless steel. The materials used and<br/>
the construction guarantee that they will serve up to 50 years, and the<br/>
painting on the outside holds 20 years. The construction of the pole<br/>
makes unpermitted removal of details (coat-of-arms, base collar), and<br/>
also of the entire pole, impossible.<br/>
<br/>
The set consists of:<br/>
<br/>
border pole<br/>
base collar<br/>
placing element<br/>
mounting kit&quot;<br/>
<br/>
A picture is provided on the site (as exhibited in Sept. 2001 in<br/>
Tr�chgornyj, the city where the factory is located).<br/>
<br/>
So, do you want to buy one? Getting one the illegal way is going to be<br/>
difficult.<br/>
<br/>
Alas, no prices.<br/>
<br/>
Peter S.<br/>
<br/>
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