<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> I have no idea. If memory serves, being able to fiddle was comparable to being able to pluck a guitar today. But, in that regard, I would think Romania was no different from the rest of Eastern Europe. Joanna Chris Doss wrote: <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid20060910070127.24618.qmail@web37207.mail.mud.yahoo.com"> <pre wrap=""> --- joanna <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:123hop@comcast.net"><123hop@comcast.net></a> wrote: Now this is </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">either a crime against Romanian tradition or the most wonderful thing you've ever tasted. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Hey, are Romanians known for being violin players? In Ilya Ehrenburg's WWII writing, he keeps calling the Romanian facists "violin players," "they should have stayed home playing the violin," and so forth. (Apparently, going by Ehrenburg, the German soldiers called their Italian counterparts "Champions in Retreat.") __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mail.yahoo.com">http://mail.yahoo.com</a> ___________________________________ <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk">http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>