For the record, the OP picture is real, i've seen it since i was a kid here in Romania.

I think i remember being told about it in sciences class in primary school decades ago... but yeah, it's not like it's used in any way anywhere.

Yeah, it's always been the lynx, officially. But indeed it's not a well known fact, nor is it used anywhere really.

You can google "romanian national animal", all you'll find is the lynx, everywhere. However, i'm unable to find the origin of it.

There's dozens of them i tell you! Dozens!

Ah yes just rolls off the tongue. Totally the same as, an increment of one is equal in both.

A man of culture, i see.

Good luck to you!

I'd rather not dox myself, but i can tell you i'm in eastern europe working for a western european bank. COBOL is still heavily used in the banking and insurance sectors, by companies that started using it 50 years ago.

If you do manage to learn the ropes, the salary does tend to be above average for a mid-level programmer.

Anastasia's Kidney Stones.

Maybe i should go with the fancy medical term? Anastasia's Nephrolithiasis. Could work for black metal too.

It's good to ask the question.

The problem is when they refuse to accept the answer.

Here in Romania, we're exactly like the Poles. There's deep, deep national trauma related to Russia ( even before the USSR ).

However, it's not the same everywhere in the former soviet block, places like Bulgaria, Hungary or Slovakia are far more torn on the issue.

Do you?