estonia epitome of incomprehensibility Look, Latvia already had a blathe, so what are the other Baltic countries waiting for? Me? Bawling, I balk at this, having gotten Baltic and Balkan mixed up in the past. Nevertheless. Two days ago, news from Estonia was that Sahara dust was falling on it. Not quite one_and_a_half_million_balloons, but it could turn the snow yellow, "though likely not as garish a shade as seen with some other causes of yellow snow." Dog pee? Nah, I think they mean snow from the sky. https://news.err.ee/1608120100/sahara-dust-reaching-estonia-may-fall-in-snow-sleet-or-rain 210225 ... e_o_i David wondered whether the end-of-June conference he's attending in Estonia might be cancelled. Armed with Google Maps in the other window, I said, "Yes, it's next to Russia, but it's all the way up HERE. Ukraine is way down THERE." "Yes, but you never know." "I guess not, but I don't think...I don't think Estonia should be a problem." Poor stony Estonia, phrasing it that way. Of course, nations are somewhat imaginary, as their names shift between languages, across time. Even the tectonic plates shift slowly. 220314 what's it to you? who go blather from