With a poorer than poor attitude like the one here, it's not at all surprising that Seedrioru is already off to a bad start! Wake up and smell the coffee-this is a chance to make up for lost ground guys. There are a lot of people who generally have left the Estonian community and don't want another thing to do with it. This is the perfect chance to up the sales pitch and get people back on side. Get rid of the alchohol, and get some good lectureres in who will talk the intellectual talk the way it should be. If you want me to come along, and you ask real nice now, then I might just consider giving up a week for your benefit. Otherwise try getting serious for a change!

Oh Puhleeeease Maxim!!
Your opinion of yourself just keeps growing and growing. Nagu paha hais!!
If we want to hear lectures, we'll go to the appropriate venu, probably Tartu College, but Seedrioru is all about a good time to be had by all, with a bit of solomness in the beginning with the "vabadusvõitluses langenute mälestus".
The folks at Seedrioru have done a fantastic job in the past few years and interest has grown, not wained.
It is obvious, Maxim, that once again, you know not of which you speak!

Get me Jack on the hotline please-I want to know if what you say is all true. OK-a little swim in the pond I take no objection to, but getting the lowdown about Estonia is the best thing of all, don't you think? Or have priorities at Seedrioru changed that much that Estonian interests count for almost nothing??

...if Maxim isn't just pulling our leg a little. Surely, he must know by now that his goading and baiting is offensive and repulsive. If not, then he's completely mad.

You're all such a conservative lot that even a little humour goes astray with most of you. Just shows that it's a case of extremes-either people know or care almost nothing about intellectual depth, or they refuse to lighten up when given the chance. Jack, it's over to you. Take this lot and perform a miracle this summer, so that Seedrioru will become like Canadian Estonians' version of the great Woodstock festival-getting the lowdown on replenishable "talupoja ja orjalaste" highs. Mixing in a strong antidote to the sorry, don't ask-me; I know-nothing-about-Estonia routine.

Maxim, If you showed up at Seedrioru, you would see a great mix of Estos, young and older. I wouldn't hesitate to say that of all the Estos there (their Estophile guests not included), the vast majority of them have gone through Esto school, either here, in the US or in Eesti. They are there because they belong to our community and they choose to celebrate being Estonian in Canada. I bet if you asked any of them on the hill, they could answer you about who is the President of Eesti, what happened on April 27 this year, and so on.
Why, if these people don't know about Eesti, do our friends and relatives in Eesti always express their surprise and then their admiration for how we have kept the language (sorry, I'm writing in English, because it's the language of this particular posting), the culture and an extremely nationalistic feeling alive here for 3 generations?!!
Maxim, go blow your horn elsewhere!

Just thought I'd comment on the recent work weekend which we attended with certainly good intentions. I couldn't believe the arrogance of the work coordinator. I can only remind her that a broom is for sweeping, not for use as a means of transportation!

Sane people that don't like us simply ignore us.
Is that you, Maxim?

No it's not-I'm watching you winge and whine ie commit the sins you blame me for, yet have no proof that I have done anything half as outrageous as you have. Better luck...