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		soco on Sept 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Socialist Romania Computer Chips Yes, and you also had to register to the waiting list to be able to buy one (refrigerator, TV, car...). Or you needed to know somebody who knew somebody who was able to get one for you faster, for an appropriate material reward.

tsimionescu on Sept 30, 2022 [–]

Agreed, "greasing the wheels" was a huge part of life in communist Romania...

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