Two ten year old boys sitting next to me on the bus. I'm wearing a naval officer's coat and my Trotsky watch. They ask if I'm in the navy, I say "No, I got the coat at a thrift store." They seem satisfied with the answer and ask who is on the face of my watch. It's a difficult question to answer since Russia has always been Russia to these little ones. Trying to explain the U.S.S.R. seems rather useless so I answer with "He was a great thinker, a philosopher." They are already bored with my answer and move on to other things.