One of its utility vehicles can carry 1, 200 pounds and be taught to pick up, carry and unload heavy cargo.

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But in my experience, the real gear geeks are heavy into microphones, a mysterious world of invisible "pick-up patterns" and model names that read like alphabet soup.

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In the cafe you can instantly pick out the "neftyaniki", the oil workers, with their weather beaten faces, heavy clothes and the air of "don't mess with me" about them.

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They reason that since there is a heavy concentration of 18-44 year old men that watch football, it is a good environment to sell Chevy pick-up trucks.

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