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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:25 am
by yankees60
dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:03 am
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:15 am
Our next visit will be Vinnystia.
I keep telling Vin he needs to return to the town he founded and clean that place up, but so far no answer.
The name certainly jumped out at me when I saw it a few days ago and did a Bing search on it.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:24 pm
by Mountaineer
We have a new mantra: Bing-a-Vin. Might make for a good wine label. Vinny, get a trademark for us, quickly before the word gets out.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:43 pm
by dualstow
Smith, what’s the Internet situation like? Using coffee shop WiFi?
How does the police presence compare with Canada?
Any drunken homeless?
Mountaineer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:24 pm
We have a new mantra: Bing-a-Vin. Might make for a good wine label. Vinny, get a trademark for us, quickly before the word gets out.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:26 am
by Smith1776
dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:03 am
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:15 am
Our next visit will be Vinnystia.
I keep telling Vin he needs to return to the town he founded and clean that place up, but so far no answer.
yankees60 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:25 am
dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 6:03 am
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:15 am
Our next visit will be Vinnystia.
I keep telling Vin he needs to return to the town he founded and clean that place up, but so far no answer.
The name certainly jumped out at me when I saw it a few days ago and did a Bing search on it.
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:55 am
by dualstow
Oh, that has to be your new avatar, Vinny
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:14 am
by yankees60
dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:55 am
Oh, that has to be your new avatar, Vinny
Classic case of the picture being able to lie!
Plus, I am the polar opposite of you when it comes to changing avatars. You are extremely frequent while I'm once every two, three, or more years.
Finally, would you prefer to be loved or trusted?
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Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:03 am
by Smith1776
yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:14 am
dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 6:55 am
Oh, that has to be your new avatar, Vinny
Classic case of the picture being able to lie!
Plus, I am the polar opposite of you when it comes to changing avatars. You are extremely frequent while I'm once every two, three, or more years.
Finally, would you prefer to be loved or trusted?
77362105-firmi-i-love-vinnytsia-nel-centro-della-città-vinnytsia-ucraina.jpg
Life is theatre!
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:11 am
by Smith1776
dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:43 pm
Smith, what’s the Internet situation like? Using coffee shop WiFi?
How does the police presence compare with Canada?
Any drunken homeless?
Mountaineer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:24 pm
We have a new mantra: Bing-a-Vin. Might make for a good wine label. Vinny, get a trademark for us, quickly before the word gets out.
Just got back from a day of sightseeing and shopping with the fiance and soon-to-be in-laws. A much needed chill day.
The Internet here is spotty, but from what I understand it's mostly the result of the war situation currently going on. I'm mostly getting 3G or even edge network coverage, but in the bigger cities like Vinnytsia there's modern LTE speeds. Because the cellular networks are pretty bad, usage of public wifi is extremely common -- sometimes even necessary -- to get real work done.
The police are pretty lax for the most part, but there's lots of military presence. Even in cities far from the war front there are lots of soldiers trying to ferret out potential Russian spies.
Lots of drunks... both the homeless as well as "homed" variety.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:46 am
by yankees60
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 11:11 am
dualstow wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:43 pm
Smith, what’s the Internet situation like? Using coffee shop WiFi?
How does the police presence compare with Canada?
Any drunken homeless?
Mountaineer wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:24 pm
We have a new mantra: Bing-a-Vin. Might make for a good wine label. Vinny, get a trademark for us, quickly before the word gets out.
Just got back from a day of sightseeing and shopping with the fiance and soon-to-be in-laws. A much needed chill day.
The Internet here is spotty, but from what I understand it's mostly the result of the war situation currently going on. I'm mostly getting 3G or even edge network coverage, but in the bigger cities like Vinnytsia there's modern LTE speeds. Because the cellular networks are pretty bad, usage of public wifi is extremely common -- sometimes even necessary -- to get real work done.
The police are pretty lax for the most part, but there's lots of military presence. Even in cities far from the war front there are lots of soldiers trying to ferret out potential Russian spies.
Lots of drunks... both the homeless as well as "homed" variety.
After 9/11 .... when I was on the New York City subways in the spring of 2002 it was somewhat startling to see either the police or military with machine guns also on those subways.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:09 pm
by dualstow
Gotta watch out for those homed drunkards
Vinny wrote:Finally, would you prefer to be loved or trusted?
I don’t know. I guess they kind of go together. But if it’s Taylor Swift, then loved.
I think
Boglerdude’s question to Smithers about Trump got lost in the shuffle, but it’s also possible that politics haven’t come up. Idk know that Trump is really known as the “No wars” guy here, there or anywhere. But maybe?
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:41 pm
by Mountaineer
yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:14 am
Finally, would you prefer to be loved or trusted?
Yes.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:29 pm
by dualstow
Also, Smith, have any locals engaged you in conversation? Maybe they heard you speaking English or you were visibly non-Ukrainian ;-) Not counting anyone selling anything; just curious people who felt like being friendly.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:46 pm
by yankees60
Mountaineer wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:41 pm
yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:14 am
Finally, would you prefer to be loved or trusted?
Yes.
What's the difference between a duck?
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:47 am
by Smith1776
dualstow wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:29 pm
Also, Smith, have any locals engaged you in conversation? Maybe they heard you speaking English or you were visibly non-Ukrainian ;-) Not counting anyone selling anything; just curious people who felt like being friendly.
Hahaha aside from salespeople, absolutely not.
I’m not exaggerating when I say that I haven’t seen a single other Asian person my entire time here. When the locals see me they often do a double take, as if I were a minor celebrity or something.
No one talks to me unless I say something to them first.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:47 am
by Smith1776
Given the war economy, I think I’m going to look into how a domestic PP would have done here in Ukraine recently.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 7:04 am
by dualstow
Smith1776 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 6:47 am
I’m not exaggerating when I say that I haven’t seen a single other Asian person my entire time here. When the locals see me they often do a double take, as if I were a minor celebrity or something.
Maybe you could have a role in a soap opera there, like Quagmire was “American Johnny” on the Korean soap in
Family Guy
I take it then that there are few to no African-Amer- ah, African Ukrainians around.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:56 am
by Mountaineer
yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:46 pm
Mountaineer wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:41 pm
yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:14 am
Finally, would you prefer to be loved or trusted?
Yes.
What's the difference between a duck?
One of its legs is both the same. ;-)
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:48 am
by yankees60
Mountaineer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:56 am
yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:46 pm
Mountaineer wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:41 pm
yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:14 am
Finally, would you prefer to be loved or trusted?
Yes.
What's the difference between a duck?
One of its legs is both the same. ;-)
You got me! I've exhausted my responses in this vein! I had to pull out something the guitarist in our band would frequently say over 50 years ago. Did he get it from The Marx Brothers?
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:56 pm
by Mountaineer
yankees60 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:48 am
Mountaineer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:56 am
yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:46 pm
Mountaineer wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:41 pm
yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:14 am
Finally, would you prefer to be loved or trusted?
Yes.
What's the difference between a duck?
One of its legs is both the same. ;-)
You got me! I've exhausted my responses in this vein! I had to pull out something the guitarist in our band would frequently say over 50 years ago. Did he get it from The Marx Brothers?
That I don’t know. But the duck Q and A is something I have had fun with for decades with my grandkids and other little tykes. It’s invariably a puzzler and gets a hearty laugh when I give them the answer and explain it it's not supposed to make sense.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:23 pm
by yankees60
Mountaineer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 3:56 pm
yankees60 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:48 am
Mountaineer wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 8:56 am
yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 8:46 pm
Mountaineer wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 2:41 pm
yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 9:14 am
Finally, would you prefer to be loved or trusted?
Yes.
What's the difference between a duck?
One of its legs is both the same. ;-)
You got me! I've exhausted my responses in this vein! I had to pull out something the guitarist in our band would frequently say over 50 years ago. Did he get it from The Marx Brothers?
That I don’t know. But the duck Q and A is something I have had fun with for decades with my grandkids and other little tykes. It’s invariably a puzzler and gets a hearty laugh when I give them the answer and explain it it's not supposed to make sense.
https://www.answers.com/zoology/The_ori ... een_a_duck
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:58 pm
by Smith1776
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:45 am
by dualstow
Whither Smithers?
Still abroad?
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:56 am
by yankees60
dualstow wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:45 am
Whither Smithers?
Still abroad?
Yes. You reminded me. With him being where he was / is ... we needed daily reports to tell us he was in no danger.
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 3:52 pm
by Smith1776
dualstow wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:45 am
Whither Smithers?
Still abroad?
yankees60 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 8:56 am
dualstow wrote: ↑Sun Mar 10, 2024 7:45 am
Whither Smithers?
Still abroad?
Yes. You reminded me. With him being where he was / is ... we needed daily reports to tell us he was in no danger.
Sorry for the radio silence. The last week of our trip was super busy and hectic. Also, because no one said anything about the photos I posted I was kind of afraid no one was interseted.
I am back in Canada!
Re: Daily "Check In" Thread For Us
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2024 4:32 pm
by dualstow
LOL I love looking at the photos! I just feel like I'm already responsible for too many posts. As much as I do post, I'm actually holding back so that it's not my name all over the screen anytime someone selects New Posts.
Glad you made it back safe and sound.
Favorite meal eaten in Ukraine?
Oh, that has to be your new avatar, Vinny