Year: 2016

Yesterday, we went and bought a computer. A desk top computer to replace the one that had a heart attack and breathed its last a day or so ago. I have it up and running, but I still have much to do. It has a 320 gig hard drive, but…we have two 1tb drives that I have to figure out how to squeeze into the system…

That will give us 2.3 terabytes to allow Svetochka to save to her hearts content… 😉

Computer is made by DEXP; The Dexp Company was founded in 1998 in Vladivostok (Russia) by a team of skilled engineers. We started with professional system integration service for business and desktop PC assembling…

Nice computer and since assembled and built in Russia, a nice happy for poor people price also. I have almost shoehorned the two large drives into it and I do have one up and running. The other is going to take a special SAS to SATA cable and with that I can also upgrade the DVD/CD. Then Svetochka has a friend at work who has lots of computer stuff and she will try to see if he has at least one memory stick for the system we have. It has a 2gb stick, but will hold up to 8gb and I installed Windows 8.1 64bit and it is just simply borderline with only 2gb of RAM…

Aliexpress has, it if I need to get it and it is not available anywhere else for us. I need it before I leave for the village again…

I find it an interesting computer; it looks like a big tower computer, but everything inside is from and made for laptops. Everything but the case and because the case is full size, I have been able to make everything work, as I piece it together. I just have to work with the limitations of laptop components and several crucial areas missing; such as a PCI slot and or Bridge and such what knots that make computer building a piece of cake…

I like it! DEXP makes a good product from what I see so far and this computer runs cooler, quieter and not as fast as the old one. This is a dual core Celeron and we had a Tricore AMD – 2.4GHz compared to 3.3GHz…

Svetochka is happy and that means even if it is an old Abacus Calculator, I am happy also… (By the way, these abacus calculators are in use all over Russia! Thought you might want to know that…)

WtR

 

Motherboard fried yesterday on Sveta’s computer. We are now using an Oysters Windows tablet and today, we will try to find another computer at the local market. As I was working on the computer and was running check-disc, for you see, I felt it coming and it was acting strange. The spark of life exited the computer and she died…

Hope trembles with anticipation, for did we loose our hard drives? Oh woe is me if Svetochka lost her data; Thus Boza and I may have to run to the village quickly again… 😉

We bought this computer years ago after killing another one…

http://windowstorussia.com/new-computer-in-russia-and-that-cup-of-coffee.html

2011 is when we got our computer. It was a good one, but needed to last longer to make me totally happy…

Oh Well!

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Bozochka should go to the veterinarian today. He needs shots and his eye looked at. Then we need to shop for a computer and find it as cheap as possible. The best place is probably downtown Moscow at the Computer Market. It is one huge cellphone, tablet and computer anything conglomeration of kiosks and huts. What a fantastic place…

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Nice tablet Svetochka has, It has a case with a built in keyboard and it works just fantastic…

WtR

I have a good handle on what bothers the Russians. I have a handle on what really bothers the Russians. Not the propaganda that you hear in the west and other news, but what gets to the Russians and makes them upset…

So when something such as (is announced!)

“We have made a decision to create a new federal executive body within the Ministry of Internal Affairs, namely the National Guard,” the Russian president said Tuesday.

The National Guard “will be fighting terrorism, organized crime, all in close cooperation with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. They will also continue to perform the functions which are currently carried out by riot police units, SWAT, etc.,” he added.

I look at this information and shrug, for I have been through it all and everything Russia does is old hat to me…

But I do say, “Russia is more like America everyday!”

Svetochka is upset and we talk about it…

This morning she was unhappy…

That the Russian government feels they need to have an elite group of police, for as most of the world knows; elite anything always leads to downgrading of freedoms…

I understand her concerns and I understand what happens when such programs are enacted. Sveta is correct to have a bad feeling in her stomach for such changes. At the same time I understand such changes are brought about by the people themselves and this action above is such a change. Terrorism is the calling card to stifling a countries people…

I know, I watched the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave; become a wasteland of liberty and rights, plus a freedom pit that everything fell into…

Svetochka has seen this about America and she does not want that to happen to her land, her home and her life of freedom, liberty and justice…

I explain to her what is happening and it makes me sad to see it happening slowly, just like in the west, for one day as in the west, the changes will happen too quickly for the people to keep up…

People do not understand from the west when I say and talk about how free I am in Russia. Freedom is perspective and from my perspective of course. But watching that freedom leave out the backdoor is from another front row seat that I have been able to procure and now watch it all happen again…

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Years ago Russia changed there cops from Militsiya to Politsiya; I said then that this was a crucial error and big damn mistake. Sveta feels that way also and everyday the feeling gets worse…

These are the areas that will hurt Putin and the governmental areas, not America and her meddling ways, not the EU and her games, but the internal changes that destroy the trust in the old ways. Change happens, but change has to be smart…

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I know why this is being done…

And I can not disagree totally with the decision. I am the epitome of war itself and know as with everyone like me; this is sometimes a necessary evil, but as with all evil, it will garner strength and get out of hand. Maybe not tomorrow, but before you know it in a few years, it become the albatross around everyone’s neck…

In this case this is the lessor of the two evils. The west is driving billions of dollars into Russia right now and paying for an uprising. Response has to happen, for once again, America tries to destroy those that do not toe the line and kiss her ass…

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The Russian people are smart and will see the truth better than the people in the western world. But there is always a handful of people who will rob your home for drug money and that is the people that the west tries to use to upset apple carts all over the world…

Svetochka has a right to worry…

She has seen terrible things happen to Russia and she misses her times in the Soviet Union. She had become fairly happy now with the status quo in Russia, when the status quo keeps changing due to outside, inside and games. Things get scary for all involved…

Too many things are changing too fast…

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Svetochka has a right to worry…

WtR

Whatever the reason that the west uses to blame Russia; does not matter…

For whatever the reason; the west by blaming Russia proves what I have said time and time again. They are scared of Russia and use the fear that the government has to try to sway the feelings of the western people…

Being scared comes in many forms…

You can be fearful of power… Scared of evil… Fearful of correctness… Scared of truth… Fearful and or scared of anything good or bad…

When we lose what we had, we fear that lose and in the case of the western world. There is a lot of fear and scaremongering to keep people in line…

I was told by my grandma; “If they are pointing the finger at you then they are leaving someone else alone!”

The rest of the world appreciates Russia being the fall guy…

For it does not matter, the bottom line is who is pointing the finger, making up lies, using scare tactics and why!

Whatever the reason?

WtR

Yesterday Svetochka and I went to the dentist…

Sveta has to get a cap on a cracked tooth. The tooth was done a year or so ago and it finished cracking, not able to be filled or repaired easily again. I lost a cap about two weeks ago and need a new one for myself…

I go this Sunday and in an hour they will make a cap in office and replace the cap I swallowed in the village. Tooth cap…

It will cost me about 5000 rubles. It is an acrylic cap like the other one and is cheap for this poor American living in Russia. The other one was still good, I just swallowed it, while taking my pills one night and never found it again… 🙁

That is about $75 for you conversion needy…

Try that for cost and I get it done in one hour on Sunday and that makes me happy. They will 3D print a new cap and off I go. Also x-rays for checking my tooth was only about 150 rubles. That is $2.20 if you need to know…

You should stop and think about medical costs in America!

I pay full price for my dental work, consultation was free and I really like the dentist. He did not argue about having a acrylic cap as most dentist only like high dollar items. They know arguing with this American goes nowhere…

Svetochka will get a zirconium cap at my request. I want her to have the best and she is definitely worth it. It costs more, not sure how much, but more. I am rough on everything and acrylic matches what my life style is. I learned a long time ago, after several other failures in materials, including gold crowns, that acrylic is the only way for me. I can replace a cap every three years, if need be and still come out ahead. Acrylic is the only substance that melds with me appropriately. It also holds up to almost anything I throw at it, well except swallowing it and the cost makes trying to recover a swallowed crown worth ignoring such a happening… 😉

Most work Sveta has done is free in Russia, she is a Russian you know and a citizen. I wish I was a citizen and had the free medical care available to her. I think she will pay for this crown though, as my dentist is private, but so good that it is worth it…

I have talked about dental care in the past in Russia, as I have talked about my healthcare in general. Nothing but satisfied is how I have been and nothing but responsible pricing has ever been tossed my way. But when I compare to the farce that I dealt with in America, you should understand why it is so good here in Russia…

Dental Care… Health Care… Root Canal… Doctors…

Many more links are available in the website, just search above left…

I just love Russia and she treats me just fine…

WtR

PS: Sveta did say that she thought her price was cheap and she was very happy with my dentist. I am glad for she has needed to get this done for awhile. When Svetochka is happy then my life is happy… 😉

I just love this place. Located on the Red Square across to the other side, from Lenin’s Tomb. It is just as beautiful today as it was then. In fact I saw many of the same type of shops and people just packed the place…

The Gum Department Store located in Downtown Moscow, is a showcase from the Soviet Era! We are always amazed when we go there; The building is old and gorgeous! Sveta use to shop there when it was a Soviet Union Store. Now we go just to see the beautiful sites. It is a high dollar shopping experience with names from all over the world. I just thought that you might want to see what New Years looks like at GUM!

WtR

So many drone strikes on weddings, schools, churches and hospitals on the other side of the world because a couple of people maybe at that building and or function are suspected and assumed to be or having the possibility, of being “terrorists” on the other side of the world…

Why that’s just good old American legitimate warfare?

Get it?

WtR

“I am the wealthiest man not just in Europe but in the whole world. I collect emotions, I am wealthy in that the people of Russia have twice entrusted me with the leadership of a great nation such as Russia – I believe that is my greatest wealth,”  – Bloomberg View quoted Putin as saying…

Yes Putin is the richest man in the world. The Russian people “trust” him and that is that…

WtR

I am drinking apple cider vinegar three times a day for three days and then once a week thereafter. I use two teaspoons full of vinegar in a glass of warm or room temperature water and drink it. If it cause issues, then I will put some baking soda in it and that will solve that… (Kidneys produce their own baking soda! info…)

Why am I drinking this sour stuff?

For my kidney stones and it is working…

Apple Cider Vinegar and Water:

1. Add two tablespoons of organic apple cider vinegar to 6 to 8oz. of fresh water, and mix them well.
2. To clear kidney stones, drink this solution regularly throughout the day.
3. Drinking it before your meals will keep kidney stones from building up in the first place, and avoid infections.
4. You will want to keep drinking this once or twice each week even when kidney stones are removed completely, which helps to prevent the recurrence of kidney stones.

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Tomorrow, Sveta and I go to the dentist and get some work done on our teeth. I have to have a new cap done, as I swallowed my other one after it slipped off while taking pills for the night…

“What Ever!”, I say and throw my hands up in the air…

I am glad Svetochka is going. She has a issue and I have buggered her for months to get the tooth fixed. That makes me less grouchy…

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I can not find my electric hair trimmer for nothing. Have you ever lost something and knew it was there, but it simply is not there anymore?

I will go tonight to get my hair cut, but I was going to do it myself and I tore the village home apart and now looking around our flat in Moscow. I simply do not have my hair cutting tool anymore! 🙁

That makes me grouchy and grumpy again…

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WtR

When you say, “Do not cross that line or you will feel repercussions!” That is called a “Red Line” and a Red Line is something that we, or at least I was raised to believe, that if you crossed said Red Line, then you got your nose punched and or a black eye. A Red Line is for situations that are extremely important. So important, you would die for those thoughts, actions and or feelings…

A Red Line is a warning…

Does not matter how big you are, whether you are a bully or not, how big your weapons are, you cross someones Red Line and you have crossed the Rubicon…

Watching the eastern news I realized that Russia has drawn the Red Line in the sand of Syria. What with the draw down of certain military functions to have been replaced with more and much more powerful weapons…

I have watched for months as Russia has made chess moves in Syria and this is what I talk about when I say, “Russia plays chess and America play checkers!”

To get some understanding about the difference; A Red Line to an American is a line to show seriousness, but that line is just a facade and can be moved as needed all over the place. America does it to suit the time and needs…

To a Russian a Red Line means; the bottom and final line. Pass the Red Line and you step over the Rubicon…

WtR