I remember when I opened my first savings account! It was at a little savings and loan (Remember those?) in a little tiny town and all transactions were done in a little pass book that everything was hand written in. I could deposit a dollar one day and the next day go pull it out […]
The second largest investor in the Nabucco gas pipeline, German energy giant RWE, could withdraw from the project. The aim of the Nabucco project was deliver Caspian gas to Europe. Now the German company says that it is going to reassess whether it makes business sense for it to remain involved in the project. Earlier, […]
Ouch again: Not long ago I posted that Hungary said adios to the Nabucco pipeline! A pipeline that was invented to try to hurt Russia, by a very vindictive cold war Europe! Well guess what? When it rains, it pours… Germany’s RWE energy company has confirmed a report in Der Spiegel that it is withdrawing […]
Well I decided to sit down and write a coffee thinking’s article today for Windows to Russia! In fact, I was going to even not write at all and ignore Windows to Russia today. But alas that is not going to happen as there just is too much stupidity in the world at this moment […]
Remember a few decades ago when defection from communist countries to the west was common? Those in the west understood why. Of course they’d want to defect, they’d say. They’re all but slaves in the Soviet Union… or Cuba… or China. Pick your communist paradise. How things change. Now Russia and China are some of […]
Being that we use two types of fuel to travel Russia, it is interesting to me to watch fuel prices and see what we save by using one fuel over the other… We have had many articles on the virtues of Sammy our Volga! One of the best virtues is dual fuel capacity. Now cheap […]
Oh that goats milk is so wonderful. Goats milk has got to be the best milk on earth and it is really good for you! That is one of the many thinking’s that I was having as I consumed my cup of coffee/chicory this morning… Oh the pictures above: First: That is our car that […]
In just a few hours after his inauguration on May 7, 2012, President Vladimir Putin signed 13 decrees, instructing the government to implement all of his campaign promises. Dmitry Medvedev, who was appointed prime minister on May 8, does not consider this task to be overwhelming… That is what I like to hear when a […]
Megaphone our internet carrier at the village is working on the system and upgrading stuff! So we get internet only from a cellphone and very little of that. That is okay though and I am enjoying the time away from everything… I have worked on the car and Sveta and I have walked in the […]