Had to walk across town to get more test strips for my sugar tester. Diabetes is no fun, but you don’t need fun all the time to have a good life. Right?
About -12 below zero and lots of people were out walking everywhere. It was a good walk, we even took a short bus ride to make life more interesting. We ended up at Globus and ate dinner there. Good stuff… (We walked about 8 kilometers total.)
The tester I use has very limited places to get test strips in Moscow. In the tiny Russian Village no issue to get these strips, but as with some particular items, Moscow has regulations imposed upon certain things. Mainly political/money issues that do not rear their head in the rest of Russia…
I have said many times, “Moscow is not Russia!”
You have Russia then you have Moscow and the two do not mix all the time….it is interesting to watch and see and deal with….perfect example is these test strips; They are normal stock in the villages, but in Moscow there is literally only one place to get them and no one else will carry them and or care to carry them. We are lucky that the one spot is close by…
This same type of issue applies to milk, soda, coffee and to make it clear, just about any food items, drugs, tools and well anything…
I got use to certain items and found no issues in the villages with getting certain drugs and stuff. Once I came to Moscow again. I found that I had to change things, because items are not sold in Moscow that are sold in the villages. This expands to the Moscow area also…
We have some favorite soft drinks/lemonade available in the Russian small villages and it is unavailable in Moscow… 🙁
We have fantastic sterilized milk that comes from Ryazan, Russia and you could not find it for your life in Moscow, Russia but, I can find it all over the rest of Russia otherwise. Moscow milk is not up to the quality that villagers take for granted and Svetochka and I will buy cases of milk to have in Moscow. The milk from Ryazan is that good…
Why is this? Dunno, don’t care, Moscow’s loss, is how I look at it…
We got our strips and ordered 10 more boxes w/100 strips each and they will call when they get in. Time to stock up….by the way, the strips I use are extremely good quality at a extremely good cheap price. The meter was reading almost perfect to what the doctors came up with as they tested my blood sugar levels themselves recently. I cannot say that about all other meters I have used in the past…
I miss the Tiny Russian Village. Image above reminds me, I have to rebuild the stove this next summer… 😉
WtR
Several years ago I wrote about the demise of smartphones as we know them. They peaked as far as serious changes. Screens do not count. Faster internet does not count. What counts is, do you have something no one else has. And the answer is, “No”!
I have received recently, by a very nice person, a new UMIDIGI A3 Pro…
Having more than one viewpoint is a, “Threat to democracy!”
Source: 
HELSINKI – The Finnish Consumer Disputes Board (CDB) has ordered Microsoft to compensate a Finnish man for unauthorized installation of Windows 10, local media reported on Saturday. In a decision reported by national broadcaster Yle on Saturday, the installation of Windows 10 had started when a computer owner was working with his computer in March 2016. Microsoft had not asked for permission and the person had not given an authorization. Following the installation, the computer started giving “at fault” messages. The board concluded that Microsoft had no right to install Windows 10 without permission. There was a mistake in the installation and that created a duty for Microsoft to compensate, it said. In its response Microsoft held the view that the man had obtained required help from its free customer support. Microsoft stated that it was not responsible for programs the computer owner had installed on his own for remote surveillance of an object. Noting that Microsoft did not deny that the new operating system could be installed without permission, the CDB stated that Microsoft did not deny the connection between the fault and the damage it cause. The board then decided that Microsoft must reimburse 1,100 euros ($1,253) worth of spare parts and maintenance and travel costs. The board dismissed the owner’s claims for lost work time, as it had not been specified in the complaint. The CDB members are appointed by the Ministry of Justice. Although the board decisions cannot be enforced through coercive measures, 80 percent of companies fined comply with its decisions.