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« Reply #1175 on: December 02, 2017, 05:36:46 PM »
Hi Beel,  went past Voronezh c. midnight on Wednesday night - on the train -  was disappointed not to be woken up by Mini-me and Angel-Eyes knocking on my window ;)

If he gets too much - tell Angel-Eyes to threaten to pop him on the overnight train to Sochi and live with us.. ;)

She will be in Voronezh till after Christmas, Mini Me can be a handful at
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« Reply #1176 on: December 02, 2017, 05:38:07 PM »
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« Reply #1177 on: December 02, 2017, 05:42:45 PM »
When I talked to Angel Eyes she was complaining about the
Russian winter weather and said that she forgot how miserable
it can be there in the winter time.

Smiley Girl went to some kind of ice skating show.

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Re: Trippin in St Pete
« Reply #1178 on: December 10, 2017, 12:30:40 AM »
Approaching Voronezh, again and it is grey, misty and a lot of the snow has melted ...   The temp is plus 6C @10.30 am

Hope she hasn't too many bite marks ))

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« Reply #1179 on: December 10, 2017, 08:59:13 AM »
Approaching Voronezh, again and it is grey, misty and a lot of the snow has melted ...   The temp is plus 6C @10.30 am

Hope she hasn't too many bite marks ))

Mini Me has settled down and is having a blast, his babushka and dedushka
seem to like him as well.

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Re: Trippin in St Pete
« Reply #1180 on: December 11, 2017, 12:12:48 PM »
Approaching Voronezh, again and it is grey, misty and a lot of the snow has melted ...   The temp is plus 6C @10.30 am

Hope she hasn't too many bite marks ))

This road trip of yours is just in order to make you THE authority on everything FSU, come on admit it Mobe ;D
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Re: Trippin in St Pete
« Reply #1181 on: December 13, 2017, 04:46:55 AM »
I know more about their trains  - as most Russians didn't know you could TAKE a car on the train..

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« Reply #1182 on: December 20, 2017, 08:28:13 PM »
I am seriously missing Angel Eyes and Mini-Me

I pick them up at the airport in nine days. Angel Eyes is getting
some dental work done. There were discussions whether it was
better to get it done here or there, but in the end they are her
teeth and she is getting it done there.

I miss that girl.
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Re: Trippin in St Pete
« Reply #1183 on: December 21, 2017, 10:56:04 AM »
Hi Beel,

Many of us can appreciate and understand your pain and longing.

Will be interesting to hear what Angel Eyes ( and you)  thinks of her dental work

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« Reply #1184 on: December 25, 2017, 06:59:01 PM »
Angel Eyes is beginning her long trip back tomorrow.
She will fly to Moscow tomorrow morning, then fly to
JFK later in the afternoon. Then she will spend a few
days in New York with her Russian school friend and
then fly to me on the Red Eye Friday the 29th.

I will work in the Aspen area next week and time my
trip back with her arrival at the airport.

That means that the spotless house she left looks like a
couple bachelors lived in it while she was gone and that
we probably need to remove the whiskey bottles, dead
cats and give the place a general cleaning.

I was in charge of the house plants while she was gone
and while they might live, they don't look good. I was
home only on the weekends, so they only got water once
a week (at best). I will contact a member here that hasn't
been active in years on the forum and ask if she has any
advice on rejuvenating the orchid or should I just replace it.
 







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« Reply #1185 on: December 25, 2017, 07:02:46 PM »
We have started the house cleaning process. We bought blue
spray similar to Windex and White Bathroom spray stuff and
I have been hosing down every surface with one of the two
sprays.

I won't get a chance to get back in the house again before I
pick up Angel Eyes at the airport.

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If you find a promising girl, get your butt on a plane.
There are a hundred ways to be successful and a thousand ways to f#ck it up
Just kiss the girl, don't ask her first. Tolerate NO excuses!

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Re: Trippin in St Pete
« Reply #1186 on: December 26, 2017, 02:32:32 AM »
Beel, just cut dead roots, leaves and flowers, and buy new orchid for your wife.

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« Reply #1187 on: December 26, 2017, 03:44:36 AM »
Beel, just cut dead roots, leaves and flowers, and buy new orchid for your wife.

Spasibo bolshoy,

« Last Edit: December 26, 2017, 03:53:38 AM by 2tallbill »
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« Reply #1188 on: December 26, 2017, 03:52:34 AM »
At 3:44am my time my wife called in desperation her plane arrival
was late and that Aeroflot required that I buy a new tickets for
only $2,000.00 that it was unfortunate that she was late, but
they wouldn't apply any credit for the old ticket.

Since it's nearly impossible to buy a ticket from Aeroflot I got
on the phone with Delta, who I have a zillion skymiles with.
However, cooler heads at Aeroflot eventually decided to
give her the next flight for no additional fee.

She is on the way back as I write this.

zzzzzzzzzzzz................
 

Merry Christmas everyone!

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« Last Edit: December 26, 2017, 03:55:15 AM by 2tallbill »
FSUW are not for entry level daters
FSUW don't do vague
FSUW like a man of action. Be a man of action 
If you find a promising girl, get your butt on a plane.
There are a hundred ways to be successful and a thousand ways to f#ck it up
Just kiss the girl, don't ask her first. Tolerate NO excuses!

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Re: Trippin in St Pete
« Reply #1189 on: December 26, 2017, 04:30:21 AM »
OMG, Beel

glad common sense prevailed at Aeroflot

Enjoy the reunion

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Re: Trippin in St Pete
« Reply #1190 on: December 26, 2017, 07:09:26 AM »
My plane was late for 5 hours (Krasnodar- Moscow). I got the chance to fly next day flight, a night in the hotel and free meals (breakfast, lunch and dinner). All- free, paid nothing. All I need to do was to speak to a Aeroflot representative.

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« Reply #1191 on: December 26, 2017, 11:24:44 AM »
At 3:44am my time my wife called in desperation her plane arrival
was late and that Aeroflot required that I buy a new tickets for
only $2,000.00 that it was unfortunate that she was late, but
they wouldn't apply any credit for the old ticket.

Since it's nearly impossible to buy a ticket from Aeroflot I got
on the phone with Delta, who I have a zillion skymiles with.
However, cooler heads at Aeroflot eventually decided to
give her the next flight for no additional fee.

She is on the way back as I write this.

zzzzzzzzzzzz................
 

Merry Christmas everyone!

Bill

There are many variables in such situations.

If the ticket is booked through one airline itself, even where different airlines are involved . . . then they generally all honor delays of flights caused by any of the airlines.

However, if you buy the ticket through a third party like Orbitz and they book with two or more airlines . . . then each airline does not have to honor delays caused by other airlines or even the weather.  The agents at check-in can quickly tell from the various codes on the ticket what the case is.  This is generally not well understood by the ticket buyers. 

But the kicker variable is the agent who first confronts the situation.
He/she might have been given authority to show mercy; and it would also depend on the mood of this agent.

It serves no purpose for individuals to say:  "This happened to me and this was my outcome, so the same will apply to you."
It is a crap shoot.

I have encountered both outcomes from the agents.
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« Reply #1192 on: December 26, 2017, 01:16:18 PM »
There are many variables in such situations.

If the ticket is booked through one airline itself, even where different airlines are involved . . . then they generally all honor delays of flights caused by any of the airlines.

However, if you buy the ticket through a third party like Orbitz and they book with two or more airlines . . . then each airline does not have to honor delays caused by other airlines or even the weather.  The agents at check-in can quickly tell from the various codes on the ticket what the case is.  This is generally not well understood by the ticket buyers. 

But the kicker variable is the agent who first confronts the situation.
He/she might have been given authority to show mercy; and it would also depend on the mood of this agent.

It serves no purpose for individuals to say:  "This happened to me and this was my outcome, so the same will apply to you."
It is a crap shoot.

I have encountered both outcomes from the agents.

My very stubborn but adorable Russian wife the constant.
She always wants to slap together a hodgepodge itinerary and
I never go along with it, but I did this time because she was
going to get to make the trip with her flaky friend who could
help her with Mini Me, but the flaky friend didn't fly with her
because she changed her tickets and didn't tell anyone.
 
Since the entire itinerary was made separately she had little
recourse. I told her about all the problems and expense slapping
together various odds and ends together could entail and sure
enough it happened. 

It's far easier and far less expensive to make an entire travel plan
start to finish from one source like Kayak for example. You also have
better baggage transfers etc.

I asked her to call me when she arrives in JFK, but she hasn't. My
guess is her phone is dead because it's only happened to her 10,000
times and it happens to me once or twice a year, but never when I am
traveling because I pay special attention to the condition of my phone
battery. She has other very admirable traits that more than make up
for it.

I could pull out my hair but that would hurt so I don't.

Udachi!

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FSUW are not for entry level daters
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If you find a promising girl, get your butt on a plane.
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Re: Trippin in St Pete
« Reply #1193 on: December 26, 2017, 09:23:02 PM »
Hi Beel

We may never agree on politics, but - as ever - you portray a situation I know all too well... re the charge state of a mobile ( cell phone) ...

To be fair, Angel Eyes has Mini Me as a 'distraction; ? ;)








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Re: Trippin in St Pete
« Reply #1194 on: December 27, 2017, 07:39:48 PM »
Hi Beel

We may never agree on politics, but - as ever - you portray a situation I know all too well... re the charge state of a mobile ( cell phone) ...

To be fair, Angel Eyes has Mini Me as a 'distraction; ? ;)

For sure he was.  ;D
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Re: Trippin in St Pete
« Reply #1195 on: December 28, 2017, 12:21:00 AM »
I'll take that as a, "they're home" !  ;)

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« Reply #1196 on: December 30, 2017, 10:27:22 AM »
I'll take that as a, "they're home" !  ;)

Got home last night 11 pm.
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Re: Trippin in St Pete
« Reply #1197 on: December 30, 2017, 11:36:22 AM »
How many days to recover / re adjust to being so many hours behind, again ?((

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« Reply #1198 on: December 31, 2017, 05:00:17 PM »
How many days to recover / re adjust to being so many hours behind, again ?

Angel Eyes spent a few days in with her school friend in New York before
she got on a plane to Denver. Angel Eyes isn't the problem, it's Mini-me.
He wakes up at 4:30-5:00 am then runs around like he is Willy E Coyote
chasing the road runner until noon and then he crashes and burns at
11:00am till 2:00 pm (or noon till 3:00pm) then he is back to chasing
that pesky road runner until 8:00pm and then it's back to sleep. 

I got Angel Eyes to take a nap today when Mini-Me went down since
tonight is New Years Eve and she woke up with a spark in her eye and
a dance in her step.

Happy New Year Everyone!!!

I am cooking glazed ham and potatoes, Angel eyes is doing a couple
of salads and my son is making a chocolate cheesecake pie. I probably
saved a few bucks on Christmas and we are wrapping a few gifts that
Angel Eyes will place around our tree which came out of a box since
they don't have trees in North Dakota like they do here.

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Just kiss the girl, don't ask her first. Tolerate NO excuses!

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« Reply #1199 on: February 19, 2018, 11:49:22 AM »
We were doing some house hunting up in the Rockies
Mini me loves road trips but likes to get out of the car
to run around or play in the snow.

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FSUW like a man of action. Be a man of action 
If you find a promising girl, get your butt on a plane.
There are a hundred ways to be successful and a thousand ways to f#ck it up
Just kiss the girl, don't ask her first. Tolerate NO excuses!

 

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