Beach View

[krimster2]

Beach View about 1/4 mile from my old home in Sevastopol
the building on the far side is a Russian Nval School, my wife has an uncle uncle who teaches there
it's ALSO used as a landing point for helicoptors bringing in wounded
it's been hit TWICE by large drones

beach is now off limits, large useless trenches dug, destroying it, photos no longer allowed

I expect mobiks to be home this summer

[2tallbill]

Beach View about 1/4 mile from my old home in Sevastopol
the building on the far side is a Russian Nval School, my wife has an uncle uncle who teaches there
it's ALSO used as a landing point for helicoptors bringing in wounded
it's been hit TWICE by large drones

beach is now off limits, large useless trenches dug, destroying it, photos no longer allowed

I expect mobiks to be home this summer

Nice photo, are the red flowers poppies?

[krimster2]

yes they are!
but they're not Papivar Somniferum, but another kind
I did try a lotta different ways to see if there were alkaloids to extract
but then discovered an actual licensed Opium Poppy Papivar Somniferum farm next to where I lived, thanks to family "INTEL"

I could buy dried poppy pods and seeds, and later I came at night and cut plants to harvest on an early sunday morning for the latex
so I had "chaw opium" the way cowboys had "chaw tobacco"
only it's ok to swallow chaw opium

russians go crazy and freak out over buds of marijuana dipped in melted opium latex and coated with it
however much you have to sell, it's gone in 48 hours and then they're cryin for more!
potent Bolivian Coca Matte tea also sells like mad there

but phuqueing worthless phuquing rubles
all that changes after the truce

just have to wait and see how it all "shakes out"
after Jan 30

and see what future forex in russia will look like

in Ukraine
1 dollar = 41.5 UAH
maybe an 8-1 depreciation since 2000

future UAH will be dependent on the amount of AID$$ provided
Russia will have to spend an immense ammount in Novo Russiya and won't have $$$ for reparations to Ukraine

i'd expect a further drop in UAH

ukraine will be desperate to get millions of ukrainians to return
i'm skeptical

that's why it's a "contrarian" move to move there after the truce
yur only gambling the price of a luxery automobile to purchase a small property there
get a real estate agent to handle renting yur home for $100 month
average rental in my area is $3500 per month
yur basic cost of living in Ukraine is maybe $800 month

lots of ways to make money in Ukraine as well
best thing is the travel opportunity

train to Berlin then DB to Amsterdam, Paris, London
means you don't even need to FLY to go to europe from Ukraine
train travel is totally laid back compared to all the airport/airplane hassles
more leisurely
and quite comfortable with a first class sleeper car and decent food