Missed ya all guys! :)

[Nat]

Hi, my dear RWD crowd! I haven't been here for literally ages    and I'm really happy to see that some old folks are still here! I miss you all guys, especially our long night chats with Possum, Legal, Olga and others (are you still around? ) It's a pity the chat is as dead as always    Is there any time of day and week when it actually has some people in, chatting? I'd love to join and have a reunion some day )))))

[tfcrew]

Welcome back....
Are things peaceful in your city [relatively] right now?

[2tallbill]

Welcome back!

The weekends work best for chat. Suggest a time and people would probably
come to check it out.

[Nat]

Thanks guys Yes, we definitely should throw a chart party over the weekend ))


Speaking of my city, nothing peaceful about it  but luckily I'm not there and I don't have to see the shit that is going on there...

[Anotherkiwi]

  back, Nat!  This seems to be a rerun of three years ago - the last time you "popped back temporarily!"

Glad to see that you're out of Donetsk, so presumably you're now a bit further west!  What are you doing for work now - still teaching English?

[Nat]

back, Nat!  This seems to be a rerun of three years ago - the last time you "popped back temporarily!"

You have a brilliant memory! Well, I hope to stay a bit longer this time )) We will see, though )))

Glad to see that you're out of Donetsk, so presumably you're now a bit further west!

Yeah, I went on a two-weeks' holiday just when the shit started and ended up stuck here in western Ukraine. I haven't been back ever since

What are you doing for work now - still teaching English?

Oh no, don't bring up the "teaching English" thing, or I'll be ashamed of all the mistakes I make here    But yes, that's what I do )))

[ML]

just when the shit started

You teach this in your English classes??

What about using 'poo poo?'

[JayH]

                                                                 

You teach this in your English classes??

  That would  be necessary  to use the word  in the right context  e g   Russian  shit  and scum

[2tallbill]

You teach this in your English classes??

What about using 'poo poo?'

Reminds me of a joke,

Miss Anderson taught kindergarten and was trying to get the children to
use the correct words for things instead of baby talk/slang during show
and tell Monday morning. 

Little Johnny said, "I went to visit Nanna over the weekend." 
Miss A said "Johnny, you went to visit your grandmother, use your big
people words."

Little Mary said, " I went for a ride on the choo-choo."
Miss A said, "Mary you went for a ride on a train, use your big
people words."

Little Yuri said, "I went to the library and the librarian read us a story."
Miss A asked, "Tell us Little Yuri what book did she read?"
Little Yuri, thought that he better use his big people words so he said, 
"It was Winnie the Sh!t"

[Anotherkiwi]

You have a brilliant memory! Well, I hope to stay a bit longer this time )) We will see, though )))

No - I simply looked at the latest posts in your profile! 

Oh no, don't bring up the "teaching English" thing, or I'll be ashamed of all the mistakes I make here    But yes, that's what I do )))

Ashamed?  You gotta be kiddin' - your English is better than most of the native speakers on this forum (phone "keyboards" excepted, of course!). 

[Nat]

You teach this in your English classes??

What about using 'poo poo?'

Сome on, poo is way too mild to describe what's going on there 


2tallbill, 

Ashamed?  You gotta be kiddin' - your English is better than most of the native speakers on this forum (phone "keyboards" excepted, of course!). 

Ow, thank you! That's so nice! But just wait, it's not always that good 

[BillyB]

I went on a two-weeks' holiday just when the shit started and ended up stuck here in western Ukraine. I haven't been back ever since

Too bad you lost everything back home. Do you have family in Western Ukraine to help you start over? Welcome back to the forum.

[Nat]

Too bad you lost everything back home. Do you have family in Western Ukraine to help you start over? Welcome back to the forum.

Unfortunately, no, when I came here 3 years ago, I had only one distant friend and nobody else, and my family is still in Donetsk. It's not that easy to just drop everything and leave... But I have settled down over these years and if I my family were also here, it would be just perfect. But for now it's kinda impossible They have work there, so they need to stay there. I work on the internet, so it's easier for me.

[cc3]

Hi Nat! Welcome back! I have only been on the forum for 5 years...but those have been 5 momentous years for Ukraine and for my Ukrainian family, wife and stepdaughter, who are 'Internally Displaced Persons' from Luhansk. We chose to settle in Lviv, far from the turmoil and distress in the Donbas. If you are near Lviv and wish connection with another displaced woman, also an English teacher, write a PM to me and I can connect you two.