Chișinău

[Trenchcoat]

Trench,
accordin to some feller named  Thomas Edison, genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration
which one of those two qualities are you MOST deficient in?

I see...
said the blind man as he reached for his hammer and saw

Krim, not all of us want to spend our time being geeks of the universe. Equally spending 99 percent of your time perspiring you might end up with something useless as to something good. Then that's a lot of wasted time down the toilet. As we are in geek talk mode here let's not forget that Tesler beat Edison and Tesler ended up a poor broke guy in living in some sh*tty room, eventually. So let's not get too carried away by climbing the highest peak.

Anyway, how about you Krim, now your dreams of a future paradise living among Moscow's great and the not so good are in tatters what's your plan now? Remember Chief Kingpin of the Baltics position is still viable

[krimster2]

the geek shall inherit the earth
not through the will of his father
but of his own will

as for me, I shall simply live in some other venue, I have many choices
in the next few yrs plan on leaving Texas and relocating
not firmly set yet in my final destination
it won't be the UK however
likely either Oregon/Washington or north east USA like Vermont, New Hampshire
someplace with a more favorable future climate
the Gulf of Mexico where I live now, will be one the worst places to live when i'm a real old  weezer geezer

[Trenchcoat]

In fairness I do kind of take the easy way out but it's only when the rewards are much the same, so kind of makes common sense to me. As to a FSW apart from meeting one to have fun I am on the fence as to whether I would be successful with one in a longer term relationship. Kherson girl's brother apparently was out most of the time working to bring the money in for his other half and their sprog. I got the impression she kind of expected a kind of either bring the money in that she needed/wanted even if it means being out all hours sort of thing. So that would kind of chime with your comment on how FSW might not appreciate my approach to life Krim. Might depend on the FSW in question though maybe.

The divorce statistics of those FSW marrying WM doesn't fill me with confidence. Even the divorce statistics of FSW to FSM is pretty high so divorce I guess is a bit of an issue when looking for a woman over there.

Still I kind of find Ukrainian women can be quite nice and pleasant, often socialable. Often quite nice soft features also, and many quite pretty.

All this talk of Maths & IT kind of got me thinking about stuff that isn't in my usual subject domain. I recalled the time you brought up Ternopil Medical University Krim. Looked it up again and for sure they accept anyone with a pass in Maths & the Sciences from any country Secondary School institution, astonishing!!! I would never have believed a Uni would do that, even in Ukraine. I would never have thought I would be able to access those sort of courses anywhere without high level Maths & Science qualifications. Here in the UK it's very much tickets and tabs, you need so much grade pass at such a level to progress onto a course at the next level and that thereafter, etc, etc.

Some of the chicks look hot on their website, I'm guessing my best bet in theory were I to do such would be to do a Nursing degree there as loads of chicks. The course of course I wouldn't be too concerned about as I would just be there for the girls, that and I'm assuming outside the poorest countries the qualification isn't worth the paper it's written on. So I guess kind of do it for a year to land a decent girl perhaps in theory with travelling back to the UK as needed.

[krimster2]

Trench
you misunderstand what I am
i'm not a geek
i'm a soon to be retired "Biznesman"
and my businesses were mostly criminal (against the law) that used technology as a method

my family has been doing this for centuries (using poultry and mayonaisse biz as cover for bootlegging)
and my children and grandchildren will learn the ways of business from the patriarch (me)
the same way I learned it from my great uncles
who ran the Jewsih mafiya in Philadelphia

i could never live in your world
anymore than you could live in mine

being a criminal is what made Moscow so very interesting for me (it's paradise)
now i'm an aging hobbyist
totally invisible to law enforcement and the intelligence community of well everyone
and I have enough get out of jail cards to fill a cabinet
if ever needed
and the statue of limitations is running down the clock as well

ya'll can't touch me EVER
a sociapth takes great delight in breaking ALL the rules
you get paid twice
once in $$$
and then again in the satisfaction you gain from that reward obtained by breaking the rules
super reinforcer
super motivator









 

[Trenchcoat]

Trench
you misunderstand what I am
i'm not a geek
i'm a soon to be retired "Biznesman"
and my businesses were mostly criminal (against the law)

my family has been doing this for centuries
and my children and grandchildren will learn the ways of business from the patriarch (me)
the same way I learned it from my great uncles
who ran the Jewsih mafiya in Philadelphia

i could never live in your world
anymore than you could live in mine

being a criminal is what made Moscow so interesting for me
now i'm an aging hobbyist
totally invisible to law enforcement and the intelligence community of well everyone
and I have enough get out of jail cards to fill a cabinet
if ever needed

no worries, be happy

Yeah but you were an IT guy, from what I take it a top IT guy and superb at Maths. I assume that not all that IT work was illegitimate, Intel, your business, etc. So maybe part legit and part not so?

[krimster2]

i woulda been "middle class" if I just worked like a normal salaried person
but I found ways to use the those skills to make WAY more money than what a salary would provide

kinda like a skilled printer who turns to counterfeiting
being a salaried person, is the most inefficient way of earning an income that there is
to some extant, being a salaried worker, is like being a slave with benefits

most successful criminal enterprises have a non-criminal "cover"
so the counterfeiter also prints business cards and that's what the sign says on his shop
but yeah, he's a criminal
you know what makes criminals?
laws!

in Russia, all alcohol production and sales were granted by the czar to his political allies who gave a big cut to the czar
and all those "taxes" made the price of vodka much higher for the poor serfs who wanted to forget their misery for awhile

zhids said "screw that" and clandestinely made and sold their own kosher vodka
so as to not fund the government that was oppressing them
and used it to make enuff to GTF out of Russia
which was a matter of life or death
and still is

[Trenchcoat]

Did you ever think about just doing a legit business, would earn less money but still not necessarily as bad as being salaried staff?

[krimster2]

yes, i've done both...
and sometimes together one conceals the other

my first criminal product in Russia was a russian SIM card cloner back in 1998
half my customers were other criminals who I integrated into my own network
many became repeat clients
Russians loved me, cuz I was so unique to them
and in return I have loved many russians
I have a kinda weird natural affinity for them
I don't really like or appreciate much about contemporary American culture (except for Lana Del Ray - Born to Die is a freakin masterpiece)
most of American "kultura" is fake in a Disneyland kinda way

Russians are authentic, especially when they're being dumb phuques
a part of me feels sympathy for them, which I don't feel for the idiots in the USA

[Trenchcoat]

yes, i've done both...
and sometimes together one conceals the other

my first criminal product in Russia was a russian SIM card cloner back in 1998
half my customers were other criminals who I integrated into my own network
many became repeat clients
Russians loved me, cuz I was so unique to them
and in return I have loved many russians
I have a kinda weird natural affinity for them
I don't really like or appreciate much about American culture
most of which is fake in a Disneyland kinda way
Russians are authentic, especially when they're being dumb phuques

Ah, I see, I remember having my first mobile back around then, a Nokia, one of the main ones, they were much more basic back then seems funny to what we have now lol.

Well, I think a legit business would suit me more, I wouldn't know where to start with illegit stuff and would likely put my foot in it one after another. Not too bothered about great wealth just so long as I can live comfortably enough. I guess being too straight laced can be confining though.

[Trenchcoat]

In our messaging at the end Kherson girl accused me of being a criminal, she said I was a known criminal, lol. Almost kind of offensive after all I done with her. I told her how could that be so if I were going through International Airports. I thought she was saying it because I wouldn't get her a visa to the UK & the conversation was going downhill. Maybe though she really believed it, thought as I had the money to jet around, buy stuff, etc and possibly all the criminal stuff happening around her parts.

[Trenchcoat]

Think I'll go to Chișinău probably in June or July, if I can make it June I will do. Google weather forecast for when I was thinking of going in April is as I thought it might be not quite there on the weather, a 14 or 15 degrees ish and a fair few of the days possibly rain. I'll try as Daveman says and go in a bit more relaxed as whoever I meet will kind of all depend anyway.

Ternopil Med looks something to bear in mind possibly at some point, I'm kind of coming around a little to the concept of that, but with war and all we'll see.

[2tallbill]

Trench Navel gazing pretending to be a Chișinău Trip Report. There is no trip. No tickets have
been purchased, no plan is in place and Trench used another 16 pages of cyberspace to pontificate
on his theories of the universe.

Ok, amateur hour over with, time for me to be up

Hahahahaha!

So now roughly planning a trip to Chișinău, Moldova. All being well this will be around end of September/beginning of October. Blah, blah, blah, blah, speculation, blah, blah, idiotic theory,
blah, blah, blah, yada, yada, yada, moronic over simplification on how romance works. blah, blah,
blah, adnauseum, forever, Blah, blah, blah, blah, speculation, blah, blah, idiotic theory,
blah, blah, blah, yada, yada, yada, moronic over simplification on how romance works. blah, blah,
blah, adnauseum, forever, Blah, blah, blah, blah, speculation, blah, blah

This was for September 2022

My house should roughly be finished then and either have a couple of rooms rented out to students or if I've missed the start of the academic year then possibly not so in which case I mights as well go abroad for a well deserved get away I think. Blah, blah, blah, blah, speculation, blah, blah, idiotic theory,
blah, blah, blah, yada, yada, yada, moronic over simplification on how romance works. blah, blah,
blah, adnauseum, forever, Blah, blah, blah, blah, speculation, blah, blah, idiotic theory,
blah, blah, blah, yada, yada, yada, moronic over simplification on how romance works. blah, blah,
blah, adnauseum, forever, Blah, blah, blah, blah, speculation, blah, blah, Blah, blah, blah, blah, speculation, blah, blah, idiotic theory,
blah, blah, blah, yada, yada, yada, moronic over simplification on how romance works. blah, blah,
blah, adnauseum, forever, Blah, blah, blah, blah, speculation, blah, blah, idiotic theory,
blah, blah, blah, yada, yada, yada, moronic over simplification on how romance works. blah, blah,
blah, adnauseum, forever, Blah, blah, blah, blah, speculation, blah, blah

Not finished yet!

[Trenchcoat]

Trench Navel gazing pretending to be a Chișinău Trip Report. There is no trip. No tickets have
been purchased, no plan is in place and Trench used another 16 pages of cyberspace to pontificate
on his theories of the universe.


Hahahahaha!


This was for September 2022

Not finished yet!

Lol, it will eventually become a trip report, I promise Beel. If in the meantime you need Nurse Trenchie to open up the hatch up there and take a peak inside to check you're ok let me know

[Trenchcoat]

Trench
you misunderstand what I am
i'm not a geek
i'm a soon to be retired "Biznesman"
and my businesses were mostly criminal (against the law) that used technology as a method

my family has been doing this for centuries (using poultry and mayonaisse biz as cover for bootlegging)
and my children and grandchildren will learn the ways of business from the patriarch (me)
the same way I learned it from my great uncles
who ran the Jewsih mafiya in Philadelphia

I get the impression you're not Mafia per se Krim as you might like to think but more working on the side, as you put it supplying services to the Russian Mafia and being opportunist where able. I get the impression in Ukraine & Russia many are opportunist if the possibility arises for them to do so as what can be regarded as Criminal activity as I understand it is a pretty much usual everyday occurrence out in those parts. A guy like yourself with a western passport, contacts, Russian Language, IT savvy, wealth, etc is no doubt a valuable mix out there. Able to dip in and if needs be get out of there fast and tap into some easy quick money making operations.

[krimster2]

yes, finding ways to make myself useful
EZ to do in Russia, with a lot of vital skillsets that are in short supply
better to be a consultant (not required to have tattoos)

now is the ideal time for me to close shop
and wait for the new generation

I just used chatGPT to develop work-arounds for the Corporate Transparency Act
cuz EVERYBODY uses off-shore shell corps

the new generation will be in a totally different, and much more challenging environment
antiquated methods will be replaced by new ones
i'm kind of an architect, who will never live in the buildings he designs

[Trenchcoat]

yes, finding ways to make myself useful
EZ to do in Russia, with a lot of vital skillsets that are in short supply
better to be a consultant (not required to have tattoos)

now is the ideal time for me to close shop
and wait for the new generation

I just used chatGPT to develop work-arounds for the Corporate Transparency Act
cuz EVERYBODY uses off-shore shell corps

the new generation will be in a totally different, and much more challenging environment
antiquated methods will be replaced by new ones
i'm kind of an architect, who will never live in the buildings he designs

I can see the skills you have are likely very handy in Russia. Top IT/Maths skills are in limited supply globally and possibly likely moreso in Russia I'm guessing often a person that naturally has those skills needs decent education also.

Myself I don't really follow the cutting edge tech stuff, while I could I kind of feel it a bit heavy going as it's not really my field. I don't mind IT stuff but the heavier side can be a bit full on for me. A number of years back while I was getting ready for work they had the BBC's tech show on TV, Click,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m9ry

I recall them talking about bitcoin in the early days. I thought it all a bit silly like computer game currency, so didn't take a lot of notice about them waffling on about it. Had I and bought some (I think I recall them saying it may have not been that straight forward) I could have been very wealthy now Next time something silly sounding comes along I think I'll buy a few quid of it just in case lol.

[krimster2]

I can make money through a variety of other ways
I worked in my uncles's jewelrey store while going to school
and was really good at sellin to rich old ladies
so I took that skill and bought gold/platinum/gemstones in russia
turned that into jewelry at 300% markup
when you have complete control over invoicing, etc
easy to dodge taxes
as opposed to being a salaried worker

but you have to live ENTIRELY by your own initiative
which isn't in your dna like it is in mine
easier for you to just do a job and collect your paycheck as meager as it is
as opposed to creating your own income which takes MUCH more mental effort

my observation
los americanos are much more into "hustling" for a livin than europeans
we grew up that way, ya'll didn't
it's second nature to us

it seems to me, that the british middle class looks down upon "tradesmen" as being beneath them
but if I were somebody like you being a tradesman in a big city even a poor one like Manchester/Birmingham would provide you a much better independent income
than bein some office boy in yo mama's village
and you can still drive from there to Yo Mama's Village and have tea with mummy and some o them little biscuits ya'll like (not as bad as vegamite, whose idea was that)

[Trenchcoat]

I can make money through a variety of other ways
I worked in my uncles's jewelrey store while going to school
and was really good at sellin to rich old ladies
so I took that skill and bought gold/platinum/gemstones in russia
turned that into jewelry at 300% markup
when you have complete control over invoicing, etc
easy to dodge taxes
as opposed to being a salaried worker

but you have to live ENTIRELY by your own initiative
which isn't in your dna like it is in mine
easier for you to just do a job and collect your paycheck as meager as it is
as opposed to creating your own income which takes MUCH more mental effort

my observation
los americanos are much more into "hustling" for a livin than europeans
we grew up that way, ya'll didn't
it's second nature to us

it seems to me, that the british middle class looks down upon "tradesmen" as being beneath them
but if I were somebody like you being a tradesman in a big city even a poor one like Manchester/Birmingham would provide you a much better independent income
than bein some office boy in yo mama's village
and you can still drive from there to Yo Mama's Village and have tea with mummy and some o them little biscuits ya'll like

Yeah, that's pretty much the case with tradesmen they still aren't generally seen as high status, that alone could be a turn off for some possibly many women. However, sone earn well, Gas Engineers, Roofers, possibly Electricians. Gas & Electric require the proper certification (a 2 yr course or possibly 3). Painting is probably the easiest one and depending on circumstance some pay fairly well. Main issue is getting the work in as much work would tend to go with already established tradesmen. Other issue is that running costs come out of it all, materials, tax, then not all days may have much work. Other main thing is that you're often tied to your locality and can only take breaks away so long as otherwise the jobs go elsewhere.

So for me the better bet is independent income stuff like property. Even the Jewellery stuff you cite isn't bad as you can move around. Selling like you point out tends to be a problem for many Europeans, it is like as you state not in our blood. As I have found and I'm sure many others finding buyers without paying a lot of advertising money tends to be a problem. That or just getting customers in the first place.

[Trenchcoat]

Krim, just kind of wondering how busy do FSW expect their man to be?

I mean even if I was a wealthy guy, wealthy enough to not doing anything, well my guess is that FSW would still want to see me doing stuff? As opposed to leisure stuff day after day.

The question is then I assume, how busy roughly does the typical FSW expect their man to be?

[krimster2]

my wife's nickname for me is "Mr Fixit"
she LOVES ME long time if I fix something in the house
she's a technophobe, so anything technical, computer related, etc well that's my domain as well
in addition to ALL forms of paperwork, like taxes fer instance

also she's REALLY afraid of snakes (and I'm fascinated by them), so I protect her from the wild animals in texas
I do a "catch and release" of snakes, and I had to "bump off" a raccoon that got into our gardening shed and snarled at my woman, he dead now
i do not tolerate man nor beast givin my women ANY kind of grief
women love the men who protect them, no brag, just a fact

[Trenchcoat]

my wife's nickname for me is "Mr Fixit"
she LOVES ME long time if I fix something in the house
she's a technophobe, so anything technical, computer related, etc well that's my domain as well
in addition to ALL forms of paperwork, like taxes fer instance

also she's REALLY afraid of snakes (and I'm fascinated by them), so I protect her from the wild animals in texas
I do a "catch and release" of snakes, and I had to "bump off" a raccoon that got into our gardening shed and snarled at my woman, he dead now
i do not tolerate man nor beast givin my women ANY kind of grief
women love the men who protect them, no brag, just a fact

Ah yeah I'm normally decent enough on the DIY front and fixing problems my Mother often finds many problems for me to fix

Thinking more on the work front, do they expect you to be at it most of the time? I mean can you kind of have a project in the go that will bring in money and they be fine with that or would they expect you to be slavishly working all hours on something or similar out at work all hours for an employer?

[krimster2]

russian woman = "show me the money"
as long as you can take care of her needs, you're a "hirroshi malchick"
failure to do so means you're a lazy plohoi malchick

nothin complicated
my dawg is loyal to me cuz I feed him, same deal
wife and dawg are both affectionate with me
but if I stop feedin them....

Trench, honestly, don't worry about "all this stuff"
it's not gonna ever be relevant to you
that's obvious to us, I wouldn't entertain false hopes that will leave you disappointed

if you don't wanna fix yourself
then you're just gonna have to remain broken
and ain't no woman gonna feel sorry fer ya
life don't work that way

seriously, read "Walden's Pond"
practice self denial, and learn to enjoy all the things that surround you that you never pay attention to

the distance from where you are, to where you wanna be, is so vast, that you'd need one of Elon Musk's Mars rockets to get there
and rather than flapping your arms hoping to escape the pull of gravity to begin your cosmic journey
you're gonna be better off with keeping your feet on the ground
to me, you're the ultimate slacker, in search of slack
and this ain't compatible with finding and keeping a woman
they're opposites of each other
you need to look down the road and see what's down there
consider this, if finding a woman seems like an insurmountable task
what about keeping one (which is much harder)

[Trenchcoat]

russian woman = "show me the money"
as long as you can take care of her needs, you're a "hirroshi malchick"
failure to do so means you're a lazy plohoi malchick

nothin complicated
my dawg is loyal to me cuz I feed him, same deal
wife and dawg are both affectionate with me
but if I stop feedin them....

Trench, honestly, don't worry about "all this stuff"
it's not gonna ever be relevant to you
that's obvious to us, I wouldn't entertain false hopes that will leave you disappointed

if you don't wanna fix yourself
then you're just gonna have to remain broken
and ain't no woman gonna feel sorry fer ya
life don't work that way

seriously, read "Walden's Pond"
practice self denial, and learn to enjoy all the things that surround you that you never pay attention to

the distance from where you are, to where you wanna be, is so vast, that you'd need one of Elon Musk's Mars rockets to get there
and rather than flapping your arms hoping to escape the pull of gravity to begin your cosmic journey
you're gonna be better off with keeping your feet on the ground
to me, you're the ultimate slacker, in search of slack
and this ain't compatible with finding and keeping a woman
they're opposites of each other
you need to look down the road and see what's down there
consider this, if finding a woman seems like an insurmountable task
what about keeping one (which is much harder)

What if I were to come into some money, say a few hundred £ or even a million £, perhaps something like a lottery win or something. I then invest that money and live of the income from the investment, get a good house, car, etc. Would that do it? Be enough to change matters?

[krimster2]

there are no "what ifs"
only "what is"

a nebbish will have nebbish dreams
but he's still a nebbish when he wakes up

any jewish grandma will tell ya what a nebbish means
"He's a nebbish. No money, no prestige, no future"

life is VERY simple Trench
you can't get something for nothin
rather than try to put so much effort into that
you would be better served by trying to make something of your self instead

but you don't wanna do that work
cuz you're a slacker
and you like being that way

that's fine, if that's what you really want
but don't expect to be a slacker and try to claim the rewards of working hard
a slacker's reward is slack
you got what ya wanted
why the remorse over it when you're middle-aged?

you always talk about yur mummy
but never bout yur "da"
there's a story there, i'm sure
no da to kick your ass when you wuz a lad?
and mummy let ya do what ya wanted?
is that it?
or maybe it's society's fault...
alas poor trench, a fellow of infinite jest

[Trenchcoat]

there are no "what ifs"
only "what is"

a nebbish will have nebbish dreams
but he's still a nebbish when he wakes up

any jewish grandma will tell ya what a nebbish means
"He's a nebbish. No money, no prestige, no future"

life is VERY simple Trench
you can't get something for nothin
rather than try to put so much effort into that
you would be better served by trying to make something of your self instead

but you don't wanna do that work
cuz you're a slacker
and you like being that way

that's fine, if that's what you really want
but don't expect to be a slacker and try to claim the rewards of working hard
a slacker's reward is slack
you got what ya wanted
why the remorse over it when you're middle-aged?

you always talk about yur mummy
but never bout yur "da"
there's a story there, i'm sure
no da to kick your ass when you wuz a lad?
and mummy let ya do what ya wanted?
is that it?
or maybe it's society's fault...
alas poor trench, a fellow of infinite jest

Or Google Search

Yeah I get the not getting something for nothing bit, makes sense I guess. Even if going down the gym and lifting weights it's going to take time, effort and money but the payoff could well be a hot chick. Same with wealth generation, etc.

Well for me the house conversion should be done in a couple of months so that will free up time, reduce outgoings and shortly thereafter bring in incomings. So that should do a lot for my situation and allow me to progress.

Thing is other than that well as you said earlier I can't live in your world anymore than you can live in mine. UK society is different to the US, the FSU moreso. I'm not saying people don't do dodgies in the UK but they tend to be in certain positions, etc, maybe Russian dirty money, etc. At a more mundane level if a tradesman wanted to avoid paying tax he could be at great risk as they are often in the searchlight of the taxman as they are seen as those that do that stuff. However if a professional such as a teacher worked extra time doing private tuition they are likely to be overlooked for tax as not often highlighted or thought off as an area where tax dodging goes on. Other examples of course abound but in the UK if you get caught dodging tax the financial penalties can be severe depending on case. They tend to claim the worst amount they think you may have dodged and add a really hefty fine. Unless you can prove otherwise then you are stuck with being stung by that. So here you have to be real careful, I'm not saying it doesn't go on but if you slip up then the taxman may end up taking the lot so risky business indeed. As such it's not something I have do or wish to, better to take advantage of the legal schemes out there to not have to pay tax like the Government's Rent a Room allowance for Lodgers, etc Stuff like that gives a fair amount of scope for not paying that much tax but also means you're covered legally also.

I know you think I'm slack and yes there is an element of that but unless I'm going to embark on a venture like you did with your jewellery etc then I'm confining myself to the home market. For me at the moment jumping up and doing that sort of venture isn't my life. At some point in the future who knows but it's not on my radar at the moment. For me not being you I have to make sure I don't land myself in a whole heap of sh*t and make my life far worse than it is. Believe it or not I don't live too bad a life at present all be it girl situation not quite there. In the UK life can get really dire, think in terms of renting squalid holes in the slums, no one for you at all, that's the unfortunate plight many people live in , in the UK, and often with that drug and alcohol and possibly mental health, etc problems.

So I get what you are saying and appreciate it Krim, you're right but I kind of got to not get too carried away at the same time I thank you for your input though it is most useful