Chris.B

That's because, when the Russians see someone pointing a gun at them, their hands shoot up so fast there isn't time to kill them.

The reason they go to such extents are, if the notes are found to be forged or are no longer legal tender, it's the branch manager who has to pay back the bank. I suspect he/she will also make the teller pay somehow. This is why they made so much fuss over your wife's details because they know it will be easier chasing her for the money then a foreigner. So lets not be to harsh on the bank teller, I am sure you would do the same if you were in her shoes.

We had a Rottweiler, grumpy thing he was. Good as a guard dog but would never trust him around young children.

It's a forum mate, what is the point of only preaching to the converted? ????

What is happening about Belarus then? They keep saying they are coming into the war but don't. Perhaps they are frightened of getting stuck in that 40 mile traffic jam of Russian tanks? ???? And what about the Syrian cannon fodder? Have they changed their underwear yet after the last news release?

Who is going to be paying for their hotel rooms?

World Bank Mobilizes an Emergency Financing Package of over $700 million for Ukraine

Ukraine offers 1,000,000 USD reward for every defecting Russian fighter pilot as Russian morale sinks Must hand over plane in working order. Daily Express

These are quite new and I have one in my bedroom... https://www.lazada.co.th/products/house-worth-hw-k502-i1439394832-s3734862267.html?spm=a2o4m.searchlistbrand.list.19.65d317282P25fc&search=1&freeshipping=1 However it is a little to bright to sleep to so I only use it in the evenings. In the night I switch over to a Yage YG-5623. Bedroom only. https://www.lazada.co.th/products/yage-yg-5623-1955-2551-8-x55-x5-i111934616-s114559947.html?spm=a2o4m.searchlist.list.3.25947c04WkJEsk&search=1

I didn't realise you are actually in Ukraine. I thought you was just a forum member like the rest of us. ????

Correct, don't see many middle aged staff working in convenience store chains. Why is that?

The force of the crash indicates how fast the bus was travelling. Sorry, I don't believe the driver's excuse. ☹️

Is that good news or bad? I would have thought the internet is beneficial to keep the Russian population informed. Or are we returning to the BBC short wave service as recently reported?

Yes they do. The higher wattage works in daylight but the lower wattage works better in a darkened room.

Get this.... Russia, who can't defeat a small country like Ukraine, is now threatening the most powerful nation on earth, the USA, with targeting US arms shipments.

https://www.google.com/search?q=David+Watts&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Put a couple of these around the house. House Worth Electric Mosquito and Insect Trap As for the Potroti traps, they look okay for bedrooms at night.

That must be some work permit you have there then?

Yes you were lucky weren't you..... "luckily my family were not very short of money although by no means wealthy, I went to a private school for many years and then to a grammar school, had a good job" At my school (state), it was considered an achievement if you stayed on past 15 years old! We lived in a council flat in a big old Victorian house where we shared the toilet and bathroom with two other families.

Source information? Link? You appear to be stereo-typing people of Russian ancestry as supporting Putin's Russia.

Putin's convoy near Kyiv is actually 'in retreat' as Ukraine ambushes spark Russian panic Daily Express

Great quote today from retired Royal Artillery Lieutenant Colonel Glen Grant... Talking of the Russian forces, "Brutality doesn't make them any better soldiers."

Haha, you wish!

Further signs of desperation. I have no doubt at all the Ukrainians with see off the Syrians just as they saw off the Chechens.

Russia and their army is falling apart, if they last another 10 days I will be surprised.