old3bob Posted Sunday at 11:07 AM (edited) Video showing that many Russians are not so different than people anywhere and who want to live decent lives along with many also wanting to visit or live in the modest countryside homes and enjoy more natural ways...(I'd say away from the harsh realities and or very tough conditions that many of their civilian's live under in big cities that we in the west often hear reported about) we have also met humanity and he/she is us... Edited Sunday at 11:29 AM by old3bob 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nungali Posted Sunday at 09:11 PM Prepare yourself for a shock oldbob ..... there are people like that all over the world in all sorts of countries ! Now, who is trying to convince us that 'they' are strange and dangerous ? The ones that are strange and dangerous in their own countries ! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taomeow Posted 9 hours ago On 1/18/2026 at 1:11 PM, Nungali said: strange and dangerous in their own countries ! A strange and dangerous Russian just delivered some food to my home. He owns a fishing boat. He fishes, and then he sells his catch to the Russian, Ukrainian, etc. local community, some of it freshly caught (not frozen) and some of it smoked. He does the smoking (cold and hot) himself too. His prices are very competitive and he charges nothing for delivery. He also makes some foods at home that only Russians and Ukrainians eat (and can't live without), and delivers those too. The ordering process is a mess, timing of arrival more on the "whatever" side, I wound up buying something I didn't order and not getting what I did order. Doesn't matter, it's all delicious and either can't be bought elsewhere, would take me hours of work if I were to make it myself, or very competitively priced. Dangerous because I am inclined to buy more for his trouble than I was planning on, strange because nothing about the operation is business-like, it's so informal and haphazard -- yet convenient and delicious. I remember things being done this way, old country old school... Now it's almost exotic. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
old3bob Posted 8 hours ago one of my distant relatives made pork jerky or bacon like strips from wild pigs which I tried one time but he put so much salt and pepper into it that I could hardly eat it, thus it was a little meat with your main course of salt and pepper! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taomeow Posted 8 hours ago 18 minutes ago, old3bob said: one of my distant relatives made pork jerky or bacon like strips from wild pigs which I tried one time but he put so much salt and pepper into it that I could hardly eat it, thus it was a little meat with your main course of salt and pepper! What a pity. I used to know how to preserve fish with just salt and sunlight -- no pepper was used but a whole lot of salt. This fish was a special kind of treat, you only ate it with beer, not as a meal but as a side snack. It was chewy and could get hard like wood if you overdried it, but nobody minded, it was a beer-side classic and surely beat chips hands down. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
liminal_luke Posted 5 hours ago 3 hours ago, Taomeow said: A strange and dangerous Russian just delivered some food to my home. Caring about craft more than money is always dangerous, but in the best way. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
