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Ukrainian News / Re: Adaptive Quarantine Questions

« Last Post by Tnic on 10:34 09-Apr-2021 »

   But, I might end up in Minsk

WTF, David? You can't be serious! Say you are joking. 

OH!  Thought he said Minx at first.

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Planes, trains and automobiles / Re: Hide the wife and daughters

« Last Post by Tnic on 10:31 09-Apr-2021 »

Also, despite protestations to the contrary, I've decided to get the vaccine to avoid (hopefully) quarantines when I get there and yes, I'll get swabbed at KBP if they require it.

You know that is a rectal examination now don't you?

 

Turns out I have to do it here before I leave.  At least I can be fairly confident that I'm the first user of that particular swab.

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Planes, trains and automobiles / Re: Hide the wife and daughters

« Last Post by Tnic on 10:29 09-Apr-2021 »

Good luck, Tim. Nina and I have been living in northern NY, just south of Montreal, since Feb 2020. She loves living here...I would rather be in Colorado, but this Chinese flu has really screwed up moving freely about the country. In two more weeks, we will receive our second COVID shots, so we should be good for unrestricted travel.

Ciao, Chuck

Thanks Chuck!

Maybe we should try to do our own version of TexMex BBQ sometime soon.  I have a HS classmate that lives in up state NY as well with her hubby.  The town they got last years (Rock Ctr?) Christmas tree from iirc.

I for one am looking forward to no more flying back & forth and letting some roots take hold here.

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Planes, trains and automobiles / Re: Hide the wife and daughters

« Last Post by Fraucha on 05:16 09-Apr-2021 »

Also, despite protestations to the contrary, I've decided to get the vaccine to avoid (hopefully) quarantines when I get there and yes, I'll get swabbed at KBP if they require it.

You know that is a rectal examination now don't you?

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Ukrainian News / Re: Adaptive Quarantine Questions

« Last Post by Fraucha on 05:14 09-Apr-2021 »

   But, I might end up in Minsk

WTF, David? You can't be serious! Say you are joking. 

I suspect he was on crack when he said that.

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Ukrainian News / Re: Adaptive Quarantine Questions

« Last Post by UKUA on 22:53 08-Apr-2021 »

   But, I might end up in Minsk

WTF, David? You can't be serious! Say you are joking. 

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Planes, trains and automobiles / Re: Hide the wife and daughters

« Last Post by cc3 on 16:34 08-Apr-2021 »

Good luck, Tim. Nina and I have been living in northern NY, just south of Montreal, since Feb 2020. She loves living here...I would rather be in Colorado, but this Chinese flu has really screwed up moving freely about the country. In two more weeks, we will receive our second COVID shots, so we should be good for unrestricted travel.

Ciao, Chuck

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Personal Banking and Finances / Re: Bank branches closed in Kiev because of quarantine?

« Last Post by K24 on 13:17 08-Apr-2021 »

Nothing on their website.  Since it is branches of two different banks, I would think that this is not a technical error, but that they are actually (temporarily) closed or do not have enough employees who made it there without public transport to pick up the phone. 

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Ukrainian News / Re: Adaptive Quarantine Questions

« Last Post by fabula_rasa on 12:23 08-Apr-2021 »

During that last lockdown the only places allowed (officially) to be open were gas stations, apteka's and grocery stores.

Yeah, but even during the last lockdown some bank branches (official offices and main branches definitely) were allowed to stay open. I saw nothing specific about banks in the quarantine rules this time and those branches that I have close to home seem to be working almost normally. But who really knows, maybe they are indeed doing it illegally.

I took a peek on PryvatBank site just now, and they for one claim to be working normally there (on weekdays, not on the weekends), just with an hour break for airing out and cleaning the premises.

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Personal Banking and Finances / Re: Bank branches closed in Kiev because of quarantine?

« Last Post by AkMike on 09:35 08-Apr-2021 »

Did you look at the bank's website for news?