Author: Rauf Aliev

I got a new little phone! +15713428492. It’s funny that although it’s T-Mobile and not AT&T like before, the only difference with the previous one is three digits in the middle.

America for Pedestrians

Tiny Nissan Note? – eight suitcases of 23kg each and a total of four people. Ah! Picked up the family from the airplane

In our parts, snow is a useful thing to have around. It goes somewhere

Never seen anything like this here before. Bank services and ATMs on the go. On the right, a pneumatic tube goes up into the ceiling

Coming back to life

In the English language, signs and labels can speak and read. The sign says “No smoking”, and intriguingly, “the label read ‘don’t wash’, but he did”.

A guy walks into a bar and sees a sign that reads.

“Hey,” says the man to the sign, “If you can read, what does my shirt say?”

“I don’t know,” says the sign. “I can only read sign language.”

Yes, quite the fun. Today’s flight to Washington for the family was canceled. Rescheduled for tomorrow – and they just canceled tomorrow’s flight too, after we had already checked in a slew of suitcases and received boarding passes. Spent 10 minutes trying to get through to an operator. Now I have to go back to Domodedovo to rescue a heap of luggage and check in for the next flight, which isn’t until Monday, handing them back again.

I feel so sorry for my family. With this bad weather, it’s one trouble after another

Went for a walk. The weather is brutal outside, indeed. I lasted only half an hour. During that time, I only met a group of people once – but they were in full ski gear, with goggles, good footwear, etc. I encountered only two cars that were NOT snowplows, and about 30 snowplows. One of these two cars is in a photo – it got stuck right in front of me. It didn’t have much choice – there’s nowhere to park cars, and all the driveways into courtyards are too deep.

There’s a very strong icy wind with snow outside. My glasses almost immediately lose visibility because they get iced over.

Probably no need to mention that nothing at all works in the city – not even worth saying. Stores, pharmacies, cafes – all are not just closed, of course, but also buried under snowdrifts about a meter high. You can only walk on roads that are cleared. And now, that’s mainly highway centers. By the way, it’s a rare occasion when one can walk down the highway right in the middle of the road. If a rare SUV passes by, it will go very slowly, and even then, it’s most likely workers.

Outside the window, a Ford F-450 snowplow is stuck. It can’t get out—if you’re wondering, it’s clearing a five-lane road, not a courtyard.

If they actually make it to Dallas tomorrow, I’ll try to get to the airport in my Nissan Note))