{"id":48724,"date":"2022-11-23T04:25:53","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T09:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=48724"},"modified":"2022-11-23T04:39:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-23T09:39:26","slug":"nov-23-22-still-at-it-here-we-go-loop-de-loop-again-kyzyl-%d0%ba%d1%8b%d0%b7%d1%8b%d0%bb-russian-siberia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/babakaps.net\/?p=48724","title":{"rendered":"NOV 23, 22 .. STILL AT IT .. HERE WE GO LOOP DE LOOP AGAIN .. KYZYL (\u041a\u042b\u0417\u042b\u041b) RUSSIAN SIBERIA"},"content":{"rendered":"

In one of the above subtitles, you see the term, Duces N’ Jacks It’s Your Call ..<\/p>\n

I’ll translate that. ” Duces and Jacks, The Man With The Axe, A Pair of Natural 7’s Takes All ” is the name of a 7 Card Stud High Poker Game and it means what it says. Deuces, Jacks and the Man with the Axe (the King of Diamonds) are Wild. If a player has two or more natural 7s they automatically take the entire pot.<\/p>\n

More translation :\u00a0 During the past two days, I re-visited Hong Kong, and I re-visited Irkutsk Russian Siberia. I planned to make this post another short post about winter in Kyzyl (\u041a\u042b\u0417\u042b\u041b) Russian Siberia.<\/p>\n

ALAS ALAK !!<\/p>\n

This Post got away from me. I was dealt a Poker Hand filled with Deuces and Jacks and The King and Natural 7’s. The very few (5 or 6) winter photos of Kyzyl (\u041a\u042b\u0417\u042b\u041b) that I had planned to post here completely got away from me and I ended up posting 25 or so photos.<\/p>\n

” What’s that you say ? ” .. ” Captain we can live with it. NOW PLEASE will you get on with the getting on. “<\/p>\n

Friends of Bill<\/em> <\/span>. . <\/span><\/strong>IF you don’t want to see another batch of winter photos, then scroll down about 22 photos to something you may find interesting.<\/p>\n

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Oh My Oh My .. OH MY OH MY .. When you are traveling around Russian Siberia in the winter, in the back of your mind you are thinking .. ” Lord God PLEASE don’t let us have car trouble out here in the middle of nowhere !! “<\/p>\n

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In the below photo, looking out the front windshield of our car, it looks like the Middle of Nowhere. Do you see what I mean?<\/p>\n

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Brothers and Sisters, Sports Fans all of you, there simply isn’t much (read : NOTHING ) out in the space between settlements !!<\/p>\n

We are almost there.<\/p>\n

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Thank You God. We have reached Kyzyl !!<\/p>\n

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Now for more photos of winter in, and around, KYZYL (\u041a\u042b\u0417\u042b\u041b) Russian Siberia.<\/p>\n

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Hi Little Man. And who are you?<\/p>\n

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He didn’t reply because he can’t speak, nor can he understand, my English language !!<\/p>\n

I never, not one time, grew weary of the magnificent Russian (Eastern Orthodox) Churches.<\/p>\n

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Does it get cold in Russian Siberia in the winter ? Below the INSIDE (the interior side) of the door was soundly iced over !!<\/p>\n

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The Russian Siberians DO know how to make warm clothing<\/em><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Friends of mine in Kyzyl (\u041a\u042b\u0417\u042b\u041b).<\/p>\n

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I was there to speak and ” Stand and Deliver ” and I did. You can just ask Patti. Patti was with me during other parts of my 9 months in Russian Siberia.<\/p>\n

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Sometimes (well maybe often) it was cold INSIDE the rooms I was speaking in. Below I was being introduced by the lady (you saw her 2 photos above) in the fur coat. Notice the man in the distance, still wearing his Russian Winter Headgear. He was my translator.<\/p>\n

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Friends of Bill<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span> you may find the below snippet interesting.<\/p>\n

I never, as in never-ever, knew who would be in any audience. I spoke to two men up in a chuch bell tower and I spoke to small meetings of 5 to 10 people. I also spoke to large groups. I spoke in jails and institutions. You name it. Audiences consisiting of people living in a community. Some of\u00a0 these gatherings came with buffet meals and singing and dancing by performers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Then came my D – Day. I walked into a hospital. I assumed I was going to speak to a meeting of patients in recovery. I was introduced to the Chief Executive of the Hospital who sat down next to me up-front. And ? Into the room they came. Medical Students, wearing their Medical White Coats worn by (I found out later) the graduating seniors !!<\/p>\n

Oh My Oh My .. OH MY OH MY !!<\/span><\/em><\/span> .. ” What on earth am I going to say (my talks usually were two hours in length) to graduating Medical School seniors ? “<\/p>\n

Finally all of the introductory hoop-de-laa (maybe 15 minutes) was over and it was time to .. STAND AND DELIVER ..<\/p>\n

As I was slowly standing up, I swear to the Lord God Almighty this is true, I was saying to myself .. ” What on earth AM I going to say ? “<\/p>\n

I stood for a LONG poignant moment<\/em> as one does when speaking, and began .. (where did these words come from Lord God Almighty ?) if not from YOU !!<\/p>\n

” I have very bad news for all of you. You all are here thinking that I have the answer to the centries old problem of alcoholism ! Unfortunately neither myself, nor any other person or organization, has that answer. However, IF a person wants to stop alcoholic drinking, and that MUST come from within each individual human being, no one can make another person want sobriety, then perhaps the organization to which I belong can help them. “<\/p>\n

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Two (and I mean TWO FULL ) hours later we finished. No pauses, no breaks, and lots and LOTS of questions. When I speak, I give the audience carte blanche to interupt me at any time. No limitations. Interupt me because people with questions will forget their questions by the end of a talk. Trust me. I KNOW. You finish and no one says anything.<\/p>\n

Trust me on this : I hope that I will never forget this talk.<\/p>\n

O.K. Friends of Bill<\/em> <\/strong><\/span>you can skip back out .<\/p>\n

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Yes Sports Fans. The Russian Siberians know how to eat !! Sweet teeth they all have them. That’s why they drink Vodka.<\/p>\n

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And that-is-that for our winter re-visit to Kyzyl (\u041a\u042b\u0417\u042b\u041b) Russian Siberia.<\/p>\n

Smiling .. Cap and Patti<\/p>\n

Oh Yes, tonight we will be tuned into Survivor.\u00a0 Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day. Wow. Time to give thanks for all of our blessings. Where has the year 2022 gone ?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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