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[bringbackgold]

A few short things.

My cat is having kittens, apparently. And apparently she came to me this way, which explains why she looks about the size of an American football down the middle.

A nice girl at the club made an interesting mistake of referring to me as Ota as a nickname instead of Otabek. In Kazakh it means something she likely didn't intend. So - I am sharing so no one else makes the similar mistake. Otabek is fine. No nicknames or whatever needed. Please.

Also, this place is feeling quiet. Especially at the rink. So if anyone wants to come skate with me... I'm there almost every afternoon. I'm not sure if others would enjoy it, but the offer is there. If you can't skate...I can show you. I'm not a teacher, but...getting comfortable on the ice is something I know.

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[judicia]

That's true. Sometimes they do have small litters.

I'm not very good at using this phone all of the time, but I'd still like to keep in touch. Maybe you could send pictures? ( He's pretty sure that's something you can do, even though he doesn't know how. )

[bringbackgold]

I'd be happy to send pictures. Oh, if you need any assistance with the phones... I can help.

[judicia]

Thank you! I've never used one before so everything's foreign to me.

But I'm learning! I just need some more practice. Exchanging messages like this is actually very helpful in itself.

[bringbackgold]

That is the easiest way. I grew up with things like this.

[judicia]

Oh! So do you know how to use all the machines in the apartments, too?

Some of them were hard to use at first but they've proven to be very convenient.

[bringbackgold]

I do.

[ he has a hard time imagining not knowing... ]

They are convenient. I guess they could take getting used to.

[judicia]

I lived in dark times.

Literally and figuratively. We didn't have lights that make our rooms look as bright as they do during the day.

[bringbackgold]

Ah? Electricity? The lightbulbs? Wow....you don't have these things?

[judicia]

We had candles. And torches. Anything that you could set on fire.

[bringbackgold]

Sounds like a place I would have studied in history.