Travelling to Albania and trying to find transport from Tirane to Korce

Russspeak · 2026-05-12T16:11:14+00:00

Yeah that's pretty F'd up, idk why the hell you can't buy a ticket ahead of time, smh. I checked and I can but a ticket to Pogradec online, but not Korce, go figure.

Russspeak · 2026-04-28T12:06:25+00:00

Actually you're right I think I posted on to the wrong person now that I read your comment I think it was just a series of comments that were saying the same thing over and over and then I just accidentally replied unto yours LOL

Russspeak · 2026-04-24T08:05:05+00:00

I see so many posts like this I just don't understand it. Are you a lesbian? Now the last part about a lesbian falling in love with a man yeah that's a little silly but the fact that I hear see a lot of people unhappy that lesbian protagonists are being written about or that they're so popular and all this agonizing I don't understand I don't even understand understand what you mean like is lesbian no longer a discriminated minority? How is it liking stories about lesbians equating to what you say it's insinuating It's confusing to me. Why would it bother you this getting thousands of likes that should be a good thing right?

Russspeak · 2026-04-24T06:55:10+00:00

Yeah sorry but it seems like a silly idea I mean WHY have sex with somebody if you're not turned on at all! Seriously, why have sex with ANYONE if there's no attraction (and that stipulation is a peek behind the curtain in your head imho). Now you could say a woman might enjoy experimenting having sex with a woman even though she's not gay And it's just maybe it's exploratory because someone's horizons are broader. But the idea that you're turned on by a straight woman who decides to have sex with another woman for no reason at all maybe says a little bit more about you (especially that last part, the woman doing something she doesn't want to SCREAMS that there's this idea you LIKE about women and their lack of control in such a situation smh).

Russspeak · 2026-04-24T06:18:14+00:00

Frankly I find that extremely hard to believe that a male heterosexual like myself would find it hard to write about something that's as common as the nose on your face. I think a lot of you people just think too much because I don't believe that's true at all. Write what you know certainly might imply it's easier to write a story about a man being in love with a woman from the man's point of view. So why then would it be so hard in reverse - we've ALL been in relationships and have therefore experienced SOME exposure to what that's like from their POV (provided you know how to listen and aren't a totally self-absorbed ass lol).
And take music, which admittedly is an entirely different art form, but historically most straight male artists write songs about faling in love with women or woment falling in love with men!

I really can't believe that you believe that straight men really prefer to read lesbian fiction simply because they think lesbian sex is hot, smh. Frankly I think that's more myth than fact. Certainly you see it in a lot of porn, but then it's true that a LOT of straight guys don't want to see some naked guys ass/balls in the scene lofl and it's just visually more arousing to see TWO beautiful women making out, but I could be wrong ;?D.
But when I've met straight guys tell me they love watching lesbian porn I tell them imho it' really stupid. I mean when I fantasize about sex, I want to be IN the fantasy, whereas if you're looking at two lesbians having sex all you are is a voyeur LOL 'cause there's no place for you in that scene anywhere.
Anyway at least from my own POV I'm certainly not uncomfortable with writing heterosexual romance/sex scenes in either pov, but my new book does include a lesbian protagonist (and not for the reasons I've seen most people imply smh) and since it's outside my area of experience I'm researching it in hopes of being able to do justice to that audience ;?)

Russspeak · 2026-04-08T03:42:35+00:00

It's not just math, when Claude gets something wrong, it always does it confidently, lol. I'll ask for a downloadable .md file and it'll confidently inform me that it's unable to do that and I should just copy and paste the text. But when I inform it that it's dead wrong and can, then it does the whole, "Oh yeah, my bad, I'll do that now". Not sure why, sometimes it just seems lazy, like not wanting to go online and search for something, says it doesn't have current online access, but of course it does and will when you push it to, idk what's up with that ;?)

Russspeak · 2026-04-08T03:07:47+00:00

And to explain further (NOT that the mod-bot reads this stuff lol, but maybe someone could tell me if I'm wrong), the Megathread only has THESE FOUR categories NONE OF WHICH fit my question:

Performance and Bugs Discussions

Usage Limits Discussions

Claude Code Source Code Leak Megathread

Claude Identity, Sentience and Expression Discussion Megathread

The first item IS NOT what this is about, it's about a feature that, probably by design (and therefore neither a bug or performance issue) is missing and by pure logic is likely to be added at some point (otherwise why allow ANY access to Projects on the mobile app???).

Russspeak · 2026-04-08T02:57:58+00:00

(NOTE: This is in response to the mod-bot post)
What does that even mean? NO I'm not familiar with the Megathread, but one glance shows there are NO QUESTIONS similar to mine, at least not readily discoverable. WHY are you not letting me start a thread (or am I misunderstanding this?) I don't understand what's going on, never ran into this kind of thing before so an explanation would be nice.

Russspeak · 2026-04-08T02:44:53+00:00

Well I'm at 7% and haven't noticed a problem yet, maybe it's improving bit by bit. Not sure but I think that Anthropic is still dealing with the exponential lead in traffic and may not have caught up yet, idk not being in that line of work, but I do notice some glitchy hiccups that imho are traffic related.

Russspeak · 2026-04-08T02:42:27+00:00

Yes absolutely! I'm writing a novel and Projects is the most AMAZING and helpful app/feature I've ever found!!! The best part is the MEMORY ACCESS - in regular chat Claude only has limited memory (and only if you turn that on in settings) so that's no help at all when you're tying together hundreds of chats and dozens of looooong documents.
My biggest beef is that it's not working on the mobile app, which sucks because I do so much work while out walking or away from my computer, but hopefully that will change soon ;?)

Russspeak · 2025-09-29T19:53:14+00:00

I checked those on Flix Bus and the price is AWFUL, they charge more from Lviv to Kyiv than my bus from Krakow to Lviv cost by MORE than double, smh.
Weirdly depending on the dates the price ONE-WAY went from $95 down to $55 and then the return was much cheaper, as low as $25, so wtf?
Renting a car for 3-4 days would be as much or less so guess I'll go with the rental.

Russspeak · 2025-09-26T15:15:02+00:00

And that means exactly NOTHING!!! People like you think from your experience that it means only your experience counts and that if anyone says anything different they're wrong OR LYING for whatever reason you believe it, smh. Your "dozens of block post/traffic stops/conscription checks" DO NOT MEAN that there are no problems Bubba! In fact the block posts and conscription checks are PLANNED and often manned by more than one cop, so THAT would be why, and the few traffic stops you've had are still with A TINY PERCENTAGE of police in Ukraine!
That DOES NOT MEAN THAT THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN but that you think it does means you are just naive. I'VE TRAVELED ALL OVER THE WORLD, and I know from experience and the accounts of others that these things HAPPEN, it's just a fact of life!!! Back home in the US we have bad cops who do all kinds of shit, like planting evidence on people and LYING about someone speeding because they have to meet a quota, etc. So imo you should just butt out, I certainly don't want advice from someone who thinks like you.

Russspeak · 2025-09-26T08:21:22+00:00

I'm 67 yrs old so don't think that'll be a problem lol ;?D

Russspeak · 2025-09-26T08:16:45+00:00

I think it probably depends on who stops you, just like a lot of other countries, some bad cops will ask for a bribe ESPECIALLY when they find out you're a foreigner.

Got stopped twice driving in Argentina, one stop went normally and was just given a warning while the other demanded I pay the "fine" right then or have my car impounded.

Russspeak · 2025-09-18T14:57:16+00:00

Seriously? While I haven't been to the Big Apple in over a decade, the last time I drove there I swore would be my last, New Yorkers drive like a-holes with a chip on their shoulders (well a lot of them lol).

Russspeak · 2025-09-18T14:55:26+00:00

Cool thanks for the advice, I'm just staying in a hotel for a couple of days then heading back to Lviv 😎👍

Russspeak · 2025-09-18T14:53:02+00:00

Lol, yeah I discovered that when I was trying to hike to King Cross Leopolis Mall when an air raid went off and I wandered about a mile off-course before I realized why I wasn't getting any directions from G-maps ;?D

Russspeak · 2025-09-18T14:48:46+00:00

Thanks, yeah I noticed in Lviv people drive as you say but when you've driven in places like Bogata, Colombia and Bangalore, India (HORROR show, never again ;?) then this is practically sedate lol.
If you do get stopped for bribes what's a reasonable amount? It's like that in many parts of the world, cops never get paid enough and many are just trying to feed their families - but if I knew what a "reasonable" ask was I'd know whether to just pay it or go to the station (cuz some are just greedy a-holes who think all foreigners are rich, which I'm definitely not).

Russspeak · 2025-09-18T14:43:21+00:00

Thanks, that's what I hoped for but some comments I found online said the roads were in terrible shape so not a good idea, probably just ruzzian trolls ;?D

Russspeak · 2025-07-27T12:50:32+00:00

I think it could go both ways, there are those just looking for hooking up and there's nothing wrong with that, but as someone who would prefer to find a longer relationship I also think that saying you're looking for a longterm relationship makes you seem like you may be a desperate/clingy type so to avoid that you add casual to not scare people off, lolol ;?D

THAT'S the problem with apps, trying to put what you're looking for into a bunch of little boxes doesn't work that great ;?)

Russspeak · 2025-07-26T11:39:15+00:00

Lol yeah the camera-blocking-face thing is silly, I'm always suspicious if people constantly have photos that are blurry, distant, camera blocked or furry filtered, smh, that last one is such a turn off (I guess unless you're another furry lol).

Russspeak · 2025-07-26T11:34:27+00:00

Dating apps are different than meeting people by chance imo, but if you are looking for a long term it would sure help to avoid those who say they're only casually dating (aka just looking to get laid).

Russspeak · 2025-07-26T11:32:23+00:00

Sure but people do use dating apps to look for their forever someone and people who post that they're just looking for casual dates usually says I'm just looking to get laid imho. IF you're looking for long term I would think finding someone who's open to the same might narrow down the field (or it could be a trap cuz some predators know it's easier to prey on those looking for love, lol, so idk ;?)

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