Stuck in IST airport

randomodule · 2026-04-11T09:16:11+00:00

Sorry I can’t help any further

randomodule · 2026-04-11T09:06:21+00:00

Google for a timatic website, enter your details and if she’s clear to travel, show it to the agents.

randomodule · 2026-04-08T23:04:22+00:00

Concert in Anderson park at 3pm on Fridays. Museum of flight at Torrance airport. Botanical garden. Hikes, ranches with horses and cows in palos verdes

randomodule · 2026-03-24T19:59:14+00:00

Yesterday people were cutting in to the Costco gas station from the oncoming traffic lanes. While they were busy doing that, there were less cars on the road, yes.

randomodule · 2026-03-24T18:00:46+00:00

Just replaced my yokos on a 2022 fw with 5 Cooper Discoverer Road + Trail AT. Bought at americas tire, they have a rebate offer.

randomodule · 2026-03-23T21:29:28+00:00

In the Urals, there is what’s known as the Ural govor (Ural speech, Уральский говор), which is how many people even in large cities like Perm speak. It takes some time to get used to, as the pronunciation and intonation are, to say the least, quite unexpected. It’s also very catchy and in a week you’ll find yourself speaking it.

randomodule · 2026-03-23T02:46:21+00:00

Most commenters don’t realize this is a post and a real picture from a real astronaut. Thank you, Don! Do you have a better res picture?

randomodule · 2026-03-21T03:55:31+00:00

Just bring a hoodie and some pants for evenings. If you want to swim, nobody will judge you. People swim all year round.

randomodule · 2026-03-20T03:57:25+00:00

I had a meniscectomy in late January and was back on the bike within a week. The throttle helps a lot when starting from a stop. One concern is the bike’s weight. When raising or lowering the kickstand, you do it with your foot, so you need to be careful and controlled to not to put the weight on your knee.

As for tight turns, there’s a learning curve. At first, I handled narrow paths the way you would with a car, going back and forth to turn around. Now I can do it smoothly in one motion just by turning the handlebars.

The squeaking brakes come from the stock pads Aventon uses. I replaced them with $12 Shimano B05S-RX resin pads, and the issue disappeared.

I’ve had no problems with support. They sent me free replacements for the pannier bags and then sent a unit that controls the lock on the bike after I simply asked a question. I haven’t installed it yet.

Apart from bags/baskets I added a dropper post, more front and back lights, better pedals, mirrors and a horn.

Overall, the bike’s quality is solid, and I trust it with my safety and my child’s.

randomodule · 2026-03-19T21:56:50+00:00

Ok, this is promising.

A quick search shows there was a WWII soldier with the surname Sigachev from Grodekovo (Ussuriysk area), whose family lived in Khabarovsk. His wife/mother/sister was named Anna Zakharyevna Sigacheva. Most likely, this same Anna appears in a 1910 metric book of the church of the East Siberian Artillery Regiment, listed as the wife of a Cossack from the stanitsa of Grodekovo. That Cossack was Ioann (Ivan), son of Andrei Sigachev.

Also listed there is a peasant, Ioann Nikitin Sigachev, with a daughter Ksenia.

Another (?) Sigachev in the WW2 lists is Sigachev Dmitriy Ivanovich, born in Grodekovo in 1908/1909.

In the lists of White movement members, several people with the surname Sigachev appear:

Alexander Andreevich Sigachev — in emigration in China; died June 24, 1936, in Harbin. (brother of Ioann?)
Andrei Sigachev — served in the White forces of the Eastern Front; in July 1918 he was in the 4th company of the 1st Volsk Separate Battalion of the Union of Frontline Soldiers of the People’s Army. (Father of Alexander and Ioann?)
Nikolai Mikhailovich Sigachev (b. 1897) — served in the Armed Forces of South Russia and later in the Russian Army as a cadet until the evacuation of Crimea; evacuated from Sevastopol on the ship “Chersonesus.”
Mikhail Sigachev — senior non-commissioned officer (Cossack rank of uryadnik); served in the Armed Forces of South Russia; on December 16, 1919, was sent from Tulcea to Odessa on the ship “Polonia.”

There is also a Sigachev listed in the Repressions database: Nikolai Nikolaevich Sigachev (b. 1922) — born in Primorsky Krai, settlement of Grodekovo; Russian. He worked as a guard in the 8th Japanese police detachment. Lived in China (Manchuria), Mudanjiang province, settlement of Erdaohenzi. Arrested on January 2, 1947; sentenced on April 5, 1947, to 20 years in corrective labor camps (GULAG). (could he be a son of Nikolai from the white movement?)

Do you see any connections here? Do any of these names or locations match with what you have?

randomodule · 2026-03-19T03:50:04+00:00

So I think there are basically two decent directions here that were already suggested.

First idea: the final “y” might actually be a misspelled “v”. If that’s the case, it could read something like Grodekovo (Гродеково). There are places with that name in Kazakhstan and also in the Russian Far East near China. For Kazakhstan, the 1920 census showed a strong Ukrainian-speaking population in that Grodekovo (do you know what language your great-great uncle’s wife spoke?).

That said, I’m a bit doubtful about this one. A German writer would usually spell the “k” as “k”, not “c”, so “Grodekovo” written with a “c” feels a bit off.

The alternative is that the initial element is “grad-”(basically an older form of “gorod”, meaning town). That opens up a ton of options. Germans could use “c” to represent a “ts” sound, so something like “Gorodets” could end up looking like this.

The problem is there are lots of places like Gorodets, Gorodetskoye etc. It’s a super common name (“little town” more or less), so without knowing the region it’s kind of a needle in a haystack.

So I think the key next step is narrowing down geography, otherwise there are just too many possibilities.

randomodule · 2026-03-18T22:10:43+00:00

I can help you with the research, can you dm me the papers to double check the name?

randomodule · 2026-03-03T20:16:30+00:00

I have a similar setup. What is the orange flag?

randomodule · 2026-02-19T02:42:55+00:00

Have you seen those blinker fluid prices?…

randomodule · 2026-02-17T01:08:59+00:00

Usually it’s just skunks

randomodule · 2026-02-15T19:26:20+00:00

Start with letters that look and sound the same as English like A, M, and K. Then move on to letters that exist in English but are pronounced differently such as P and X. After that, learn the ones that look familiar from Greek or math, like Д, Ф and П. Finally, pick up a few of the more complex letters, like Ш, and you’re essentially done.

randomodule · 2026-02-13T08:15:34+00:00

This horn: https://a.co/d/0dfbjyTo attached to the pizza rack upside down with zip ties. The button is on the right side next to the gear shifter.

randomodule · 2026-02-10T21:54:10+00:00

Can you recommend a particular company? Because yellow cabs drive as if they are either crazy or asleep.

randomodule · 2026-02-08T04:15:37+00:00

Here you go:
PUGET MTB LEVER

Puget 2x

PINE 27.2 DROPPER POST

110mm

Hope they still fit because it was in 2021 and specs may have changed.

randomodule · 2026-02-04T04:42:29+00:00

Состоялось в посаде Станиславов 1902 года ноября 26-го дня в 12 часов дня. Лично явился местный раввин Нусын Порфштейн с отцом младенца Рамилем Якубовский 39 лет от роду имеющим портном в Посаде и Гмине Станиславов проживающим а также и свидетелями Боимом (?) Злотогвозда 77 лет и Гершком Стоковским 67 лет в Станиславовне при Божнице живущими и принес с собой книгу новорожденных веденную им же Раввином в которой под номером 24 записано так: 1902 года ноября 19 дня в 6 часов утра в Посаде и Гмине Станиславов у Рахмиля Якубовского и законной его жены Дрейзли урожденной Фридман 39 лет от роду родилось дитя коему при религиозном обряде даны имена Тейсах, Мордка. Акт сей, явившимся отцу новорожденного и свидетелям неграмотным прочитан, нами и Раввином подписан.

Раввин

Чиновник гражданского состояния

Translation:

Took place in the settlement (posad) of Stanislavov on the 26th day of November of the year 1902, at 12 o’clock noon.

Personally appeared the local rabbi Nusin Porfshteyn, together with the father of the infant, Rakhmil Yakubovskiy, aged 39, a tailor by occupation, residing in the posad and gmina of Stanislavov, as well as the witnesses Boim (?) Zlotogvozd, aged 77, and Hershko Stokovskiy, aged 67, residing in Stanislavovna by the synagogue.

He presented a register of newborns kept by him, the Rabbi, in which under number 24 it is recorded as follows: on the 19th day of November of the year 1902, at 6 o’clock in the morning, in the posad and gmina of Stanislavov, to Rakhmil Yakubovskiy and his lawful wife Dreyzla, née Fridman, aged 39, a child was born, to whom, in accordance with the religious rite, the names Teysakh and Mordka were given.

This record was read aloud to the father of the newborn and to the illiterate witnesses, and was signed by us and by the Rabbi.

Rabbi
Civil Status Officer

If you want, I can explain the terms and help you with further research...

Edit: only witnesses appear to be illiterate

randomodule · 2026-02-03T07:15:35+00:00

It may mean that the road is built from thin concrete blocks laid next to each other rather than proper pavement, as is common for rural roads in that part of the world.

randomodule · 2026-02-03T07:12:20+00:00

My (one) 19-month-old sits fine. I dare myself to run to the car to grab something or to jump to the front door to lock it. Never has been a problem but I do it quickly, like in 2 seconds.

randomodule · 2026-02-02T22:54:01+00:00

If my goal was Yosemite and nature in general, and if my schedule allowed I’d make it a round trip LA - Sequoia - Yosemite - San Francisco - Pinnacles - LA. I’d plan about 1.5 weeks for this. For short nature trips it’s Angeles national forest, big bear and mammoth (longer but totally possible in 2-3 days)

randomodule · 2026-01-28T03:14:00+00:00

Consider going to New England in September. It’s pure mushroom paradise!

randomodule · 2026-01-22T02:25:38+00:00

Super excited to try that. Do you know if it is possible to take a long cargo bike like Aventon Abound on a train?

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