Category: Personal Reflections and Diary

photos_and_videos/your_posts/35763205_10156441912132264_4738100959081660416_o_10156441912127264.jpg ROMAN HAS DELETED HIS FB AND TWITTER ACCOUNTS

–“Curt: Where is Roman?”–

Roman has deleted his FB and Twitter Accounts, but still publishes on http://romaninukraine.com/ . You should follow him there. FYI: he has a wife and two year old that keeps him busy, and is working in management at a technology company in Ukraine. But he manages to publish quite a bit on his web site.

— Interesting ukraine stuff —

My favorite recent post on Romaninukraine is a rant about how banking with credit cards is literally impossible in Ukraine.

The reason is simple: VISA/MC, AMEX have flagged the entire country as high risk. This means that your cards rarely work online, and never outside the country.

I used German, UK, and Swiss banks.

But it is not uncommon in ukraine for the owners or maintainers of ATM machines to sell your card information to crime networks. Nor is it uncommon for restaurants and merchants to sell or use your card information.

I had to replace my cards, and have them sent from the UK about every three months.

This is the primary ‘cost’ of dealing with life in ukraine: (a) you need a foreign bank, and (b) it’s a cash economy.

Conversely, you can bribe people to get to the front of lines etc quite cheaply.Rafael AureliusBitcoin.Jun 21, 2018 6:42amCurt Doolittledream on.Jun 21, 2018 6:42amRafael AureliusAre you not a fan?Jun 21, 2018 6:43amCurt Doolittleit’s just a practical reality that its slow, costly, and not accepted in the mainstream.Jun 21, 2018 6:44amAnne SummersUkraine sounds like an interesting contrast. High white collar crime, low blue collar crime. It’s almost as if you are only real to them and they can empathize with you only on a kinesthetic and personal level.Jun 21, 2018 8:58amNick Heywoodit will be, baby!

☺😊😎Jun 21, 2018 10:42amNick HeywoodF, we need a pub! 😀😁Jun 21, 2018 10:43amRafael AureliusHas Curt written about crypto or bitcoin generally? Curious to hear his prospective in more detail.Jun 21, 2018 10:44amТопу СоупеRafael Aurelius he has written extensively on Bitcoin, just search his timeline or the website.Jun 21, 2018 11:20amCurt Doolittlehttps://www.facebook.com/curt.doolittle/posts/10155739655797264Jun 21, 2018 1:12pmCurt Doolittlehttps://www.facebook.com/curt.doolittle/posts/10155923787502264Jun 21, 2018 1:12pmRafael AureliusThank youJun 21, 2018 1:18pmROMAN HAS DELETED HIS FB AND TWITTER ACCOUNTS

–“Curt: Where is Roman?”–

Roman has deleted his FB and Twitter Accounts, but still publishes on http://romaninukraine.com/ . You should follow him there. FYI: he has a wife and two year old that keeps him busy, and is working in management at a technology company in Ukraine. But he manages to publish quite a bit on his web site.

— Interesting ukraine stuff —

My favorite recent post on Romaninukraine is a rant about how banking with credit cards is literally impossible in Ukraine.

The reason is simple: VISA/MC, AMEX have flagged the entire country as high risk. This means that your cards rarely work online, and never outside the country.

I used German, UK, and Swiss banks.

But it is not uncommon in ukraine for the owners or maintainers of ATM machines to sell your card information to crime networks. Nor is it uncommon for restaurants and merchants to sell or use your card information.

I had to replace my cards, and have them sent from the UK about every three months.

This is the primary ‘cost’ of dealing with life in ukraine: (a) you need a foreign bank, and (b) it’s a cash economy.

Conversely, you can bribe people to get to the front of lines etc quite cheaply.

photos_and_videos/TimelinePhotos_43196237263/35763205_10156441912132264_4738100959081660416_o_10156441912127264.jpg ROMAN HAS DELETED HIS FB AND TWITTER ACCOUNTS

–“Curt: Where is Roman?”–

Roman has deleted his FB and Twitter Accounts, but still publishes on http://romaninukraine.com/ . You should follow him there. FYI: he has a wife and two year old that keeps him busy, and is working in management at a technology company in Ukraine. But he manages to publish quite a bit on his web site.

— Interesting ukraine stuff —

My favorite recent post on Romaninukraine is a rant about how banking with credit cards is literally impossible in Ukraine.

The reason is simple: VISA/MC, AMEX have flagged the entire country as high risk. This means that your cards rarely work online, and never outside the country.

I used German, UK, and Swiss banks.

But it is not uncommon in ukraine for the owners or maintainers of ATM machines to sell your card information to crime networks. Nor is it uncommon for restaurants and merchants to sell or use your card information.

I had to replace my cards, and have them sent from the UK about every three months.

This is the primary ‘cost’ of dealing with life in ukraine: (a) you need a foreign bank, and (b) it’s a cash economy.

Conversely, you can bribe people to get to the front of lines etc quite cheaply.Rafael AureliusBitcoin.Jun 21, 2018 6:42amCurt Doolittledream on.Jun 21, 2018 6:42amRafael AureliusAre you not a fan?Jun 21, 2018 6:43amCurt Doolittleit’s just a practical reality that its slow, costly, and not accepted in the mainstream.Jun 21, 2018 6:44amAnne SummersUkraine sounds like an interesting contrast. High white collar crime, low blue collar crime. It’s almost as if you are only real to them and they can empathize with you only on a kinesthetic and personal level.Jun 21, 2018 8:58amNick Heywoodit will be, baby!

☺😊😎Jun 21, 2018 10:42amNick HeywoodF, we need a pub! 😀😁Jun 21, 2018 10:43amRafael AureliusHas Curt written about crypto or bitcoin generally? Curious to hear his prospective in more detail.Jun 21, 2018 10:44amТопу Соупе@[676885943:2048:Rafael Aurelius] he has written extensively on Bitcoin, just search his timeline or the website.Jun 21, 2018 11:20amCurt Doolittlehttps://www.facebook.com/curt.doolittle/posts/10155739655797264Jun 21, 2018 1:12pmCurt Doolittlehttps://www.facebook.com/curt.doolittle/posts/10155923787502264Jun 21, 2018 1:12pmRafael AureliusThank youJun 21, 2018 1:18pmROMAN HAS DELETED HIS FB AND TWITTER ACCOUNTS

–“Curt: Where is Roman?”–

Roman has deleted his FB and Twitter Accounts, but still publishes on http://romaninukraine.com/ . You should follow him there. FYI: he has a wife and two year old that keeps him busy, and is working in management at a technology company in Ukraine. But he manages to publish quite a bit on his web site.

— Interesting ukraine stuff —

My favorite recent post on Romaninukraine is a rant about how banking with credit cards is literally impossible in Ukraine.

The reason is simple: VISA/MC, AMEX have flagged the entire country as high risk. This means that your cards rarely work online, and never outside the country.

I used German, UK, and Swiss banks.

But it is not uncommon in ukraine for the owners or maintainers of ATM machines to sell your card information to crime networks. Nor is it uncommon for restaurants and merchants to sell or use your card information.

I had to replace my cards, and have them sent from the UK about every three months.

This is the primary ‘cost’ of dealing with life in ukraine: (a) you need a foreign bank, and (b) it’s a cash economy.

Conversely, you can bribe people to get to the front of lines etc quite cheaply.