Q-and-A

 1.  How I think the Ukraine-Russia war will end?

Just speculating, but I think via a collapse on logistical efforts and declining conscript manpower....one day (probably toward Feb/Mar of 2023)...some conscripts in mass (maybe a thousand of them) will just stand up and start walking/driving back to the Russian border....to refuse anymore of the fight.  

A few will be shot, but the others will shoot back, and some collapse of authority will occur over 48-hour period.  Around a dozen commanders will be killed in this period, and Moscow military people won't be able to explain this to Putin.

An effort will be made to kill the objecting conscripts....to only infuriate more conscripts, and at the two week point.....there is a total collapse of the front.

2.  Where is this Nord Stream I pump, after being fixed in Canada and returned to Germany?

No one knows.

It's highly secretive, and some rumors say it's heavily guarded.  

A target?  Well....you get the impression that the Ukrainian folks don't want it to be operational and maybe they'd have people going after it.  Pretty weird stuff.

3.  A lot of jobs open now?

I sat and reviewed the Frankfurt Flughafen (airport) area.  There must be a minimum of 2,000 jobs posted in the past ten days.  It ranges from short-order cooks, to winter-personnel (the ones who de-ice planes).  

4.  Any truth to the rumor that the city of Kassel is paying 75 Euro to each resident as 'energy' money?

True.....everyone (even kids) can get it....if you ask for it.  You have to be a resident in the city though.

Fixes everything?  NO.  Per household, you really needed a thousand Euro minimum (my humble view).  

5.  Any truth to the rumor of 'pool-bouncers' being hired in the state of Hessen?

Well....true.  Journalists are using the term 'security-personnel'.  I prefer the term 'pool-bouncer'.

What you have is bad behavior stuff going on....mostly with juveniles and young men.  You have events throughout Germany starting up at the pool, and the police get called.  So the smart thing is what the hiring of these 'bouncers' to remove the bad-boys ahead of time.  

People shocked by the bad behavior?  I'd say after two years of Covid.....people are generally acting 'normal', and it's a very small group of bad boys.

6.  What's with the search for the replacement for Boris Johnson, Brit PM?

Well....whoever gets the nod....probably will be gone in less than two years.  If you watch via BBC, Sky and 'other' news services.....no one is that thrilled over the choices.