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right turn on red is another thing

riding a motorcycle without a helmet is another thing



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Nessa Grand Master

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another thing that I think it's really strange is public swimming pools without checkups.
This is an interesting difference. I don't think that any Americano would dream of a medical check-up being necessary before being allowed to swim in a public pool.

it's pretty annoying, but still, I'd prefer swimming knowing that there're no weird disease swimming with me. And it's usually like, if it's a country club, they'll have people there to do that for you, you just pay a small fee. If it's swimming schools, you need to bring a note from your doctor. If you go to your friend's place and she lives in a building that has a swimming pool, then you just can;t use cuz people won't walk around carrying a note from their doctor.

But on the other hand, if it's a hotel, etc, then you can.



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A bit of good gnus (polite antelopes?): Cristina will physically retrieve her physical K-1 visa on Monday. Bets on whether the bloody thing has mistakes in it, si man?

TB - that's great news!!! I know you still remain ever skeptical about the competence of the USCIS but still - it's a huge step forward after everything you have been through :D

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right turn on red is another thing

riding a motorcycle without a helmet is another thing

I see people not wearing helmets while riding motorcycles as thinning out the gene pool...get rid of the stupids :thumbs:

As for the pool...I always get kind of grossed out swimming in public pools. I've seen wayyy too many floaters in my day to feel comfortable...and no they are not Baby Ruths either!

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TB - that's great news!!! I know you still remain ever skeptical about the competence of the USCIS but still - it's a huge step forward after everything you have been through :D
"Why, thank you, Dear, si man," he replied politely. It ain't USCIS, but DOS/the consulates at this point. Primary announcement has just been posted at: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=148430

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

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01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

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another thing that I think it's really strange is public swimming pools without checkups. I don't know if it's everywhere, but the ones on base anyone can show up and use it. In Brazil for you to use any not private swimming pool, u need a doctor check up first. And not only that, they throw dog parties in the pools here, like #######?

Even if there were doctor checkups, I'd still never use a public swimming pool or water park. They just gross me out completely.

Dog pool parties? :blink: That's really effed up. People need to find better ways to make life more complete.

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some peoples lives are only complete if there's a dog (or 2) in it.
My life would be complete if I had a mooseburger slathered with treacle. Si, man.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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some peoples lives are only complete if there's a dog (or 2) in it.

I wouldn't say it makes me complete only if I have one, but getting a dog is definitely on the list of things to do when I move to the US... I've lived with pets all my life and found it extremely hard when I moved towns.. ended up getting a hamster to look after. It's not pathetic, I just have a natural pull towards caring for animals and my life is better with them, overall.

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some peoples lives are only complete if there's a dog (or 2) in it.

I wouldn't say it makes me complete only if I have one, but getting a dog is definitely on the list of things to do when I move to the US... I've lived with pets all my life and found it extremely hard when I moved towns.. ended up getting a hamster to look after. It's not pathetic, I just have a natural pull towards caring for animals and my life is better with them, overall.

but did you have a pool party for your hamster and all his friends?

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:lol: No, but in one of the books I read about caring for a hamster, it DID specify (with pcitures!) that you should not put your hamster into a toy boat and put it into the tub!

Just in case you were considering!!

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Julez. :lol:

:lol: No, but in one of the books I read about caring for a hamster, it DID specify (with pcitures!) that you should not put your hamster into a toy boat and put it into the tub!

Just in case you were considering!!

Ohmygoodness, I remember watching Hammy the Hamster tooling around in a radio-controlled motorboat! :lol: It was a Canadian kids show and I loved it. Tried to find a pic of that segment but this is all I could come up with:

Now I know what most of you are thinking. Just how entertaining can some rodents on a riverbank be? Well the charm lay not in the animals themselves but the props and the sets that they were put in. The animals lived in nifty houses, such as GP's mill with the water wheel and Hammy's boot house. The houses were fully furnished with rodent-sized furniture. Then, to make things extra exciting, Sutherland and Ellison would stuff the animals in remote control vehicles - such as motor boats and jeeps and planes and such.

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but did you have a pool party for your hamster and all his friends?

I would totally go to that party. LOL

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*julez*   124

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Julez. :lol:

but did you have a pool party for your hamster and all his friends?

I would totally go to that party. LOL

*makes a note in preparation of Krikit's upcoming visit*

Wine - check!

Pool - check!

Hamsters....must go shopping....

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