May 08 k1 filers ~ CSC

[Hannah+Vito 0]

Btw, for you Britfolk, here's the story of the only time I ever went to England, in 1999... trying to type this fast since I'm off work in 3 minutes..

Mom was involved with an Englishman, who turned out to be just as insecure as my ex's ex. But while we visited, had an ok time. Stayed on a house boat in the Norfolk broads area for 3 weeks. Got seasick. Had an ear infection. Visited MANY Virgin music stores.. and there's no shortage there. Never see them around here. The music was ridiculously expensive compared to the cost here (import tariffs, perhaps). Wished they would take me somewhere fun since I'm not much of a "cathedral" or "sights" person if there's no lively entertainment like theme parks (which they apparently weren't into). I had my first ever migraine while there in England, and to put it in perspective (since I had never had one before, and never had once after), I was walking across one of the streets in one of the towns (Norwich?) and it was pounding so bad, I couldn't make it across the street, fell to my knees, put my head in my hands, and just gritted my teeth.

I actually rather enjoyed the pub food (not sure if this is a good or bad thing), and the beer was very nice as well. There was a girl that piqued my interest at the time, who is not important now.

When I left, I kinda had an ear infection. I tend to get sick everywhere I go that's not in California or the West Coast. When on the plane, you know, when your ears pop.. well.. my ears wouldn't pop. Wasn't so much a problem on the ascent, but for the descent, it was the worst plane experience ever. My head felt like it was going to explode. Tried gum, tried opening my jaw, tried everything but they wouldn't pop. Finally it felt like my ears just blasted like in those cartoons that is followed with the sound of a train "toot"ing, to signify one being mad.. ringing.. then nothing. Deaf. Was like this for 3-4 weeks. Being like that sounded like when you're in the shower and you have water+soap in your ears. You don't hear sounds, you hear movements and reverbs. I heard my own heart beating when I was running. Was pretty messed up.

Hopefully my trip to Greece for Christmas will be much better.

well that sucked, but you realise the theme parks are all bit further south from where u were right? and we have plenty of them, alton towers, lego land windsor, pontins, butlins, chesington world of adventures. and we have lots of virgin stores cos they are british so sorry about that yes branson is our responcibility, but they are not too bad and u gotta admirre his money making skills right? hope xmas goes better for you.

dairy farmer, what on earth is a speed dating cell phone application?

[Hannah+Vito 0]

woooohoooo 129 :dance: :dance: the same number as that form that started this.

[DairyFarmer 1]

Btw, for you Britfolk, here's the story of the only time I ever went to England, in 1999... trying to type this fast since I'm off work in 3 minutes..

Mom was involved with an Englishman, who turned out to be just as insecure as my ex's ex. But while we visited, had an ok time. Stayed on a house boat in the Norfolk broads area for 3 weeks. Got seasick. Had an ear infection. Visited MANY Virgin music stores.. and there's no shortage there. Never see them around here. The music was ridiculously expensive compared to the cost here (import tariffs, perhaps). Wished they would take me somewhere fun since I'm not much of a "cathedral" or "sights" person if there's no lively entertainment like theme parks (which they apparently weren't into). I had my first ever migraine while there in England, and to put it in perspective (since I had never had one before, and never had once after), I was walking across one of the streets in one of the towns (Norwich?) and it was pounding so bad, I couldn't make it across the street, fell to my knees, put my head in my hands, and just gritted my teeth.

I actually rather enjoyed the pub food (not sure if this is a good or bad thing), and the beer was very nice as well. There was a girl that piqued my interest at the time, who is not important now.

When I left, I kinda had an ear infection. I tend to get sick everywhere I go that's not in California or the West Coast. When on the plane, you know, when your ears pop.. well.. my ears wouldn't pop. Wasn't so much a problem on the ascent, but for the descent, it was the worst plane experience ever. My head felt like it was going to explode. Tried gum, tried opening my jaw, tried everything but they wouldn't pop. Finally it felt like my ears just blasted like in those cartoons that is followed with the sound of a train "toot"ing, to signify one being mad.. ringing.. then nothing. Deaf. Was like this for 3-4 weeks. Being like that sounded like when you're in the shower and you have water+soap in your ears. You don't hear sounds, you hear movements and reverbs. I heard my own heart beating when I was running. Was pretty messed up.

Hopefully my trip to Greece for Christmas will be much better.

well that sucked, but you realise the theme parks are all bit further south from where u were right? and we have plenty of them, alton towers, lego land windsor, pontins, butlins, chesington world of adventures. and we have lots of virgin stores cos they are british so sorry about that yes branson is our responcibility, but they are not too bad and u gotta admirre his money making skills right? hope xmas goes better for you.

dairy farmer, what on earth is a speed dating cell phone application?

Its was this texting application where you got a screen name, age, and location, and when you selected someone, you had 10 mins to have a text conversation with them. I would do that some mornings, at about 5 am which was evening in Australia, while I waited for cow water tanks to fill. I was just killing time, and Melannie was just passing boring evenings. We chat a few times, then we really hit it off so we chatted in 10 min increments for a half hour every day. After about a month, we spoke on the phone, one thing led to another.....

The thing that shocks people who know me, is I'm not into technology at all, only got the internet after meeting Melannie. Plus while she is a world traveler, I've never been more than a couple hours from the farm where 4 generations of my family have lived. I've never flown, and have worked nearly full time since I was 9. If you add up all the days off I've had in that time, including surgery to put a work injury back together, you wouldnt need all your fingers. So marrying an Australian from a chat room shocks everybody. my cousin still doesnt believe thats how we met. I think a lot of people think Melannie must be a mail order bride or something.

John

[DairyFarmer 1]

woooohoooo 129 :dance: :dance: the same number as that form that started this.

I bet we break 100 in the next week! It feels like things are finally happening!

[sungok 0]

132 ...........

[Hannah+Vito 0]

woooohoooo 129 :dance: :dance: the same number as that form that started this.

I bet we break 100 in the next week! It feels like things are finally happening!

you know what i do too it will update by a month for processing times on the 15th this week and i worked out thats 20 or so moved on to the outside processing times that leaves us with 9 approvals to make vito and i 100 and there are two approvals which havent updated yet

it seems that people at the moment are getting theirs at anything from 117 to past 150 days and vito and i are what 103 or 4 days now, being one of the first filers of may

[Hannah+Vito 0]

John hows your cows? my mate at work lives on a farm and she said they just had their boy calfs sorted if you know what i mean her impression of the sounds you would hear were hilarious, though the guys in the bar didn't seem to share our sence of humour.

[DairyFarmer 1]

John hows your cows? my mate at work lives on a farm and she said they just had their boy calfs sorted if you know what i mean her impression of the sounds you would hear were hilarious, though the guys in the bar didn't seem to share our sence of humour.

sorted is a new one on me, but I know exactly what you mean. Most of our cows are females, but we do have a few bull calves around. Sometimes they do carry on a bit, depending on the method they are sorted. Much worse in my opinion is weaning time. Sometimes they deliver ear pierceing bellows for days, long after they have forgotten what they are bellowing for. They are 3 howling away right now, matter of fact.

[Hannah+Vito 0]

John hows your cows? my mate at work lives on a farm and she said they just had their boy calfs sorted if you know what i mean her impression of the sounds you would hear were hilarious, though the guys in the bar didn't seem to share our sence of humour.

sorted is a new one on me, but I know exactly what you mean. Most of our cows are females, but we do have a few bull calves around. Sometimes they do carry on a bit, depending on the method they are sorted. Much worse in my opinion is weaning time. Sometimes they deliver ear pierceing bellows for days, long after they have forgotten what they are bellowing for. They are 3 howling away right now, matter of fact.

yeh sorted as in fixed will never be a bull:whistle: you'll have to learn all these new slang phrases when Melanies with you . hers were not bellowing so much as when the vet took their you no whats , she said you suddenly heard a loud high pictched moo!! poor things. think hers must be past weened now she said they were 5 or 6 month.

ho hum we were at 129 last nite and we still are at 129 and i kow there are two approvals that havent updated their timelines yet

[Jason&Sarah 0]

Hey guys, forgive my absence lately...my mother's been having some serious health problems, so it's been hectic here to say the least!

Sarah will be here in less than 3 weeks! :joy :joy :joy

I'm slightly nervous...while I know she's allowed to visit during this process, and all that I am worried they'll turn her away. We've spoken on what to say to the entry officer, giving only as much information as they ask for and answering them honestly. Also, she's having her job type up a letter stating that she is on holiday and will be returning to work on October 2nd. Plus she'll have her itinerary on her...and she's going through Cincinnati which from what i've read is a low hassle POE.

Fingers crossed for you all, and hopefully we'll all be celebrating soon!

And yes, I've had to learn new slang from Sarah! It's great!

Edited August 13, 2008 by Jason&Sarah

[Hannah+Vito 0]

Hey guys, forgive my absence lately...my mother's been having some serious health problems, so it's been hectic here to say the least!

Sarah will be here in less than 3 weeks! :joy :joy :joy

I'm slightly nervous...while I know she's allowed to visit during this process, and all that I am worried they'll turn her away. We've spoken on what to say to the entry officer, giving only as much information as they ask for and answering them honestly. Also, she's having her job type up a letter stating that she is on holiday and will be returning to work on October 2nd. Plus she'll have her itinerary on her...and she's going through Cincinnati which from what i've read is a low hassle POE.

Fingers crossed for you all, and hopefully we'll all be celebrating soon!

And yes, I've had to learn new slang from Sarah! It's great!

Sorry to hear you're mums not well, hope she gets better soon.

I've already got Vito saying muppet and subsequently one of his mates too!!

[Jason&Sarah 0]

Sarah has me using very naughty words

I called a guy a ####### last weekend and was looked at cross eyed. It just made me laugh!

[Hannah+Vito 0]

Sarah has me using very naughty words

I called a guy a ####### last weekend and was looked at cross eyed. It just made me laugh!

My dad had a dog called ####### as a kid, welsh form of Thomas and grandad was welsh spoke it and everything. They still had the dog when it started to have the meaning you've been taught.

[Jason&Sarah 0]

Have you seen the movie Blackball? Hilarious...

[Hannah+Vito 0]

Have you seen the movie Blackball? Hilarious...

no dont think so!