Who moved all the topics?

[Melrose Plant 1]

OK, I know all of the moved topics (not all of which were mine) technically "belonged" elsewhere, but when they are put in their "correct" places, nobody really gives a ####### because nobody knows who we are or what we're talking about. We are a little group here in SE Asia, and, for example, I would never that Jack & Xuan got their USCIS approval if they didn't post in here in SE Asia, even though that technically belongs in the I-129(f) forum. Is there a problem sharing our experiences with our friends here in this forum?

[luckytxn 2,264]

Apparently there is Melrose. We are like a family and friends here and it was nice to chat among ourselves.

Oh yeah. After hurricame Ike I am not loving trees anymore.

[PeterFB 0]

While I don't understand why they got moved, if you click on Portals, you'll see most of the Vietnamese posting regardless of what forum they are in. However not all show up there for some reason........

I can only conclude that who ever is moving them, isn't part of our Vietnamese group...... Maybe there should be a Vietnamese forum?

Peter and Thi

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[Melrose Plant 1]

Apparently there is Melrose. We are like a family and friends here and it was nice to chat among ourselves.

Oh yeah. After hurricame Ike I am not loving trees anymore.

Hahahaha, I'm not laughing at your situation, but I see you still retain a sense of humor about things, even after a terrible disaster like that.

So now, in the spirit of going WAY off topic (just because I can, and somebody can MOVE this if deemed necessary), let me put you up to date on the house.

First, the trees. The good trees are in no danger, she has decided they are OK, even though we have at least twice as many trees as any of our neighbors (for some reason this bothers her). The two trees that are on city property needed to come out, 1 was dead, and the other is barely hanging onto life, being rotten in the middle. We called the city to come look at them. The city inspector agreed that both needed to come out, and both would be removed by the city. HOWEVER, and here's where life just always gets interesting, we have no sidewalk on the side of our property where the trees were (and one still is). We have a corner property. City ordinance requires that you have a sidewalk. We have a sidewalk in the front, but none on the side. The side street is not a full-sized street, and there is practically no traffic, foot or otherwise, along this side street. The trees were planted right where the sidewalk ought to go, and this property has a "sidewalk waiver." If the city were to cut down both trees, the sidewalk waiver would be null and void, and we would have to put in 150 feet of sidewalk. He thought the city would charge about $2,500 to do this for us. Ouch.

He then suggested that since we were such tree lovers, that we have the city cut down only the dead tree. This would give us time to decide what to do. I'm pretty sure I can put in a sidewalk if need be for a lot less than $2,500, but I sure don't want to do it this fall. Plus, I hate the thought of keeping that extra 150 feet of sidewalk cleared during the winter. Pretty funny, eh?

In other news, we got a new furnace, and new A/C. Actually, we just got A/C period, because there was none before. Can you believe a Vietnamese woman actually agreed to buy A/C? In the end, she decided we should get it for my son, who is not used to not having it, and for our "American" guests, who might not like the house at 85 degrees or higher.

We also just finished with re-finishing the downstairs floors. We're ready to move in this week-end.

Move it if you must.

[Y's_habibitk 2]

OK, I know all of the moved topics (not all of which were mine) technically "belonged" elsewhere, but when they are put in their "correct" places, nobody really gives a ####### because nobody knows who we are or what we're talking about. We are a little group here in SE Asia, and, for example, I would never that Jack & Xuan got their USCIS approval if they didn't post in here in SE Asia, even though that technically belongs in the I-129(f) forum. Is there a problem sharing our experiences with our friends here in this forum?

They do it to the MENA all the time too lol

[luckytxn 2,264]

Apparently there is Melrose. We are like a family and friends here and it was nice to chat among ourselves.

Oh yeah. After hurricame Ike I am not loving trees anymore.

Hahahaha, I'm not laughing at your situation, but I see you still retain a sense of humor about things, even after a terrible disaster like that.

So now, in the spirit of going WAY off topic (just because I can, and somebody can MOVE this if deemed necessary), let me put you up to date on the house.

First, the trees. The good trees are in no danger, she has decided they are OK, even though we have at least twice as many trees as any of our neighbors (for some reason this bothers her). The two trees that are on city property needed to come out, 1 was dead, and the other is barely hanging onto life, being rotten in the middle. We called the city to come look at them. The city inspector agreed that both needed to come out, and both would be removed by the city. HOWEVER, and here's where life just always gets interesting, we have no sidewalk on the side of our property where the trees were (and one still is). We have a corner property. City ordinance requires that you have a sidewalk. We have a sidewalk in the front, but none on the side. The side street is not a full-sized street, and there is practically no traffic, foot or otherwise, along this side street. The trees were planted right where the sidewalk ought to go, and this property has a "sidewalk waiver." If the city were to cut down both trees, the sidewalk waiver would be null and void, and we would have to put in 150 feet of sidewalk. He thought the city would charge about $2,500 to do this for us. Ouch.

He then suggested that since we were such tree lovers, that we have the city cut down only the dead tree. This would give us time to decide what to do. I'm pretty sure I can put in a sidewalk if need be for a lot less than $2,500, but I sure don't want to do it this fall. Plus, I hate the thought of keeping that extra 150 feet of sidewalk cleared during the winter. Pretty funny, eh?

In other news, we got a new furnace, and new A/C. Actually, we just got A/C period, because there was none before. Can you believe a Vietnamese woman actually agreed to buy A/C? In the end, she decided we should get it for my son, who is not used to not having it, and for our "American" guests, who might not like the house at 85 degrees or higher.

We also just finished with re-finishing the downstairs floors. We're ready to move in this week-end.

Move it if you must.

LOL. I know you weren't laughing at the fun we had a couple weeks ago. If anything we got rid of a lot of the deadwood. And good wood and everything in between. Everything is gonna be fine.

Love hearing about the house and all and hope many pleasant years. Sidwalks are good but at least we don't have to shovel snow from them. Just keep the grass trimmed along them. Good luck on the ongoing house things.