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Do-It-Yourself Skills Part 2

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    • I can use a chain saw
      20
    • I can gap a spark plug
      20
    • I can change the oil on my car
      25
    • I can boresight a rifle
      14
    • I can skin a bear
      6
    • I can dress a deer
      11
    • I can solder
      18
    • I can change a lock/handle on a door
      29
    • I have NOT spent more than $50 on tools in my life
      7
    • I have spent over $5,000 on tools in my life
      11
    • I can hang a picture
      33
    • About all I know from the list is that a carpenter lays carpet
      2

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one...two...tree Grand Master

one...two...tree   2,762

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My wife recently remarked that she isn't "computer savvy", whatever that means. I told her that no one knows everything about computers and there's no reason why anyone can learn enough about computers to get by. My approach to something that I don't know how to do is that I'm perfectly capable of learning how to do it to some level of competency, even if it takes me a thousand times longer to learn it than someone else.

Ban Hammer Grand Master

Ban Hammer   13,641

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I can both solder and soldier.

ditto. and while i'm not at the 5k mark, a few more trips to home depot and i might have it. :hehe:

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TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   46,276

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"I can proficiently administer wedgies" is again not part of this poll, no man. :no:

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Saddle Bronc Grand Master

Saddle Bronc   124

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I did learn how to gap a plug long ago (but never applied it in real-world setting), and can change door-locks (done several times in my Calgary home) and hang pics.

2005/07/10 I-129F filed for Pras

2005/11/07 I-129F approved, forwarded to NVC--to Chennai Consulate 2005/11/14

2005/12/02 Packet-3 received from Chennai

2005/12/21 Visa Interview Date

2006/04/04 Pras' entry into US at DTW

2006/04/15 Church Wedding at Novi (Detroit suburb), MI

2006/05/01 AOS Packet (I-485/I-131/I-765) filed at Chicago

2006/08/23 AP and EAD approved. Two down, 1.5 to go

2006/10/13 Pras' I-485 interview--APPROVED!

2006/10/27 Pras' conditional GC arrives -- .5 to go (2 yrs to Conditions Removal)

2008/07/21 I-751 (conditions removal) filed

2008/08/22 I-751 biometrics completed

2009/06/18 I-751 approved

2009/07/03 10-year GC received; last 0.5 done!

2009/07/23 Pras files N-400

2009/11/16 My 46TH birthday, Pras N-400 approved

2010/03/18 Pras' swear-in

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TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   46,276

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The carpenter had better be sure that the carpet is at least 18 years old before he lays it, 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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Fandango Grand Master

Fandango   1,440

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I can gap a spark plug, change my oil,, hang a photo, and I know how to solder.

I can also use various machines; ditchwich,nail gun, jackhammer,etc. I can drive a backhoe. I can rip off roofs, and I know how to lay a new roof. I've replaced a transmission (with help). I also know how to marcite a pool, fix plumbing, build shelves, run wire through a house, hang trusses, lay tile, etc.

My dad was a GC, and I loved learning stuff from him. I still do, actually. And my mom; a professional classically trained pianist, and who's who in American women stockbroker also surprised me a time or two. She looks like your 'typical' trophy wife, but is accomplished in her own right beyond measure. I came home from school one day to find her pressure cleaning the roof. We were all confused as to why she would do it....she said to me 'remember: you never have to depend on a man to do stuff becausenyou are entirely capable of doing it too.'. My dad was confused as to why she didn't wait for him, and she said she was feeling 'inspired' lol.

Sure, there was that one time I got a flat tire at 19, and while waiting for the tow truck guy, I jacked up the car and tried to take the lug nuts off...turns out I forgot to take the hubcap off, and what I was trying to take off was just the shape of the nuts, and not the actual nuts, lol...I told the tow truck guy the nuts must be stripped...boy, he must have gotten a kick outta that one....

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A & K 42   34

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WONDER IF I CAN DO ANY OF THESE HMMM :whistle:

US Citizenship

February 2, 2016 - Package mailed

February 8,2016 - Credit card charged

February 9, 2016 - NOA1

March 1, 2016 - Biometrics Appt

March 29, 2016 - In Line for interview

April 1, 2016 - Interview Scheduled

April 4, 2016 - Interview letter received in the mail

May 10, 2016 - Interview Day! (Approved)

June 8, 2016 - Oath Ceremony

웃 Veteran

웃   910

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Bought an S10 with a bad motor (very light rod knock + low oil pressure).

Found a guy that has a rebuilt motor about an hour away from me.

He lives in the country.

This was his shed that he and his dad built....

http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m254/nathan_211/Gregory%20MI%20shed/?albumview=slideshow

Has really high ceilings, both sides have electric doors, has a hydraulic lift, they even have a homemade oil barrel with a pump in it for oil changes! They recycle the oil to businesses that use it for heat.

Has a bathroom. Storage room. Outside he has one of those really long garbage dumpsters. Asked him what was in it and he said it is storage for tools!

Asked him what was upstairs in the shed - "That's my dads office - I don't go up there"

If you see in pic 7 on the upstairs door it has a sign on the door that just says: BUBBA

India, gun buyback and steamroll.

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