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How did we survive without cell phones? I sometimes watch old movies and realize some of the plots would never work if set in our present. I remember going to the airport and running from gate to gate waiting for my parents to show up...

The old Perry Mason TV show would certainly have been different.

Good thing about being married now is that everyone walks around tied to their phones, music, et al., and there's seemingly no chance for an unobstructed get-acquainted conversation (or flirt).

Considering my wife's complete spatial unawareness regarding her cell phone, we're pretty much still operating in a pre-cell world. Dying on the side of the road? Better call anyone else if you expect an answer.

(Semi-Luddite admission) Mrs. T-B. gets on me rather regularly for this. Accordingly, I keep the phone on, but chiefly in case there's an emergency with Mini-B.

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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01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.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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Auntie Harpa - I LUVS LUVS LUVS yer new OT topic... Stellar !

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TBoneTX Grand Master

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At the risk of you all hating me even more than you did before, it is 75F here today, slightly overcast. Closer to 80F yesterday.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/498482-international-pros-and-ex-cons-ftw/?p=7448885

No one has openly hated me much more for this than they do already. :P

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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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you shouldn't huff and drink at the same time.

...spoken like someone who has never tried...

FWIW my wife got her 10 year GC 1 week before we move back to China....you think the gubmint would give me a refund on the I-751 feeez???

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...spoken like someone who has never tried...

FWIW my wife got her 10 year GC 1 week before we move back to China....you think the gubmint would give me a refund on the I-751 feeez???

i graduated dare in the eighties. i know wassup.

Darnell Grand Master

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OK ya rumpswabs - I'm off for a bit, prolly returning in Late February. Be Sweet, and Sweet Smelling !

Sometimes my language usage seems confusing - please feel free to 'read it twice', just in case !
Ya know, you can find the answer to your question with the advanced search tool, when using a PC? Ditch the handphone, come back later on a PC, and try again.

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elmcitymaven Grand Master

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OK ya rumpswabs - I'm off for a bit, prolly returning in Late February. Be Sweet, and Sweet Smelling !

Check ya later, Darnell. If you're starting law school, may the force be with you. I'm coming up on the completion of 1L and I will be glad to see the back of it. In the meantime, comfort your soul with the fortune-cookie-like Maxims of Equity, which I find very soothing in dark hours.

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Teddy B Grand Master

Teddy B   17,252

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No, but there sure does seem to be a lot of tolerance of them these days.

It's all part of the kinder, gentler family friendly VJ.

On a side note, the sock puppets were never allowed until G took office................coincidence?? :ph34r::whistle::lol:

 

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