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3 hours ago, Russ&Caro said:

I'm waiting for an ultra 4k 75" tv for under $300. I'm willing to wait til 2022.

Eh, got a 55" for $350 when the 2007-vintage 42" 1080p (that was $1200, natch) died last year.

 

I don't think I'll get another one until a similar-sized OLED or MicroLED or some other new display tech that actually looks significantly better than what I've got is under $500. Or this one dies, whichever. 

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Never one to do anything by half measures.... ...today I had my first unaccompanied drive here.....just a wee 4.5 hour, interstate jaunt-including hitting Indiana expressway at rush hour at dusk

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I just got an email saying they accept I can't provide transcripts and that the job offer is still on. Phew!   Thanks for your support today guys. 🙏🏻

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Hi all, been completely AWOL ...in brief,  husband steadily declined in health from last I was here. Been in hospital all that time,  save for 3 days at the end of the first week.  Doctors delive

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Happy Belated Tbone. Glad you are back safe and sound. Congratulations Niki on the job :)

I can explain it to you. But I can't understand it for you.

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Me asking people to be job references:

 

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No further details at the moment.

3/2/18  E-filed N-400 under 5 year rule

3/26/18 Biometrics

7/2019-12/2019 (Yes, 16- 21 months) Estimated time to interview MSP office.

 

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Happy Birthday TB.

 

Happy new job Niki.

 

Good luck Nola. Whatever it is.

 

Take a Benadryl and a nap SAT.

 

. . .   just get on the bus Gus . . .

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13 hours ago, Ontarkie said:

Happy birthday Tbone and welcome back.

Gracias, si D ma'am.

12 hours ago, Asia said:

Happy belayed Birthday to you! :)

Gracias, AWOL Commie-babe, oj tak.

12 hours ago, SAT said:

Where's my suitcase?!

Tiff gave it to a thuggy relative, of course, :bonk: man.

12 hours ago, Asia said:

Borrowed by Tiff?

Obvious answer, si man!  Obvious, OBVIOUS answer ANSWER, si man SI MAN.

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

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

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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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12 hours ago, cdneh said:

Happy Belated Tbone. Glad you are back safe and sound.

Gracias, si Eh ma'am.  We are slowly recovering from the exhaust/perfume deluge and felt better on Wed., si man.

8 hours ago, theresaL said:

Happy Birthday TB.

Gracias, si TL ma'am.

We feel obligated to report that we are a Manygenarian, precisely 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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My AKL flatmate passed away yesterday. Four days short of being shoveled into a care home she wanted nothing to do with. 

She was not a person for whom life was ever easy.

Neither of us were people who put any stock at all in the great hereafter, but I'd like to think that she is somewhere cozy, with enough to eat, and endless cups of tea, a comfortable chair by a fire, with plenty of books to read.

I can explain it to you. But I can't understand it for you.

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11 minutes ago, cdneh said:

My AKL flatmate passed away yesterday. Four days short of being shoveled into a care home she wanted nothing to do with. 

She was not a person for whom life was ever easy.

Neither of us were people who put any stock at all in the great hereafter, but I'd like to think that she is somewhere cozy, with enough to eat, and endless cups of tea, a comfortable chair by a fire, with plenty of books to read.

 

I'm so sorry to hear about her passing. Perhaps she can be at peace now.

3/2/18  E-filed N-400 under 5 year rule

3/26/18 Biometrics

7/2019-12/2019 (Yes, 16- 21 months) Estimated time to interview MSP office.

 

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14 minutes ago, cdneh said:

My AKL flatmate passed away yesterday. Four days short of being shoveled into a care home she wanted nothing to do with. 

She was not a person for whom life was ever easy.

Neither of us were people who put any stock at all in the great hereafter, but I'd like to think that she is somewhere cozy, with enough to eat, and endless cups of tea, a comfortable chair by a fire, with plenty of books to read.

 

I hope she had a remarkable life. Deepest sympathies. 

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So, Adidas was selling sneakers today for 99 cents in NY...

 

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/adidas-selling-sneakers-under-1-152200922.html

 

 

Then, an hour later...

 

https://nypost.com/2019/07/18/riot-erupts-at-pop-up-stunt-for-dirt-cheap-adidas-shoes/

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3 hours ago, SAT said:

 

So, Adidas was selling sneakers today for 99 cents in NY...

 

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/adidas-selling-sneakers-under-1-152200922.html

 

 

Then, an hour later...

 

https://nypost.com/2019/07/18/riot-erupts-at-pop-up-stunt-for-dirt-cheap-adidas-shoes/

Must be all the barefoot people who tossed their Nike's.

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6 hours ago, cdneh said:

My AKL flatmate passed away yesterday. Four days short of being shoveled into a care home she wanted nothing to do with. 

She was not a person for whom life was ever easy.

Neither of us were people who put any stock at all in the great hereafter, but I'd like to think that she is somewhere cozy, with enough to eat, and endless cups of tea, a comfortable chair by a fire, with plenty of books to read.

I'm so sorry for your loss

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