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Great idea from Edward. Far too late in life, I found SmallPDF.com -- take a look to see all the things that you can do with it, including compression.

You're most welcome. Gringo petitioner here, personally.

Scintillating Sunday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Sunday-on-Monday report, see man: Awoke too early after another bad night on bad zzz-hotel bed, man. Breakfast was green grapes and the meats/cheese from the fridged deli sandwich, overbuy and ingest we man. The Many (2x2x2x2 +2) grapes (we presume) had a gastrointestinal impact, delay we man. Got up-packed and out-checked, bill credit as promised man. Hit road at precisely Many (2x2x2 +1) a.m., time-marker man. More Sunday-a.m. traffic than expected, oh well man. Made excellent time, posted speed a mere suggestion* man. *others were the same, gratifying man Hit several patches where turtles occupied the left lane, need dashboard-mounted nuclear device man. Nevertheless, we shaved Many (2x2x2x2 +2+2+1) minutes off projected arrival time, first half of journey man. Made medium-sized small town just in time for bathroom break, really close man. Groceried at Brookshire Brothers, several deals man. Utilized seldom-used shopper card and saved $Many ($2+1), F$WM. All this time, Mama T-B. was lobbying for a "brief yet mandatory" visit, trashed we man. She finally relented and we shall see her Monday, relief man. Shaved Many (2x2x2 +2+2+1) minutes off medium-town-to-casa segment, despite heavier traffic man. Total time was Many hours Many minutes to go Many00 miles, not too bad man. Took forever to unload packed T-B.-mobile, nearly couldn't enter casa after dropping junk in entryway man. All this time, miu was plaintively miuing from other side of door, Where Are You Daddy miu man. Miu almost out of water, need to lecture recent miu-sitters man. Served miu miu-lunch, service miu we man. Miu had recently been brushed, but miu insisted on rebrushing nevertheless, seek-assurancing miu man. Half of miu came out in the brush, need to counsel recent miu-sitters man. Our kitchen was messed up, obvious trait of ex-Mrs.-T-B. man. Miu remained needy for several hours, Where Were You And How Dare You Daddy man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. turned Many years old today, celebratory ex-she man man. She wanted to off-drop Mini-B. at 2 p.m., evening plans ex-she man man. We wanted to siesta, desperately in need of same we man man. We first warshered/baked/folded the weekend's ES purchases, domestic we man. Mini-B. arrived at this time, start of Two Guys Half-Week man. The instant we lay down for our siesta, neighbor's yard crew began working, man. However, we made lemonade from lemons, enterprising we man. We hired crew for our yard, work to be done on Monday man. This saves our aching carcass from a full mow, enterprising we man. Siesta fairly successful, took the edge off man. Began/completed LL #2, trip and regular stuff man. Miu sat in our lap during evening TV news, need-reassurancing miu man. Din-din was meat lasagna from Aldi, ingest Two Guys man. Movie night was Twins, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. Counting last Two Guys Half-Week, this tallies to Many (2+2+2) bowls, weekly quota in sight man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We shall take bedtime HSM galore, most certainly man. Mini-B. on Spring Break this week, zzz-in Two Guys man. Weather supposed to suck for next 2 days, cold front man. Mandatory visit to Mama T-B. Monday, visit we and possibly wee man man. Up-catch on accumulated mail & newspapers, up-catch we man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

It's hard, but give them the chance. You never know. Day 61. Contact the immigration liaison in your Congressman's (usually) D.C. office. There's a release form to fill out, giving them authorization to inquire on your behalf. It varies by case, and the process is highly opaque. For beneficiaries, some security checks can expire while others are in process, and the expired ones need to begin anew. This stinks, but it's necessary. Hang in there, keep the faith, and be sure to let us all hear the happy news when it finally comes about.

We are out of town and away from our usual sources of material, so here is (from memory) our Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =================== REALITY OF LIFE You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't wipe your friends on the furniture.

Racism! Republicans are racist!

Thread is moved from the ROC forum to the Military Discussion forum.

Your evidence is solid. Consider drafting estate documents -- wills, powers of attorney, et al. These make superb evidence if you optionally wish to add them, but they're even more important to have in "life." Check your state's websites to see if templates for these documents are available to download and fill in (Texas has them, for one); if not, find a decent attorney to draft them for you. Whatever the expense, they'll be worth their weight in gold for peace of mind.

Thrilling Saturday non-ES report, see man: Zzz'd too shortly, inadequate zzz man. Breakfast was foldover egg/cheese omelets + sausage patties, ingest we man. ES itinerary disrupted by road destruction, NO reason for Interstates to go down to one lane man. Took surface streets back to zzz hotel, short-on-time we man. No time for lunch, OK because still full from breakfast we man. All afternoon/eve at activity hotel, last day/night man. Din-din was closing-eve buffet banquet, participate we man. We consumed 2 plates of chicken, salmon, angel-hair pasta, green beans, mashed potatoes, & roast beef, ingest we man. Dessert was 2 huge slices of chocolate cream cake, ingest/hose glucose/hope not hose A1c we man. We were pretty trashed after that, exhausted we man. Perfunctorily participated in further activities, all informal man. Socialized with amigos, all pleased to interact with we man man. Left quite early, trashed we man. Gassed T-B.-mobile before casa-ward trip Sunday, preparatory we man. Took wrong turn and drove Many (2x2x2x2 +2) -- si man, Many (2x2x2x2 +2) miles out of our way, man. Finally reached zzz hotel, man. No hot water in bathroom sink all week, man. Reported it Thursday noon, report we man. No repairs Thursday, "maintenance guy came but was very busy, excuse man," man. No repairs Friday, "maintenance guy didn't come today, excuse man," man. No repairs Saturday, "part we need is on back-order, excuse man," man. Hotel chica has agreed to comp our last night's stay, F$WM. We will contact Corporate about retrofitting hotel with POTSs*, man. *buy yours today, si man! Hoping for decent zzz overnight, desperately in need thereof man. We hope to check out rather early, no traffic man. We have a LOT of leftover refrigerator-food, probably trash one sandwich + grapes we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We anticipate mollifying an outraged and demanding miu, mollify miu we man. Mama T-B. will be all over us in addition, please wait till Monday senior she man man. We shall host Mini-B. Sun-Mon-Tues nights, Spring Break so can zzz in Two Guys man. And that was/is our thrilling Saturday, report we man.

Saturday ES report, see man: We attended all Many ESs, dependable we man. We also stumbled upon 2 GSs, stumble we man. The first, Many'th, and Many'th ESs yielded the take, see man: -- duster dress for Mama T-B. = $1, steal man -- 2 Liz Claiborne bath towels, thick warshcloth = $Many ($2x2x2), deal man. -- new-in-plastic table lamp = $Many ($2x2x2), steal man Total = $Many ($2x2x2x2 +1) For first time in Many (2+1) years, San Antonio ESs paid off, very satisfied we man.

Full report, of course!

Thrilling Friday non-ES report, see man: Zzz'd like a log, zzz we man. Breakfast was powdered scrambled eggs + bacon, ingest we man. Lunch was both halves of a Manyple-decker ham-&-cheese sandwich, ingest we man. Obligation fulfilled at activity hotel, fulfilled and active we man. Siesta was attempted but failed, some hip pain returning man. Din-din at activity hotel was Many (2x2x2) chicken-salad-on-croissants*, ingest we man. *free at a hospitality room, F$WM Interacted with many old & new amigos, interactive we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We have itineraried Many (2+2+1) ESs for Saturday, itinerary we man. Last day of activities begins at half-past 1 p.m. Saturday, heartily participate we man. And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

Gotta lock them skool doors. Good grief.

Yee-HAAAAA! (That's Texan for "Congratulations!")