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Everyone's too doped-up to laugh at my jokes...

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01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.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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9 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Everyone's too doped-up to laugh at my jokes...

Actually i just realized why i laughed at one 😁

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And, unfortunately, the recently retired OP is missing out on all the fun.

If at first you don't succeed, then sky diving is not for you.

Someone stole my dictionary. Now I am at a loss for words.

If Apple made a car, would it have windows?

Ban shredded cheese. Make America Grate Again .

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.  Deport him and you never have to feed him again.

I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.

I went bald but I kept my comb.  I just couldn't part with it.

My name is not Richard Edward but my friends still call me DickEd

If your pet has a bladder infection, urine trouble.

"Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow."

I fired myself from cleaning the house. I didn't like my attitude and I got caught drinking on the job.

My kid has A.D.D... and a couple of F's

Carrots improve your vision.  Alcohol doubles it.

A dung beetle walks into a bar and asks " Is this stool taken?"

Breaking news.  They're not making yardsticks any longer.

Hemorrhoids?  Shouldn't they be called Assteroids?

If life gives you melons, you might be dyslexic.

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1 week out from disc replacement surgery. Glad I did it now. Today is my first pain free day. I have not had a loritab in 12 hours.

 

Sadly i no longer find Tbones jokes funny for some reason 😄

 

Oh well rep points will make ip for it 

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31 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

1 week out from disc replacement surgery. Glad I did it now. Today is my first pain free day. I have not had a loritab in 12 hours.

 

Sadly i no longer find Tbones jokes funny for some reason 😄

 

Oh well rep points will make ip for it 

Glad you are feeling better NB and wish you speedy recovery and success. Will you need PT? I tried oxy for a few days but it had little effect. My incisions are doing good and pain free, but I just got back from urgent care. The dang antibiotics they gave me has left me with a nasty allergic reaction. Been trying to hound the surgeon for many days.. it's like they can take body parts from you but when there's a problem they hide.

Our Journey Timeline  - Immigration and the Health Exchange Price of Love in the UK Thinking of Returning to UK?

 

First met: 12/31/04 - Engaged: 9/24/09
Filed I-129F: 10/4/14 - Packet received: 10/7/14
NOA 1 email + ARN assigned: 10/10/14 (hard copy 10/17/14)
Touched on website (fixed?): 12/9/14 - Poked USCIS: 4/1/15
NOA 2 email: 5/4/15 (hard copy 5/11/15)
Sent to NVC: 5/8/15 - NVC received + #'s assigned: 5/15/15 (estimated)
NVC sent: 5/19/15 - London received/ready: 5/26/15
Packet 3: 5/28/15 - Medical: 6/16/15
Poked London 7/1/15 - Packet 4: 7/2/15
Interview: 7/30/15 - Approved!
AP + Issued 8/3/15 - Visa in hand (depot): 8/6/15
POE: 8/27/15

Wedding: 9/30/15

Filed I-485, I-131, I-765: 11/7/15

Packet received: 11/9/15

NOA 1 txt/email: 11/15/15 - NOA 1 hardcopy: 11/19/15

Bio: 12/9/15

EAD + AP approved: 1/25/16 - EAD received: 2/1/16

RFE for USCIS inability to read vax instructions: 5/21/16 (no e-notification & not sent from local office!)

RFE response sent: 6/7/16 - RFE response received 6/9/16

AOS approved/card in production: 6/13/16  

NOA 2 hardcopy + card sent 6/17/16

Green Card received: 6/18/16

USCIS 120 day reminder notice: 2/22/18

Filed I-751: 5/2/18 - Packet received: 5/4/18

NOA 1:  5/29/18 (12 mo ext) 8/13/18 (18 mo ext)  - Bio: 6/27/18

Transferred: Potomac Service Center 3/26/19

Approved/New Card Produced status: 4/25/19 - NOA2 hardcopy 4/29/19

10yr Green Card Received: 5/2/19 with error >_<

N400 : 7/16/23 - Oath : 10/19/23

 

 

 

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45 minutes ago, yuna628 said:

Glad you are feeling better NB and wish you speedy recovery and success. Will you need PT? I tried oxy for a few days but it had little effect. My incisions are doing good and pain free, but I just got back from urgent care. The dang antibiotics they gave me has left me with a nasty allergic reaction. Been trying to hound the surgeon for many days.. it's like they can take body parts from you but when there's a problem they hide.

It takes an act of Congress to get most DR office to respond. Sad hope you feel better soon

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3 hours ago, yuna628 said:

Glad you are feeling better NB and wish you speedy recovery and success. Will you need PT? I tried oxy for a few days but it had little effect. My incisions are doing good and pain free, but I just got back from urgent care. The dang antibiotics they gave me has left me with a nasty allergic reaction. Been trying to hound the surgeon for many days.. it's like they can take body parts from you but when there's a problem they hide.

I know medicine affects us all differently,  but for me oxycodone and hydrocodone "feel" like they are doing nothing if I take only one 5/325.  But if I take two, I can actually "feel" the medicine, and pain relief is there.  If I keep taking them as scheduled, one at a time, they seem to keep the pain at bay, without the "feel" of the meds.  Gotta watch out for constipation,  of course.

 

Sorry to hear about your battle with the antibiotics.  What did they use that didn't set well with you?

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10 minutes ago, ALFKAD said:

I know medicine affects us all differently,  but for me oxycodone and hydrocodone "feel" like they are doing nothing if I take only one 5/325.  But if I take two, I can actually "feel" the medicine, and pain relief is there.  If I keep taking them as scheduled, one at a time, they seem to keep the pain at bay, without the "feel" of the meds.  Gotta watch out for constipation,  of course.

 

Sorry to hear about your battle with the antibiotics.  What did they use that didn't set well with you?

The doc has me on 10/325 you do build up resistance.. now the night of the surgery the Loritab was not doing the job.  They gave me a shot of Oxymorphine. I didnt know if I was in the hospital or at a grateful dead concert. It was a huge smile and lights out.

 

If I am hurting I dont mind taking something not to hurt. Unlike my mom and other people from that generation,  that somehow saw taking medcine like that as somehow wrong or sinful.

 

The only time i have been given 5/325 is by a dentist after Oral Surgery, which usually does not bother me too badly 

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1 hour ago, ALFKAD said:

I know medicine affects us all differently,  but for me oxycodone and hydrocodone "feel" like they are doing nothing if I take only one 5/325.  But if I take two, I can actually "feel" the medicine, and pain relief is there.  If I keep taking them as scheduled, one at a time, they seem to keep the pain at bay, without the "feel" of the meds.  Gotta watch out for constipation,  of course.

 

Sorry to hear about your battle with the antibiotics.  What did they use that didn't set well with you?

Yea the constipation thing. I remember when EX lax was Yellow Phenolphthalein  and worked real well.

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3 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

The doc has me on 10/325 you do build up resistance.. now the night of the surgery the Loritab was not doing the job.  They gave me a shot of Oxymorphine. I didnt know if I was in the hospital or at a grateful dead concert. It was a huge smile and lights out.

 

If I am hurting I dont mind taking something not to hurt. Unlike my mom and other people from that generation,  that somehow saw taking medcine like that as somehow wrong or sinful.

 

The only time i have been given 5/325 is by a dentist after Oral Surgery, which usually does not bother me too badly 

I’ve taken 10/300 before, but it’s been so long I don’t recall how I felt.  I just know I feel sorry for Dr. House. His pain must have been BAD....

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Because of the opioid issues they are really tightly regulating prescriptions.  I'm pretty much limited to writing 3 days worth of Lortab, or 12 tabs, at a time.

If at first you don't succeed, then sky diving is not for you.

Someone stole my dictionary. Now I am at a loss for words.

If Apple made a car, would it have windows?

Ban shredded cheese. Make America Grate Again .

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.  Deport him and you never have to feed him again.

I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.

I went bald but I kept my comb.  I just couldn't part with it.

My name is not Richard Edward but my friends still call me DickEd

If your pet has a bladder infection, urine trouble.

"Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow."

I fired myself from cleaning the house. I didn't like my attitude and I got caught drinking on the job.

My kid has A.D.D... and a couple of F's

Carrots improve your vision.  Alcohol doubles it.

A dung beetle walks into a bar and asks " Is this stool taken?"

Breaking news.  They're not making yardsticks any longer.

Hemorrhoids?  Shouldn't they be called Assteroids?

If life gives you melons, you might be dyslexic.

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23 minutes ago, Neonred said:

Because of the opioid issues they are really tightly regulating prescriptions.  I'm pretty much limited to writing 3 days worth of Lortab, or 12 tabs, at a time.

That should be fine for most dental procedures???

 

My GP told me how much scrutiny he is under. He would have to test my urine etc for a second script. Hopefully not gonna need it.

 

It my biz a lot of drug abuse. Several co workers swap them around and trade like cigs in prison 

 

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10 hours ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

rep points will make ip for it 

What's ip, Pussycat?  <---- worth many rep points as a double pun

And you're on thin ice, so start rep-pointing, si man.

4 hours ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

It my biz a lot of drug abuse.

Attend rehab, then.

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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5 hours ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

Phenolphthalein

Love this word, with 5 consecutive consonants.

Howe didd yew spel it koreckley

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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