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Santa Monica becomes unliveable

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TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   45,536

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Santa Monica becomes unliveable

 

Santa Monica is one of my old stomping grounds from my years in Los Angeles.  So when I heard the place was becoming unliveable, same as all the other blue cities, I wanted to learn what had changed:  [...]

 

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/12/santa_monica_becomes_unliveable.html

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01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.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(!).

Mike E Grand Master

Mike E   11,740

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2-3  years ago my wife and I  had breakfast with my former coworker Akshatha, and her bf Anshul in Santa Monica.  They had leftovers, so they were in box they took with them.  We decided to walk together to enjoy  pier before saying our farewells. Before we got to the pier, a vagrant in  a pack of 6 others, each with a toothy grin, suggested  Anshul  give him their  food. 
 

Well Anshul grew up in India and in India, when a wild monkey wants your food, you hand it over.

 

Anshul made no mistake. Immediately he walked their  box of food over, while  summoning solid acting skills and “sincerely” thanked the young vagrant for taking the box off his hands.  
 

While this is happening, I say to Akshatha, “your young man there is rather quick thinking.  We were about to be rolled.  You should think about keeping him.”

 

Year or two  later they married.  Pretty sure she was the one who proposed.  
 

So ladies, if you want to test the mettle of a potential marriage partner, go on a date in Santa Monica. 

TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   45,536

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37 minutes ago, Mike E said:

So ladies, if you want to test the mettle of a potential marriage partner, go on a date in Santa Monica.

Now THAT'S funny.

 

Regarding food, I just saw a sign (not in Santa Monica):  "My head says Gym, but my heart says Tacos."

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(!).

Mike E Grand Master

Mike E   11,740

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2 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

Now THAT'S funny.

 

Regarding food, I just saw a sign (not in Santa Monica):  "My head says Gym, but my heart says Tacos."

In Santa Monica, it would be:

 

”My head says Skateboarding, but my heart says Avocado Toast”

Boiler Grand Master

Boiler   45,666

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I was there last year, now the Fauci Fungus was in full swing but my personal experience was that it was much better than I expected, much better than say down town Denver.

 

It seems the SM police are well paid and numerous, so was there a few hanging around, yes but not that many. My impression was that there is a lot of diversity in SoCal and really depends where you are.

 

 

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

 

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