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    cartaverde got a reaction from mupsyc in Vaccination Waiver   
    .. I guess no one has tried it then?
    Would you have any news about this or any updates? I'm curious how it would work...
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    cartaverde got a reaction from Mrs O. in Question about the police certificate...   
    He will need a police certificate for every single country he has lived for over 12 months (or was it 6?) since he was 16. So if he has lived in South Africa, then yes he needs one.
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    cartaverde got a reaction from Tuti & Baher in What Do You Hate About America?   
    I don't like to use the word 'hate' as it's pretty strong.
    What I strongly dislike would include e.g. expensive, private health care system (are there any other countries on this planet where the health care is as privatized and money making oriented?), the two party system (conservative, and more conservative), expensive mobile phone contracts (I don't really care about unlimited US calls as I hate being on the phone on my free time), the whole suing culture, RIAA, other corporations with similar agendas (attacking people and suing them out of money with guilty until proven innocent, at your own expense culture), the many and many without a concept of money in and money out (credit cards for everything, taking pride in never having paper money in their wallet, and paying their credit card loans with another credit card) and without any basic clues how to do personal budgeting, the whole US-centric world view (in TV and web, that is often SF-ness, then Californianess, then USness), the abstinence only campaigns, the people making a big fuzz which way their friends and people they don't know swing, and the religious agendas of any kind (when e.g. the history or biology classes are modified to reflect the religious agenda of anyone). I also really don't like HFCS or the abundance of fast food, or how the schooling system allows illiterate and innumerate people to pass (in Europe, you have to write the answers to the test questions and not do a lottery row of A-F to 200 questions), and social elitism.
    One of the things I really miss is a working public transport system.
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    cartaverde got a reaction from james&olya in What Do You Hate About America?   
    I don't like to use the word 'hate' as it's pretty strong.
    What I strongly dislike would include e.g. expensive, private health care system (are there any other countries on this planet where the health care is as privatized and money making oriented?), the two party system (conservative, and more conservative), expensive mobile phone contracts (I don't really care about unlimited US calls as I hate being on the phone on my free time), the whole suing culture, RIAA, other corporations with similar agendas (attacking people and suing them out of money with guilty until proven innocent, at your own expense culture), the many and many without a concept of money in and money out (credit cards for everything, taking pride in never having paper money in their wallet, and paying their credit card loans with another credit card) and without any basic clues how to do personal budgeting, the whole US-centric world view (in TV and web, that is often SF-ness, then Californianess, then USness), the abstinence only campaigns, the people making a big fuzz which way their friends and people they don't know swing, and the religious agendas of any kind (when e.g. the history or biology classes are modified to reflect the religious agenda of anyone). I also really don't like HFCS or the abundance of fast food, or how the schooling system allows illiterate and innumerate people to pass (in Europe, you have to write the answers to the test questions and not do a lottery row of A-F to 200 questions), and social elitism.
    One of the things I really miss is a working public transport system.
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    cartaverde got a reaction from Kathryn41 in What Do You Hate About America?   
    I don't like to use the word 'hate' as it's pretty strong.
    What I strongly dislike would include e.g. expensive, private health care system (are there any other countries on this planet where the health care is as privatized and money making oriented?), the two party system (conservative, and more conservative), expensive mobile phone contracts (I don't really care about unlimited US calls as I hate being on the phone on my free time), the whole suing culture, RIAA, other corporations with similar agendas (attacking people and suing them out of money with guilty until proven innocent, at your own expense culture), the many and many without a concept of money in and money out (credit cards for everything, taking pride in never having paper money in their wallet, and paying their credit card loans with another credit card) and without any basic clues how to do personal budgeting, the whole US-centric world view (in TV and web, that is often SF-ness, then Californianess, then USness), the abstinence only campaigns, the people making a big fuzz which way their friends and people they don't know swing, and the religious agendas of any kind (when e.g. the history or biology classes are modified to reflect the religious agenda of anyone). I also really don't like HFCS or the abundance of fast food, or how the schooling system allows illiterate and innumerate people to pass (in Europe, you have to write the answers to the test questions and not do a lottery row of A-F to 200 questions), and social elitism.
    One of the things I really miss is a working public transport system.
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    cartaverde got a reaction from Ippsy Pippsy in Cheap flights from USA to EU   
    I use the same engine most travel agents use, http://matrix.itasoftware.com/
    You can't book using htat, but you can find the best fares, either for specific dates, or for a given month (if it's not urgent that you travel on specific dates but let's say around May).
    Then just book using the airline's webpages directly.
    Benefits: 1) you can find the best combo directly (what do you think kayak and the others use?), 2) if anything goes wrong, you can deal directly with the airline. That's a big plus. At least I rather deal with the airlines than with a third party, thanks to a few major hiccups with airline hassle that ebookers didn't really help at all with. 3) booking direct via the airline is the same price or cheaper than using a third-party site.
    AA has often a bunch of interesting deals for Europe, see if any of these would also suit you http://www.aa.com/homePage.do
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    cartaverde got a reaction from Kukolka in Getting an SSN and USPS   
    I live in an apartment complex and I'm not sure if the names listed on the rental agreement get forwarded to USPS, but we've got the names listed inside the mailbox and that works.
    I even added the names of my cats on the list inside the mailbox, and the cats get mail too. (I mostly sign them up for all sorts of freebies)
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    cartaverde got a reaction from veronicavonn in Cheap flights from USA to EU   
    I use the same engine most travel agents use, http://matrix.itasoftware.com/
    You can't book using htat, but you can find the best fares, either for specific dates, or for a given month (if it's not urgent that you travel on specific dates but let's say around May).
    Then just book using the airline's webpages directly.
    Benefits: 1) you can find the best combo directly (what do you think kayak and the others use?), 2) if anything goes wrong, you can deal directly with the airline. That's a big plus. At least I rather deal with the airlines than with a third party, thanks to a few major hiccups with airline hassle that ebookers didn't really help at all with. 3) booking direct via the airline is the same price or cheaper than using a third-party site.
    AA has often a bunch of interesting deals for Europe, see if any of these would also suit you http://www.aa.com/homePage.do
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    cartaverde got a reaction from Kukolka in What Do You Hate About America?   
    I don't like to use the word 'hate' as it's pretty strong.
    What I strongly dislike would include e.g. expensive, private health care system (are there any other countries on this planet where the health care is as privatized and money making oriented?), the two party system (conservative, and more conservative), expensive mobile phone contracts (I don't really care about unlimited US calls as I hate being on the phone on my free time), the whole suing culture, RIAA, other corporations with similar agendas (attacking people and suing them out of money with guilty until proven innocent, at your own expense culture), the many and many without a concept of money in and money out (credit cards for everything, taking pride in never having paper money in their wallet, and paying their credit card loans with another credit card) and without any basic clues how to do personal budgeting, the whole US-centric world view (in TV and web, that is often SF-ness, then Californianess, then USness), the abstinence only campaigns, the people making a big fuzz which way their friends and people they don't know swing, and the religious agendas of any kind (when e.g. the history or biology classes are modified to reflect the religious agenda of anyone). I also really don't like HFCS or the abundance of fast food, or how the schooling system allows illiterate and innumerate people to pass (in Europe, you have to write the answers to the test questions and not do a lottery row of A-F to 200 questions), and social elitism.
    One of the things I really miss is a working public transport system.
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    cartaverde got a reaction from in What Do You Hate About America?   
    I don't like to use the word 'hate' as it's pretty strong.
    What I strongly dislike would include e.g. expensive, private health care system (are there any other countries on this planet where the health care is as privatized and money making oriented?), the two party system (conservative, and more conservative), expensive mobile phone contracts (I don't really care about unlimited US calls as I hate being on the phone on my free time), the whole suing culture, RIAA, other corporations with similar agendas (attacking people and suing them out of money with guilty until proven innocent, at your own expense culture), the many and many without a concept of money in and money out (credit cards for everything, taking pride in never having paper money in their wallet, and paying their credit card loans with another credit card) and without any basic clues how to do personal budgeting, the whole US-centric world view (in TV and web, that is often SF-ness, then Californianess, then USness), the abstinence only campaigns, the people making a big fuzz which way their friends and people they don't know swing, and the religious agendas of any kind (when e.g. the history or biology classes are modified to reflect the religious agenda of anyone). I also really don't like HFCS or the abundance of fast food, or how the schooling system allows illiterate and innumerate people to pass (in Europe, you have to write the answers to the test questions and not do a lottery row of A-F to 200 questions), and social elitism.
    One of the things I really miss is a working public transport system.
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    cartaverde got a reaction from TallCowboy0614 in Biometrics - a second time????   
    It's just a way to make you pay it once again ...
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    cartaverde got a reaction from TBoneTX in carrying greencard everywhere?   
    The only times I've used the green card have been for entering and leaving the country, and buying alcohol (mostly at airports).
    A green card holder is supposed to carry the card always with them. So just make a photocopy of your card for your safe or backup, to carry in emergency if the real one (with your wallet I guess) is stolen or lost.
    Then, as soon as applicable, become a citizen so that you don't have to carry federal IDs at your person at all times. A state approved one will do then.
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