Thomas-n-Elena

... but the Lions in the superbowl that is laughable, thats like saying the Phoenix coyotes are going to win the stanley cup. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Hey, the Tampa Bay Lighting did the Stanley Cup for a year (actually two since this sit-out)

Yes but there is far more parity in the NHL than the NFL and it is the Lions, we need to get a new owner and front office. Maybe Obama can buy the Lions he owns a car company and therefore 1/2 of detroit he might as well buy the other thing that is poorly run in town.

Anyone got an idea on how long we have to wait after biometrics to receive notice of interview or not, and how long it will be before the 10 yr LPR card comes? I read the guides but I didnt see a whole lot beside 6-12 months, kind of big window and I may have to move in the meantime.

I have just one issue, I like watermelon a lot, so although I can see the entertainment value in all of this, if you having trouble cutting open the darn thing just sharpen your knife, now you have grass clippings, leaves, and tanerite residue all stuck up in the melon. If you have questions slim just ask.

I don't like watermelon.

I do like sour cream though, and it should be put on just about everything!

I'm with you on the funniness of "you must eat healsy food." Because "healsy food" includes salo, mayo, sour cream, etc. - but does not include pizza, gamboorgers, or the like. Ah....... Ok.? (It does include chicken wings and BBQ, so we're good there!)

Watermelon is ok, I prefer other fruits but the spitting of the seeds is entertaining to watch my wife do, why cant girls spit? Yes it is trully amazing what can pass as health food.

yes slim my apron is not camo unless you are in a flower garden hehehe

I would never pass judgement on another man's BBQ apron.

Every apron has a story though..... DISH!

"Not to tell a family secret but my mother was Dutch"

Actually I dont have a BBQ apron drives the wife crazy cuz I get stuff on my shirts, they are just clothes. And she wont let me stand around naked outside.

Has anyone seen the Reno 9-1-1 episode where there's a Russian phone sex operator in the police station and the dudes are all sitting around her knocking stuff over and not concentrating on fighting crime anmore? Anyway, that's kind of how I picture coming home from shopping one day (cause I won't be working anymore if my wife does the phone sex job) and seeing my wife sitting there on the table talking on the phone. Good stuff!

Yes laughed till it hurt.

COME ON USCIS! Remedy this!!!!

First the lions in the superbowl now you want USCIS to fix things, what ever you guys are smoking, snorting, or otherwise ingesting pass some around we can all use a hit. Thats kind of like expecting the feds to balance the budget. I wish we could budget the same way, "What do you mean we dont have enough money well just print some more, hello treasury please make a gazillion more dollars we have a couple of bridges to be built"

And for the record, shooting a watermelon filled with explosives, or anything for that matter, at 50 yards with a scoped AR-15 sitting on a bipod is so easy even Nancy Pelosi could do it. Shortly thereafter, the Bengals would face the Lions in the Super Bowl.

Come on I can believe the Pelosi thing but the Lions in the superbowl that is laughable, thats like saying the Phoenix coyotes are going to win the stanley cup. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

And they only cost 3 for $20 on sale at victorias secret!!!!

I get FREE panties all the time from Vickie. Just get on the mailing list and you'll get like 20 catalogs and a free pair of panties every month.

Hmm I guess you dont get free panties with Time or Scientific American. Does that mean that the subscription to Elle (that I got for the wife) comes with free model every month, this could work out well, better than some dumb football phone.

Nope OHIO

Oh snap! I would argue, but since you have tape on your Sig, I'm going to be quiet and keep on walking.

I dont put tape on my sig, I want everyone to know who I shoot how else can they confirm kills and give me a medal for reducing crime!!!!

Not just women I think men will pay slim not to have sex with them. And come to think of it I think we should all send slim some money not to have kids

I've been abstaining from reproduction as a public service for years... bout time I got my propers!

Kennedy said it best "Ask not what your country can do for you, Ask what you CANT do for your country" add to that Roosevelt "Speak softly and carry your big stick"

This is why our educational system is so bad in this country, noone can even connect dots any more, mostly because the teachers were too busy doing dots in college.

I thought Michigan had great public schools, wtfo?

Dont know I didnt go to public school I went to a private catholic school where the teachers are underpaid, often drink with the students behind the gym, the biggest problems are if they find out you got pregnant or got someone pregnant and the occasional drug bust.

*climbing up on the soapbox and taking a deep breath*........ Yes, and no.

Several factors are involved here and they are almost all Obama-related, but most are indirectly related unless you have a tinfoil hat on your head. (In that case Obama ordered the government to buy up and destroy all the ammo so nobody else can get it.)

Truth of the matter is it's simple supply and demand. Prior to last November, ammo was bought and sold at a pretty steady rate in the U.S. Ammo wholesalers would order their entire quarterly or yearly supply and manufacture and then sell what they ordered. Numbers were pretty steady and the supply of ammo was pretty constant from the shelf at Wal-Mart all the way to the mine in China.

Well, for some reason, around November of last year, everyone in America (or at least 300% MORE Americans) decided to buy a new gun and a whole bunch of ammo. I'm not really sure what happened in November to make them decide to do that, but something must've happened in our country to where average, everyday people woke up, looked in the mirror, and said, "Oh S#!T. I better go buy an assault rifle and several thousand rounds of ammo today.... before it's too late." (If anyone knows what happened, I'm all ears.)

The consequence of that was the ammo supply companies (all the way from the stock clerk at Wal-Mart to the pick-axe miner in China, with the bean counters in between) had to immediately order 300% more product. With a system that normally could be summarized as an old man placing an order at the beginning of the year for next year's entire shipment now calling the factory and asking for 300% more product, and asking for it not for next year, but for next week.

First to go was surplus rifle ammo because that's what assault rifles shoot. This was further complicated by several factors as well. 223 caliber or 5.56 NATO rounds (AR-15, Mini-14, etc.) are being used in bulk over in Iraq and Afghanistan so the normal suppliers who would've made ammo for the military were now seeing an increased demand for their product back home. Most of the surplus stuff made abroad was completely bought out all the way from the manufacturer. 7.62X39 (AK-47, SKS) which is predominantly made in Russia, was sold out quickly and when demand increased, so did competition from U.S.-backed contracts for the Afghan military. .308 caliber or 7.62X51 NATO (M1A, FAL, G3) has been hard to come by for years since it hasn't been manufactured in bulk for quite some time but once November hit, it was extremely hard to come by and the only good sources were surplus imports from South Africa, Pakistan, etc.

All three of those rounds doubled, tripled, and even quadrupled in price within about two months. If you could find it at all, it was SUPER expensive compared to what it once was. For those who didn't know any better, that didn't really matter anyway and they bought ALL OF IT.

The good news is, supply is starting to catch back up to demand and the international market, always keen to make a buck, has been ramping up production and any old ammo sitting in a bunker in some thirdworld shithole has finally found it's way onto a cargo ship headed right back here to the U.S. (where it was originally made) so rich Americans can put it in their basements. Prices have started to come back down a little and availability has been better. However, at present, we're left in that inbetween stage where stooges are still selling (and suckers are still buying) ammo for three times what it's worth. It's possible now to buy ammo for pre-Obama prices and turn right back around and sell it for post-Obama profits.

The rifle ammo blitz dominoed into handgun ammo and even .22LR plinking ammo. Used to be, you could get a box of 500 .22LR from Wal-Mart for about $6 and go shooting all weekend. Well, they're not stupid so now it's like $16 and always sold out. It's not like the U.S. government created huge surplus stockpiles of .22LR and has now sold it all to civilians. Plain and simple, there just wasn't enough to go around. There will be though. Demand will die down, supply will increase, and sooner or later, folks will understand that 12 ga. buckshot is the best way to go, hands down.

It's very similar to what happened with gasoline. They got crazy high, then came back down a little, then back up, and are now balanced out at a price that's higher than what it used to be. But, at least we can still get gas. Ammo will be back to that point again soon.

The really scary thing is, our food supply chain works exactly the same way! Imagine what would happen if food quadrupled in price and was only available in certain parts of the country or on certain days.... BETTER BUY SOME AMMO!!!

That was this week in history or as I like to call it, "Where the Flock are my bullets" Dont worry honey daddy bought a thousand rounds awhile ago and 2 extra magazines for the sig.

The "That's the wrong taco" taco?

And Im not talking about the 80 one hit wonder. Who can name the song?

Must be a timing thing, as it is playing on my play list right now....Putting on the Ritz.

What do I win???

You win an all expense paid trip(paid by you) to slims house for a BBQ just dont check under that apron.

Just to clarify: She is allowed to attend the interview without an interview letter, but she must have an invitation. I.e., she must show up on the date of her scheduled interview.

That is what I meant with the question, because she might not receive the packet. However, we are well aware that she can only go to the interview the date the consulate expects her. No doubt about it.

I decided to ask if the possibility exist. They will probably answer in a week. I will let you know.

The request was denied. There were no open slots available to accommodate her earlier.

At least it was worth the try. Thanks everybody for your opinions.

No problem I never found USCIS to be accomodating ever.

I like a good black and tan myself.

But my favorite all time drink is 3 fingers of Deanston's over 2 ice cubes. No Deanstons then Glengoyne 17 yr then the 3 wood Auchentoshan 15 yr

Sorry I like things simple, kind of like my mind.

That is a wonderful theory, better yet do nothing, tell he you did, that way she wont even ask for help. Then you can go hide under the couch with dima's man.

What?

Sorry ambers man but who can tell

So my wife shouldn't be paying me?

Slim, I have seen your photo -- No, and let me repeat no woman is paying you for sex. They may pay you to NOT have sex with them.

Not just women I think men will pay slim not to have sex with them. And come to think of it I think we should all send slim some money not to have kids

If people could connect the dots between Body of Lies, Lions for Lambs, Syriana, and a few other good ones, we wouldn't be in the process of "changing" our country right now.

Honestly never a big W fan, but the one thing he did understand. Democracy empowers citizens and democracy reduces warfare. Bringing democracy into Middle Eastern countries will eventually reduce the vise grip the religious fundamentalists have on their countries. Reduce that vise grip, you start reducing terrorism.

Be careful this democracy has a whole lot of religious fundamentalists in it. The founding fathers forsaw what religion can do to a government that is why they put separation of church and state in the constitution, unfortunately too many ill thinking people keep trying to put it back in. Belief in god is not religion, it does not specify a faith its deism and if your god has a name, Jehovah, Budda, Vishnu, mohammed, or whomever practice your religion however you see fit and respect the fact that I want to practice my faith and not be converted. Just like with girls No means No, I dont want your pamphlet, I dont want to be a witness, I want to believe what I believe so leave me alone.

I foresee great things for this thread.

The thing "W" and his ilk do not understand, however, is that you cannot "bring" democracy. That's why it's such a shithole right now. Democracy has to spring up from inside. It has to be earned by the blood, sweat, and tears of the citizenry, not imposed from the outside.

I agree you cant force democracy just like you couldnt force communism or any other form of economy of government.

And watch out for the guy in the BBQ apron you have no idea what kind of weapon he is concealing under that thing.

According to his wife; he is not "packin"

It may be a pea shooter, but you still don't want to get it in your eye.

She isnt pregnant yet so I dont think his aim is that good unless my eye is a watermelon filled with explosives.

That is a wonderful theory, better yet do nothing, tell he you did, that way she wont even ask for help. Then you can go hide under the couch with dima's man.

dima's the husband who's under the couch. when i, amber, his wife, nudged him- his toes wiggled, so he's still camping out til the greencard arrives

Sorry I cant tell you two apart.

Of course, she doesn't have a job right now.

Join the club, my wife is sick of me being home and Ive only been employed for a week, aint marriage wonderful!!!!!

Have your wife talk to AmberDima, she runs a phone sex operation. Your wife will be popular with her sexy accent.

Really whats the number?

I was going to redecorate what will become the little boy's room and she said not to so we can do that together. So I will just repaint some of the rooms (it is time to do that regardless) and I will let her redecorate the house. I have read where this is suggested so they have some connection and don't feel so foreign.

Baron no matter how you decorate, she will want to change it. Accept it and move on.

Yes, I know that. I'm just applying the base paint coat, spackle the old painting holes, etc.

This will also give her something else to do while she brushes up on her English.

Another Vjer I know left the paint unfinished for the exact same reason, and got clipped points because the house needed so much work! I guess you can't win that one either (big surprise right?).

That is a wonderful theory, better yet do nothing, tell he you did, that way she wont even ask for help. Then you can go hide under the couch with dima's man.

Mr. Norris has strong Republican and Christian values. If Regan can get elected, why not Mr. Norris?

Meh. None of the Republicans these days (with the possible exception of Romney) has strong or even close-to Republican values. Pretty sure Reagan's been spinning like a gyroscope for the better part of the decade.

Sorry no politician can purport to have christian values, in order to be a good politician you have to fake sincerity, think about yourself more than anyone else but make people think you are thinking about everyone, lie more than a lawyer(since most of them go to law school), be an elitist scumbag who will take a dollar to kill a baby as long as it doesnt produce bad press. Put em all on a boat and sink the damn thing. The system is awash with too much money, too much sanctimony, and too much self righteous bullsh!t. Reagan had it wrong, nobody has gotten it right, not Bush 1 or 2, obama, clinton, none of them. If satanistic values would get some elected both sides would be lining up with lucifer himself with Stalin as his running mate and Hitler as sec of state.

Sorry diatribe over!

The "That's the wrong taco" taco?

And Im not talking about the 80 one hit wonder. Who can name the song?

maybe you have to display it kind of like a hunting license.

Sure, just make it a requirement to have a shirt with the license printed on rear; Licensed to Kill

See its this kind of thinking that allows for real change, so as soon as we get slim in the white house we can all become law makers, natural law makers, laws about common sense.

Exactly! It would not be to difficult to know the general character (likely hood to draw and shoot) of persons either. A man wearing a dirty "wife beater" printed t-shirt (or BBQ apron ) would be a bit more scary than someone wearing a button-down Ralph Lauren Polo with printed license on back.

I dont know where you live but if some guy wearing a Ralph Lauren Polo shirt is walking around with printing on his back I would think it might be bernie madoff escaped from prison, hehehe. And watch out for the guy in the BBQ apron you have no idea what kind of weapon he is concealing under that thing.

Congrats to both Zor and Jonathan.

Now the race begins. Have fun, ask questions, and remember its all worth it.

Mox your right you dont need a timeline because we all know where you are

LOL! Yeah, there's a definite advantage to having an imaginary SO. Yesterday she was a red-head. Today I'm thinking brunette.

Yeah whats HIS name today? Bruce or Steven or maybe Lance (say each slowly with a lilt and a lisp)

i missed you. don't ever go away again.

I was out saving the country!

Everyone should go to an Appleseed. You don't even need to own a rifle (yet!) because we'll loan one to you. Find an event near you and get there! Women and kids shoot free!

Every had pork taco?

I tried it once before I got married just so I could check it off the list. You know, the list of tacos you have to try at least once?

"let's see here... dark taco.... check..... Asian taco.... check.... twin tacos dressed like school girls ..... check..... taco train.... check..... pork taco.... check..."

what about two lesbian tacos dressed up as nuns?

and the im too drunk to notice that taco isnt actually a taco taco - whoa I have had way too much coffee this morning, and now that I dont have to think about work my mind is getting very creative.