TBoneTX

May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits, too, kind sir.

Superb!

Wonderful news!

Congratulations! A heavy weight indeed, for a long time. Glad it's gone.

Good for you. Every (slow, painful) bit of progress is a gain.

From a one-time Obama-supporting leftist, in an article cited by RealClearPolitics. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Democrats: What is Your List of Demands? [...] It's always the same story. One side believes itself to be the "chosen" ones, morally superior and absolved of all responsibility, that they can be as violent as they want, act out however they please, and all of us must be held hostage to their unhinged emotions, going on ten years now. [...] https://www.sashastone.com/p/dear-democrats-what-is-your-list

Further to Pooky's post above is the following. After reading the full thing, explain your reasoning for agreeing or disagreeing. This thread is great because of the diverse opinions from so many contributors. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Top Democrats Are Agitating For Insurrection And Political Vigilantism Democrats seem to think that laws and policies they don't like can be thwarted by an angry mob or an insurrectionist governor. [...] https://thefederalist.com/2026/01/08/top-democrats-are-agitating-for-insurrection-and-political-vigilantism/

Scintillating Thursday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Thursday report, see man: Awakened by text from project manager wanting to know paint choices, choose we man. We chose bright yellow for siding, pop eyes man. We chose dark green for trim, pop eyes man. Casa crew sided east side of casa + chimney, intricate work man. They sided part of north side, last segment man. Original insulation in remarkably good shape, boon man. Miu wanted reassurance during banging, assure miu we man. They power-warshed west, south, & east sides, powerful stuff man. Saturday completion optimal but optimistic, Monday more realistic but who knows man. We hope that it doesn't rain, currently predicted Friday overnight with possible Saturday man. Lunch was onebag of nuked frozen mixed vegetables, ingest we man. Visited Mama T-B., needy senior she man. She got upset when unable to express herself, man. We finally pursued some calls/e-mails for her, mollified senior she man. Din-din was onecan of Dinty Moore beef stew, ingest we man. A wonderful after-dark siesta was taken, zzz we man. Meat-tenderized shoulder painful but probably consequent to injection, hopeful we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We have itineraried Many (2+1) ESs, nothing within 2 Manyzen miles of us man. However, an Aldi and a legacy supermarket are proximal to that area, kill two birds we man. And it's a different ES-ing area than where we have been before, to our memory man. And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

That's because of all the, uh, ICE agents. Again, he's an ICE agent.

"May the fleas of a thousand chimpanzees infest your armpits."

I'm a Central Chimpanzee originally from Africa, but I got to Texas as fast as I could. Back to topic: The RGV has grown incredibly, and such things as medical care (hospitals, etc.) have improved markedly over the years.

Charles afflicted with NB Disease! Reported!!!!!

This can be a danger in some cultures, including in Africa. Please take great care, however you proceed. A common and heartbreaking verdict is "too married for a I-129F / K-1." Pulling for you in every regard.

Of course, but you're a Yankee and have been for years.

Congratulations! The end is in sight... "Road trip, du-u-de!" It's been 12 years, but I'm still palpably grateful that Mrs. T-B. was only 6 miles from our biometrics place.

Welcome to Texas, pardner!

Congratulations on the interview! And this is a perfect place to post. In general, it's wiser to "bring all that you can and not need it" than to be asked for something that you don't have (gulp). Reprint the important (financial) documents, with updates if any For other evidence like photos, bring new ones. Tax RETURN transcripts are preferred and are more wieldy than tax forms + attachments. Bring photos of your toddler, but arrange for babysitting unless you have no other option. Other idea: If you haven't drafted or revised your estate documents (wills, durable & medical powers of attorney, HIPAA releases, and more) since you had your child -- or at all -- these make outstanding evidence for ROC. They're even more important to have in "life." Strongly consider this.

It does get hot, but "too hot" is relative. No need to stay in the Midwest and be cold.

Yee-HAAAAA!

Welcome to the forum! In addition to what Dashinka says, remember that key people might have been on vacation during the holidays, and they're catching up now.

The lower Rio Grande Valley isn't a bad place to live, at all. I love visiting. See some surprises in the article. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valley named 10th-most moved-to region in U-Haul rankings The Brownsville-McAllen metro region is ranked 10th in the latest U-Haul Growth Index migration data, which tracks one-way moves by its customers over the prior calendar year. Brownsville-McAllen was the 10th most moved-to region out of 25 top metro areas analyzed in the Growth Index — much better than its previous showing, according to U-Haul. "While the two cities are 60 miles apart, U-Haul groups them as one area along with neighboring communities near the Texas southern border for metro data and migration trends purposes," the company said. "The Brownsville-McAllen metro climbs 11 spots from its ranking on the U-Haul Growth Index in 2024." Texas accounts for six of the top 25 U.S. metro growth areas, including the top three: Dallas, Houston and Austin. Dallas was also in the number-one spot for 2024, according to U-Haul. Charlotte, North Carolina and Phoenix, Arizona, are ranked fourth and fifth, respectively, for 2025. [...] https://myrgv.com/publications/the-monitor/2026/01/07/valley-named-10th-most-moved-to-region-in-u-haul-rankings/

In addition to what Crazy Cat says, the holidays interfered.

Welcome to the forum, and congratulations on your genuine success! We had to remove your outside contact information, for multiple reasons. Thanks for understanding.

One can't litigate or argue anything on the scene, for multiple reasons. Be as nice as pie, cooperate fully, then sic a really nasty lawyer on them afterward.

I suspect that the "wife" (perhaps a radical leftist) dragged the victim (perhaps nice, per her mother) to the scene to participate in filming, for social media et al. The "wife" all but admitted it on the scene.