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Thrilling Saturday non-GS/ES report, see man: We were quite busy, si man. First the GS, then personal delivery of multiple Pre-Owned Toilet Seats*, favor by we man. *buy yours today, si man! Then the ES, q.v. above man. Then a nearby legacy supermarket for which we had coupons, financially savvy we man. Then to the casa, pantry everything man. Then to legacy supermarket #2 to procure items for Mama T-B., by request of senior she man man. Then delivery to Mama T-B., grateful but lecture-ful senior she man. Then to the casa, decompress momentarily man. Then got our hairs cut, long overdue man. Stupid place wouldn't try our coupon code for a second discount, grrrrRRRR man. Then to the casa, treat/lunch demanding miu and shower we man. Breakfast/lunch/din-din was toucans of bean-with-bacon** soup, ingest we man. **good luck finding any bacon, probably just flavoring man Major siesta thereafter, zzz we man. Awakened to find Uncle T-B.'s grocery list, needy senior he man. Perilously close to Uncle T-B.'s bedtime, how can anyone go to bed that early man. Called Uncle T-B. to arrange for half the grocery trip this eve, agreeable senior he man. Groceried at Dollar General, quickest in-&-out place within range man. Got perhaps one-Many'rd of items, dry/canned goods man. Delivered to Uncle T-B., grateful senior he man. We shall get the rest on Monday, Sunday hosed per below man. Sunday at noon is delayed anniversary lunch for Cousins T-B., oh great man. They are catering in Mediterranean food, of all the possible disgusting cuisine*** man. ***containing much cilantro, noisome putrid poisonous vilest of substances man (Mama T-B. and we shall separately eat something before going, prudent man.) Ex-Mrs.-T-B. and Mini-B. have no problem with Mediterranean, no man****. ****we have obviously failed as a parental unit, sigh man We will stay for as long as Mama T-B. wants to, fortunately no party-animal senior she man. Nevertheless, this will hose the day for laundry and prepping for Two Guys week, bummer man. Plus, we must shave on a Sunday, perish yet another thought man. If we were in charge of All Things, nothing formal would ever be scheduled on a Sunday, no man. Party with the rubias later, cavort we man.

Saturday GS/ES report, see man: We were motivated to attend only one GS and one ES, only ones really within sensible range man. The ES was a waste, oh well man. The GS yielded the take, see man: -- 2 spiral skool notebooks = half a buck, steal man Total = half a buck

Sometimes you can, but typically they're in a foul humor and looking to nail someone. Nah -- just be polite and ask for the supervisor if needed, and you should be fine.

It was a moo-ving experience.

Local Man Having Trouble Getting Friends To Sign Up For His WNBA Fantasy League [...] "C'mon, guys! It'll be super exciting!" said Kobe Hardin. "Who wants to just do the same old tired fantasy football league when you can watch basketball being played at a much slower speed with less scoring and no slam dunks? [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/local-man-having-trouble-getting-friends-to-sign-up-for-his-wnba-fantasy-league

Nation Torn Between Being Mad Biden Never Shows Up For Work And Being Glad He Never Shows Up For Work U.S. — As the United States enters the 33rd month of Joe Biden's presidency, the American people expressed conflicted feelings, with most people torn between being angry the president never shows up for work and being relieved he never shows up for work. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/nation-torn-between-being-mad-biden-never-shows-up-for-work-and-being-glad-he-never-shows-up-for-work

City Of Chicago Sues Murder Victims For Not Getting Out Of The Way Of Bullets CHICAGO, IL — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson announced this week that Chicago is bringing a lawsuit against the estates of thousands of murder victims for failing to step out of the way of bullets when they were shot at. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/city-of-chicago-sues-murder-victims-for-not-getting-out-of-the-way-of-bullets

Capitol Physician Medically Clears Bowl Of Jell-O To Serve In Senate WASHINGTON, D.C. — In addition to certifying Mitch McConnell, Diane Feinstein, and John Fetterman as fit to serve in prominent roles in the legislative branch of the United States government, the attending physician at the U.S. Capitol has medically cleared a bowl of Jell-O to serve in the Senate. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/capitol-physician-medically-clears-bowl-of-jell-o-to-serve-in-senate

White House prepares a war room for the inevitable Biden impeachment [...] A war room of two dozen lawyers, legislative aides, and communications staffers have been assembled to lead an aggressive response to a likely Republican impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. [...] https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2023/09/01/white-house-prepares-a-war-room-for-the-inevitable-biden-impeachment-n575305

Lockdowns 2.0? Guess which country did best in Europe during the pandemic https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2023/08/31/lockdowns-2-0-guess-which-country-did-best-in-europe-during-the-pandemic-n574954

Riley Gaines absolutely barbecued the guy.

To be fair, probably less than 3% of the general U.S. public knows the slightest thing about legal immigration. If we feel like it and they seem receptive, we can pleasantly educate them. If we don't and they aren't, just smile and keep walking.

In addition to Mike E's good advice, pleasantly insist that the CBP agent notate "IR-1" during endorsement. If that agent resists, pleasantly insist on consulting the shift supervisor, with the reasoning that this is too important to be left up to USCIS to notice on its own.

By the way, after AOS application but before approval, the formal status of the immigrant is "applicant for adjustment" or, more concisely, "adjustment applicant."

Thrilling Friday non-GS/ES report, see man: Beyond all hope and objective expectation, our back had recovered by wake-up, effective HSM man. We did not get on the road until Many (2x2x2 +2+1) a.m., important phone calls to make man. The first GS was almost an hour away, only route worth pursuing man. After last ES (at nearly Many p.m.), desired lunch, unfed we man. Found unassuming Chinese restaurant in run-down strip center, not a buffet man. Seemed to have good TripAdvisor reviews, therefore try we man. We ordered pepper steak, fried rice, and egg roll, ingest we man. Egg roll was the best that we'd ever consumed, ingest we man. Quite filling, conclude we man. Robust take-out business occurring the whole time, observe we man. Cost = $Many ($2x2x2 +2+1 + change), deal man. Returned to casa at half-past Many (2+2) p.m., exhausted we man. Treated & lunched demanding miu, service miu we man. Went straight for a siesta, zzz we man. Awoke in time to mow front lawn before dark, remedy rather scraggly look man. One sweatband consumed, should have been 2 man. Off-cooled under ceiling fan thereafter before shower, perspirational we man. Din-din was onecan Costco chunk roast beef, ingest we man. Brushed/played with eager miu, able to bend down to do so today we man. Have itineraried 2 GSs and 2 ESs for Saturday, unsure of our motivation man. Party with the rubias imminent, cavort we man.

Friday GS/ES report, see man: Late start caused us to skip Many (2+1) itineraried events, see Thrilling Friday report man. On the bright side, we stumbled upon an ES which, along with another ES, yielded the take, see man: -- Acco stapler = $Many ($2+1), deal man -- kitchen tongs = $1, OK man Total = $Many ($2+2)

*** A variant of a prohibited word has been removed from the original post. *** My own Congressman's office says that expedited passport renewals are taking 7 to 9 weeks, and that standard renewals are taking from 10 to 12 weeks. If this is true, you should be getting yours very soon. Contact your Congressman's office so that they can inquire on your behalf and stick a pin into the appropriate parties.

MasterCarrot, you can trust jan22 wholeheartedly regarding anything consular-related. (He has been awarded two VJ Award Badges just for his responses here.) Keep us all closely apprised of everything that happens.

Well, someone here who's really knowledgeable may come along to help. Have you sought intercession from your Congressman's or Senator's office? If not yet, there's a release form on their websites for you to complete, giving them permission to inquire on your behalf. It's way past my bedtime here, so I'll be back tomorrow.

Unless your case has some connection with Indonesia, it's strange indeed that Jakarta was assigned. At minimum, no one there would automatically seem able to determine the validity of Belarus documents.

This is traumatic, undoubtedly. It's also a first that I've heard of. Have faith, because it will all work out.

It is gone from your sentence, si and see and hee hee hee D ma'am! We had to listen to the Principalette yak, then to the PTO lady doing her shameless solicitation of funds, and then the propaganda about the skool bond issue on the ballot this Manyvember, shut up man. We had only Many (2+2+2+1) minutes with each teechur, OK but not quite long enough man. And P-Math training is obviously Many times better in the US than in Canada, si and eh and D ma'am! Month and date precised, and obviously skool can't start a minute too soon, see and si and D ma'am! Too much necking with Hillbilly, bad D ma'am! Do not irk, toy with, or displease the fearsome Ontarklar, no man! If anyone is wondering, we are still up because our stomach went out twice, oof man!

At least you're able to provide what they want, albeit with difficulty. Be thankful that you're not being asked to return multiple times as though you're a criminal who's been ordered to return stolen goods. This really has happened.

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