TBoneTX

Yee-HAAAAA! (This, of course, is "Congratulations!" in Texan.)

Welcome to the forum, and good luck.

Thrilling Friday non-ES report, see man: We actually almost zzz'd through the night, mirabile dictu man. Started ES-ing before noon, head to FST we man. Both ESs were on country roads outside FST, scenic man. At the second ES, a junior-ish chica was carefully selecting clothes, see J-ish C we man. We complimented her appearance, si man. She responded with enough to keep the conversation going, si man. This pleasantly went back & forth for a bit, si man. She smiled at us briefly, si man. We saw no ring, not that this means much man. We out-chickened and didn't ask if she were single & available, man. But there's no way that we could've followed up meaningfully, eldercare & pending trip man. At least this was some positive feedback, oh well man. Breakfast/lunch/din-din was at FST Mexican restaurant, closer than our favorite place man. We consumed beef fajitas, rice/beans, flour tortillas, and cheaps/salsa, ingest we man. Groceried at FST market, procure Many deals including grape Powerade Zero F$WM. Before heading for casa, texted Mini-B. to learn if he needed a ride anywhere, si man. "No, man; it's been canceled, si man," replied wee man man. We headed for casa, ministered to indignant miu, and set cut-hairing caucus, hirsute we man. Mini-B. then asked that we deliver him to amigo's house, same one in BFE man. Cut-hairing place was halfway there, si man. This meant getting cut-haired, retreating to collect Mini-B., & retracing steps + more to amigo, man. We determined that Uber couldn't transport minors, man. Got our hairs cut and retrieved Mini-B., hard drive in traffic and rain man. Amigo's entry gate didn't work, man. We had to T-B.-mobile even farther to one that did work, man. Returned to casa amid traffic and rain, exhausted we man. Showered, watched TV news, and siesta'd, initially good zzz but awoke from hip pain man. Around Many (2x2x2 +1) p.m., Mini-B. called, call wee man we man man. "Dad, guess who doesn't have a ride again, huh man," said wee man man. "Why can't Mom get you, huh man?" said we man to wee man man. "She's out somewhere, si man," said wee man to we man man. Mini-B. gave us address to working gate entry and address to amigo's casa, complicated man. We set forth, in the dark, with nonworking GPS and nearly empty T-B.-mobile tank, displeased we man. We managed to find entry gate, couldn't see code box in the dark man. We managed to find what we thought was amigo's casa, blind-in-the-dark we man. Mini-B. took forever to appear, man. Gassed T-B.-mobile at earliest reasonable opportunity, desperate straits we man. Fortunately, branded gas card lowered gallon price by Many (2x2x2 +2) pennies, shocking prices man. Returned Mini-B., who remarked that ex-Mrs.-T-B. was back, surprised wee man man. Phone message from Mama T-B. said, "Come early and prepare to spend all day here, orders man!", sigh man. Brushed miu for first time in 2 days, appreciative miu man. No hip MRI report yet, inexcusable and not very hip of them man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Perhaps one ES for Saturday, on-fence we man. Mandatory visit to Mama T-B., man. Must drop some stuff to Uncle T-B., hopefully efficiently man. And that was/is our thrilling Friday, report we man.

Friday ES report, see man: We attended both ESs, dependable we man. Each ES yielded the take, see man: -- Many (2+1) pillowcases for Mama T-B., 2 NIP incontinence underwears for Uncle T-B., Many-(2+1)-compartment insulated bag, t-shirt, 2 ~full boxes Kleenex = $Many-&-a-half ($[2x2x2x2 +1] + half a buck, steal man -- full box Kleenex, warshcloth = $1, steal man Total = $Many-&-a-half ($2x2x2x2 + 2 + half a buck)

Wait till sunrise, decent hours, and Costco's opening, maybe then man. CPA = Corrupt Price-Adjustor, si man. Read Thrilling Friday non-ES report, see man. Silence from the peanut gallery, go fling poo man.

Barefoot, pregnant, and in the kitchen, what man?! Bad oppressive sexist Ontarklar! Bad, BAD oppressive OPPRESSIVE sexist SEXIST Ontarklar!

Brilliant!!!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ken Paxton Forces John Cornyn Into a Corner Over the SAVE Act Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton dropped a political grenade into the Republican Senate runoff in Texas. Paxton said he'd consider stepping aside from the race if Senate Republican leadership commits to passing the SAVE Act. Paxton's proposal places election integrity above personal ambition. It forces a direct answer from Washington, while tying the offer to advancing President Donald Trump's agenda of pushing strong safeguards to prevent illegal aliens from voting in federal elections. [...] https://pjmedia.com/david-manney/2026/03/05/forces-john-cornyn-into-a-corner-over-the-save-act-n4950295

Thrilling Thursday report, see man: Embedded ourself at 1 a.m., actually not bad for us man. Awoke at half-past Many (2+2) a.m., even earlier than Bro G's Walmarting time man. Tried to re-zzz until sunrise or later, unsuccessful we man. Heard newspaper delivered, hear we man. Heard Amazon delivered, hear we man. Finally dragged carcass downstairs to read paper, trashed we man. Miu had not barfed again this morning, no barf miu man man. Returned for Siesta #1, actually rather successful man. Lunch was 2 turkey-&-cheese sandwiches, ingest we man. Delivered Mama T-B.'s taxes to CPA at 1 p.m., finally man. CPA already alert to deducting all of Mama T-B.'s resisted-living expenses, incapacitated senior she man. If achieved, this would be a boon, Mama T-B. needs one man. Went to Costco near CPA's office, boonful location man. Got Many (2+2+2) items, Many (2+2+1) of them on sale F$WM. Returned to casa and attempted Siesta #2, failure because of hip pain man. During this attempt, Mini-B. came in, de-skoolbused wee man man. We found him zzz-ing downstairs, trashed wee man man. Din-din was from BK*, ingest Two Guys man. *bought WUOC, F$WM Mini-B. didn't want a movie night, ensconce self in room "on phone" man. After evening TV news, we door-knocked, silent in there man. Mini-B. was zzz-ing widthwise on his bed, trashed wee man man. He'd been up past midnight working on skool hoamwurk, industrious or procrastinating wee man man. He groggily wanted to return to ex-Mrs.-T-B.'s casa, vague plans expressed by wee man man. We complied and told him to consider the consequences next time he stays up that late, si man. Mini-B. also told us that there's no skool on Friday, news to oblivious we man man. We shall therefore have to take him to a tea place to confer with amigos at half-past 2 p.m., well OK man. We said that next time he should give us advance notice, si man. He muttered something about "Doesn't this family keep up with anything, huh man?", si man. We chalked this up to his needing zzz, seen it before man. Fortunately, ES itinerary permits our compliance, q.v. below man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. We have itineraried 2 ESs for Friday, both in FST man. We shall also visit FST grocery store for specials, several there man. And that was/is our thrilling Thursday, report we man.

Bad sloppy P-Math-impaired mam ma'am! Bad, BAD sloppy SLOPPY P-Math-impaired P-MATH-IMPAIRED mam ma'am!

Others will be along to answer in detail, but it sounds to me that there's hope if you have the mother's death certificate and your wife's guardianship papers. Good luck, and definitely keep us apprised.

Not that I remember seeing, but others here might. Be sure to report your Deferred Inspection experience in detail. It will help others.

This is great news. Congratulations on your persistence, and thanks for returning with your happy update.

Passports are handled a lot, and even their sturdy pages can show wear. If the page and B2 sticker are substantially intact, no one will examine anything microscopically. If they do say anything, ask, "Can you or your colleagues please repair it for me?" This puts the onus on them.

Great first post in the forums! (Pssst... next time, make paragraphs. ) Glad that you were approved, and thanks for information that can help others.

Yep; March 31. The other "job" is something new that I'd not heard of, but it sounds sufficiently obscure to keep her out of sight while enabling her to retain a shred of dignity for not being ejected outright on her butt on the street. Agreed, albeit talented. Should've happened long before now. I can't name one accomplishment of hers, substantial or otherwise. I'd like to see Harmeet Dhillon in there.

All three look like real winners.

Just because he's from California doesn't mean he's legal -- in fact, maybe the opposite.

Remember our now-draconialized friend here? "Mango Mussolini! Fat orange Nixon!"

I think it's both reasons -- first, rid the Cabinet of someone with no common sense about lavish spending or public-relations concerns, and second, get the Senate off its nonfunding butt. Confirmation of a sitting Senator to a Cabinet position is usually rapid and straightforward -- e.g., Rubio was confirmed as SecState unanimously. The Senate should now also agree to fund DHS again. Charles, Noem was rumored to be fooling around with Corey Lewandoski, presidential advisor, who (I think I heard) was Noem's #2 or at that level. She didn't say "No, I didn't" in the Senate hearing. She also might have lied to Congress about her lavish ad campaign, starring her lovely self. As Pooky says, Lewandoski is said to be on his way out, too. As foxy as she is to look at, what happened is for the best. Honestly, I'd have thought that the (at best) underachieving Pam Bondi would have been canned first.

Few are better qualified than you to undertake this, brother.

This is all highly informative and educational. It's the first I'd heard that a new Supreme Leader had been elected. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday and Tuesday Iran Updates From Rabbi Michael Barclay The Jewish observance of the Fast of Esther was yesterday, followed by Purim, beginning last night. But while Israel has been observing this holy time, it was also getting unceasingly attacked by Iran, and Iran was getting the same from Israel and the United States. But in some ways, the most notable attacks were not by or at Israel, but what Iran has been doing to its own Arab neighbors in the Gulf. Ostensibly, these attacks were directed at U.S. forces and bases in these countries, but the reality is that Iran has been constantly attacking other sovereign Arab nations. And one effect of this is rapidly deteriorating relationships between Iran and its Arab neighbors. The other effect is that the line has been crossed. On his Truth Social account, Donald Trump wrote about Iran: "They want to talk. I told them 'too late!' In the last 36 hours, Iran has launched the following attacks: [...] https://pjmedia.com/rabbi-michael-barclay/2026/03/04/monday-and-tuesday-iran-updates-from-rabbi-michael-barclay-n4950228

Thrilling Wednesday report, see man: Ex-Mrs.-T-B. awakened us with a text, and truncated zzz we man. "I'm sick of this skoolbus thing, si man! We should quit e-mailing and talk to the principal, si man!", si man. We will lose credibility if we react emotionally now, si and sigh because it's tempting man. Institutions react more slowly to inconvenience than do people, si and sigh man. We should still proceed up the food chain, man. Miu was talkative in the morning, loud miu man. She was announcing that she had barfed Many (2+2) -- si man, Many (2+2) -- times downstairs, man. It was highly liquid but not warm, Bounty the quicker-picker-upper man. Miu then successfully lobbied for miu-breakfast and we chastised her, sigh man. Lunch was 2 turkey-&-Swiss sandwiches, ingest we man. We struggled to stay awake to do Mama T-B.'s taxes but lost that battle, siesta we man. We finally completed said taxes and will chauffeur them to the CPA on Thursday, man. Din-din was onecan of Chunky soup, ingest we man. Dessert was cheaps + salsa, ingest we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Taxes to CPA on Thursday, Costco also very nearby man. We must also itinerary our GSs/ESs, 2 ESs in FST man. And that was/is our thrilling Wednesday, report we man.

Scintillating Wednesday repartee, yawn man. Chicken report from Ontarklar now, overdue man! Bad delinquent silent Ontarklar! Bad, BAD delinquent DELINQUENT silent SILENT Ontarklar!

Not much new info here, but it punctuates the "good riddance." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MAGA takes victory lap after Dan Crenshaw loses primary to conservative challenger The MAGA movement took a victory lap Wednesday after Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) was defeated for reelection in the Republican primary for Texas' 2nd Congressional District. Crenshaw, the sole incumbent House Republican from Texas not to receive Trump's endorsement, was defeated in an upset by state Rep. Steve Toth. "Dan Crenshaw failed to see where the Republican Party was going," Trump advisor Alex Bruesewitz wrote on X. "Post-2020, he foolishly [...] https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/4479933/dan-crenshaw-loses-texas-primary-to-conservative-challenger/

NBC News still insists on calling it that...