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Keep a positive upper lip and a stiff attitude! Uh, hang on a minute here...

That's great -- congratulations on the progress. This doesn't need to be super-scientific; put in what your instincts tell you to enter there.

Scintillating Tuesday repartee, yawn man. ------- Thrilling Tuesday-on-Wednesday report, see man: Got Mini-B. rousted from bed in time to visit Mama T-B. at noon, miracle man. Mini-B. breakfasted on 2 store-brand sausage/egg/cheese croissants + a banana, ingest wee man. Mama T-B. enjoyed Mini-B.'s account & fotos from the cruise, si man. She nearly yelled at us once, not quite man. Took Mini-B. to Costco Business Center, Two Guys excursion man. We got him Clif Bars on sale, skool snack man. We let him pick one other item, Lindor chocolates man. We got a couple of necessary other items, efficient we man. Mama T-B. wanted to give Mini-B. $Many00 for Christmas, generous senior she man man. We went to our bank, straightforward man. Mini-B. wanted to deposit this into his account at another bank, depository wee man man. Stuffy bank wouldn't let him do a cash deposit without ID or an ATM PIN number, man. We will get his passport from ex-Mrs.-T-B. and achieve the goal on Wednesday, determined we man. Lunch was from Taco Bell, ingest Two Guys man. Mini-B. then gamed with amigos while we siesta'd, game wee and zzz we man man. Din-din was 2 Hungry Man boneless-chicken frozen din-dins, ingest Two Guys man. Movie night was Liar Liar, watch Two Guys man. Many (2+2) bowls of Costco popcorn were consumed, ingest Two Guys man. We then combined a lawyer's advice with that of ChatGPT, analysis we man. We have decided not to open or administer Estranged Aunt T-B.'s estate, not now man. The risks & liabilities for us, Mama T-B., & Uncle T-B. are too high, this is obvious man. If a creditor or court forces probate, we will re-evaluate this, decide we man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Administrative stuff & erranding for Mama T-B. & Uncle T-B. planned for Wednesday, servile we man. And that was/is our thrilling Tuesday, report we man.

How do we (not including NB) spell "utter insanity"?

Every step is a gain.

RFEs are actually a blessing in disguise. Respond precisely with what they want, ordering your papers as they request. Then, write in big letters "FOR THE CONSULATE AFTER PETITION APPROVAL" on a new sheet of paper, put it under the RFE papers, and, behind it, add further "evidence of bona fide relationship" that you've accrued while waiting all these months. In this way, you not only satisfy the RFE; you also strengthen your case for the eventual visa interview.

Is anything missing? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Left's Top 25 Lies Of 2025 If it felt like 2025 was just one big psyop orchestrated by the Democrat Party and its accomplice media stooges, that's because in many ways, it was. Learning nothing from the political and ratings beatings they took in 2024, the left and its corporate media allies doubled down on twisting the truth during the first year of Trump 2.0. Here are the top 25 lies of 2025: [...] https://thefederalist.com/2025/12/29/the-lefts-top-25-lies-of-2025/

Comments on this? ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Danish Immigration Lesson What happens when a country with a long history of tolerance toward immigration and refugees has had enough? What happens when false asylum claims come to predominate, when immigrants resist assimilation? What happens when left-leaning politicians go too far in protecting the rights of immigrants and not far enough in assuring the rights of citizens? You get Denmark. These are the real lessons for America in what happened to immigration and asylum policy there, showing immigration is a governance problem, not a moral abstraction. Between 2019 and 2023, Denmark ushered in [...] https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-danish-immigration-lesson/

Thrilling Monday report, see man: Cold front definitely here, brrr man. Awoke a [censored] hour before alarm, man. Breakfast/lunch was the other half of the sugar-free apple pie, ingest we man. Power co. did a planned power-outage of half an hour that lasted only Many (2x2x2 +2) minutes, powerless we man. Spent much of day trying to get onto a website with an auto-generated password-change box that neither of our browsers will let happen, man. Noticed tree guys working across the street, notice we man. We recruited them to do badly needed landscaping at our casa, opportune man. Two each were from Nicaragua & Mexico, one each from Honduras & Colombia, United Nations man. The total was $Many ($2x2x2x2x2x2x2 +2), OK for once every 2 or Many years man. Left casa right before sundown to retrieve Mini-B., Two Guys week man. Mini-B. & ex-Mrs.-T-B. both exhausted, big surprise man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. wrecked both knees dancing* on last night of cruise, party-animal ex-she man man. *with everyone aboard, clarify we man Mini-miu cute, orange, and happy to have Daddy & Grandma back, happy mini-miu man. Mini-B. grouchy because fatigued, grumpy wee man man. He zzz'd for an hour and was better, siesta wee man man. Din-din for Mini-B. was RTG, ingest wee man. Din-din for us was Aldi tortilla cheaps + Costco salsa, ingest we man. Mini-B. tried and approves of the latter, ingest also wee man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. Must visit Mama T-B., CVS, Costco Business Center, and bank on Tuesday, visit we man. And that was/is our thrilling Monday, report we man.

Everybody look here, see man: https://www.sherwin-williams.com/en-us/color/color-family/yellow-paint-colors/SW6910-daisy Does anyone see a difference between this one (Daisy) and the one before it (Lemon Twist), or between the one after this one (Confident Yellow) and the one two before this one (Forsythia), huh man?

Rubias often (usually, almost always) are, si and sigh man. Where's the +Many,000 button for your rubia, huh man?

Always. I suspect that these are chiefly for inventory control, and secondarily to scare the gullible into throwing away perfectly good products to buy new ones. Always.

Wonderful! Be sure to report on it.

Everyone is correct that procedures vary greatly from court to court, state to state, etc. Among my strongest philosophies of life is to do everything that I legitimately can to get myself excused.

Second only to the wearing of Birkenstocks for activating voluntary male birth control, gag man.

Party-animals. Actually, New Year's Eve should be renamed "Amateur Night."

Thread is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the Social Security Numbers subforum.

Something a little, or a lot, tortuous, sigh man.

Everything goes out the window when they put their ice-cold feet on our backs, aiyeeeee man. Look at her (non-)English, telltale man.

Congratulations on your oath! Look carefully for any exemptions for which you might qualify -- child or elder care, difficulty understanding English, and others. Check the box by any that apply, and you should be excused. Keep a copy of whatever you submit! It's best to return your form (with exemptions or not) promptly, by e-mail scan or fax. Others here may vehemently disagree, but I consider jury duty to be close to hell on Earth. Very generally: If you have no exemptions or disqualifications, you'll receive a date on which to report to court. Everyone's name will be called, and bench warrants issued for those who are absent. You'll be called as part of a jury pool for a civil or criminal case. If your juror number is low, you have a higher chance of being selected as a juror for the trial. Lawyers for both parties will ask questions of jurors* to see who should be "stricken" from consideration. *The process is called voir dire. Jurors with prejudices or conflicts of interest can be stricken. If your number is not ultimately called to serve, you may go home. If you're picked, the trial may be that same day or possibly the next day. Regardless, you won't be called to serve again for some time (it varies; 1 to 3 years). I've done everything in my power to be legitimately excused from service, and I've always been successful. Others here will advise you further and perhaps otherwise.

Welcome to the forum! If he's from Ecuador: there was a long period when false stamps were highly prevalent there. These were, and continue to be, heavily scrutinized. Your dad seems to have been on the earlier end of those that were caught. This point is presented here in case others from Ecu are reading this thread. I echo Crazy Cat, who couldn't have said it any better. Please keep us apprised of the process that you pursue, and the outcome of each step. This will be educational for everyone on this site.

Explain, and they should let you in. Perhaps bring along a doctor's note or copy of a prescription.

Exchange of texts Monday morning, see man: Ex-Mrs.-T-B.: We are back seat at the car. Start driving home now T-B.: Good, Cariño, si man. You sound tired, si man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B.: Sooo [pause] Siii Mini-B.: Did you clean mini-miu's poop? T-B.: That's the father's job, si man. Mini-B.: We cannot be more deadass T-B.: Whoopidi whoop*, si man. YOU scoopadi poop*, si man. *per Kanye West's immortal song, si man

Had it been feasible, which it was not, to wait until today to take the T-B.-mobile into our regular shop, we'd have gotten a replacement battery for free, man. Perry Mason, si man. You have to find us one, ongoing request man! Bad delinquent non-find-rubia-ing Bro G man! Bad, BAD delinquent DELINQUENT non-find-rubia-ing NON-FIND-RUBIA-ING Bro G man!

Seems to apply to Mamdani's wish for state-run supermarkets. "In Communism, you wait for bread. In free markets, the bread waits for you." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ She'd Never Seen That Much Food Before: A Hard Reality From a Farmers Market [...] There's a young woman named Anita who has a fairly decent social media following. She lives in Cuba and documents what it's like to live under the Communist regime in a county that's literally falling apart as we speak. Last week, she and her partner and their young child fled the country, flying to Nicaragua and then making their way to Costa Rica by foot, bus, and car to San José, where they will now have the ability to live better lives. As a humanitarian gesture, Costa Rica currently offers various temporary protections for Cubans, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans. Anita has documented the journey as best she can. The flight was the easy part, but getting to Costa Ria left her family caked in mud, exhausted, and throwing up. "I felt terrible, I don't know why, but there are so many hills in these parts, so the journey was really difficult for me," she said. But she also says it was all worth it to create a better future for her family. "Thank God we're here now and we're enjoying what Christmas is really like, and I'm so grateful that Costa Rica has opened its doors to me, because it truly is an incredible country," she said. But what really stood out about her journey — that even made the newspaper in Costa Rica — was her reaction to the first farmers market that she saw. She called it a hard "shock to reality" and said she was so excited, like a child, because she'd never seen much food in one place in her lifetime. Let that sink in. [...] https://pjmedia.com/sarah-anderson/2025/12/28/shed-never-seen-that-much-food-before-a-hard-truth-from-a-farmers-market-n4947618