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    Going to Odessa to see my SO WOOHOOOOO!!!!!!!

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

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    I honestly believe my wife loves me because I'm an excellent marksman. There is no other reason. I'm unemployed, fat, bald and don't do much to give her physical pleasure. It must be because I can shoot. That's about all I've got left!

    America didn't have an invader in WWII. Yes, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor (which was not yet "America") but when they were considering invading our west coast, they stopped short because "behind every blade of grass there was a man with a rifle."

    Don't think an armed populace deters foreign invaders?

    Ask your comrades who went to Afghanistan. Ask ours who are there now. Consider why we never did more to aid Somalia. Why haven't we tried to help Darfur by sending troops instead of having kids on MTV buy bracelets?

    Men on the ground with rifles is the single most effective deterent to tyranny and/or invasion. That's why we have guns in America. Not to go duck hunting.

    And there is no instinct for women to fear guns. The only way to develop an aversion to a man-made inanimate metal object is to be taught to fear it. That does not make it an instinct, that makes it a learned behavior. Some women may have a reason why they do not like guns but it's not a good reason. Nor is it an instinct. It's ignorance, actually.

    It's not the inanimate metal objects that are evil. The evil lies inside of human beings who make conscious choices. Reality is inanimate metal objects still can't make choices. Never could. Probably never will.

    So let me get this straight.... you're saying a country that's allowed it's citizens to privately own firearms since 1776 and has since had ONE foreign invader attack in a short-lived conflict is playing games yet all those countries in Europe - most of which have been either at war in one form or another or invaded by a foreign army at huge cost to human life - are taking it more seriously?

    By your argument, shouldn't Europe and FSU be more secure than America? I mean, if the government can protect it's people and the citizens have no guns, shouldn't they be more safe than all those crazy Americans with their 15 guns in their homes?

    I believe you just shot yourself in the foot.

    No, I don't believe that America has had only one attempted invasion because all of you guys have guns. It has to do with the oceans separating you from the places where the invaders were historically from.

    I do agree that evil lies in the human beings who make choices, but, to my mind, the governments are MEANT to regulate that, and giving a gun to any human being who likes to own one, does not seem a responsible thing to do. Any psychological check-up done before that?

    Afganistan? Are you considering Afganistan NORMAL? Are you asking me to ask around the guys who were there for a REGULAR attitude to guns? They are half-crazy, waking up in the middle of the night because they hear the sound of chopper over their heads, is that what people should feel to REALLY appreciate the power of guns?

    And yes, I admit, that at my shooting skills test at high school I got only 7-6-3 out of 10-10-10. But no, my feet are ok.

    And oh! Sorry to disappoint you, slim, but imho, your wife loves you IN SPITE of the fact you are fat, bald, unemployed and ugly. Not BECAUSE you are an excellent marksman. YOU might love yourself because you are an excellent marksman. She just loves YOU.

    Thank you guys for making it easier for me to understand the only issue me and my US fiance have been arguing about. Without indirectly calling me ignorant and close-minded just because I am a woman and my point of view does not coincide with yours.

    Going to Odessa to see my SO WOOHOOOOO!!!!!!!

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

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    I do think it's still true many American women are anti-gun for whatever reasons. My ex wife was very unhappy when I first took my son shooting. I'm not sure about Russian women and guns. My wife has encouraged me to take her shooting and she knows I own a number of firearms and has no issues with it. I know a number of RUB forum men have mentioned they take their wives shooting.

    There is one good reason why some women do not like guns.

    Women GIVE lives and guns TAKE lives. It's an instinct.

    I understand the desire to learn to shoot, though - it's kind of overcoming yourself, feeling in charge of even the sub-conscious part of yourself.

    What makes me angry is the bandwagon effect (correct me if I misused this word), when guns are generally available and the whole nation is raised for generations with a gun on a pedestal inside of their minds.

    In my observations, here is no such thing in the countries who had REAL wars within their territories. Europe and FSU countries are a lot more careful with weapons because we still have that memory of WWII, somewhere deep inside. Looks like America is still playing games.

    Going to Odessa to see my SO WOOHOOOOO!!!!!!!

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

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    A little development is in order I suppose. Have you ever seen a man that is confident with handling firearms? I can liken them to a man that is very proficient at marshall arts. They really have nothing to fear from pretty much anything, and they are not skeered of the gun because they have mastered it. Slim makes some good descriptions. A man confident in the use of firearms, really good and comfortable with things that can kill you in milliseconds....well that guy is pretty much in control of things around him. Who do you think sets the time I go to meetings for my job? Someone else? You think I wake up early to be somewhere at someone else's beck and call? :rofl:

    How upset do you think I get at daily things? The guy who has a .45 cocked and locked and is comfortable with that tucked into his waistband...well he isn't getting all to upset over the electric bill, solving a problem with immigration, or fixing a broken water line, figuring out how to pay this years tuition for the son in college, etc.

    Alla likes a calm personality and a man that is in charge. She likes a "quiet life" and not worrying about things she would rather not worry about, because her man can do that, her man will do that and her man doesn't get all too upset when she does her "stupid girl things".

    Is it because I am a good shot? Hmmm, which came first the chicken or the egg? I learned a lot from shooting, patience and trigger control for one thing and that you do not shoot a perfect score in skeet by breaking 25 targets, you shoot a perfect score by breaking 25 targets 1 at a time. You do not accomplish anything worthwhile when you are upset and your mind is not in the game. Shooting is far more a mind and mental game than a physical game. If you cannot control your mind, your concentration your thoughts and actions, you simply cannot be a good shot. If you can control all those things well enough to be a good shot, you can also control them well enough to be a good husband, father, boss, worker, etc. There is a lot to be said, and a lot said by, a man that is a good shot.

    The code? To ride, shoot straight and speak the truth. You latch on to a guy that is comfortable sitting on an animal that can stomp him to death, handle a tool that can instantly kill him with confidence and look you in the eye when he speaks...and you have found GOLD. The rest follows.

    Alla is intelligent enough a woman to appreciate that.

    Okay, I see I have definitely misphrased my question... Let me start by talking some about my own attitude to guns.

    I HATE weapons. They kill. And I feel that allowing everyone to buy as many guns as they wish and keep tons of them in their homes is the most irresponsible thing a government could do. It's as if they were saying 'Hey guys, we admit we can not protect you, so go ahead try to do it yourselves', it makes people paranoid. It's what in the end leads to school kids shooting at their classmates etc. Wish you taught your kids guns are dangerous and BAD instead of making them available to everyone and teaching them to shoot. It would give the mankind some hope.

    I was asking if any woman really appreciated shooting skills, meaning, do you guys believe women appreciate them so much as to put it onto your list of 'She loves me because...."?? I have read a lot of comments here, like, some FSU woman loves some American man BECAUSE he does not drink etc. FSU women do not love you BECAUSE of something, they love you REGARDLESS something. They love you IN SPITE of things, guys, so forget the lists.

    I do not agree that being able to shoot determines how good a father, a husband, a boss you can be. That's too much. If it takes shooting skills to teach some people responsibility and develop their personality enough to be all those, oh well... the nation has serious problems.

    Slim,

    I do understand that shooting skills, in ADULTS, are cool, if it's something treated as a sport. Being in charge, being focused and calm are cool, all right.

    But I fail to understand it when a man keeps 15 pieces of weapon in his house. You wanna protect your family? Keep one. Okay, two, for each hand. WHY fifteen?? What kind of sport is that? It's paranoia.

    Traveling today!!

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Hi there,

    1) why five? you'll need one

    2)U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is USCIS,

    so it's variant a) without USCIS bit

    3) you'll actually need one. But take all of them :)

    As for Letter of Intent, as well as other docs, here's one piece of advice. Take lots of BLANK sheets of paper and have her sign them in the places where her signature would be in different forms or letters.

    If by the time you are ready to file, some address changes or you reread a filled in form and see a typo or something, you'll just print another one on an ALREADY SIGNED sheet. :blush:

    Return Reciept issue

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures

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    how can u guys check online for the NOA1?

    I think you need a receipt number to do so right?

    Nope. You need to contact your bank, they can see the number you case has been assigned by USCIS, on the reverse side of the cashed check, online. Maybe you can do it on your own. The case number starts with three letters, WAC, for example, and 10 digits.

    After you know your case number, you can go to uscis site and track the changes in the stages your case is currently at, online.

    Good luck

    Return Reciept issue

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures

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    Khandog25,

    They created two more centers for processing some forms. Starting mid-May, part of petitions will be redirected to TX and AZ. Yours has been redirected to TX, apparently. Hoping, this measure will make the wait shorter.

    Official info from News page of USCIS site:

    WASHINGTON - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today announced that it will be transitioning the intake function of several more forms from the Service Centers to its Lockbox network. By centralizing form and fee intake to a Lockbox environment, USCIS will improve consistency and integrity in the intake process.

    The forms scheduled for the transition:

    I-817, Application for Family Unity Benefits (If filing under section 301 of the Immigration Act of 1990);

    I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur ;

    I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status (Only those filed separately from the I-129);

    I-129F, Petition for Alien Fiance ;

    I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker.

    The transition will start mid-May with the Service Centers forwarding applications to the USCIS Dallas and Phoenix Lockbox facilities for processing. In June, USCIS will post the revised filing instructions, update the web page for each form, and announce the address change with a USCIS Update.

    Throughout the transition period and up to the point where USCIS formally announces the new filing addresses, customers with concerns should contact the National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283.

    Step-Children and Russia

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

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    We have filed our petition for a K-1, not a CR-1 visa, but the situation with step-children is universal I guess.

    Before filing, I did a lot of research on the topic of bringing my daughter to the US with me, and also found the above quoted Federal Law that says I do not need any permission from her father. Although, just to make sure, I emailed the US Embassy in Moscow.

    They wrote, 'The consent of the second parent is not necessary when a child is leaving Russian Federation accompanied by another parent. BUT the consul MIGHT ask you to submit it during your interview." :huh:

    It's a Russian roulette, guys.

    Going to Odessa to see my SO WOOHOOOOO!!!!!!!

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

    Posted

    Isn't having both of you inhabit our fantasies a pretty practical thing to do? I mean, come on, you just said we're practical. I would think having both of you in there at once means we're just doing what we're genetically predisposed to do. We can't help it. It's natural!

    It sure is practical, but I am not sure many wifes or gfs will approve of that kind of practicality. We like to think we have you all to ourselves, the idea of sharing space in your fantasies with someone else does not attract us. We can't help it. It's natural.

    Ukraine - USA School Equivalency

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

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    Doesn't your stepson go to the best engineering school in Moscow or something? From what I've seen, Sergey's experience differs greatly from the normal Russian university experience. Actually going to class? Actually studying for exams? What? Like many other things in Russia, a university "education" can just be bought. Didn't have time to study? Pay the instructor xxxx roubles and receive the grade of your choice. I have a friend who teaches English at a university here, and the hardest part of the job is explaining to students that yes, if you only show up for the last class you WILL NOT receive a passing grade.

    Disagree. I'd say, the university your friend teaches at is more likely an exception. Yes, you can buy a passing grade, as easily as you can buy a final thesis written for you by someone else or even the 'diploma' at SOME schools here. Yes, that happens but that happening does not mean it is a general rule.

    For some reason that happens more often at 'posh' schools for the so called 'golden youths' - where the education is very expensive - and for certain people 'expensive' automatically means 'good' - and most students are kids of extremely well-off parents. The type of kids who get a Porsche for their 18th birthday and trips to Milan twice a year to shop for 'haute couture' clothes :)The type of kids who were taught that money can buy anything.

    Luckily, there are few of those.

    Am very proud to say that university education is very intense here. Some may feel it is too deep and intense, but, imho, at least they teach things to you. You wanna learn - you go learn, the teachers and classes are there for you. Get as much knowledge as you can.

    :ot: : my step-son-to-be (USC) is 16 now, and he was NEVER taught physics at his high school. Public school. Three more years of classes to go. No physics on schedule either. :o:angry:

    Katla close to blowing...

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

    Posted

    Just for your information, the train trip from Moscow to Beijing will take about one week. Week, like seven or eight days. :blink:

    As slim said, she can get by train to any Russian city with an airport open at the moment, then fly to either Khabarovsk or Vladivostok.

    There are flights from KHB and VVO to Seoul (Incheon), Kharbin and Beijing - see Vladivostok Air company site for the cheapest fares both to Vladivostok and from VVO to Seoul or Beijing. She can get virtually anywhere from Seoul - LA, Seattle, Chicago... Check Korean Air and Delta sites for details.

    Hopefully, she won't have to use any of our advice :)

    Going to Odessa to see my SO WOOHOOOOO!!!!!!!

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

    Posted

    slim,

    no problem with me, go ahead and admire the shapes :D

    I just meant that some ladies feel that men in general are more ... ummm...practical? When women spot nice shapes they just spot nice shapes. When men spot nice shapes their mind automatically starts flashing pictures of how the shapes would look in some practical situations :blush:

    We just don't like to wonder if it's us who inhabit your fantasies or the aforementioned 36EE babe you saw on the beach today.

    Going to Odessa to see my SO WOOHOOOOO!!!!!!!

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

    Posted

    :lol: Even when you're wearing sunglasses, even in the pitch black of the night, even when we seem to be looking in another direction, we can always tell if you have just ogled another woman, there's just no escaping that.

    And yes, it's okay if it's us who stare, because when we stare, it's for the sake of esthetics... admiring the regularity of features and shapes. We don't picture that blond 36EE busted babe on top of us. Well, for the most part we don't. :whistle:

    Russian Visa Overstay

    in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

    Posted

    When my fiance (USC) visited me in Russia in February, he somehow overlooked the fact that his visa was valid till Feb,23 and bought a return ticket for Feb 24th. When he was leaving Moscow, the customs officers were so nice as to charge him $20 and glue a one-day extension or however it is called visa sticker into his passport.

    So, here comes the question - will this unintentional overstay result in his ineligibility for further visas to Russia? I mean, he was not deported... Will he have to go to an interview in a Russian Consulate in person to explain the situation?

    If anyone has experienced this kind of problem before, please share. :help:

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