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slynne
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response 125 of 226:
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May 1 16:07 UTC 2002 |
There are busses along Michigan Ave in Detroit but you would be better
off driving all the way downtown probably.
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keesan
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response 126 of 226:
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May 1 18:31 UTC 2002 |
There is a train station in downtown Detroit and one in Ann Arbor but only
three trains a day, probably all at the wrong times for commuting.
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slynne
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response 127 of 226:
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May 1 20:53 UTC 2002 |
Yeah, the first train from Ann Arbor to Detroit isnt until 1:45pm
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keesan
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response 128 of 226:
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May 4 15:29 UTC 2002 |
How does one turn off HTML when sending mail with MSN instant messenger?
I keep getting this stuff from one person who ignores my requests to send
plain text. I suspect she does not understand what I mean.
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keesan
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response 129 of 226:
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May 4 20:19 UTC 2002 |
How long does an immigrant have to be married to an American citizen in order
to remain in this country legally after ceasing to be married? And how long
before this immigrant can bring over a family member to live here?
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keesan
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response 130 of 226:
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May 4 20:41 UTC 2002 |
Found the answers online: 2 years of marriage to become a permanent resident.
Five years of residency to become a naturalized citizen, or only 3 years if
married to a citizen. All citizens can bring over their parents in unlimited
numbers. There are limits on some other types of relatives such as grown
children. So someone who wants to immigrate here and bring a parent to live
with them needs to be married for only three years first, or if they don't
stay married, for five years.
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remmers
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response 131 of 226:
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May 4 22:44 UTC 2002 |
Hm, I'd think bringing over your parents would be limited by the
number "two".
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mdw
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response 132 of 226:
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May 5 00:18 UTC 2002 |
Step parents? Results of biological cloning? Adoptive vs. natural
parents?
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keesan
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response 133 of 226:
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May 5 01:05 UTC 2002 |
If you want to bring over a sibling, they go onto a waiting list. We have
friends from Macedonia who came here about five years ago and became citizens
so that, in a few years, they can bring over their other son to join their
first son, and then he can bring over spouse and kids. The second son is an
opera singer so is unlikely to be able to find an employer who will insist
that he is desparately needed here.
The original question is because we are wondering why someone we know has
stayed married to someone else we know for so long - we thought the
requirement for permanent residency might have been longer.
For employers to hire someone from out of country they have to prove that they
cannot find someone here to do the same job, by advertising the position.
We once saw an ad in a Detroit paper for someone to work as a priest in a
Serbian Orthodox church. They had to be fluent in Serbian and also the
medieval form of the language, and there was a long list of other requirements
obviously aimed at excluding everyone except their chosen candidate. I once
wrote a letter assuring the INS that there was nobody in the country able and
willing to work in Fort Wayne full time as a translator and editor for a
Bulgarian-language monthly publication that I had been translating for on a
semivolunteer basis.
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gelinas
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response 134 of 226:
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May 5 02:24 UTC 2002 |
Last I heard, the INS could challenge any such marriage at any time: if
they could prove that the sole purpose of the marriage was a green card,
the alien spouse could be deported.
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jmsaul
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response 135 of 226:
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May 5 03:33 UTC 2002 |
They can, but there's a certain amount of due process involved and they're
reluctant to over-use that unless the alien spouse is a mail-order bride or
something.
FYI, the question back in #129-130... there's an exemption from the rule for
abused alien spouses, so they aren't forced to stay with an abusive citizen
to avoid getting deported. They can file for permanent residency pretty
quickly, though they'll have to go through a special process (and you don't
even attempt this without an immigration attorney).
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scott
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response 136 of 226:
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May 6 01:17 UTC 2002 |
Anybody know how to get the address data from an Outlook Express .wab file?
I've tried spitting on it, I've tried shouting at it, nothing works.
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other
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response 137 of 226:
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May 6 02:51 UTC 2002 |
open it in a text editor and do a grep extraction?
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scott
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response 138 of 226:
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May 6 13:09 UTC 2002 |
No, it appears that Outlook Express 5.1 started putting stuff into Unicode
character set, which means two bytes for every character. (this is trying
to get my Dad's addressbook from his Win98 desktop in Colorado [and now out
of reach] into his little Win95 laptop).
Last night I tried using the StarOffice "encoded text" option but probably
got tangled up in some header data. Hey, I wonder if I could hack off the
first part of the file and see what that gets me?
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gelinas
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response 139 of 226:
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May 8 03:33 UTC 2002 |
Would anyone care to recommend a piano tuner? Some repair may also be needed.
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other
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response 140 of 226:
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May 8 03:38 UTC 2002 |
Dan Harteau 248-866-6823
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gelinas
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response 141 of 226:
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May 8 03:43 UTC 2002 |
Thanks, other. Any others, folks?
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remmers
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response 142 of 226:
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May 8 11:48 UTC 2002 |
Cal Munson 734-769-6098
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eprom
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response 143 of 226:
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May 9 02:40 UTC 2002 |
At Red Lobster I saw in the menu a Banana Daiquiri and a
Banana Colada.
Anyone know the differance in general between a Daiquiri
and a Colada??
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jaklumen
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response 144 of 226:
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May 9 04:01 UTC 2002 |
not sure, but in Spanish, colada means "strained."
so pina colada means, literally, "strained pineapple." While in
Mexico, when you want something pineapple and coconut, which we
call "pina colada," you need to ask for "pina y coca."
I think a daiquiri is basically a liquored smoothie.. in other words,
you have plenty of ice in there as well; and a colada may just be more
fruit. But of course, I'm not a bartender, so I have no clue beyond
the guess I just made here.
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happyboy
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response 145 of 226:
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May 9 13:12 UTC 2002 |
colada has rich coconut milk goodness in it AND RUM
daquiri is fruit juicness heaven AND RUM
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cmcgee
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response 146 of 226:
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May 9 13:32 UTC 2002 |
A frozen daiquiri has ice in it, blended into a sip-able size. A
daiquiri was, traditionally, lime juice, simple syrup, and rum. Over
ice, if you wanted it.
I make mine with dark rum, a real flavorful addition.
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aruba
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response 147 of 226:
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May 9 14:27 UTC 2002 |
I'll take a guess that the banana colada has coconut in it, but the banana
daiquiri doesn't. But please ask the bartender at Red Lobster and then
report back to us. :)
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slynne
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response 148 of 226:
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May 9 15:32 UTC 2002 |
Or better yet, maybe we all should go over to Red Lobster and do the
research ourselves. It isnt really fair to make eprom do EVERYTHING!
And while I agree that the bartender is probably an expert on the
subject, I think I would like to have the whole colada/daiquiri
experience. I figure 2 or 3 of each ought to do it :)
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jep
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response 149 of 226:
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May 9 16:39 UTC 2002 |
Sounds like a winning idea. Grexpedition to get drunk!
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