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notapplicable
Sep 27, 2011, 12:35 AM
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erisspirit wrote: Went to Corte Madera this weekend. It was a lot of fun. Was my first trip out there. We all rapped in and the pair showing us around went to work on their project. Four of us were at the base and none had been leading a lot, but the easiest way back out was a 10a (I'd been very wimpy and only leading 8's and 9's)...They left a TR up just in case we totally wimped out. I lead some other climb first, and In the end I put on my big girl undies and lead the out to the first ledge. Up there a newer easy route had been put up so I did a nice easy lead to the last pitch. I ended up following one of the others on the last pitch. It was a good day... now I'm tired and sunburnt 
Way to get after it and I'm jealous. I've always wanted to climb at a crag where the only way out is up. It has a certain romantic appeal.
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notapplicable
Sep 27, 2011, 12:43 AM
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Listening to The Brothers Karamazov on audiobook at work and I'm loving it. Never new Dostoevsky could write with such humor. Irony, yes, but no genuine levity. I find myself laughing quite a bit.
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Gmburns2000
Sep 27, 2011, 12:48 AM
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notapplicable wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: battling a stiff cold. not climbing this weekend. cough-cough. got work to do anyway. did i mention i found an apartment? cheap, too. will have one roommate. he doesn't speak english. my portuguese is going to improve dramatically (me hopes). win/win Apartment and language immersion in one.
ya, actually, he pulled the offer back today. He found someone who was willing to pay more.
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Gmburns2000
Sep 27, 2011, 1:04 AM
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notapplicable wrote: Listening to The Brothers Karamazov on audiobook at work and I'm loving it. Never new Dostoevsky could write with such humor. Irony, yes, but no genuine levity. I find myself laughing quite a bit.
awesome book. worth reading, in my opinion. the end is just so...so...well, I'll leave you to it.
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notapplicable
Sep 27, 2011, 1:21 AM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: notapplicable wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: battling a stiff cold. not climbing this weekend. cough-cough. got work to do anyway. did i mention i found an apartment? cheap, too. will have one roommate. he doesn't speak english. my portuguese is going to improve dramatically (me hopes). win/win Apartment and language immersion in one. ya, actually, he pulled the offer back today. He found someone who was willing to pay more. me =
Fuck
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Kartessa
Sep 27, 2011, 2:46 AM
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notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gotta make a visa run into Buffalo tomorrow. Yay for a 3-hour trip to the border [raised eyebrow emoticon]
Visa denied
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notapplicable
Sep 27, 2011, 3:09 AM
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Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gotta make a visa run into Buffalo tomorrow. Yay for a 3-hour trip to the border [raised eyebrow emoticon] Visa denied
No soup for you!
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notapplicable
Sep 27, 2011, 3:10 AM
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notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gotta make a visa run into Buffalo tomorrow. Yay for a 3-hour trip to the border [raised eyebrow emoticon] Visa denied No soup for you!
The marriage offer still stands. 20K a year is all it will cost you.
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notapplicable
Sep 27, 2011, 3:14 AM
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I went to visit a friend I hadn't seen for awhile last weekend and the subject of here soon to be deported cousin came up. They are seriously looking to arrange a marriage for her so she can stay in the country. It doesn't sound like she can afford 20K a year though and they don't seem to have any other leads so it's not looking good.
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Kartessa
Sep 27, 2011, 4:11 AM
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notapplicable wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gotta make a visa run into Buffalo tomorrow. Yay for a 3-hour trip to the border [raised eyebrow emoticon] Visa denied No soup for you! The marriage offer still stands. 20K a year is all it will cost you.
Price gouging FTW
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Gmburns2000
Sep 27, 2011, 11:05 AM
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notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gotta make a visa run into Buffalo tomorrow. Yay for a 3-hour trip to the border [raised eyebrow emoticon] Visa denied No soup for you!
what do you need the visa for?
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notapplicable
Sep 27, 2011, 12:11 PM
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Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gotta make a visa run into Buffalo tomorrow. Yay for a 3-hour trip to the border [raised eyebrow emoticon] Visa denied No soup for you! The marriage offer still stands. 20K a year is all it will cost you. Price gouging FTW
Oh and I forgot to add on the 10K for the kid.
I don't think it's that bad though. If a young professional wanted to work and gain citizenship, they could make 40K-50K a year. We would be splitting rent and utilities so living would be cheap and they wouldn't have to put out. Seems like a pretty good arrangement to me.
And you have to think about it from my perspective. Pretending to be married to and living with a stranger is going to be a pain my ass. Plus I'm risking fines and criminal penalties if caught. Can't deal with all that BS for free.
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notapplicable
Sep 27, 2011, 12:14 PM
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Admittedly, did I just make that number up. Anybody know what the going rate for fake marriages is though?
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notapplicable
Sep 27, 2011, 12:15 PM
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notapplicable wrote: Admittedly, did I just make that number up. Anybody know what the going rate for fake marriages is though?
It would surprise me if it was much less than 20K a year.
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notapplicable
Sep 27, 2011, 12:20 PM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gotta make a visa run into Buffalo tomorrow. Yay for a 3-hour trip to the border [raised eyebrow emoticon] Visa denied No soup for you! what do you need the visa for?
Greatest nation on earth!!
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notapplicable
Sep 27, 2011, 12:20 PM
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notapplicable wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gotta make a visa run into Buffalo tomorrow. Yay for a 3-hour trip to the border [raised eyebrow emoticon] Visa denied No soup for you! what do you need the visa for? Greatest nation on earth!!
" But I don't have to sell this and you know it, 'cause this kind of shit here sells itself"
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Kartessa
Sep 27, 2011, 12:23 PM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gotta make a visa run into Buffalo tomorrow. Yay for a 3-hour trip to the border [raised eyebrow emoticon] Visa denied No soup for you! what do you need the visa for?
To go to Yosemite this weekend
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notapplicable
Sep 27, 2011, 12:23 PM
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notapplicable wrote: notapplicable wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gotta make a visa run into Buffalo tomorrow. Yay for a 3-hour trip to the border [raised eyebrow emoticon] Visa denied No soup for you! what do you need the visa for? Greatest nation on earth!! " But I don't have to sell this and you know it, 'cause this kind of shit here sells itself"
Name that quote without googleaid and you win the book of your choice from those currently on my shelf.
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notapplicable
Sep 27, 2011, 12:29 PM
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Kartessa wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gotta make a visa run into Buffalo tomorrow. Yay for a 3-hour trip to the border [raised eyebrow emoticon] Visa denied No soup for you! what do you need the visa for? To go to Yosemite this weekend
Well that sucks. I thought our northern brethren could pretty much come and go as long as you didn't stay too long.
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Gmburns2000
Sep 27, 2011, 12:42 PM
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Kartessa wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gotta make a visa run into Buffalo tomorrow. Yay for a 3-hour trip to the border [raised eyebrow emoticon] Visa denied No soup for you! what do you need the visa for? To go to Yosemite this weekend
Really? You need a visa to travel to the US now? Like Bryan, I thought you could come and go as you pleased. When did that change?
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Kartessa
Sep 27, 2011, 1:07 PM
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Gmburns2000 wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gotta make a visa run into Buffalo tomorrow. Yay for a 3-hour trip to the border [raised eyebrow emoticon] Visa denied No soup for you! what do you need the visa for? To go to Yosemite this weekend Really? You need a visa to travel to the US now? Like Bryan, I thought you could come and go as you pleased. When did that change?
I'm akshully a français and your country doesn't appreciate our good cooking and loose morals
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Kartessa
Sep 27, 2011, 1:18 PM
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Kartessa wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gotta make a visa run into Buffalo tomorrow. Yay for a 3-hour trip to the border [raised eyebrow emoticon] Visa denied No soup for you! what do you need the visa for? To go to Yosemite this weekend Really? You need a visa to travel to the US now? Like Bryan, I thought you could come and go as you pleased. When did that change? I'm akshully a français and your country doesn't appreciate our good cooking and loose morals
I wonder if this raises Bryan's price
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Gmburns2000
Sep 27, 2011, 2:01 PM
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Kartessa wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gotta make a visa run into Buffalo tomorrow. Yay for a 3-hour trip to the border [raised eyebrow emoticon] Visa denied No soup for you! what do you need the visa for? To go to Yosemite this weekend Really? You need a visa to travel to the US now? Like Bryan, I thought you could come and go as you pleased. When did that change? I'm akshully a français and your country doesn't appreciate our good cooking and loose morals
ok, in all seriousness, are you a canadian citizen or a french citizen? both kind of matter to me because I'm now wondering if there are reciprocity laws for going to the EU or Canada when there weren't any just a few years ago. If I need to get a visa to go to Spain next year then now is a good time to learn about it.
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erisspirit
Sep 27, 2011, 4:10 PM
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notapplicable wrote: Listening to The Brothers Karamazov on audiobook at work and I'm loving it. Never new Dostoevsky could write with such humor. Irony, yes, but no genuine levity. I find myself laughing quite a bit.
It's been awhile since I read that one, but I remember liking it
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Sep 27, 2011, 4:14 PM
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Kartessa wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gmburns2000 wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: notapplicable wrote: Kartessa wrote: Gotta make a visa run into Buffalo tomorrow. Yay for a 3-hour trip to the border [raised eyebrow emoticon] Visa denied No soup for you! what do you need the visa for? To go to Yosemite this weekend Really? You need a visa to travel to the US now? Like Bryan, I thought you could come and go as you pleased. When did that change? I'm akshully a français and your country doesn't appreciate our good cooking and loose morals
I'm hungry now
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