June 15, 20224 yr 4 hours ago, n_maher said: Welcome to the Team! 3 hours ago, Grahame said: Fuck Yeah! So, now that you're a proper amurikkkan, which accent are you going to land on? Texas drawl? Southern Belle? Alabaman (think Forrest Gump minus 10-15 IQ points.) Baaaahstun? The Californian?
June 15, 20224 yr 14 hours ago, swt61 said: When does your MAGA hat arrive? Given, as an American Citizen, by choice (rather than by accident of birth), I took an Oath, to "support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic" . So, not in this timeline.
June 15, 20224 yr On that note, decades ago when I had to do similar in the U.S. Navy I mouthed the "and domestic" part. Wasn't going to say it having gone to Kent State and well, American history since the 60s. I thought I knew who they were speaking of. Wrong again Ric.
June 16, 20224 yr Sitting at Anchorage airport, waiting for my flight home. It was a fantastic trip but I miss Suzy.
June 16, 20224 yr Was trying to think of something snarky yet respectful to say...came up with this: Spoiler Welcome home! Just in time for Independence treason day. I excel at snark...respect? Not so much. Sorry, couldn't figure out a way to work "brexit" in.
June 18, 20224 yr Stop me if you've heard this before ... Boat Bridge City But this time I came home with a hybrid American wife! What a country!
June 18, 20224 yr Congrats again you two. #teamworkmakesthedreamwork Edited June 18, 20224 yr by blessingx
June 18, 20224 yr I don't think you had to trade in Joanne, oh well 'merica! Congrats to the two of you. Happy to have you here that is for sure. Now we need to you vote, like a lot....
June 18, 20224 yr 4 hours ago, Grahame said: Stop me if you've heard this before ... Boat Bridge City But this time I came home with a hybrid American wife! What a country! Mail order? What's Joanne gonna think?
June 18, 20224 yr 22 hours ago, mikeymad said: I don't think you had to trade in Joanne, oh well 'merica! Congrats to the two of you. Happy to have you here that is for sure. Now we need to you vote, like a lot.... There were 3 post acquiring citizenship action items (in no particular order) https://risccmke.org/en/after-naturalization/ * Inform the SSA of your new citizenship status. Done. Surprised that USCIS and SSA don't do this automatically, joined up government and all that, but was done in under 5 minutes once my check in number was called. Maybe it's another check and balance? * Register to Vote. Done. Can be done online here in CA. Straightforward. No overt signs of voter suppression. Found the idea of having to chose a political party strange. https://my.lwv.org/california/article/how-choose-political-party-when-registering-vote Given that voting is supposed to be a secret ballot, And that the "Father of the country", George Washington foresaw problems with them. https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/the-first-president/political-parties/ Time to read his farewell address. Maybe I could take the approach of an ex-work-colleague, who, while being a gay San Francisco liberal democrat, registered as a Republican, so he could see what they ("the enemy") were up to. Thus he could vote for the most unelectable candidate in the primaries, and would share the contents of their talking points , or campaign contribution begging letters that they mailed to him, with us. That was enlightening. * Apply for a passport. One of the unintended consequences of becoming a citizen is that we are "trapped" in the country, until we have a Passport in our hands. With a green card we could re-enter the country, but we had to hand that back in. So no Passport, no legal re-entry. We have to apply in person at a Post Office for a new passport, and then wait 8-11 weeks (or 5-7 weeks if expedited) based on the current State Department processing times. No immediate passport appointments locally because: reasons (COVID?) But we did manage to find an appointment next week in Sonoma (Boyes Hot Springs!) as the earliest accessible appointment - so a day in wine country, shame! In the meantime I guess we are "stuck" with Hawaii as our deferred travel vacation choice for now. Edited June 18, 20224 yr by Grahame
June 21, 20224 yr Had the day off so went on a little adventure in the fire-scarred forests of Brookdale & Boulder Creek, CA - a spontaneous house hunt. Mad photoshop skillz there realtor. Like those photos plus general aging and a tornado or two. Did have a nice omelet in Boulder, hung out with two donkeys, and tried on some glasses. Edited June 21, 20224 yr by blessingx
June 21, 20224 yr I just went through Boulder Creek last week on a trip to a sawmill at the top of Empire Grade, which is next door to a Lockheed Martin Space Systems facility. Fire scarred is an understatement but the sawmill is in an amazing spot.
June 21, 20224 yr On 6/18/2022 at 10:38 AM, Grahame said: In the meantime I guess we are "stuck" with Hawaii as our deferred travel vacation choice for now. You could try Guam, American Samoa or maybe Midway if you'd like more choices.
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