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Yesterday I emptied out the mailbox after my trip and what do I find there but an approval notice for my application to adjust to permanent status in the United States. Translation: at last I have my green card. Afte 12 years of living here and 4.5 years of the application process, it’s a welcome sight. Now is the time to plan the big party.
08/03/2004 at 11:02 am Permalink
Congrats!
08/03/2004 at 12:59 pm Permalink
Congratulations Andrei!
08/03/2004 at 4:28 pm Permalink
Congratulations as well! I hope you have a huge party!
08/03/2004 at 5:13 pm Permalink
Damn! My scheme to kick you out didn’t work. Damnit!
Congrats, buddy!
09/03/2004 at 7:06 am Permalink
*Monty Burns voice* Excellent.
Congrats Andrei!
09/03/2004 at 8:23 am Permalink
Patrick, what’s your current email address? The zend.com and unl.edu ones don’t seem to work.
09/03/2004 at 8:47 am Permalink
congratulations.
where did you live previously?
09/03/2004 at 9:51 am Permalink
Uzbekistan, before I moved here.
12/03/2004 at 12:00 pm Permalink
Uzbekistan?! Isn’t that some tinpot dictatorship now with a cult of personality weirdo in charge.Congrats on escaping that andrei – all the best for your new life in the USA.
14/03/2004 at 5:24 am Permalink
Nah, it’s where Dr. Evil gets his nuke-ular warheads.
14/03/2004 at 8:25 am Permalink
That was Kreplachistan.
Uzbekistan is where Uncle Sam is establishing a permanent military base, it seems.
14/03/2004 at 8:38 pm Permalink
So, were you an illegal alien? How’d you get into the US?
14/03/2004 at 10:41 pm Permalink
Thanks for the unwarranted assumption, but I have never been an illegal alien.
15/03/2004 at 12:21 am Permalink
What’s up with all the stans over there?
Afghanistan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Pakistan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Whattheheckstan Wereallterroristsistan Wackomuslimsistan Jihadistan …
15/03/2004 at 7:34 am Permalink
Putting your racism and ignorance aside, Ucantpronouncemyname, “-stan” means “-land”, basically.
I could just as easily ask what’s up with all the lands over here? Netherlands, Greenland, Ireland, England, Scotland, Finland, Iceland, New Zealand, Poland, Swaziland, Switzerland, Thailand.
Anyway … congrats Andrei!
15/03/2004 at 11:25 am Permalink
LOL, yeah racism. Where did I refer to race? Typical liberal knee-jerk reaction. Most of those countries are FULL of radical fundamentalist muslim extremist terrorists hell-bent on blowing up all the “*lands”.
15/03/2004 at 12:20 pm Permalink
Ucantpronouncemyname, care to cite your sources?
15/03/2004 at 12:27 pm Permalink
There’s a plethora of news stories about suspected terrorist activities, camps, etc. in Afghanistan and western Pakistan. I wouldn’t trust the last three countries I listed either. Or probably the rest, for that matter.
15/03/2004 at 7:05 pm Permalink
Ucantpronouncemyname, you are a troll. Go back to /dev/null.
15/03/2004 at 7:05 pm Permalink
I guess someone’s mommy didn’t love him enough. I wonder what idiot trolls did before the internet came along.
15/03/2004 at 9:26 pm Permalink
Name their kids “Ferg”.
16/03/2004 at 8:16 am Permalink
Oh c’mon Andrei – trolls are what make threads this long. Think of what this mindless crap will do for your search relevance.
16/03/2004 at 10:59 am Permalink
http://www.ryannorris.com/
You’re right! That truly is a bunch of mindless crap.
16/03/2004 at 11:37 am Permalink
So, smart guys, if stan means “land”, what does “Uzbeki” mean? Kazakh? Kyrgyz? Paki? Tajiki?