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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 10:02 am Permalink
Congrats!
08/03/2004 at 11:59 am Permalink
Congratulations Andrei!
08/03/2004 at 3:28 pm Permalink
Congratulations as well! I hope you have a huge party!
08/03/2004 at 4:13 pm Permalink
Damn! My scheme to kick you out didn't work. Damnit! ;-)
Congrats, buddy!
09/03/2004 at 6:06 am Permalink
*Monty Burns voice* Excellent.
Congrats Andrei!
09/03/2004 at 7:23 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 7:47 am Permalink
congratulations.
where did you live previously?
09/03/2004 at 8:51 am Permalink
Uzbekistan, before I moved here.
12/03/2004 at 11:00 am 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 4:24 am Permalink
Nah, it's where Dr. Evil gets his nuke-ular warheads.
14/03/2004 at 7:25 am Permalink
That was Kreplachistan. :) Uzbekistan is where Uncle Sam is establishing a permanent military base, it seems.
14/03/2004 at 7:38 pm Permalink
So, were you an illegal alien? How'd you get into the US?
14/03/2004 at 9:41 pm Permalink
Thanks for the unwarranted assumption, but I have never been an illegal alien.
14/03/2004 at 11:21 pm 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 6:34 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 10:25 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 11:20 am Permalink
Ucantpronouncemyname, care to cite your sources?
15/03/2004 at 11:27 am 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 6:05 pm Permalink
Ucantpronouncemyname, you are a troll. Go back to /dev/null.
15/03/2004 at 6:05 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 8:26 pm Permalink
Name their kids "Ferg".
16/03/2004 at 7:16 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 9:59 am Permalink
http://www.ryannorris.com/
You're right! That truly is a bunch of mindless crap.
16/03/2004 at 10:37 am Permalink
So, smart guys, if stan means "land", what does "Uzbeki" mean? Kazakh? Kyrgyz? Paki? Tajiki?