Random Rants

[Seul]

I remember a couple of years ago they didn't ship abroad… If I recall that correctly...

Anyway @Alex - they DO ship to Switserland so if you want that guy to stop pestering you… 

[gaseousclay]

It's very distressing when I see a mother telling her crying infant to shut up at the grocery store. Not cool 

[BloodnThunder]

^ If the child was actually an infant I would have said something to her.

[Giles]

In Gosport, she'd have a cigarette in one hand and a mobile phone in the other, whilst rocking the pushchair with one of her (probably 6-toed) feet and give the poor kid grief for interrupting her.  I saw that here, true story….

[gaseousclay]

@BloodnThunder:

^ If the child was actually an infant I would have said something to her.

It was an infant. She had him in one of those portable baby carriers inside the cart. I also saw a woman swearing at and scolding her child one time at Target….very loudly. Felt bad for the kid who couldn't have been more than 4 or 5 years old.

[manufc10]

@Giles:

In Gosport, she'd have a cigarette in one hand and a mobile phone in the other, whilst rocking the pushchair with one of her (probably 6-toed) feet and give the poor kid grief for interrupting her.  I saw that here, true story….

Even the six toed part?  You should have asked her if she could spare one 

[Giles]

Even if I had talked very slowly, I am not sure she would have understood the question…

[Seul]

LISTEN HO
GIMME A TOE

[UnTucked]

@Seul:

LISTEN HO
GIMME A TOE

I literally just spit on my computer screen, LMAO!!!!

[Seul]

typing from screen keyboard as physical keyb. is broken

tiresome

[Seul]

Fixed it 

In case you were wondering, typing with your mouse SUCKS…

[Graeme]

I'm living in Australia on a visa that grants me permanent residence for as long as I want.

However, I need to get a Resident's Return Visa (RRV) to enter the country should I leave. My old one expired shortly after the Kanreki last year, and I was planning on applying for citizenship around about now instead.

My plans got scuppered, because I need to be in the US for a funeral at the end of next week.

I phoned up immigration today to see what the processing time for an RRV would be, and was told that I could wait up to 47 days, nearly seven weeks. Oh, and I can't get back into Australia without one.

Given I've been in Australia long enough over the last few years to qualify for a five year visa, haven't committed any heinous crimes, and haven't changed my name or address, it should be possible to do it automatically.

So, I might be stuck overseas for six or seven weeks. Oh, look, Fish and Chips is on in eight weeks…

[neph93]

Every cloud… [emoji1]

Seriously though immigration rules and application processing are a nightmare. You’d have thought we, as a civilisation, would have come further.

[Matty123]

Just curious @neph93 …. have you ever laid down a rant on this thread? My intuition says “no way. Homeboy keeps it positive.”

[neph93]

Haha… once as far as I can remember, and it was short and sweary. I had a bad case of gout.

[Matty123]

Yeah that’ll cause a rant. 

[rocket]

sorry @Graeme  best of luck to fix this somehow and my condolence …

[Graeme]

Thanks @rocket.

The chances are that the visa will be through in a week, that's the "75% are processed in this timeframe" timeline. But if there's a problem…

@neph93 it's an awful lot easier in the EU / EEA, or at least it will be for Brits up until sometime next year or whenever the transition period ends.

[rocket]

fingers crossed and best of luck

[steelworker]

@UnTucked:

@Seul:

LISTEN HO
GIMME A TOE

I literally just spit on my computer screen, LMAO!!!!

Eli, even though we've never met it's a privilege to be acquainted with such a fucked up individual and I say that with no irony or bullshit. I salute you a la Brad Marchand    better  known as The Little Ball of Hate.