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« Reply #120 on: May 18, 2024, 06:13:48 PM »

Well, lookie here!!  BK's reached a momentous millstone of a moment! ;D

Congrats.
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« Reply #121 on: May 18, 2024, 06:14:06 PM »

FIVE!
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« Reply #122 on: May 18, 2024, 06:15:25 PM »

Like the airport in Vancouver, BC, you can go through US customs at the Dublin airport.
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« Reply #123 on: May 18, 2024, 06:16:24 PM »

Well, lookie here!!  BK's reached a momentous millstone of a moment! ;D


Congratulations, BK, on your new millstone!
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This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.  Someone like that only happens two or three times in a person's life!

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« Reply #124 on: May 18, 2024, 06:16:31 PM »

Our experience at both airports is that it is super fast and easy, and much better than doing it once back in the states, and then have to go through security again for the connecting flight.
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« Reply #125 on: May 18, 2024, 06:17:05 PM »

On July 2nd we submitted our Global Entry renewals.  Keith received his two days later.
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« Reply #126 on: May 18, 2024, 06:18:21 PM »

Ten months and eleven days later, on the morning we were leaving Ireland, my renewal approval came through.  I find the timing "interesting".
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« Reply #127 on: May 18, 2024, 06:19:19 PM »

The Global Entry line was super short and we were pleased I wasn't held up due to my renewal not having gone through.
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« Reply #128 on: May 18, 2024, 06:41:49 PM »

'night
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« Reply #129 on: May 18, 2024, 07:14:59 PM »

CONGRATULATIONS, BK, on your lofty new perch in the HHW firmament!!!
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Re: THE JOY OF DISCOVERY
« Reply #130 on: May 18, 2024, 07:15:24 PM »

BK's frijoles are too hot to handle.
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« Reply #131 on: May 18, 2024, 07:15:45 PM »

The birthday party was fun and a success.
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« Reply #132 on: May 18, 2024, 07:16:00 PM »

It was all outdoors - the weather was absolutely perfect.
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« Reply #133 on: May 18, 2024, 07:16:19 PM »

Good night, friends.
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« Reply #134 on: May 18, 2024, 09:13:45 PM »

Frijoles muerte.
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« Reply #135 on: May 18, 2024, 09:13:54 PM »

Finished with my viewing.
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« Reply #136 on: May 18, 2024, 09:14:24 PM »

Where in tarnation IS everyone? You'd think it was a Saturday night or something.
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« Reply #137 on: May 18, 2024, 09:35:03 PM »

Good morning, all.
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“Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
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« Reply #138 on: May 18, 2024, 09:35:20 PM »

Headed for Turkey today.
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Re: THE JOY OF DISCOVERY
« Reply #139 on: May 18, 2024, 10:35:52 PM »

I'm home. :)
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« Reply #140 on: May 18, 2024, 11:01:31 PM »

Here I come to save the day….
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« Reply #141 on: May 18, 2024, 11:04:10 PM »

So the thing we need is a Nexus card. Lets us travel quickly through borders and airports. But “due to Covid,” the program got so backed up, we’d been waiting nigh 2 years for our Nexus interview at the border office in Blaine.
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« Reply #142 on: May 18, 2024, 11:05:46 PM »

That all changed a few weeks ago when our meeting time arrived. But wires got crossed and I scheduled my work trip to Tampa that day. My family went without me and got their Nexus cards straightaway.
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« Reply #143 on: May 18, 2024, 11:08:40 PM »

If anyone in the car doesn’t have the card, though, you can’t go through that lane. And you must understand, from about now through August, the Canadians descend on my weird little hamlet to stay in their summer cottages and whatnot. On a typical weekend we might have to wait in a line for an hour to get back to our home.
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« Reply #144 on: May 18, 2024, 11:09:32 PM »

My replacement appointment was not till the end of August.
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« Reply #145 on: May 18, 2024, 11:11:52 PM »

BUT! A border guard here told me if I go down to the Nexus office when it opens in the morning, they let you wait around and nobody will tell you this, but eventually they call you in as a walk-in.
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« Reply #146 on: May 18, 2024, 11:15:48 PM »

Sure enough I drove down on Friday, and the surly front desk people acted like I was a jerk, and said, “Who told you you could do this?” Generally gave me a hard time. But they did take my paperwork, and after 4 hours I got called in for my interview with a U.S. and Canadian border guard. I managed that, and now I’m approved, so that’s a big deal for us. Assuming my card comes in the mail in a few days.
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« Reply #147 on: May 18, 2024, 11:16:52 PM »

Meanwhile, vibes for Jane’s tummy.
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« Reply #148 on: May 18, 2024, 11:17:10 PM »

And for ViXDAD.
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« Reply #149 on: May 18, 2024, 11:17:50 PM »

And of course, dear Iris!
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