currently the tactic is to deport you if you cannot ‘prove citizenship’ (Produce US passport, Birth Cert) while you are detained…in other words you must have some way of accessing your personal goods/records while not being able to physically do so- and if you can’t then off you go.

you don’t get to call a lawyer because that’s a right only reserved for US citizens.

I love the (even Paris).

the french hate Parisians. the Parisians hate Parisians. the entire city runs on distain

https://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Snow-Cave

apparently I’m bad at igloos

“lol, no” should be each and every response

oh oh… sternly written letter incoming

Anyone not calling it out as such is complicit.

The G-7 country’s newly installed president, a mid-level oligarch named Donald Trump, appeared amid Musk’s moves to be increasingly merely a figurehead head of state

chefs kiss

It is! Thanks

Where can you get this download?

Oh man that’s …funny

If I remember it correctly she (the mother) had crushes on women in college but married her husband because “that’s what you’re supposed to do”.

Which (IMHO) is the reason it works so well. The first movie can’t be topped because we’ve seen the Alien and the tension can’t be repeated (see: the later movies which try this same formula and fail). Aliens takes that and ramps it up in a different way to make the desperation of escaping with firepower on your side still nerve wracking!

The 3rd installment also takes a new twist and different approach but doesn’t succeed as well (I still found it enjoyable, and rewatch from time to time.

Everything since then has been a cash grab of hot garbage.

Nooooooooooooooooooooo

Fucking hilarious

1,000 to 1,600 terminations

…not good, not bad.

Quit cigarettes cold turkey.

Wellll, almost dying from a bleeding ulcer (partly caused by cigarettes), 2 week stay in a hospital, and 4 more weeks of recovery kinda helped.

Grenada is a wonderful town, but a week there is enough.

Sevilla, though, as far as ‘big cities’ go is stunning and feels like a small town with all it’s small streets and windey alleys.

Barcelona…you can pass on if cities aren’t your thing…we also found it to be a less kind city.

Each region has its own special charm, and don’t forget about the Camino Santiago- the accomodations along it are used to backpacking.

Have a great trip!

Madrid is great, but pricy! Check out ‘Cheers’ downtown, it’s an awesome karaoke bar! Reina Sofía museum for culture fix, go check out the Picasso Guernica. Free on Tuesdays (I’m pretty sure) but get tickets in advance!

Valencia is OK right now, most of the flood damage was to the south/out of the central part of the city so there isn’t any issues there, and it is a beautiful city with lots to see & visit. Rusafa neighborhood is the young, cool part of town (Trinity Vintage is a shop run by an American expat if you need someone to help get you grounded). Chinatown is great for cheap (but very nice) air bnb’s…cheap because on the street level Chinatown looks …meh. And if you need a spicy food fix, there are hot pots!

Both of these are near (both) train stations.

Feel free to PM me, my son lives in Madrid and we live south of Valencia… however right now our son is flying back from the US and I fly back next week.

https://youtu.be/WYHcgsG4k7g