gigantic primitive treading on thin ice

[franksolich]

http://drmcdougall.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=11960&sid=617399ba5d5c3b8fa5676e75cee3d26f&start=735

Oh my.

Ege Bamyasi    
Posted: Mon Jan 03, 2011 5:09 pm
Location: Las Vegas, NV    

Okay! Everyone ready for an ID Saga update? Good.

After not hearing from Sen. Reid's office for so long, Jeanette finally went ahead and called them today to see what was up. Actually ended up having to call them twice because the first call never got returned.

Anyway, they pretty much told her there was nothing they could do. But maybe the Governor's office could. So, she then called the Governor's office and explained the entire story for the 228th time. After careful rumination, consideration and mental masturbation, the Governor's office proclaimed there was nothing they could do. But maybe speaking with the DMV again would somehow convince them to issue some sort of "temporary" card while she sorted out the whole unseal-the-Georgia-records mess.

And would you believe it? The person at the DMV suggested that maybe we could just get the state of Georgia to send a letter to us, on official letterhead, stating that there is indeed a sealed record which is impeding our efforts to provide all 5,249 pieces of matching paperwork, just so Jeanette can get her ID and some bull**** minimum wage job.

Of course, it's just a maybe, and there are "no guarantees." It's just another fine idea, cavalierly thrown out there for us to ponder while we barely exist.

So I guess Jeanette's adoptive Mom is gonna have to either fax her ID and a request to unseal the records, if the county Valdosta, Georgia is in will even allow that; or, she can make a full day trip there from Pensacola and back on her own dime to do it.

And we continue to wait. And Jeanette continues to be unable to apply for an effing job at a McDonald's or Subway or Target, where the morale is always sky high and the employees are held in utmost esteem.

I'm already treading on very thin ice here trying to keep this post civil. I think I'm done for now, except to add that weight is continuing -- who the hell even knows how -- to trickle off, in spite of the fact that all I want to do is eat all this stress away. Good thing I'm sticking to the plan pretty faithfully, and it is true that getting fat from potatoes and rice is a tough proposition.

Lest anyone forget, it was franksolich who suggested the gigantic primitive contact Scary Reid's office, for help on this matter. 

However, franksolich did not suggest the gigantic primitive go through proper channels--doing that would just lead to a dead end.

franksolich did suggest the gigantic primitive approach the senator the usual and standard and customary way one approaches any machine politician.

Being a naif and an innocent when it comes to machine politicians, I have no idea what sorts of "approaches" one uses--other than that one does not go through proper channels--with a corrupt machine politician, but hey, the gigantic primitive lives in a machine-operated city, and has always supported machine politicians, so he surely knows how it's done.

But that's all moot now, because it appears the problem is nearly solved.

Ege Bamyasi    
Posted: Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:02 am
Location: Las Vegas, NV    

Well, everybody, it looks like the whole birth certificate thing is finally just about over!

Jeanette spent a few hours on the phone over the past several days, and was able to get the attorney who handled the adoption to speak with her for a few minutes. He gave her a list of the five counties that the adoption could have taken place in, which at least narrowed it down.

Of course, it ended up being the last of the five Georgia counties on the list which has the record, but we have finally found where the needed records are! What we're doing is having her brother try going through the online company again, supplying the Georgia information this time, to see if that will yield a certificate without having to also get her Mom to drive there and back. At least, if it comes down to it, the fee to unseal the records is a paltry $2.50, and that appears to include the photocopies.

At long last, we feel like we can breathe a little bit, and the restrictions we've been under will be easing up in the foreseeable future.

Rice, potatoes and oatmeal continue to be the order of the day, and my constant desire to munch on something is abating with the good news. I hope to be below 330 by the end of this month. It shouldn't be too hard to get there.

And once the gigantic primitive hits 330, it shouldn't be hard for him to get a job.

That is, unless another excuse for him to meddle in things pops up.

[Evil_Conservative]

I wish his wife the best of luck finding a job in Las Vegas.  Just an FYI, gigantic primitive, I've only had two job interviews since being laid off in November.  I can't even tell you how many resumes I have submitted.  The counting stopped after 50.  It wasn't worth it to count anymore.  Maybe your wife will have better luck, but why would Target hire?  It's after Christmas now.  They don't need more help.  I'm on call at Macy's, but they haven't had to put me on the schedule since Christmas was over.

[Texacon]

They should have just gone to the local illegal alien and asked them where they got THEIR papers.  I'll bet it wouldn't have taken 15 minutes and a $100.00.

Then she would be eligible for amnesty.

KC

[Ballygrl]

I'm still shocked that a Birth Certificate is needed for employment.

[Boudicca]

That's gotta be some pretty thick ice the gigantic one is treading on where he wouldn't fall in.

I needed an afternoon snooze so thanks, Frank.  I only got through the first paragraph.

[Evil_Conservative]

I'm still shocked that a Birth Certificate is needed for employment.

It's not.  But you need proof of citizenship to get a state ID or driver's license in Nevada now, from what I understand.  I was hassled in Arizona about it when we first moved there.  But then I was prepared for our driver's licenses in Nevada from my experience in Arizona.

[Ballygrl]

It's not.  But you need proof of citizenship to get a state ID or driver's license in Nevada now, from what I understand.  I was hassled in Arizona about it when we first moved there.  But then I was prepared for our driver's licenses in Nevada from my experience in Arizona.

That surprises me but I think it's awesome that you have to either prove citizenship or legal status.

[Evil_Conservative]

I am unable to paste anything for some reason, so I took a screen shot until I figure this stupid thing out.

[cmypay]

EC,
 
Not to butt in, but have you tried talking to the companies that do inventory counts?  They are just starting to hire around here because the retail stores have to have their "year-end" inventory complete Jan 31.  Some very weird hours, which may not work at all for you, but pretty decent pay.  Totally temporary, but might help a bit.

[GOBUCKS]

just so Jeanette can get her ID and some bull**** minimum wage job.

Note that Jeanette's bullshit minimum wage job, if she actually exists and gets it, will pay infinitely more than the landlocked whale has made in years. But that's only right, since Jeanette, if she actually exists, is  apparently willing to work. That alone makes her worth infinitely more than the landlocked whale. Of all the DUmmies slithering around the DUmp, the lardass whale is among most deserving of the contempt of decent and civilized people. He's a truly revolting individual.

[franksolich]

Note that Jeanette's bullshit minimum wage job, if she actually exists and gets it, will pay infinitely more than the landlocked whale has made in years. But that's only right, since Jeanette, if she actually exists, is  apparently willing to work. That alone makes her worth infinitely more than the landlocked whale. Of all the DUmmies slithering around the DUmp, the lardass whale is among most deserving of the contempt of decent and civilized people. He's a truly revolting individual.

There's two things I noticed here, sir.

Number one, it was Jeanette who finally solved, or nearly solved, the matter.

She's got to do this more often, taking important things off the gigantic primitive's meddling hands, and do them herself--she's obviously competent, and brighter than her husband.

Number two, it doesn't seem the gigantic primitive's ventured outside the front door of the apartment yet; I suspect he's got a raging case of agoraphobia.

[Tucker]

I wonder if he knows how Pam is? She has cancer, you know.

[GOBUCKS]

There's two things I noticed here, sir.

Number one, it was Jeanette who finally solved, or nearly solved, the matter.

She's got to do this more often, taking important things off the gigantic primitive's meddling hands, and do them herself--she's obviously competent, and brighter than her husband.

Number two, it doesn't seem the gigantic primitive's ventured outside the front door of the apartment yet; I suspect he's got a raging case of agoraphobia.

Well, I guess you could ascribe agoraphobia to anyone who refuses to leave his crib and at least try to contribute to his own suppport. I tend to favor a diagnosis of chronic indolence, congenital laziness. You know, among people who share the whale's affliction of morbid obesity, the vast majority are honorable, industrious citizens. I'll bet that if you could survey all Americans over 350 pounds, not including the enormous welfare queens squatting at Golden Corral, their rate of employment isn't much different from that of their leaner neighbors. That is, even during the hard times we've endured since the leftists took over Congress in 2007, something around 90% of even grotesquely fat people are still gainfully employed. But not the landlocked whale of Las Vegas. Oh no, he's a special case, with his 15EEEEEEEE size flipper feet, it's unreasonable to expect him to accept responsibility.

[Evil_Conservative]

EC,
 
Not to butt in, but have you tried talking to the companies that do inventory counts?  They are just starting to hire around here because the retail stores have to have their "year-end" inventory complete Jan 31.  Some very weird hours, which may not work at all for you, but pretty decent pay.  Totally temporary, but might help a bit.

I'll check into that.  Thanks!

What happened to your move to IL?

It wasn't set in stone.  We were just waiting to hear from the railroad that my father-in-law works for.  He's an engineer and keeps trying to get my husband hired.  So he applies for any job with the railroad that he's qualified to do.  We're hoping something comes out of that sooner or later so we can move closer to family.  That way nobody has to spend hundreds of dollars just to get on the plane and see family.  And then my husband is also going to apply for the Madison Police Department in Wisconsin.  He received his 3,000 page packet (not really, but it's a lot of pages).  We're doing all we can do to get out of here.