bokiwen

My wife doesn't wear her wedding ring or her engagement ring. I am partially part of the problem since I don't typically wear mine (more of a work thing, because I will sometimes work in electrical cabinets). I do know that she already has been asked out in Walmart (she is a cashier there) by co-workers. She will wear them if we are going out, however.

Well thankfully it is not us buying them! A friend of my wife (and consequently my friend) and her husband bought them (not that it matters, but they are both university educated people). I don't really know all the details, but it sounded like the "friend of a friend of a friend" had found these eggs [4 hours by car outside of Wuhan] and is looking to sell them (which I believe that in itself is an illegal act in China). From talking to my wife last night, it sounds like they will be cleaned and just be kept at their apartment in China. I'm not 100% sure they intend to resale. I'm hoping to get some photos/details soon... It could truthfully just be geodes.

I'm curious to see/hear more what happens with the eggs. I just thought it was very odd and strange, and never heard that before. (BTW: it's hilarious if they say you could extract the DNA). Certainly not something I would invest in, but again as yuanyang put it, there is no way I can trump what a Chinese woman would say about it...

That's basically what I'm thinking. I think the real problem is to make real money on it, you probably have to get it out of the country, which from what I am reading makes it highly illegal. It is a niche market, no doubt..

Some friends of ours in China have invested some money in Chinese Dinosaur eggs. When my wife told me about this, I cautioned of a scam and advised that it would be illegal to ever import this to America. However, she insists it good idea, and I know our friends are fairly level headed. Did anyone have any experience with this?

I just went through a similar situation. I was 6 months into a year lease, when we bought a house. It was clearly spelled out that I could give 2 months notice to break a lease, however, written notice had to be given by the beginning of the month, which is basically Cathy's landlord stance on the issue. I was very careful to send notice before closing, but with also a statement that if closing did not happen as expected, I could continue my lease. I purposely opted for a longer closing date so my first house payment would be made after I paid rent two months. One of the things which may be legal would be to not pay last months rent, but allow the security deposit to be the last month rent.

Windows tries to work as a "plug and play" (or pray) operating system. Whenever new hardware is inserted (e.g. a printer, a memory stick) it will search for the best driver. While this can be make the use of computer easy, if for some reason something happens and you lose the driver, it might detect it as new hardware being installed. The ethernet controller is most likely referring the the physical LAN port (RJ-45 port) or wifi port on your computer. If the problem persists, it could be a sign of a hardware problem.

Another option: Supposedly you can also buy the iPhone 4 unlocked in Canada (from Apple) without getting it through AT&T, which I guess would be available for firmware upgrades...

Another possible scenerio: Depending on how she filed (or if she filed) her W2, she might not make enough money for them to take out federal taxes (this for example was the case with my wife when she started at Walmart). They did however take out the other deductions (social security, state, local, etc). As per her green card and taxes, I'm not sure what her employer means by that.

We got a notice of action in the mail on July 31st, stating that Yin's 10 year green card has been approved. She's pretty excited.

Not sure what the current timelines are for everything after your POE, but when my wife arrived with her CR-1 in July of 2008, within a month the welcome to America letter, the social security card and green card arrived, all basically in the same week.

I remember looking two years about the possibility of my wife flying to America for the first time on her CR-1 visa through Air Canada through Toronto. I couldn't make any headway as to how to get a transit visa (I even emailed the Canadian consulate in Guangzhou) just to see if we could get a transit visa. But to answer your question, I have traveled through Canada with Yin and her green card, no problem.

Looks like Venus and Mars are alive and well. More like, (to paraphrase my wife who is a minimalist), "you can keep some stuff, but I don't want to see it..." But alas my wife wants to try her hand at interior decorating at little, so an unused bedroom seems like a good thing for her to have.

Thanks. We looked for approximately 2 months before buying. We are both happy with our purchase so far. We even compromised in letting Yin have one of the three bedrooms for her own personal room, and I'm allowed to have one garage and the office as my man caves!

Thanks for the info!! I didn't realize there was a seperate form for the sponsor's change of address.. Interesting this is done through USCIS, whereas the AR-11 is done through DHS. As a side note, I thought it was interesting when my wife purchased the money order from the post office from the I-751 for $545 they gave us the blue anti-money laundering pamphlet. A $545 purchase doesn't even apply to the money laundering act. Small town post-office I guess.