Allon Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 On behalf of Randy and Don, and the rest of the crew who helped me through 3 years of utter torment, I will send in something as soon as I stop traveling. Give or take a few more days. And thanks for being there...... Allon (aka Eric) Link to comment
dnoblett Posted January 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2021 Bumping this topic... You all may have noticed the forum upgrade and the downtime this past fall, in order to get our site back up and on line we had to purchase a new version of software and a recurring license. Any donation to the kitty is greatly appreciated. Link to comment
Randy W Posted January 8, 2021 Report Share Posted January 8, 2021 8 hours ago, dnoblett said: Bumping this topic... You all may have noticed the forum upgrade and the downtime this past fall, in order to get our site back up and on line we had to purchase a new version of software and a recurring license. Any donation to the kitty is greatly appreciated. Can you please let us know how much money is needed and when over the next year? My understanding is that the cash needs are fairly minimal. Link to comment
Dan777 Posted November 19, 2022 Report Share Posted November 19, 2022 On 1/8/2013 at 1:53 AM, warpedbored said: I asked Don once why we stick with IPB. CFL has been around for 10 years. We would likely lose a lot of stuff if we tried to port it all over to different software. A lot longer than 10 years. I have been married for 10 years. This website helped me a lot in the beginning. I stayed married because I got tired of the divorces. Big fight again. Over stuff I inherited before we got married. Link to comment
Randy W Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 13 hours ago, Dan777 said: A lot longer than 10 years. I have been married for 10 years. This website helped me a lot in the beginning. I stayed married because I got tired of the divorces. Big fight again. Over stuff I inherited before we got married. The 10 years Carl mentioned was actually 10 years and 2 months at the time that post was made. We're now approaching 20 years. Link to comment
Randy W Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 This is the oldest topic still in the database - from the "black hoie" days. The first post in the topic was post # 12. http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/7-call-to-dos/#comment-12 Link to comment
Randy W Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 Topics remaining from November, 2002 topic # 11 - https://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/11-thanks-for-001-chinese-forum-link/ topic # 12 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/12-help-with-site/#comment-42 topic # 14 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/14-happenings-in-china/#comment-62 topic # 17 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/17-chinese-characters-accurate/#comment-88 topic # 29 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/29-announcement-polls-and-surveys/#comment-126 topic # 32 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/32-please-be-sure-your-bookmarks-are-up-to-date/#comment-139 topic # 34 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/34-anyone-from-guangzhou/#comment-148 topic # 35 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/35-anyone-in-changsha/#comment-183 topic # 37 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/37-sad-thanksgiving-day/#comment-190 topic # 38 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/38-anyone-from-shenyang/#comment-191 topic # 42 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/42-talk-with-the-projct-manager-from-the-russia-group/#comment-195 topic # 43 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/43-would-anyone-be-willing-to-help-me-translate/#comment-197 topic # 45 - http://candleforlove.com/forums/topic/45-atlanta-journal-constitution-article/#comment-203 Link to comment
Martin B Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 BTW this site must have passed it's 20th anniversary recently? What was the official date? If any cash needs (or other needs) arise to keep this going, please let me know, I'd be happy to help. I think it's important CFL stays up, even after the loss that occurred some years ago, there's too much valuable info on here. Link to comment
Randy W Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Barfus said: BTW this site must have passed it's 20th anniversary recently? What was the official date? If any cash needs (or other needs) arise to keep this going, please let me know, I'd be happy to help. I think it's important CFL stays up, even after the loss that occurred some years ago, there's too much valuable info on here. We don't have the posts prior to #12 (in the Call to DOS topic) anymore. But I believe it was just a couple of days prior to that (Nov. 27, 2002) that PJ made post # 1. Dan pays the bills every month, but hasn't shared anything with me about where that stands. We apparently have enough coming in to cover it. Edited November 20, 2022 by Randy W (see edit history) Link to comment
Randy W Posted November 20, 2022 Report Share Posted November 20, 2022 (edited) A list of all topics still around from Nov. 2002 through Jan. 2003. You can search for the topic name on the Search page (http://candleforlove.com/forums/search/) - select content titles only, and put the topic title in quotes for the search string. 7 Call to DOS 11 Thanks for 001 Chinese forum link 12 Help with site 14 Happenings in China 17 Chinese Characters accurate? 29 Announcement: Polls and Surveys 32 Please be sure your bookmarks are up to date 34 Anyone from Guangzhou? 35 Anyone in Changsha 37 Sad Thanksgiving Day 38 anyone from Shenyang 42 talk with the projct manager from the russia group 43 Would anyone be willing to help me translate? 45 Atlanta Journal Constitution article 46 Announcement: Added Main page and amended Policy 48 Why the login problem 49 I want to help! 50 Our Story 65 Press Kit under "Our Voices" 66 Announcement: Main page in Simplified Chinese 67 I am With you here Now 70 IMPORTANT Announcement: Press Kit 73 calling Powells office today 74 MY call to CA at 6:45am 75 Powell's phone # 202-647-5291 76 If they did not tell me a lie ??? 77 Can Someone confirm what I was told? 80 Congtats all!!! great news! 84 No visa for my fiancee, either 86 China Name Checks 88 Tekkie Question to CFL admin 89 Russia 90 Phone number for GZ 91 the letter from GZ this morning 95 Just got off the phone with Guangzhou 99 Called DOS.. 101 When you call the normal phone line to DOS 102 Proposed Group Letter to Powell 104 Well. I think it's official.. 106 To yuleung 108 Atlanta Journal Constitution article 110 For all who have already interviewed 112 About those D0S calls.. 113 China Visa application...DoS explaination 116 Another teekkie question 118 poster maniac..damn...LOL 120 Visa Delay on Chineseworld.com 122 Once the visa is ready... 127 I got the interview!! 129 From G7 Russia 130 A recommendation 134 For Shanghai dudes/dudettes only... 136 Title themes 137 i've posted all night long dammit 139 go to sleep peacefully now.. 141 Rumors seem to be true for once. 143 Request for assistance 144 Tourist Visa Myth Dispelled 145 Visadelays.com Update 146 Interview With the Boston Globe 147 Letter to Powell????? 151 A ( useful ) idea 152 a call to DOS 153 From G7-C... 154 Top 10 reasons.. 155 GUZ is really working overtime this weekend..... 157 Who was responsible for visa delays 159 National Visa Center 160 Happy Days 161 K-3 Visa/IR-1 Visa 162 Calling China 165 I751 Application to Remove Conditional residential 166 Language Question 167 07-Dec-41 168 Where are people from? 169 Boston Globe Article 12/6/02 172 Keep this site going after this mess is all over! 173 Today is the big day!!! 174 Announcement: Site maintenance 177 God news guys 180 concerns Shanghai passports 181 Visa Cleared by US State Department 182 FIFO it is..it seems 183 Top 10 excuses for looong namechecks 184 LiNing's Visa Approved!!! 186 Checked 8, one cleared= Zhao, Fen -Intv.date 8/14 188 The real reasons why China comes last.. 189 A visa in hand is worth ten in the DOS computer!!! 190 let's put things in prospective 191 I shall rest my case now.. 192 Translation help 193 OK people.. Let's get Real 194 is my avatar to aggressive?? 198 Called the DOS this morning 202 Phone call to GuangZhou 204 Ok I'm confused - pls help! 205 How long does it take for DOS to contact GZ? 207 ETIM 209 Party in Shanghai on this Saturday.... 212 EMS letters.. Top 10..Expect delays 213 a girl got the EMS from GZ this morning 219 P3 received 12-11-2002 220 Bob's Fiance`e-Lily got the EMS this afternoon 221 Hey JMs, read it to know your men well.. 224 RECEIVED LETTER FROM GZ!!!! 225 Namecheck Cleared... 226 New News From GZ 228 XiuJie Xing 12/6 cleared - 9 still pending 229 Solve some puzzle for me please!!!! 230 Congratulations to all 232 Only 2 visa pick up days ? 233 10 reasons you need to go pick her up.. 234 10 signs you have no real life.. 237 I think James has an atitude 238 secret meeting 241 How are visa issued 243 Name Check 244 name check? 246 CR-1's who and where are you!!!!! 247 Visa Approved and granted 248 Candle for Love site 250 Newspaper Interview 251 Bringing Money into the US 253 EMS Tracking? 254 any one call DOS today? 255 My Interview With CNN 257 visa case number 261 what can be done? 263 Preach what is practiced 266 Members of Shenzhen club on board? 268 visa fee 270 phone numbers 271 Deleted topic "The latest excuse" 272 Still on hold 273 Talked with Consular Affairs 274 Went to INS today for info 275 dos received only 500 over 5100 name from GZ 278 Looking For People From Guangzhou Area 279 news for Aug interviewor 280 Stomping Mad!!! 281 Any help from your Congressman or Senator?? 282 Checked 35-No clearance today - Called at 4:30PM 283 +++Honorary Candle Forum Counselor+++ 284 Top 10 : Why China 285 Party in Shanghai 288 Dosen't Anyone Sleep Anymore 289 Anyone Travel To GZ Next Monday ? 290 Where is the Powell Letter response? 293 Owen/Chunxia story (long version) 294 Nuther newbie 297 THe numbers don't add up 298 Response Received to our Powell letter 299 People in China knows about these delays? 300 On to Plan F 301 Another letter to Powell and Harty 302 Documents validity 304 Anyone has Maura Harty's email? 305 How long have you been waiting? 306 Response from Laura Yet? 307 Typical bumbling 308 Shenyang, Liaoning support group 309 Anyone in Guangzhou 310 Real "Wait time " Zero hour 312 Member list use 315 New fee 316 What is CR-1 VISA? 319 Sandy Yues Birthday 320 To visadelays.com team 321 Tech support question 322 Laura Bush Letter 323 Top ten: We know they are working hard 324 Made such good friends here 330 Anyone notice a blip this evening?! 331 Letter to Sara Rimensnyder 332 New Letter will be posted Monday 333 Crunch time? 335 I don't see more good new coming... 338 phone calls and new procedures 339 New people first? 340 Called CA 341 Jenney61 needs some help 343 Airline Tickets From China??? 344 Distributed Photo Album 345 Name checked passed 346 Still no visa 347 Follow-up to ... 348 A letter to Judical watch team 349 Going to Shanghai, in January 350 Our story 351 Illegal immigrants 352 10 More Reasons To Fly Home With the 353 Someone Please Help 354 New news from DOS ! 355 A meeting with Powell/Harty 357 Here is the New Letter to DoS 359 Calling CA at State 363 For those who are flying during the holidays 364 Who's on first? 365 Harty 367 rumors about another batch of clearances have been 368 Chinese TV 370 On-line checks issue 371 Pray For Staff In US Consulate GZ 373 Candle Tech Tips 380 Printing.. Printing..Printing.. 381 Top 10: It ain't that bad kid. 382 Anyone need Moura Harty's email? 383 July-September bunch 384 A K odyssey.... 385 I Miss my sweetie 386 Phone problems calling GZ 389 Point of Entry--Can you go through 390 Letter Has Been Sent 391 Waiting for packet 4 392 Photo Album Application 393 Check your visa 396 Press Kit Outline 397 Press Kit Cover Letter - Draft 398 Press Kit Fact Sheet - Draft 400 Press Kit Personal Stories - Draft 401 Announcement - Press Kit 403 Photo Album 404 Pictures suggestion 405 CA Letter 406 Top 10: August "mishap" 407 I Love You 408 Names in China 409 Obtaining information about name check 410 Any news from CA, DOS? 411 CNN Newscast 415 Tough questons: I-134 for a student 417 So quiet today here 419 Real Chinese Food 420 The August Fiasco 421 Visit to Texas Congressional Delegation 422 Top 10: Signs your visa is coming 423 Called GZ again yesterday 424 Get-together in Guangzhou 425 The "Forgotten Bunch" Letter 427 Prevent Identity Theft 428 Do you believe the 5000 + 1000 case back to GZ? 429 love you guys 431 question on medical clearance 433 anyone else is calling DOS now? 434 the DOS and CA's computer broke 436 For your own protection ... 438 December 21, 2002, Visa Pickup for 441 "Forgotten Bunch Letter" IMPORTANT!! 443 200 More Visas Issued in GZ-12/21/02 445 Need Help 446 Merry Xmas to you guys 447 1k visas? 448 Message from Santa Claus 449 Relocating to the US 450 S.O.S. for the Forgotten Bunch 451 got the EMS this afternoon...:) 452 guang zhou should update website 455 Reply to Powell letter 457 Another letter to Maura Harty 458 Lost: Thousands of Years 459 More names? 460 Introduction and Story 461 august visas being issued 462 yeees ! Saturday night Top 10 463 Another lie, or "for business use only"? 464 Outside the Cone of Silence - Long Post! 465 EMS THIS MORNING! 466 North Pole press relase 467 Our stories 468 What is the next step? 470 New Smileys 473 Any funny stories? 474 July-September group letter 477 Top 10: Why Santa will get a visa dec 24 479 Balance in an unbalanced world. 480 Any response from the Bushes? 481 Elves freed! 485 christmas wish for santa 486 My Chrisatmas heart broken 487 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 488 A meeting with Belsnickel 489 What do the abbreviations mean? 490 no visa yet, but a plane ticket 491 Top10: Signs UA will make it.... 492 Juk nei seng dan fai lok!! 493 SAnta called me... 494 Xmas Eve 495 slow guang zhou e-mail 496 Problems for Santa 499 Response Received to our Harty letter 503 Christmas Blues 504 All packed !! 505 It's all relative... 507 Articles 508 XMAS EVE GROUP HUG ! 509 Rules, rules and more rules 511 taking a break.. 512 Teaching in China 517 Because She's Smarter Than I 521 jameshoffman269 (Jim) 523 WAIT TILL YOU HEAR THE LATEST FROM GZ!!!!! 524 ATTENTION ALL AUGUST WAITERS ! 527 Please Email me with your info August only 530 1st draft 532 Talked to GZ consulate - Clayton Hayes 534 Either lying or incompetent 535 New message to Powell 536 called DOS today 537 July 22nd 539 Final draft to Harty's office 540 Confused confused confused 541 Correct Spelling: Clayton Hays (and other info) 542 CNN is a idiot 544 greetings from Beijing 547 Apology 548 Immigration lawyers 549 Truncated Messages to GZ? 550 Non-Clearance causing relationship breakdown 551 GZ for the holiday? 552 Hints and tips for GZ 554 THE HARTY LETTER - AN ALTERNATIVE VERSION 555 All Texas August waiters please contact me!!!! 556 Almost done Draft 557 Another Powell Letter 559 Final draft to Harty's office 560 Ten Blue Thingie Celebration 561 Todays Culture Lesson 562 Relationship strain of Visa delays 564 G7 Censorship 565 Where is enight???? 566 On Learning Chinese 567 China Frees Dissident Xu Wenli 568 Please do not open any attachments from me 569 I just called Guang-Zhou 570 More letters to Congressmen & Senators 571 Powell Letter. 572 Wishful thinking: An alternative theory 573 New from G7 574 Powell & Harty Letter. 575 August Interview People 576 Question about letters 577 Learning Chinese 578 Candle Site Administration 579 Chinese word processing 580 Jumping the gun? 581 What can i do since GUZ didnt resubmit my case? 582 My New Job 583 Need your opinion! 584 forward your GZ and/or DOS e-mails to me 585 Class Action Lawsuit against DOS 586 Phone, FAX, Email, Mail 587 Beijing summit 588 Finally got through to DOS 593 Job openings in China 595 Duh! 596 TO : mark , Eric, James.. 597 question on namechecks 598 We all need to send a letter! 600 LiNing is Here! 602 Keep after them! 603 Another SOLO Letter 604 CALL - EMAIL - FAX - EVERYDAY ALL DAY 605 Happy new year! 606 GZIV phone, fax and e-mail info 607 GROUP LETTERS AND SIGNATORIES 608 happy new year to all 609 PLEASE SEND LETTER TO CONSUL GENERAL NORRIS VIA FE 610 The New Year's Wishes 611 Going to Guangzhou in Person 612 A Story of Young Love 613 Contacts for DOS 614 i had my interview on dec 30th 616 Faxes and Repeated E-Mails 617 re: Faxes/Repeated emails 618 In the News 619 Re: Powell Letter Going out on January, 2 620 This'll make your blood boil 622 New Group Letter to DoS Being Planned 623 IS GZ even aware of the phone problem? 624 At least GZ is back to work today! 625 An offer from Richard Adams 628 Why I'm not worried about the early visas... 629 Please do not post individuals' contact info 631 Message from Maura Harty 632 Please re-read these letters 633 CNN Story to be shown tonight!! 634 Better than chatting on line... 635 Second reply from Maura A. Harty 649 To Mr. Cliff J. Larson 650 Top Ten Reasons For This Forum!!!!! 652 Just saw CNN Story 654 this morning I dreamed... 657 I feel so bad 659 thanks 661 LETTERMAN 662 CNN Segment: My thoughts 663 New e-mail address at Guangzhou Consulate 664 Complete List of how to get in toucg with GZ Consu 665 Grants to religious groups to advance marriage 666 Mexico! Arriba! 667 called DOS 1/3/03 668 GZ Overtime 669 Write a thanks letter to CNN 670 I have more than Jim now 672 Great news bit by CNN !!!!! 673 Owen: Where are You? 674 CNN Report - Transcribed 675 Technical assistance 676 Information Sharing 677 CNN Report on Family Visa Delays - Transcribed 678 Plane Tickets 679 OHIO STATE BEATS MAIMI 680 A Question.... 681 consulate affairs call 682 Photo Album 683 CNN Interview Available 684 Thought of the day 685 CNN Video in AVI format 686 Background check completed & EMS letter? 687 Visas being issued to Malaysians 688 I Recieved A Fax Today 689 Time off to travel to China 690 Anyone flying Chicago to Beijing on Jan 23 691 Gifts for Chinese Inlaws 692 Another letter postponed 693 Traffic in China - Part II 694 Finding Love in the Middle Kingdom 695 GG & MM?? 696 Going to Shanghai 1/29/03.. 698 cigarette custom in China 699 Airlines Give Data on Americans Going Overseas 700 GZ same as always 701 GZ consulate email 702 Finding my Congressmen 703 Group letter question 704 question on namechecks 706 Latest from DOS 708 Anyone was able to reach DOS at 2026631225 this AM 709 Candle name change 710 January 4 has come and gone? 711 Mark. hear from Harty? 712 EMS rec'd on 12/25..but not mine 713 Harty fax is true 714 Promises Kept and Broken 715 Harty's email address 716 Officers not on Post 717 usavisa@state.gov -- useless address 718 If you want something done 719 New UserID 720 My latest DOS-CA info line mishap! 721 EMS Question 722 Meeting with Harty 723 GZ e-mail reply 724 Guys, I need a sugestion. 725 Decipher this if you can 726 Back from Beijing 727 Identity Crisis? 728 Reply from M. Harty to the 12/23 fax 729 Top 10: Reasons NOT to go to the great Wall 730 Top10: Why K-girls ought to get a grip.. 732 a letter to Harty from 001 JMs 733 GUZ e-mail 734 Called DOS 1/7/03, case cleared 735 name check cleared..letter sent..Aug interv 737 What the @$@#??? 738 yeeehaaaaa 739 Top10: Reasons our girls might get their visas 740 Thank God for The Nice Lady 741 what's name check for? 742 Requesting a Resubmit 743 For the Cat lovers 744 Finally, results! 745 Candle Site Additions 746 Welcome! 747 Random thoughts on freedom 748 New main page verbiage 749 New Main page verbiage 750 Welcome! 751 Ah, now I see. 752 Question for the teachers in the group 753 A New Theory with Tongue in Cheek 754 dos phone calls 755 Got reply from GZ today 756 DOS computers down at 5:45am PDT on 1-8-03 757 Intent to Marry? 758 My Girl Has Her Clearence 759 Rules for dealing with the visa process 760 Cleared name checks. 761 Senators call today 762 Finally so happy 763 Call to action 764 Candle Real-time Chat 765 Candle Real-time Chat 766 Resubmitted on Jan 04 767 Best news in a long long while (at least for me) 768 Onesuite is only 3.9 cents a minute 769 Group Letter to Maura Harty 770 Cleared name checks 771 Top10: Signs we really all need those visas 772 Group letter to Maura Harty 773 anybody got through DOS these days? 774 Simplified Chinese Translation for the Main Page 775 important statistics 776 A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse! 777 I have to say 778 90 day namecheck resubmission 780 need help 781 New Intro Page 782 Traditional Chinese 783 WHERE is my 9TH Thinngie???????????? 784 GZ 's telephone broke? 785 I got the EMS this afternoon 786 10 Ways to Know You've Lived in China Too Long 788 Name Check re-submition 789 Yeah baby! P3 790 Did anyone try calling DOS today? 791 question on police reports 792 Spoke to DOS 793 Intro Page - Russian 794 Windows XP 795 My call to CA/DOS 796 Group letter to DOS version 4 797 regarding new main page verbiage 798 Help on Affidavit of Support 799 One suggestion 800 Letter from Visa Unit Chief -L Donahue 801 Question about financees Job 802 Cofusion And Enligtenment 803 I'm just so tired guys 804 How to Get GZ resubmit our case? 805 Random musings 806 Visa pick up process? 807 Submitted on Nov, August Group 808 Transferring Money 809 Cleared and letter sent 810 Intended for Encouragement and Inspiration 811 E-mail from GZ 812 Just talked to Cabral 813 A group of namecheck resubmissions on 1/8 814 The letter to Harty was sent out 815 Group Letter Sent! 816 Candle Real-time Chat Reminder 817 Is posting from another group allowed here? 819 Just so crazy I had to post it 820 Just talked to Cabral 821 Talked to CA/DOS - lucky K1 visas 822 Text of email from Cabral 824 Official information from DOS 825 DOS name check question 826 World's Biggest Lies (off topic) 828 Show of power and coordination to DOS 829 Intro Page - Russian Translation 830 Intro page in Russian 831 oh...Hatrty's email was failed to send! 832 Urgent: Harty Email 835 Is the "subcription" feature working here? 836 Top10: Signs you are at a bad airport 837 Top10: Features of the Boeing 777 838 Financial dealings in China 839 More reasons my wife doesn't want to fly 841 Praying for results. 842 Someone is in for a lifetime of pain 843 Changing names 844 Candle Chat Feedback 847 I have sent a thank-you card to Sara in DOS 848 Robert, I need ur help 849 This does not compute!!! Brain overload!!! 850 Emergency Contact Numbers For All Fiances 852 FINALLY 853 Resubmitted on the 13th? 854 Tracking EMS pickup letter 855 ok...I had to call 856 My wife got her "white paper" today 857 Talked to Sara today 858 Money in China 859 Police report 860 Russian Group Letter to Maura Harty 861 Top10: Signs the Chinese New Year is kicking in 863 Free at Last!!! 864 on the road again 865 list of cases resubmitted on Jan 4th 867 dos phone calls 868 2 to 3 weeks.. 869 Great news! 870 Need some instructions 871 DOS Letter from Maura Harty 872 Resubmit cleared on Jan. 14 873 the China Man 876 To Owen.. 877 Another Chinese New Year Complication 878 P.J !! 879 I got the visa 880 Anyone who has not been resubmitted in Jan? 881 Web Chat philosophies 882 Chinese New Year 883 How many Aug-Sep applicants got EMS or visas? 884 New Asian service boosts exports at Port of Boston 885 Question about the Interview 886 Luggage 888 So What's the Plan Now? 889 can not believe it...today I have to use 890 Does this mean what I think it means? 891 Adjustment of Status was halted 892 GZ telephone still 'busy'... 893 Visa in hand 894 visa without interview 895 Someone I know was cleared on 1/15 896 Any problems calling mobile phones in China? 897 Diversion poem 898 May go to DC 899 August interviews. 900 Points and Observations 901 off topic but very China related... 902 Good News! 903 today was a good and bad day 904 Dumpling recipe 905 busy the last 2 days... 906 K1 petition is getting stricter 907 Interview day timeline 908 A Nice Evening....then 909 Planes, Trains and Automobiles (And More) 910 Interview Jan. 16th,still White Slip 912 Nov-namecheck still no clearance 913 Called CA 914 Interview date set (Moscow) 915 Interview date set (Moscow) 916 Combined efforts 917 Combined efforts 918 Senate server is down 919 Top10: Signs you have a bad LD company 920 False Alarm...A Cautionary Tale 921 In the Black Hole 922 Scheduled live chat 923 Next time, keep bugging DOS and GZ 924 Back to China 925 question on packet 4 926 AT Last GZ Responds! 928 Last night (1/17) chat summary 929 Chat Summary from 1/17/03 931 My Soap Box 932 See Clifton's Chat Summary 933 The Faces Of Humanity 934 Do we still have hope? 935 Chat summary 936 Email From Harty/Re-submission 937 Call me a foolish optimist but .. 938 A Word of Caution for Those Early in the Process 939 What should I do 940 Five year plan 941 Mexico Anyone? 942 Which Senate/House Committee Oversees DOS-CA? 943 Checkup Question 944 Let's make some Money, Mick! 945 GZ holiday for Chinese New Year 946 Lingling's name Finally Arrives at DOS 947 Time Line 948 guangzhou E-mail dead 949 Anyone knows if DOS open today? 951 Hello 952 Anyone been to Latvia? 953 Campaign Support 954 Eric ? 955 My master plan 956 Date those e-mails 957 what should I do ? 958 More exposure 959 anyone interviewed in December? 961 Bringing Money to the US 962 fax NO. to Maura harty 963 Getting prescription glasses in China 964 I called DOS info line again today 965 calling DOS today 966 Visa refusal 967 E-Mail With A Letterhead 968 Does Anyone Know Lisa Piascik's FAX Number? 969 Realtime chat 970 got through to DOS today 971 to P.J 972 just getting started 973 Just got back from Beijing - Packet 3! 974 Party culture 101 975 Inputting Chinese Characters 976 2 weeks, a lie?? 977 Fax to Powell for Friday Jan 23rd 978 Somebody Calm Me Down! 979 How are you? 980 Respone From Maura Harty 981 Chinese Telegraphic Code theory 982 mailed to NBC dateline 983 a girl get EMS today 984 INS established complaint procedures 985 INS established complaint procedures 986 Harty and shortly 987 Lotto winner requires background check 988 New campaign has begun 989 How many of us August interviewees still wait? 990 We are paying the surcharging for asylum seekers 991 Did Harty reply to our last group letter 992 DOS must have hired the beavers 993 GZ screws up again! Lying again! 994 Received EMS today 995 Newspaper photo 996 In Shanghai? 997 What a joke 998 Port of Entry 999 Cabra's email 1000 Thursday January 23, 2003 1001 Just great, this doesn't help our cause 1002 False Alarm.....An Update 1003 I may be wrong, but is it possible? 1004 Off Topic: Guangzhou Night Zoo 1005 Independent Film Ch. 1006 Anybody know about courier flights? 1007 did you know?? 1008 Off topic: Super Bowl in San Diego 1009 How do you explain this to your fiance(e) ? 1010 False Alarm....A Second Update 1011 visa clearance 1012 Russia/ China namechecks 1013 Back to normal some day? 1014 Cabral e-mail 1015 Tried to call GZ 1016 The next letter to Maura Harty? 1018 has this happened to anyone? 1019 Site for Dept of Homeland Security 1020 Watch out for New Year Shopping Maddness 1021 March 1st 1022 Called DOS today on Lingling's case 1023 What about a different strategy? 1024 Is it possible GZ is the real problem? 1025 Virus spread out from GZ!? 1026 Travel in China (continued) 1027 What language is needed here? 1028 TOP10: Why the wait is actually good ! 1029 TOP10: Excess luggage top excuses 1030 FBI Priorities 1031 Why 1032 today Jan 25, since 14:00 1033 congress.org soap box letter posted 1034 Senate Bills under consideration 1035 Wampeters, Foma, and Grand Falloons 1036 Problems already forseen 1037 To: Eric&Yuhui 1038 Owen is right 1039 Personal letters 1040 Trip to GZ in February 1041 A Trip to Washington 1042 Lies they have told us 1043 Virus Overwhelms Global Internet Systems 1044 MA residents: team up! 1045 Chinese New Year characters 1046 Yao Ming in Superbowl commercial 1047 Government's path of secrecy 1048 Date visas will all be issued! 1049 EMS arrives in Shanghai! 1050 More Stuff from the Press 1051 Consular Affairs 1053 question on evidence of relationship 1054 TOP10: Secrets of resubmission process 1055 Don't tell me everyone is watching 1056 Top10:We could not make it 1057 About the Chinese New Year 1058 New Fees have been reduced 1059 New V Visa 1060 Home Alone for the Holidays 1061 CFL - 1st Annual Reunion, Shanghai, China 1062 re-submission 1065 Too Polite 1066 Now "a matter of weeks" 1067 letter to Harty 1068 Coming to America 1069 Why the situation won't improve 1070 Did I Miss The Boat? 1071 August interviewee can be cleared in1-2weeks? 1072 Colorado Black Hole Group 1073 Visa approved 1074 IS NOT 6 MONTHS ENOUGH? 1075 Shenyang Consulate vs Guangzhou 1076 Dirty Visa Nursery Rhymes 1077 We Need Your Collective Wisdom 1078 Send Your Info To Owen and Mick! 1080 Your worst fears are correct!!!! 1081 Fax Adams. etc. 1082 Talked to Sara at DOS. 1083 It���s not really fair for us 1084 Has anyone written to Washington Gov. Gary Locke? 1085 THE PROBLEM WITH RESUBMISSION! 1086 Feel better? 1087 Would more letters help? 1088 Just noticed... 1089 Blue thinggie scale...TOP10 sort of.. 1090 Called DOS 1091 Reply from GZ 1092 Recording from Cabral 1093 Valentine's Day at DOS-CA 1094 Oh, but what a tangled web they weave 1095 GZ fax form and numbers 1096 Brazilian Barbeque 1097 Trying to Catch Up 1098 I don't know what to do 1099 New Message on G7 1100 Haven't Had Your Interview Yet? 1101 Is DOS-CA Info Line Down? 1102 Cheap airfares available! 1103 Screwed again! 1104 The "I faxed GZ to ask" list 1105 New Polls 1111 need Maura Harty's fax # 1112 NEW GZ Fax Numbers 1113 DOS hotline gives more info 1114 Visa delays 'hamper US business' 1115 Why Not Inquire Ourselves 1116 At last some people like Americans.. 1117 Ok...feeling really bad....missing her!! 1118 RESPONSE FROM R. ADAMS 1119 It's Lonesome all alone in the chat room 1121 Waiting on my Jet Plane 1122 A Wedding Funny 1123 Managed to get through to DOS today 1125 has anyone had this happen 1126 Of the people, by the people, for the people 1127 GZ is not the real problem 1128 CIA form 1129 forgive my dissapointment in the group 1130 Congressman's office 1131 Hope noone gets mad at this! 1132 Today's Action Plan: 01-30-03 1133 EMS Received 1134 Action Plan #2 1135 Good night all! 1136 Two Responses In The Same Day 1137 Action Plan-My Opinion 1138 Mexican Consulate closed OT 1139 Huge news 1140 Huge News 1142 visa clearance 1143 Computing Common Sense 1144 My letter to Harty 1145 My latest e-mail to Asst. Sec. Harty 1146 Colleges fault system to track foreign students 1147 Response from Piascik 1148 off the wall thought 1149 For those who want to be able to receive 1150 Letter to President Bush 1151 Local Media Letter: TV, radio, newspapers 1152 Auto Response from Bush 1153 For your Senators and Representatives: 1154 Bush email contact form 1155 Contact Information 1156 IRS Deductability of fiance 1157 Introducing my Husband 1158 Guangzhou Consulate agrees to meeting 1159 Received Packet #3 1161 to Luckybabe, 1162 Alone in China on New Years Eve 1163 chinese new years live 1164 I.N.S. Shredder Ended Work Backlog, U.S. Says 1165 Happy Chinese New Year!! 1166 An Ugly Turnaround 1167 Coalition Building Amongst Deligates 1168 resubmitted on 1/13 got visa 1169 Call DOS. 1170 INS workers shredding documents 1171 Top 10 reasons you should not get drunk while wait 1172 More visa fraud uncovered 1173 Oh, yea. This name check is really helping 1174 E-mail from GZ 1176 State Department Link Will Open Visa Database to P 1177 Keep up the pressure until we get visas Edited November 20, 2022 by Randy W (see edit history) Link to comment
Martin B Posted November 21, 2022 Report Share Posted November 21, 2022 22 hours ago, Randy W said: We don't have the posts prior to #12 (in the Call to DOS topic) anymore. But I believe it was just a couple of days prior to that (Nov. 27, 2002) that PJ made post # 1. Dan pays the bills every month, but hasn't shared anything with me about where that stands. We apparently have enough coming in to cover it. Well might as well wish CFL a happy 20th anniversary week, many forums have come and gone since the early 2000s and despite the drop off in activity, CFL continues on (thanks to Randy W). Wish I could've been around for the earlier days, but glad I found it either way. I got a lot of great advice on our AOS case, bringing my stepdaughter over, helping her adjust to life in the US, and of course during the early COVID months there was a lot of great info on here. And I always appreciate seeing Randy's posts on what's going on nowadays in China. Here's to another 20 years! 1 Link to comment
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