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solarz

solarz

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vesicles said:
I went through the same process in 2001, with the interview and the whole nine yards. I got the 100 questions off the web and studied for the interview. When I got to the INS (the one in San Antonio), the interviewer asked me two questions: (1) what is the second law of thermodynamics? (2) what does the door bell at the White House sound like? I answered the first one with no sweat (he asked because he saw that I am a Chemistry major). I had no idea how to answer the second one (I knew it was joke, but no idea how to answer it). And he said it should sound like "cliiiindong" (Clinton was the POTUS at the time). We then did a little chit chat about nothing, like weather, vacationing in the Bahamas and stuff... And that was it!!!
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LMAO, that's awesome!
 
siegecrossbow

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vesicles said:
Congrats!!

I went through the same process in 2001, with the interview and the whole nine yards. I got the 100 questions off the web and studied for the interview. When I got to the INS (the one in San Antonio), the interviewer asked me two questions: (1) what is the second law of thermodynamics? (2) what does the door bell at the White House sound like? I answered the first one with no sweat (he asked because he saw that I am a Chemistry major). I had no idea how to answer the second one (I knew it was a joke, but no idea how to answer it). And he said it should sound like "cliiiindong" (Clinton was the POTUS at the time). We then did a little chit chat about nothing, like weather, vacationing in the Bahamas and stuff... And that was it!!!

For the actual ceremony, I did in College Station. Since that was the first immigration ceremony held in College Station, the local TV station sent people there. So all my buddies and colleagues saw me on the evening news that night. I got my 15 minute fame (well, more like a 15 second fame), I guess...
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I really hope I get an U.S. history based question, since it is my forte.
 
Jeff Head

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siegecrossbow said:
Can't express how excited I am now that I am finally eligible for U.S. Citizenship application. I'll let you guys know how it went asap.
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Congrats, siege! And best of luck and God's speed on preparing and passing!

Always good to have new countrymen and women who come here and go about it legally, and with a desire to do so and become a part of their new nation.
 
Jeff Head

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Hehehe...here's two US history questions for you, Siege.

In addition to "Remember the Alamo," what else was the Texan army shouting about remembering at the Battle of San Jacinto? and why?

Second question. What was the name and circumstance of the young man who, just before he died for the United States, uttered the famous words, "I regret I have but one life to give for my country?" (Without looking it up...hehehe).
 
Equation

Equation

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Jeff Head said:
Hehehe...here's two US history questions for you, Siege.

In addition to "Remember the Alamo," what else was the Texan army shouting about remembering at the Battle of San Jacinto? and why?

Second question. What was the name and circumstance of the young man who, just before he died for the United States, uttered the famous words, "I regret I have but one life to give for my country?" (Without looking it up...hehehe).
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"Remember the Goliad" because of the massacre of the prisoners there by Santa Ana's army at the the Republic of Texas soldiers.
 
Jeff Head

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Equation said:
"Remember the Goliad" because of the massacre of the prisoners there by Santa Ana's army at the the Republic of Texas soldiers.
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Dang...Equation. Hehehe...that was for siege!

I know you know your Texas history...which is also a part of American history.

But you are absolutely correct. It was a much greater atrocity and a much larger loss of life. They had surrendered to the Mexican army and were then ordered slaughtered by Santa Anna...but some escaped the carnage.

On March 27, 1836, the Mexican Army marched about 440 Texans who had surrendered out of Fort Defiance at Goliad in three columns between two rows of Mexican soldiers. They were lined up and shot point blank, with survivors being clubbed or knifed to death.

There were forty prisoners who were unable to walk left at the fort. Of those, thirty-nine were killed inside the fort, with a Colonel Garay saving one, Dr.
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Colonel Fannin, the Texan commander, was the last to be executed, after seeing all of his men killed. He was taken to the courtyard in front of the chapel, blindfolded, and seated in a chair because he could not stand after being wounded in battle. He made three requests. First, that his personal possessions be sent to his family. Second, to be shot in the heart instead of in the face. Third, to be given a Christian burial after his death.

Instead, the Mexican soldiers took his belongings, shot him in the face, and burned his body along with the other Texans they killed that day.

28 men who played dead were able to escape before being killed and burned.

This (and the Alamo) is why the Texans showed very little quarter at San Jacinto.
 
Equation

Equation

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Jeff Head said:
Dang...Equation. Hehehe...that was for siege!

I know you know your Texas history...which is also a part of American history.

But you are absolutely correct. It was a much greater atrocity and a much larger loss of life. They had surrendered to the Mexican army and were then ordered slaughtered by Santa Anna...but some escaped the carnage.

On March 27, 1836, the Mexican Army marched about 440 Texans who had surrendered out of Fort Defiance at Goliad in three columns between two rows of Mexican soldiers. They were lined up and shot point blank, with survivors being clubbed or knifed to death.

There were forty prisoners who were unable to walk left at the fort. Of those, thirty-nine were killed inside the fort, with a Colonel Garay saving one, Dr.
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. Colonel

Colonel Fannin, the Texan commander, was the last to be executed, after seeing all of his men killed. He was taken to the courtyard in front of the chapel, blindfolded, and seated in a chair because he could not stand after being wounded in battle. He made three requests. First, that his personal possessions be sent to his family. Second, to be shot in the heart instead of in the face. Third, to be given a Christian burial after his death.

Instead, the Mexican soldiers took his belongings, shot him in the face, and burned his body along with the other Texans they killed that day.

28 men who played dead were able to escape before being killed and burned.

This (and the Alamo) is why the Texans showed very little quarter at San Jacinto.
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Hehehe...no worries. Here is another Texas history lesson for Seige. How long did the battle of San Jacinto lasted?:D
(Don't no body answer it but Siege)
 
vesicles

vesicles

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Jeff Head said:
Congrats, siege! And best of luck and God's speed on preparing and passing!

Always good to have new countrymen and women who come here and go about it legally, and with a desire to do so and become a part of their new nation.
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Amen to that! Illegal immigration doesn't sit well with me. I was furious when Bush junior granted 3 million illegal immigrants permanent residency back in 2003. Some of my friends couldn't understand why and thought I should be more sympathetic to fellow immigrants. I said yes, as an immigrant myself, I support my fellow immigrants, the legal ones. I don't have any respect for those who break the law. As for Bush Jr., can you reward people who broke the law? If he truly believes that benefit of immigration, there are millions and millions of legal immigrants (including those from Mexico) in this country who are struggling and still working their butts off to support their families, while at the same time respecting the law. Why can't they do something for the nice people?
 
Miragedriver

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Quotes about life (for a pessimist)

"Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody watching."
Alan Bennett

"The sooner every party breaks up the better."
Jane Austen

"Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy."
F Scott Fitzgerald

"If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat."
Simone de Beauvoir

"Always borrow money from a pessimist, he won't expect it back."
Oscar Wilde

"Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable."
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"You can be young without money but you can't be old without it."
Tennessee Williams

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realise half of them are stupider than that."
George Carlin

"Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know."
Ernest Hemingway

"In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace – and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."
Orson Welles

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."
Albert Einstein


Back to bottling my Grenache
 
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