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Village Square => The Lost Lake Inn => Topic started by: Chaos on November 23, 2009, 07:43:20 PM

Title: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Chaos on November 23, 2009, 07:43:20 PM
Mason and Amber are over the border, the paperwork is in order, and they are on their way home.

Ladies and gentlemen. Amber is now Landed.


:boogie :boogie :boogie :boogie :boogie :boogie :boogie :boogie :boogie :boogie :boogie :boogie :boogie :boogie :boogie :boogie :boogie :boogie :boogie :boogie :boogie :boogie
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Mao on November 23, 2009, 07:51:44 PM
*Ahem*


\o/  Wewt.  \o/

...

That is all.
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: bradypodidae on November 23, 2009, 08:05:01 PM
Very good for Amber. Hope she can sleep well tonight!
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Naldru on November 23, 2009, 08:06:45 PM
I guess that means one less source of stress for Amber.

Everybody should party tonight.  Everybody wang chung tonight.

:kirby :idol :disco :megagroove :mikelo1 :catgirl :catgirl2 :goodtimes :ddrabel
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: bradypodidae on November 23, 2009, 08:10:19 PM
Do the Mario?
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Corgatha Taldorthar on November 23, 2009, 09:31:20 PM
Congratulations
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: llearch n'n'daCorna on November 24, 2009, 03:49:10 AM
Heh. Good to hear that she has one less source of stress.
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Tapewolf on November 24, 2009, 04:12:56 AM
Congratulations!
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Sofox on November 24, 2009, 04:50:23 AM
Things did not go terribly, awfully badly for Amber?

She must be disappointed.


Seriously, all the best and congratulations to Amber, I was praying for you.
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: llearch n'n'daCorna on November 24, 2009, 06:03:16 AM
Oh, and just for Mao:

So, Amber is a Canadian now, eh?


*snicker*
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Lucheek on November 24, 2009, 07:20:50 AM
Just in time for American Thanksgiving? xD
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: LionHeart on November 24, 2009, 11:39:39 AM
Conga-rats to Amber!

(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c282/LionHeartAU/Other%20stuff/conga-rats.gif)
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Lego3400 on November 24, 2009, 03:19:56 PM
Quote from: LionHeart on November 24, 2009, 11:39:39 AM
Conga-rats to Amber!

(http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c282/LionHeartAU/Other%20stuff/conga-rats.gif)

I think amber has enough problems. I don't think she wants to take care of dancing rats :P
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Sofox on November 24, 2009, 06:05:13 PM
She doesn't have to take care of them, she can just give them to her pet snake...


...of course she'd have to kill them first so they didn't harm the snake.


Overdose of sleeping pills. That's what my chemistry teacher told us she used when we were beginning our dissection!
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Darkdragon on November 24, 2009, 06:28:09 PM
Congratulations.
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: llearch n'n'daCorna on November 24, 2009, 06:50:30 PM
Quote from: Sofox on November 24, 2009, 06:05:13 PM
Overdose of sleeping pills. That's what my chemistry teacher told us she used when we were beginning our dissection!

IIRC, that makes the snake pretty sluggish, too. You'd want to be careful about just how much.
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: AmigaDragon on November 25, 2009, 12:50:31 AM
Quote from: Chaos on November 23, 2009, 07:43:20 PM
Mason and Amber are over the border, the paperwork is in order, and they are on their way home.

Ladies and gentlemen. Amber is now Landed.

Over the border? Landed? How high was the ramp and how fast were they going over it? I hope it was a soft landing.
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Lego3400 on November 26, 2009, 12:45:05 PM
Quote from: AmigaDragon on November 25, 2009, 12:50:31 AM
Quote from: Chaos on November 23, 2009, 07:43:20 PM
Mason and Amber are over the border, the paperwork is in order, and they are on their way home.

Ladies and gentlemen. Amber is now Landed.

Over the border? Landed? How high was the ramp and how fast were they going over it? I hope it was a soft landing.

Clearly they had to put their car on a plane and fly over the border :3
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Prof B Hunnydew on November 26, 2009, 01:26:10 PM
Quote from: Lego3400 on November 26, 2009, 12:45:05 PM
Quote from: AmigaDragon on November 25, 2009, 12:50:31 AM
Quote from: Chaos on November 23, 2009, 07:43:20 PM
Mason and Amber are over the border, the paperwork is in order, and they are on their way home.

Ladies and gentlemen. Amber is now Landed.

Over the border? Landed? How high was the ramp and how fast were they going over it? I hope it was a soft landing.

Clearly they had to put their car on a plane and fly over the border :3

What has clearly happen is that

Mason get one of those skycars, the Jetsons promised would be on sell by now....

PBH
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Sofox on November 26, 2009, 07:04:47 PM
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on November 24, 2009, 06:50:30 PM
Quote from: Sofox on November 24, 2009, 06:05:13 PM
Overdose of sleeping pills. That's what my chemistry teacher told us she used when we were beginning our dissection!

IIRC, that makes the snake pretty sluggish, too. You'd want to be careful about just how much.

Yeah, that is actually a bad idea.

So how the heck did the pet shop kill the rats?
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: mopman on November 27, 2009, 02:25:24 AM
Welcome to Canada , we are a richer nation for having you share your life and gifts with us , may you find peace , joy and happiness here  :mowhappy
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Sid on November 27, 2009, 04:49:11 AM
That's great to hear, congrats! :)
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Turnsky on November 27, 2009, 04:56:17 AM
Tune in next week as amber attempts australian citizenship... can she survive the flora and fauna? can she survive the killer pink suited ferret? all this and more in "The Amazing Adventures of Amber!"



:U
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Thirty Second Artbomb on November 27, 2009, 05:21:17 AM
(http://i49.tinypic.com/992s0o.jpg)
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Jasonrevall on November 27, 2009, 10:58:15 AM
Congratulations Amber, may the rest of your year be less stressful without this burden, Huzzah
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: rt on November 27, 2009, 11:22:19 AM
Congrats .. so is she getting the free pengiun, or free polar bear that comes with being Canadian ?
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Naldru on November 27, 2009, 01:01:38 PM
Quote from: rt on November 27, 2009, 11:22:19 AM
Congrats .. so is she getting the free pengiun, or free polar bear that comes with being Canadian ?
Well, she is in the land of the loonies now (google Canadian loony) which could be appropriate for some of her characters.

Being in Canada doesn't mean that she has to abstain from Thanksgiving.  Canada has its own Thanksgiving day, so she can celebrate both.
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Don on November 27, 2009, 02:00:42 PM
Congratulations on your Canadian citizenship Amber, Hope you'll enjoy it here~

Quote from: rt on November 27, 2009, 11:22:19 AM
Congrats .. so is she getting the free penguin, or free polar bear that comes with being Canadian ?

What about the bobble-head Moose?
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: llearch n'n'daCorna on November 27, 2009, 04:17:41 PM
Quote from: Sofox on November 26, 2009, 07:04:47 PM
Yeah, that is actually a bad idea.

So how the heck did the pet shop kill the rats?

by either not killing them, and merely putting them to sleep before feeding them to the snake, or by knowing which things you can give the rat to put it to sleep without affecting the snake.

Either way, it requires knowing what you're doing. Which I'd expect a pet store to know about, whereas your average owner might need to go ask the pet store about...
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Amber Williams on November 27, 2009, 04:41:48 PM
The pre-dead mice that you buy from the pet store tend to be frozen. I'm not exactly sure how they kill them.  I imagine it is similar to how society views the packages of hamburger in the grocery store. In that yeah...we know the animal was killed, it probably wasn't the most pleasant of things, but man is it convenient.

As for my snake though, I admit I feed it live mice. The lumpshnake is a 4-foot terror who in theory could start eating rats if she wanted, but I opt for just feeding her a lot of smaller mice because it poses less risk for injury and because it is easier on her digestion.  She usually goes through about 3-5 mice a week.
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: llearch n'n'daCorna on November 27, 2009, 07:08:50 PM
Quote from: Amber Williams on November 27, 2009, 04:41:48 PM
As for my snake though, I admit I feed it live mice. The lumpshnake is a 4-foot terror who in theory could start eating rats if she wanted, but I opt for just feeding her a lot of smaller mice because it poses less risk for injury and because it is easier on her digestion.  She usually goes through about 3-5 mice a week.

Explains the lumps. 3-5 lumps a week, right? ;-]
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Stig Hemmer on November 27, 2009, 08:10:32 PM
First, a somewhat belated WOHO! to the good news! :kirby

I would, however, like to object to the news post: You are NOT a dinkface.  You are in fact one of the least dinkfacey people I know!  So there.
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Prof B Hunnydew on November 27, 2009, 08:57:49 PM
Amber is A Dink ???  Sorry I am not sure that a webcomic counts as a dual income..for a Dual Income No Kids couple..... :erk :erk

PBH
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Ted Schiller on November 27, 2009, 10:53:28 PM
Now that you are in Canada, we will have to send you blankets, lots of blankets.  Canadians snuggle up against Minnesota to keep warm.   :sneeze

I hope it's the very best.  :)

With regards,
Ted
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: Jakzurr on November 28, 2009, 02:01:38 AM
Really, really big congrats, Amber!

When the cards arrive, you'll be a card carrying Canadian, right?  I guess we should make that a card carrying Canadian comic crafter!

OK, up way too late.  But really happy to finally hear your good news.   :mowhappy
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: WojtekPod on November 28, 2009, 05:02:25 AM
Congratulations, Amber!
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: MT Hazard on November 28, 2009, 05:21:51 AM
I'm guessing Canada doesn't have the same immigration problem as the USA but pre-emptively made it as difficult as possible to live there.

So congratulations to Amber for fighting here way though a lake of forms and and a forest of red tape!
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: AmigaDragon on November 28, 2009, 03:44:44 PM
Quote from: llearch n'n'daCorna on November 27, 2009, 04:17:41 PM
Quote from: Sofox on November 26, 2009, 07:04:47 PM
Yeah, that is actually a bad idea.

So how the heck did the pet shop kill the rats?

by either not killing them, and merely putting them to sleep before feeding them to the snake, or by knowing which things you can give the rat to put it to sleep without affecting the snake.

Either way, it requires knowing what you're doing. Which I'd expect a pet store to know about, whereas your average owner might need to go ask the pet store about...

I'd hope pet stores know what they're doing, even other stores that merely have a pet section, but sadly that's not always the case. We don't have any real pet stores within 100 mile radius, so we have to put up with the latter or drive farther (or mail order). How many of these pet departments in other stores give rodent owners a bedding option that isn't pine or cedar (http://www.ratfanclub.org/litters.html)?
Title: Re: I just got the call. (Border Update)
Post by: TheAuldGrump on November 30, 2009, 04:02:46 PM
Now that a major source of stress is done with, I would not be surprised if Amber's general health begins to improve. Stress is very, very wearing.

The Auld Grump