The Doctor Invades Europe
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Topic: The Doctor Invades Europe
Posted By: The Doctor
Subject: The Doctor Invades Europe
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 17:26
Hide away your sisters and wives. Make sure you have plenty of water and candles, and for the love of god, find shelter. That fateful day foretold in Revelations and the prophecies of Nostradamus is finally among you. The Doctor is coming to Europe. Poznan, Poland to be exact. And the havoc I shall wreak shall be unlike any you have ever experienced before. I almost feel sorry for all of our European members. Almost! 
I am sure you have many questions. How much damage can the Doctor really do? I am the proud owner of a bomb shelter, will I be safe there? Can I write a letter to my governmental representative to stop this abomination? Doesn't this violate some sort of treaty? Won't this cause a serious international incident? All questions will be answered in the soon to be posted "Europe Loses All Hope FAQ." Stay tuned to this page for further updates about the url of that faq.
The Doctor is leaving on Friday and the invasion begins Saturday. You haven't much time.  ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 17:32
Why not Norway? Meeting you in real life would have been priceless ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 17:38
Yeah - but then you wouldn't be able to sit on a chair for a couple of weeks! 
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 17:39
Sorry Blowie...it would be priceless...but I'm going there to see a woman. And she has a distinct advantage over you I'm afraid.  ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 17:40
that's so wonderful Doc...  Remember to take lots of pictures  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
The Doctor wrote:Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 17:43
So you finally gave up on the 300 dollar girls down the street?  ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 17:45
I think this doctor operates with women only
(At least I hope so - there's something that's called "You take what you get" too )------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 17:55
Its a good job Riverside are coming this way then. Enjoy your time in Europe Doc. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: cynthiasmallet
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 17:58
------------- Would you like to watch TV, or get between the sheets, or contemplate the silent freeway, would you like something to eat? |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 18:11
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Chastity belt prices in Poland have risen 300% in the past half-hour. Hmm... ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 18:13
Are you going to stop off in Warsaw too, maybe? ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 18:15
Doc, d'you know that most girls in Poland are Catholic? Catholic girls... 
------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 18:17
hahahhahah *editted for my own protection* ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 18:39
Score! I invested my life savings in Polish chastity belts moments before I made my post.
Thanks guys, I'll be sure to take lots of pictures Micky, and maybe I'll even remember how to post them here with photobucket.
 And yes Andu, I knew that, in fact, my girlfriend is a reformed Catholic.
Blowie, you are correct sir, this doctor only operates on the ladies.
Tuzh, we may end up making a trip during my visit to either Warsaw or Szczecin, we haven't decided yet though. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 18:42
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I hope it all works out and is the dream you want it to be. Best of luck Doc.. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 20:58
I find it funny when the Doc uses the term invasion. I think he's a bad influence on me. |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: November 11 2007 at 21:48
Thanks Micky. I hope so too.
We've spent time together before and it was pretty wonderful, and I'm pretty sure that even after two months the fire is still burning for both of us, so I think it will probably go pretty well.
On the other hand, I just realized tonight that I fly out of Orlando to Philly, and once in Philly, if everything goes well, I will have only an hour and a half to make a connection with a different airline for an international flight. That's if my flight from Orlando is on time. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 10:56
Isnt Poland where they make all the inflatable dolls? |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 10:57
| Just remember Doctor, she will not be able to bring her guide dog back into the USA if she comes back with you... |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 11:32
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Eh....Doctor I think you have greatly exaggerated the impact of your trip on Europe. Have fun though, I want to go to Europe so badly. |
Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 11:33
Ouch ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 12:35
From the bottom of my heart, I wish you the best, and I hope you'll find a way to be together without having to go through what Micky and I are. I just hope those people who make the rules and play with other people's lives will one day get to realise that life is short, and that one should be free to follow their heart.
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: November 12 2007 at 12:55
Thanks Raf! I'm hopeful that we will find a way to be together as well, and of course, I'm rooting for you and Micky too. I hope you two can be together sooner rather than later. I couldn't agree with you more about those who make the rules. I never realized the hardship that the current immigration laws can cause for two people in love, simply because they happen to be from different parts of the world. But now I know it all too well.  ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: November 15 2007 at 22:32
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Check it dudes! I'm outta here come tomorrow morning. As soon as I wake up, I'm dragging myself off to the airport for a very long flight. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 00:10
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Have fun!
I'll keep my eye on the news to see if you make an appearance. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 01:06
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Have a great time Doc I hope it is the dream come true for you that mine was for me ..... and the flight is half the fun... if you are stopping over in Munich.. try the damn wheat beer there.. .wow!!!! hahahhah ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 14:47
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Well, what do you know, I'm actually going to Poznan next weekend.
You can run, but you can't hide
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: November 16 2007 at 15:59
Yeah! Get him!!! Don't let him steal our girls!!!  ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: November 20 2007 at 19:54
Who's Europe?
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: November 20 2007 at 20:17
 ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: November 26 2007 at 09:52
Too late.
Europe is safe once again, for I have returned to the US.
 However, I will be returning to Poland in 4 weeks to spend Christmas and New Years with my sweetie. And we are talking about the possibility of me staying in Europe once I'm there. Europe is going to become a very dangerous place. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 26 2007 at 10:21
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Welcome home!
I presume you had a good time, Doc? ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: November 26 2007 at 10:27
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Thanks Blowie. I had a great time and I'm looking forward to returning in a few weeks. I'm hoping to stay this time, and maybe someday I'll swing by Norway for a beer or 12. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 26 2007 at 10:39
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The beer is kinda expensive here, but home brewed booze is a speciality here though ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 26 2007 at 12:05
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I really hope you'll be able to stay. Unfortunately, it won't be the same in my case.... After the holidays I'll come back to Rome, and heaven knows when Micky and I will be able to meet again. And I'd better stop here, because I could start spouting very negative things about the paranoia of certain countries...
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: November 26 2007 at 15:13
I know exactly what you mean Raf. When I came back yesterday into the US, they gave me a hassle, and I'm a  U.S. citizen. They wanted to know every detail of my life for the past week, since I had left the country. I was surprised they didn't ask for a DNA sample, so that they could confirm I am who I said I was. 
And, that is part of the reason it is easier for me to move to her, than it would be for her to move to me. She has a business visa for travel here for her job, but I'm sure if she tried to move here, it would be an enormous hassle and an iffy proposition at best. The only hassle for me moving there, fortunately, is finding a job. I hope you and Micky will be able to work through the b.s. involved in immigration.
I have pretty much decided I'm going there and will make it work somehow. Life is too short not to take chances, especially when it involves being with the person you love. I really hope you and Micky can make it all work out. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 26 2007 at 20:16
wow... never have once had a problem coming back into the states... well said Doc.. .glad... hell .... very happy that everything went as you had hoped. That said.. nice to have you back.. at least for a few weeks. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 27 2007 at 02:03
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It's a question about time before you have to answer 50 questions about yourself and what your travelling purpose are just to travel to your neighbour country. It's incredibly frustrating. I don't travel that way much, but I think asking about every single detail you have done during your vacation is pushing it way too far. Passport and ticket/boarding card is enough if you ask me. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: November 27 2007 at 02:20
That, Doc, is wisdom. I'm glad you learned that before it was too late, not like I did. ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 09:48
Oh you wouldn't get rid of me that easily Micky.
Even if I move to Europe, I'd still be around.However, while I was there, my girlfriend was very keen on the idea of me moving to Europe next month. Now she is having second thoughts. She is afraid of me moving there without having a job. I keep telling her, it will be easier to find a job there if I am actually there, but she doesn't seem to agree. So my plans for moving to Europe and our future together is now rather uncertain. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 11:22
I don't know if the situation in Poland is the same as here (it should be), but Americans are not supposed to be able to look for work while here on a tourist visa or visa waiver programme. Work visas should be applied for while in the US, and they must be sponsored by someone. If you got married to your girlfriend, then you could probably stay and look for work - if you don't. I'm afraid you can't. |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 12:03
Technically, yes, that is true in Poland. However, I know a few Americans who went there without, found work, came home to get their visa and returned. Also, I have done some research into the whole work visa thing, and Germany actually allows US citizens to come there and stay up to 90 days to look for work and obtain a work permit and residency visa from within Germany. My plan was to visit her in Poland for a week or two and then go to Frankfurt or Munich to find work there. Although I wouldn't be living in the same country as her, it would only be a 2-hour flight to visit, instead of the 16-hour flight I have now. We could see each other on the weekends at least. That was my plan anyway. But she is afraid. I don't know what our future holds now. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 13:47
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I am so sorry to hear that, though I can also understand her. If you didn't find work, you would end up depending on her, and I don't suppose she is a millionaire. Unfortunately, for people in our situation the best thing to do (or even the only) is to get married... In Europe, at least, that would guarantee you the right to stay with her - unlike what happens in the US, which have the nerve to keep married couples separated from months. I don't know what the situation in Poland may be, but I know it's very hard for a foreigner who doesn't speak Italian to find a job here that doesn't involve risking their life big time. As I said, I can't fault her... I really wish things would work out for you. |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 14:21
Oh, I don't fault her either. It is a tough situation we find ourselves in and it is hard to determine the right way to approach a solution. I'm just worried that the distance will become too great an obstacle for us. And I don't want to lose her. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 14:58
Doc, since you're both serious about your relationship, you shouldn't worry. A good friend of mine could only see her English boyfriend in person a few times a year for about five years and they had to go through A LOT of annoying legal and non-legal obstacles, but they persisted, and they have been a very happily married couple for some three years now. It'll all work out 
I guess that also goes for you, Ghostrider
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Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 15:03
| I also meant to add that they live together now. |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 16:29
Thanks Visitor. Yes, it can be done and it will probably all work out in the end. I guess I'm a little afraid that maybe she's not as serious as I am, but that is probably the wrong way to look at it. She probably wants us together as much as I do, she just wants to do it the responsible way.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 16:35
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hey Doc... you always have my PM.... it isn't easy to deal
with... trust me. The hardest yet most fulfilling and worthwhile time
of my not so uneventful life. Drop me a line if you need to vent
in private. Or just chat....if anyone knows what you are
going through.. I do.
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |