Author: Maxsons Import_User

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We are going to the US!

Yep…you read that right. We are going to visit the good old US of A on Monday! How can that be, you ask!? Well, legally an embassy is considered to be part of the sending country and not the host country. And why do we get to do this you ask? Well, I forgot my passport in my pocket when we returned from Greece and it got washed (I’ll post some pictures later).

I talked to the Embassy today and they told me I needed to get a new one. ARG! This means a trip to the Embassy in Belgrade (the US). Too bad we can’t get reese cups or oreos while we are there!

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Where is Lydia?

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If I had felt better, I would have bought a moca here for sure (I really miss those and haven’t been able to make one yet.  Although someone suggested that I simply filter the coffee.  What an idea!)

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Things I wish I had known

If you pay your electric bill by the 15th (I think) you get a discount on your next bill
The first bill would amount to 900 RSD (about 17USD or so)
If you shop at Merkator on Tuesday and spend > 1500RSD, you get a coupon to use the next Tuesday
That coupon is worth 10% off
Our first land-line phone bill would amount to 89 RSD (< 2USD)
Keep your receipts (especially with the little stamp on it)

[Update 07-08-2008 09:43:01] This is an update to this post.

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I wish I could….

…remember the name of this cpmany that tried this bid for gas thing way back when I was in college.  Cyndi and I were married (so I’m sure it was after 1999).  The way it worked was you signed up for an account, then bid for x number of gal. of gas at x price.  If you won, you could go pump that many gallons of gas at the station, swipe your card with them (I think), and go.  I forget how you got the difference back.  And I remember you were hit with a penalty if you went over your gal. amount by a certain amount.  We did it 2 or 3 times before the service went kaput like so many other things did with the bubble burst.  Anway, if you want to pay to try and hedge your gas prices, check out this site:

mygallons.com

[Update 07-04-2008 09:17:01] The BBB is investigating mygallons.  Check out this post for more information.  You can also look here for an article on the consumerist about the same thing.

[Update 07-13-2008 13:54:22] There is an update on this page about the BBB and mygallons.

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Lydia Eating

I thought the grandparents would like this video too.  Sorry it is sideways….I couldn’t get VirtualDub to open the file so I could rotate it.  Arg….

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Lydia Walking (more)

Here are a few more videos of Lydia walking (for the grandparents primarily).  Enjoy:

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Happenings in Cacak

A few weeks ago, there was a contest that came to town similar to American idol (It is called Operacija Trijumf ).  Here is a short video I took of one of the performances (I know, it isn’t very good):

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 At the same time, in the local park (Gradski Park), a local (?) group was playing some traditional (?) music.  I took a short video of that too.

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Short Post…more to come

Well, we are getting a chance to travel to Greece! We are leaving today and will be gone all of this week. I don’t know if we’ll have internet access while we are gone. If we do, I’ll do my best to blog over the week. If not, I’ll do one of my delayed blog things again.

By the way, some interesting posts that are planned:

Things I’ve learned over the past few weeks
Things I wish I had known
Azbuka chart

[Update 07-08-2008 09:44:12] Added the links to an article I wrote about things I wish I had known.