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On 11/04/2021 19:46, Dr. Bruce wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 18:40:50 -0500, Hank Rogers >
> wrote:
>
>> Sqwertz wrote:
>>> On Sat, 10 Apr 2021 14:31:13 -0700 (PDT),
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> One was a 41-year-old woman who was a chef and she had arrived with
>>>> 25 copies of her C V (Curriculum Vitae) plus a separate suitcase full of
>>>> her professional knives. She denied she was coming there to work but
>>>> why all the knives? She was going to 'cook for her uncle' and 'cook for friends' but not work. The question then was why not just use their
>>>> knives? "I a.l.w.a.y.s. travel with ALL my knives and certificates" was her
>>>> answer. They did state due to her age she did not qualify for a work
>>>> visa.
>>>
>>> Chefs and most restaurant kitchen prep staff always carry their own
>>> knives. And you don't borrow anybody elses. And when I'm cooking at
>>> somebody else's house, I usually miss my own knives.
>>>
>>> One of the first things you have to buy when entering culinary
>>> schools are commercial kitchen shoes and knives. And you worship
>>> your knives much more than the shoes. I would have a hard time
>>> parting with my knives, too. But you can have all my ladles,
>>> spatulas, and roast forks. And if I'm liquidating to only what I
>>> can carry easily, You can also have my TV's, stereos, and all my
>>> furniture, too. I'll take my knives, my underwear, and my prized 32
>>> year old Twinkie, thank you. Oh, and the cactus I just bought an
>>> hour ago (I've named it Wilson).
>>>
>>>> Well, they didn't buy her story and put her on a plane right back to Australia. She was mad and boohooing she'd saved 6 months for
>>>> this 'holiday' and had no money. Another reason they didn't believe
>>>> her, not a penny to her name. But she did have an impressive array
>>>> of knives!
>>>
>>> And people and whined and moaned about what the unhumanitarian
>>> policies of the Trump administration when caravans of people tried
>>> to crash our borders. They should have put them on busses at the
>>> Mexican border and give them all rides to the Canadian border. Would
>>> Canada have accepted that? What other countries would?
>>>
>>> -sw
>>>
>>
>> Why can't we just transship them to the netherlands.
>>
>> Heaven for them, and netherlands would shit themselves with happiness.
>
> Hey, that's actually a pretty good idea. I mean, who really gives a
> **** about the Netherlands anyway? Even the Europeans look down of
> them, so why not use it as a dumping ground for undesirables?
>

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