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About the Aqualine Marathon(31view/0res)
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Is there any way to stop a dog from barking ??(1kview/7res)
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Are you making a sticker book ??(106view/1res)
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Vivinavi Hawaii
Global Entry interview sites(680view/4res)
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Vivinavi Chiba
About the Aqualine Marathon

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  • マラソンマン
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  • 2026/02/01 18:40

If anyone has experience participating in the Aqualine Marathon
which is scheduled to be held on November 8, 2026,
please share your advice with those who will be participating for the first time.

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Is there any way to stop a dog from barking ??

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  • 2025/07/28 19:17

I have a small dog who is now 11 years old.
Recently, my family's lifestyle has changed and the dog is left alone more and more often, and my neighbors have complained that he is too noisy.
We use a device that makes a sound when he barks, and of course we try not to leave him alone
but we are working together as a family
Please let me know if there is anything I can do to help.

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#2
  • inumama
  • 2025/07/30 (Wed) 20:42
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My dog has been barking more since he became a senior.
I play relaxing music when I go out. Loudly scolding a dog when he barks is counterproductive. They think they are being cared for.
I recently purchased Pet Hemp oil for dogs and have been experimenting with it. It seems to be good for reducing excitement and relaxing them, as well as for appetite loss.
I think it might be worth a try to help senior dogs with their day/night cycle.
I think 100% organic products are better.
You can buy it on Amazon and other places.
I have only just started using it, but it seems to relax them somewhat.

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#3

Search Amazon for Anti barking dog collar or Citronella dog bark collar or something like that and you'll find a lot of stuff. If it is reported to the Humane Society, you will receive a letter and if the complein continues, you will be fined, or you can do something about it and ask the neighbors how they are doing these days ? in a low and apologetic way to show that you are concerned and that it is effective.
I took a simple snack, gave them my phone number, and apologized to them to let me know if they were being too noisy, and it subsided.

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#5
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  • 2025/08/01 (Fri) 19:44
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It is an aging behavior and is not expected to improve.
If he is 11 years old, he is a senior and the only way is to consult a veterinarian.

He needs care just like humans do.
My dog was the same way as a senior, but there was no solution.
First the barking, then the wandering around the room, and on and on it goes.
So we had no choice but to make sure that the family members took turns to stay at home until his last day.
During those years, family trips were not possible, and we did not eat out.

Please take care of her until her last days.

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  • 2026/01/23 (Fri) 13:34
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There were quite a few complaints about my parents' dog in Japan, and he had surgery to remove his vocal cords, but the surgery failed and he was lost during the surgery.

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#8

Do you know what he is barking at? ? You could try putting up curtains so he can't see outside as much as possible, or close the windows so he can't hear outside as much as possible. Do you have a crate or something that he can usually stay calm in? ? It is also a good idea to have enrichment toys for him to play with while you are away from home.
Also, I recently found this relaxing music and started using it. My dog is sleeping calmly while I am away from home.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxreuAkYo8lypgG8-MFIM3A

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global entry

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#1
  • Aloha Green
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  • 2026/01/19 12:22

Hello
Please let me know if you are a green card holder.
I tried to apply for Global Entry, but it was rejected because the name on my passport is different from the name on my green card. ?
If you know how to solve this problem, I would appreciate it if you could let me know.
Thank you very much.

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#3

I'm the same way ! I want to know but I don't know how to find out...
I'm not fluent in English and I'm afraid to call them.

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#4
  • mii
  • 2026/01/25 (Sun) 21:38
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I have a different name, but I was not rejected.
By the way
Passport
Hanako Yamada
Green Card
Hanako Yamada Smith
Like this.

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#5

Thank you very much MIL. I will apply for the same pattern.

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#6
  • Kii
  • 2026/01/31 (Sat) 15:12
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Like Mii, I put my middle name into my Japanese surname, so I wasn't rejected.

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How to deal with neighbor's sex noise

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  • ABC
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  • 2026/01/29 01:48

I am very annoyed right now.
The man next door who moved in about a year ago started making this noise last summer. Because of this, the person who lived on the other side of that man recently moved out. I do not want to move. Is there any way to deal with this ? I don't think I can count on the landlord. Because I have repeatedly told them to get rid of the mopeds on the property, which I believe were probably stolen and dumped, but they have been there since last summer or so.

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  • ABC
  • 2026/01/29 (Thu) 18:04
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I'll report this to my landlord because I like my current room, the location and the price, and I don't want to move as much as possible. When this noise started, the dog from the house next door was barking in response, but he hasn't been barking lately.

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#4

You should record it first ! they won't take up the conversation without proof. I was also bothered by this for many years, FYI.

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#5

This is a counter-prescription for when I was in Los Angeles.
In Los Angeles, noise is out between 10:00 and 7:00.
Hawaii is the same way, so
report it to the management company and if it hasn't improved,
it's perfectly acceptable to call the police.
Also, as other users have said, preservation of evidence is important and
necessary when notifying the noise source of a breach of contract.
Also, nationality depends on race, but there is a good chance that
the police will only come once and
it will stop. In my case, the landlord terminated the contract quickly after two reports.
However, if it is discovered that you are the one who reported the incident, the same thing can happen to you, and you can get upset
because of your race and nationality.
The strongest recording is a video with a clock and date and time.

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#7
  • Copilot
  • 2026/01/30 (Fri) 07:16
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City of Honolulu ( City&County of Honolulu ) Noise Standards

In Honolulu, City Ordinances ( Revised Ordinances of Honolulu ) in addition to state law set specific numeric standards The city of Honolulu has established specific numerical standards.

🚨Noise Standards for Residential Areas🚨
🌞 Daytime ( 7:00-22:00 ) : 60 decibels 🌛 Nighttime ( 22:00-7:00 ) : 50 decibels

This If it exceeds this level, it may be a violation, but if it is less than this level, it is useless to report it.
The police will properly measure the noise in your room and will go to you if the noise is above the legal limit.
However, the police will only give you a police report, so
you will be told to take the police report to the Housing Court to file an appeal.

It is useless to complain to the owner of the room if you do not exceed the legal standard.

The first step is to measure if the noise is of legal standard because you can measure it accurately with an app on your phone.

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#8
  • ABC
  • 2026/01/30 (Fri) 19:42
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Thank you all for the adbus !
I have to record it and leave evidence, and the noise standard has to be exceeded. And it could go to court ! ?
If it goes that far, this case may be at the unpleasant sound level of noise.

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  • 2026/01/30 16:06

Do you know of any spas in OC with red scrubbing ??

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Montessori Community School's Acceptance Examinations

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  • お受験ママ
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  • 2025/02/02 11:36

We moved to Hawaii from the Bay Area last May and have two children, our oldest is now 3.5 years old and our youngest is 1.5 years old.
I was interested in Montessori education before my children were born, and while researching, I heard that
Montessori Community School in the Makiki area is a wonderful school. I saw that over 95% of the students go to Iolani or Punahou each year
through the Feeding School to Iolani or Punahou schools.
I know that it is very difficult to get into Montessori Community School as there are several topics on this site.
I would like to enroll my oldest son from Kinder and my youngest son from Pre, what should I do to prepare for the entrance exam?
We would like to know what kind of education and preparation you have done for your son who is currently attending the school.
We have contacted the school and are afraid that the admission rate is quite high.

My two sons will be living in Hawaii for at least 10 years, so I am hoping that they will be able to attend Iolani School or Punahou School in the future
We are hoping to attend Montessori Community School. I heard that another school, Hana Hau'oli, is also a feeding school, but
I heard that you have to have some kind of connection such as family connection or working to get in, but I have given up because I have no connections in Hawaii.
I would appreciate any information you can give me if you have taken the test for Puri or Kinder.

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#49

# Thank you, 48.
I still think 78% is strange. I thought it was strange because they stopped announcing it on their website and the percentage didn't change even though only 3 out of 9 students were accepted. 30%? I was wondering if I should send my daughter to Pre, but I will consider it ! Thank you for the accurate information.

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#50

I am a parent considering transferring my child to Montessori 3rd grade starting August 2026. I have confirmed with the school that they have quite a few vacancies and are looking for students in all grades. it seems that the school has up to 6th grade and then 30% of the students are accepted and go on to Punahou middle and the rest are Mid-pac and Public. I know there is a difference in academic ability, but I wonder if they can keep up with their studies if they are accepted from middle school to punahou or Iolani … Of course, I know it is impossible to take the middle school entrance exam without a tutor.
I would like to know the actual situation of children who went from Montessori to Punahou or Iolani in the middle school. Thank you in advance.

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#55

Nice to meet you, my oldest entered Punahou from middle from MCS about 5 years ago.
At that time, about 80% of MCS graduates were accepted to Punahou, and my second child took the Punahou exam from MCS the year before last and was not accepted.
That year, 11 students took the Punahou exam and only 4 passed. Therefore, the older child is in Punahou and the younger child is in another middle school.
To enter Punahou middle school from MCS, you must have a Tutor. All of us had a Tutor. The school says it is not necessary, but it was impossible without a Tutor.
Since I entered Punahou Middle, I have had a lot of difficulties every year. The kids coming up from the bottom of Punahou are really smart. The kids coming up from the bottom at Punahou are really smart, a little surprising.
At MCS, my older son was able to come in at the top of his class, but once he entered Punahou, he felt inferior, and he was shocked.

We can't play tennis, swimming, or soccer in the MCS facilities; PE itself, we raised them in a situation where there was no place to do PE. There is no ground.
I grew up in a small group and did not notice the difference in academic ability. Now I am struggling a lot in Punahou. The MCS graduates who entered Punahou with me
are also not at the average level. I realized that there is such a big gap in academic achievement after I joined Punahou.
As others have said, many families at MCS have siblings attending together, and it was a very small, non-competitive, and relaxed environment.
I feel that if I only knew MCS as a school, I would have become an MCS believer. I think I became a believer in MCS because of the totally unfounded rumors that "MCS is a popular school, if you are in MCS, you can get into Punahou, Iolani from the middle, the acceptance rate is high, and even after getting into Punahou, Iolani, MCS graduates are at the top" and so on.
I also believed this until my two children took the entrance exam and went to other schools, but the reality is completely different.
MCS graduates do not reach the average level of Punahou. The percentage of MCS to Punahou acceptance is already below 30%. In fact, the numbers are clear in the school's announcement. Currently, the acceptance rate continues to drop dramatically, so it is not released publicly, but only announced to current students via email at graduation.
As a parent, I also regret that I believed the rumors within MCS and believed the fictions inside MCS such as 90% of Punahou pass and that you can be very high ranked even after entering Punahou. It seems like brainwashing.
In fact, 80% of the kids who go from Punahou to IVY or equivalent are from Kinder.

As well as the facilities of MCS schools, without being a weird MCS believer, and with an eye on reality, Elementary does not recommend MCS.

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#56

My child attended MCS in preschool. When it was time to go from preschool to kinder, I took the Punahou and Iolani exams and failed both.
They did not stay at MCS and moved to another school. 8 students from MCS Pre took the Punahou Kinder exam and 3 were accepted. Iolani had 4 students take the test and 2 were accepted. I had heard that Kinder had a high turnout, but we did not even get an alternate at all.
minami's story inside MCS, I heard it many times in my 2 years of pre. ( LOL ) Indeed, !
many parents of MCS alumni have their children attending or have several siblings attending, so there is some kind of false "internal MCS agaea myth" being spread !
Punahou likes MCS.................. ( lol )
The actual percentage of students going to Punahou and Iolani is much lower than the 78% on the website. One of my co-workers has a child who failed the 4th Punahou exam from MCS and was moved up from the 7th Punahou Waitlist and is in the bottom 20% of Punahou students. I heard that some of my friends who entered Punahou from MCS are struggling to reach the average. I think they are the same age as your child.

The preschool was good, including the teachers. However, I think that Elementary has been slipping away to other schools not only because of the facilities, but also because of the quality of the teachers, the decline in academics, and too few students in the same grade level. I am glad I moved my child from Kinder to another school and put her in an environment full of classmates in the same grade level. The Montessori pedagogy itself is only adaptable from age 1 to 6, so I'm not sure there is any point in being at Montessori after that. The only Montessori elementary in Hawaii is MCS because Montessori education is not adapted in elementary.
However, the preschool didn't teach much academically, but my child enjoyed it very much, so I have no regrets !.

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#57

My son graduated from MCS and went from Middle to Punahou and graduated last year. He is now attending a state college in the Mainland.
Oh no, you can't compare Punahou to MCS. To be clear, MCS graduates have a very hard time getting to the top in Punahou.
The "pure gold Punahou kids" ( from Kinder ) are almost always at the top. At Punahou, we call the kids from Kinder "Punahou Kids".
80% of the students who went on to the Ivy League and the most prestigious colleges were also from Kinder.
MCS is a Montessori school, so academics are appropriate, and from about the 4th grade onward, children aiming for Punahou Middle must attend cram school or Tutor.
Don't expect to get into Punahou or Iolani just by taking MCS classes, the SSAT is very revealing.
Punahou, you need to be at least 90% on the SSAT after all these years of academic improvement.
When my son took the Middle, he got 80%. Anyway, Punahou and Iolani are not just the top two.
Once you get in, it's a matter of whether you can keep up with the Punahou kids or not. Anyway, there was a huge difference between the two schools, so as other parents have said, it is true that I had a hard time studying after I entered Punahou.

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Qualified person to consult on Form 8621 Accounting firm

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  • Ice
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  • 2026/01/28 13:05

I did not close my investment account when I came to the U.S. and Form 8621 needs to be filed.
Please let me know which accounting firm you know that can help me in detail.

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Car insurance

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  • CA driver
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  • 2026/01/23 11:17

My AAA car insurance rates are going up every year and I'm looking for a better and cheaper policy.
I am a senior living in the SOUTH BAY with about 300 miles per month and have not had any accidents or violations in the last 3 years.

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  • 2026/01/26 (Mon) 10:08
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I heard from someone who worked for AAA about a technique to lower the cost of insurance. The low mileage ( proof needed ) thing you mentioned was the best. I was set up with 3000 miles all along as told by the unfriendly BBA at the insurance company ( Mercury ) but I didn't want to talk to the BBA so I got a different agent and sent another agent a picture of my actual mileage of 4750 miles and a receipt with mileage for an oil change. I sent the receipt with the actual mileage of 4750 miles and oil change to another agent and got a much lower price. Unfortunately, I did not get the money back that I kept paying for nothing. It also depends on your Commuting and Pleasure settings for Primary Use of the Vehicle. In case you are wondering, Costco is very inexpensive, but for several years now, they have not been able to accept new subscriptions for vehicles in the state of California.

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#8

Thanks for the reply. I'm a little further away from an update, so I'll check things out.

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#9
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  • 2026/01/26 (Mon) 21:44
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I see ! I can't get a new one in …

The same with the mileage ! It's dishonest that it was set at 30000 miles. I remember agents usually asking me all kinds of questions to make it as low as possible.

I applied for Costco online, so I don't have an agent, but I had a bad experience with Farmers, and since then I have been avoiding Farmers. I need to review my insurance policy as well.

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#10
  • マイル君
  • 2026/01/27 (Tue) 07:27
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This is from a person who worked for AAA ( Mr. J ). First of all, it seems that insurance premiums are quite high in the industry, and the reason for this is that they have to turn the money from the insureds to make their business viable. Since the company does not have much money, when an accident occurs, they try to avoid paying as much as possible. For example, they treat a car that would be expensive to repair as a total loss and charge less than the blue book > Accidental cars are collected in large numbers somewhere in the desert and sold to used car dealers or sold for parts to pay for the next accidental car. I also asked about home insurance, but since the topic is car insurance, I'm not going to do that.

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  • シュワちゃん
  • 2026/01/27 (Tue) 21:41
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10 Lies are terrible.

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Are you making a sticker book ??

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  • 平成一桁
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  • 2026/01/26 20:59

Is everyone making the trendy sticker books?
I've been interested in making one for a long time and decided to take the opportunity of the New Year to make one, but I can't find any stickers anywhere !
How do you all get stickers ? If anyone has any recommendations for this store in your area, please share the information.

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  • 2026/01/26 (Mon) 21:45
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Good luck when you find it ~ !

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Global Entry interview sites

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  • mahalo
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  • 2026/01/23 20:47

I saw in the Global Entry interview that the location is 300Rogders Blvd. Is it inside the airport ? ? or ?
I will park at the airport parking and walk there, please let me know if you know the detailed location. Thank you in advance.

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  • Zoo
  • 2026/01/25 (Sun) 01:33
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I have been there a few years ago and last summer. It is in the airport, above the international exit, so it is on the second floor. The airport is L-shaped, and I think there is a sign posted at the corner of the L-shaped airport. The venue, or rather the office, is very small. There are a lot of chairs in front of the entrance, and there are usually a few people sitting there waiting for their appointments. You can walk there from the airport parking lot. If you are worried, call the office directly and check. In my experience, sometimes they answer the phone and sometimes no one answers, and once I was told that the office had moved and I should call this number, but they had not moved. Of course you have an appointment ?

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  • mahalo
  • 2026/01/25 (Sun) 16:46
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Dear Zoo
Thank you !
I have already made an appointment.
I'm not sure what they will ask me, but I'll do my best !.

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  • Zoo
  • 2026/01/25 (Sun) 18:47
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The word "interview" may make you feel a bit nervous, but it's okay, because unlike a visa interview, it's just a face-to-face paperwork process. As I recall, even Japanese nationals living in Japan who do not have permanent resident status in the U.S. can apply for the visa now.

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#5

Just the basics, like names. The rest is fingerprinting and such. Just answer the questions they ask you, like have you ever committed a crime, and you'll be fine ! although some people might be annoyed by the bureaucratic nature of it all. It's fine !.

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