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5. Obtaining a Social Security Number(71view/0res) Problem / Need advice 2025/12/23 20:56
6. New legal developments, GC, and citizenship(839view/12res) Free talk 2025/12/22 18:18
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8. Beauty Salon now ?.(228view/0res) Local news 2025/12/17 17:19
9. Convert Japanese Yen to Dollars(456view/3res) Question 2025/12/17 13:26
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  • 2022/11/15 20:08

Gone again ?

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#4364
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  • 2025/12/20 (Sat) 23:17
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I'm not sure if they deliver AMAZON to post office PO boxes ?
I think it's usually just USPS deliveries.

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#4365
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  • 2025/12/22 (Mon) 08:50
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People who want different results but can't change their ways
Relationships have a huge impact on your life
Who you commit to makes a huge difference in your life

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#4366


The person posting that post is mistaken about the USPS people using taxpayer money for something that is not FEDERAL EMPLOYEE, and maybe Amazon delivers to 7-11
boxes or PHYSICAL ADDRESS, and the post office PO
box will not accept it. I don't think I'd accept it in a Box. BTW, UPS/FEDEX should not deliver to USPS PO boxes either.

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#4367
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  • 2025/12/23 (Tue) 06:31
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Come to think of it, Fedex is terrible ~. Notified that my meds from Pharmacy have been delivered. But I didn't receive them.
The picture shows it's not my front door ! So they obviously delivered it to the wrong house.
Then I file a claim and wait.
A few days later, the case closes unilaterally, with photos to prove it was delivered ! !
Meanwhile, Neighbor delivers it to my front door, with a note saying it was delivered to our house by mistake.
I complained again and sent it, with a photo of my own front door. Also took a picture of the note Neighbor wrote and attached it.
I never got a reply, but it was really bad. I know the delivery person could have made a mistake at my house, but Fedex's response is terrible. It's medicine.

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No driver brings a 20lb package and brings it back without leaving it for delivery.

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  • Ntomomi
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  • 2025/12/22 11:06

My Green Card will expire at the end of July next year. My mother is currently in the hospital for pneumonia, and if I have to return to Japan in case of emergency, I will probably stay in Japan for about one month. Please let me know if I have to return to Japan before the renewal or after the renewal but before the letter arrives. In both cases, should I get the I-551stamp? Thank you in advance.

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  • 2025/12/22 (Mon) 11:53
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I entered the country from LAX this July, 20 days before my GC expired. I applied for renewal in February and brought the letter with me, but when I entered the country, I asked the officer if I could have the extension letter. When I asked the officer if I needed an extension letter, he said "No, it's not expired, so you don't need it. I was told "No, it has not expired, so you don't need it.

Worst case scenario, you can have someone send the letter to Japan. It takes about a week to get it after you apply for it.

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#3

I was able to enter the country normally even though my GC had expired.
They didn't ask me any questions.

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The immigration officer must have missed it.

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Anything and everything related to travel to Japan, topical.

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  • 2018/02/14 11:44

Those of you who have crossed the ocean to come here to Los Angeles and Japan
are always concerned about something related to your travel between Los Angeles and Japan.

If you have anything to say or questions, please feel free to write.
I'll try to write "something" as well.

Example :
What means do you use to call when you return to Japan?

Which seat on the plane do you prefer, Aisle or Window, front, back,

Which airline do you think has the best food?

Which mode of transportation do you use to get to the local area?

and so on and so on

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#4519
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  • 2025/12/01 (Mon) 13:45
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Japan has seen a decrease in coronary infections but an increase in influenza cases ( 200,000 ).

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#4520
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  • 2025/12/11 (Thu) 17:40
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> 200,000 more cases of influenza ( )

I see. But isn't that every year?

Either way, I won't be in Japan until next spring, so things may have changed.

Still, one or two masks are not baggage at all, so I will probably carry one from here.

You might want to wear a mask, especially on the plane, which is a small and enclosed space.

But you have to take it off at the departure ・ entry inspection. Of course..,

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#4521
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  • 2025/12/20 (Sat) 21:35
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? What do you do with your children's English books when you go back to Japan for long periods of time, such as summer vacation?

The library near my parents' house has almost no English chapter books and I couldn't borrow them, so I guess I will have to bring them next year, but they are so heavy. I feel like it's kind of a waste of luggage to bring it back to the U.S. after reading it.

How is everyone else doing ??

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#4522
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  • 2025/12/22 (Mon) 18:24
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#4521 Chapters,

It's only been two days and I haven't seen any "responses".

Since the subject is about your child's "English education", even those who have ideas about it may not come to this category.

You might want to start a "Topic" by itself.

. In my case, long, long, long ago, I met my present wife in this area, married and had my first son, who is now in his 50's. We have two grandchildren and a granddaughter. He is now in his 50's. We have two grandchildren, and my granddaughter is now in college. So I didn't have the same problems as Mr. Chapters.

I guess it must be very difficult to educate your children when you eventually return to Japan.

My oldest son ・ and my second son are both LAUSD teachers for some reason.

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#4526
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  • 2025/12/25 (Thu) 22:37
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Thank you.

I have no plans to return to Japan for now. If I go to Japan, I can find books in Japanese, but not in English. I can't buy a lot of chapter books for early elementary school children because they don't read the same book over and over again, and moreover, what a task ? to bring them back to Japan and then bring them back to the US

Last time I brought 10 books and finished them in about 5 days. I was in trouble because I didn't have any more books to read. I feel like I've been away from English since I have zero English books left for the rest of my summer vacation.

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Let's gather the elderly ! !

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  • シニア65
  • 2023/09/23 09:56

How many elderly people of Japanese descent are living in LA? We would be happy to be a place of rest and relaxation for the elderly who use the Koryu Hiroba. We think the eligibility is from 65 years old and up.

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#1011
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  • 2025/12/04 (Thu) 13:07
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Tonight is the day when you can see the "super moon".

A supermoon is a full moon that appears larger and brighter than usual when the moon is at its closest "perigee" to the earth

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The last supermoon of the year, concluding three consecutive months

https://www.cnn.co.jp/fringe/35241218.html

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#1012
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  • 2025/12/06 (Sat) 09:23
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The super moon of the day before yesterday was nothing to write home about. Just a full moon.

I took out the super-zooming camcorder I used last time and the batteries were not charged.

The charger is in a junk box, so I smashed the whole box on the bed

I looked for a special charger for the camcorder, but *** nay.

So I gave up on the video camera.

"Why didn't I prepare it earlier?

Peachy, peachy, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku, tentsuku...it's all over now 。。。。 Misora Hibari

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#1013
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  • 2025/12/08 (Mon) 15:46
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I wonder if it will be erased if I put URL

Hibari Misora

♪ Festival Mambo - Hibari Misora ♪

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIY2oB3YGIs list=RDqIY2oB3YGIs&start_radio=1

August 15, 1952

I guess I did when I was in elementary school. My next-door neighbors were pachinko and smartball parlors

I'd remember the song even if I didn't say a word.

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#1014
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  • 2025/12/19 (Fri) 10:25
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Once a week, there is a yoga class at the Multipurpose Senior Center, which is managed and operated by the City of LA.

In addition to yoga classes, there are painting and other hobby classes, and free lunch is available, but of course the taste is not good at all. I used to be the only Japanese person who went here before Corona, but back then there used to be 15 ~ 20 people there every time. Now there are at most 8. I was almost the only man. The members who used to come before Corona no longer come. Some of them were over 90 years old at that time, but I think they are no longer in this world.

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#1015
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  • 2025/12/21 (Sun) 20:27
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Today, after a long time since Corona, my wife and I went up to the mountains or hills or highlands to the north of our house.

The area around there is called O'Melveny ・ Park, a series of bald hills that get higher as you go north. If you take State Highway 5 north of here, you will see

Six ・ Flags ・ Magic ・ Mountain
Six Flags Magic Mountain
https://www.sixflags.com /magicmountain

. It is called the "Disneyland" of the north with many attractions.
Next time young kids from Japan come to visit us, I will take them to this magic ・ mountain.

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Obtaining a Social Security Number

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  • ムタ
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  • 2025/12/23 20:56

I arrived in Torrance on 12/19 as an expat.
I needed a social security number ASAP and was able to get an appointment at the Compton office on 12/26, but it was cancelled due to a sudden office closing. I called the SSA call center, but the earliest appointment was the end of January. I called the SSA call center, but they said the earliest reservation was the end of January.
I read in some blogs that there are SSA offices where you can apply without an appointment. Does anyone know ?
By the way, the person at the call center said that an appointment is required. Yesterday at the SSA office in Hawthorne I was turned away at the gate.

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New legal developments, GC, and citizenship

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  • 2025/12/19 16:16

Regarding the information on the information board about GC retention and maintenance, I thought this was a predictable development. I have been in the US for over 40 years, but I am still a GC holder (non-renewal every 10 years 🙂 ). I just looked at the information on the citizenship test on the immigration web site, and it seems that the 65+ test is an easy one that can be taken without any study, so I thought it might be a good idea to get citizenship now if I am prepared for the test to become more difficult in the future.

Regardless of the type of GC, many people in their 50s and 60s are planning to return to Japan permanently after retirement, but the laws may change once the Trump administration is over, and if you are already retired in the US, it may be better to get citizenship. If you are already a retiree in the U.S., it may be better for you to become a citizen. I would be glad if you could share your opinion on these considerations, for example, I would keep my GC for these reasons, I would keep my citizenship, and so on.
Please do so.

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  • 2025/12/20 (Sat) 21:21
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No renewal just means they didn't want to pay ? How can someone who retains but refuses to pay be a citizen

I have a simple question.

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  • 2025/12/21 (Sun) 09:44
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It has been 40+ years. I wonder if the immigration officer at the
airport will have any distrust if the photo on the
card is different from the person in front of him who submitted it, even though it is a great thing that does not need to be renewed.

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#7

I'm afraid I've lost the purpose of the response and the post.
As for the GC with no renewal, it is legal. You can check it on the Immigration website. So I have never had a problem with custom to enter from overseas including to/from Japan.

Double Kim Man, 70+, I agree with the part about the benefits of citizenship. A long time ago, citizenship was not a benefit and I was not particularly interested in it because I am not rich enough to vote, jury duty, and taxes at the multi-million level, but I honestly feel that the Trump administration's mandates regarding GC retention are a hassle ↪Lo_V162↩(sweat).

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  • 2025/12/21 (Sun) 12:10
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An "unexpired green card" is an older type of U.S. Permanent Resident Card issued before about 1989 ( I-551 ) that does not list an expiration date and is still valid in principle, but is highly recommended by the Citizenship and Immigration Services
USCIS ) to be updated with a
Form I-90 due to inconvenience in traveling and using certain services ( such as Global Entry Due to inconvenience when using Form I-90, it is strongly recommended by the USCIS ( USCIS ) that you update your card to the latest version with Form I-90.
If you do not update your card, you run the risk of longer identification times at the airport, card reading errors, and you may also need a Re-entry Permit ( Re-entry Permit ) for long-term stays abroad.

Are the passport photo and the 40+ year old Grin Card photo the same photo?

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Uri,
Thank you again for your response. I would appreciate it if you could understand that my topic is not about GC without renewal, but about the future policy and its direction.

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Tell us about your experience with swimming lessons in Los Angeles.

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  • Sango Sunny
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  • 2025/11/23 03:27

Nice to meet you. We will be living near Park La Brea next year.
I would like to enroll my 6 year old daughter in swimming.

If you know of any swimming schools near Park La Brea or within driving distance, I would like to get some information.
I would appreciate it if you could tell me as much as you know about the atmosphere of the school, class settings, fees, etc.

Thank you very much.

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#2
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  • 2025/11/23 (Sun) 08:51
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For some reason, swimming lessons are ridiculously expensive in the U.S.

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The LA park recreation center does classes and they are inexpensive.
https://www.laparks.org/discover-activities?filters=category.Play_LA

PLAY LA twice a week for a month $ 10.
There is a test the last week to determine if you can move up to the next level.

In the US, outdoor pools offer swimming classes only during the summer months, while indoor pools offer swimming classes all year round.

Near Park La Brea is the Pan Pacific park pool, which is outdoor and does not offer classes in the fall and winter.
Then Eleanor G Roberts Aquatic Center is about 10 minutes by car and has an indoor pool with classes all year round.

My son used to take a few times $ about 150, but he rather enjoyed PLAY LA.

But the American swimming classes are short, about 25 minutes per class, so it's just a little too short.

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  • Sango Sunny
  • 2025/12/18 (Thu) 22:21
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Thank you for the detailed information.
It was very helpful to learn about the prices and class descriptions at PLAY LA.
I will look into the other facilities you mentioned.

Thank you so much for sharing the information based on your real experience.

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  • 2025/12/19 (Fri) 01:29
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Sorry for the sidebar !

Do you know of any in OC ? I heard there are about 150 a month in Irvine $ but I'm looking more around Fountain Valley and Garden Grove than Irvine. I'm not sure if I'm looking in the wrong place or not, but I can only find private ones.

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Beauty Salon now ?.

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  • しゅうたろう
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  • 2025/12/17 17:19

I used to live in Torrance a long time ago and there used to be a beauty parlor called Fathalia in Hawthone bld. I wonder if they are still in business today. ? The owner of the salon and I were good friends, but when I sent a message to his old email address, I couldn't reach him because the provider itself is no longer in business. I tried to call FASARIA, but the automated voice mail was not working at all. Please let me know if you know whether FASARIA is working or not. Please let me know !

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Convert Japanese Yen to Dollars

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  • Anna
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  • 2025/12/04 21:51

Ladies and gentlemen, when converting Japanese money to dollars, which conversion rate is better, in Japan or in the U.S. ? If in Japan, how about converting to dollars at the foreign exchange at Narita Airport ? Please advise me 🙇.

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  • 2025/12/05 (Fri) 20:55
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https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%83%89%E3%83%AB%E5%86%86%E7%9B%B8%E5%A0%B4&rlz=1C1VIQF_enUS1146US1146&oq=%E3%83%89%E3 %83%AB%E5%86%86%E7%9B%B8%E5%A0%B4&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCjE0MTU2ajBqMTWoAgiwAgE&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

I checked the above site for now.

I think it is more disadvantageous to convert "Yen" to "Dollar" in this country than in Japan. Maybe........

I have converted dollars → into yen at Narita Airport when I went to Japan for a trip a long time ago,
but I did it because I needed it for my trip to Japan, so I did not care about the market price at all.

Sorry for the useless response.

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  • 円欲しい
  • 2025/12/06 (Sat) 06:30
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I would like to say 😭 I will exchange my money because every time I have to pay a Japanese bank to convert my money to dollars → yen for a fee.

The conversion rate is important, but I try not to carry cash in the US, so I think it's better to come all the way here in Japan. I think it's better to come all the way from Japan. After exchanging money, there are a lot of cases where people think you have money and follow you and rob you. I don't know from the airport yet, but it seems to be common in banks. I think it is better to exchange money in Japan and carry it safely.

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Immigration inspection after receiving a warning

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  • いぶにんぐ娘。
  • 2025/12/06 10:22

I was doing private tours with Vima and Loco Tavi, and I got a letter from California Public Utilities saying that I had received a warning notice.
I think the customer who picked me up took a picture of my car's license plate number, and they reported it to California Public Utility.
It's a letter telling me not to do unauthorized cab driving, but it doesn't say anything about fines or anything like that.
I have to go back to Japan in a hurry now, and I will be back soon, but I wonder if I will have to go through immigration again when I come back to the US ?.

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I guess it depends on whether or not the visa is workable and whether or not the income is reported on the tax return.

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  • 名無しの権兵衛
  • 2025/12/08 (Mon) 07:58
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Even if it did, it would be a problem because it's unauthorized.

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  • 2025/12/08 (Mon) 08:49
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I think he went to the Dodgers or something ?
I don't think he tipped off the customer, he tipped off the Uber driver or something
If the car is tied to you, he'll be caught in immigration
He'll check your cell phone history or something and you're out.

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#6

I was a private guide with both Vima Travel and Rocotavi until a few years ago. I knew for sure there would be a certain number of clients who would report to the authorities. We even got ice cream, so it was very difficult. We don't do it anymore. If you underestimate the importance of private guiding, I think you will have a bad experience.

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