Sunday, February 21, 2016

In the( likely? unlikely? who knows how likely?) event of a move to Cuba

I have a running list of things that need to get done but a growing list of things that I have questions about.

Such as:
1. Internet. It's such a common thing here in the US, but everyone I've talked to who's been there says it's miserable at best AND that you should bring satellite dish with you to accomplish this.   So, after online chatting with people who tell me that it is impossible to take a dish with you outside of the continental US and from forums which say you need a bigger than average size dish, wouldn't you know- the #6 thing on my google results list is that "prisoners get satellite TV and soduku and happy meals" in GTMO.  So riddle me this, joker- how is it that the PRISONERS there get satellite tv yet the families stationed there cannot? There has got to be a way, I just haven't fount it yet.   I can get dial up. yeah. However, since we haven't had TV service in forever, we are used to streaming entertainment regularly. This will be a problem. Also a problem-if you use satellite internet you are limited to a certain about of data a month. If you've seen my kids binge play online games, I'm pretty sure it will be a problem here when we hit that limit in about 6 hours.

2.  Pets. So we can bring our pet(s) no problem, The problems is that when we arrive, unless there is a house waiting for us, the pet have no where to go since there is no boarding facility and you cannot bring them into the hotel.

3.  Passports. Why can adults renew by mail but kids must be done in person with BOTH parents present.  Also. Why does there have to be 2 different passports? Can't we use the passport with the most clout? Or, neve rmind, I remember the class I had to sit through on being a terror target and it probably goes back to being a low priority target..  And if so- why don't they re-reimburse for those?

4. Vaccines. Don't get me started. But we are not almost vaccinated enough to live in the US....


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