I don't make a lot of personal posts so please bear with me.
I don't make a lot of personal posts so please bear with me. #Rufus hasn't been doing well for the past week or so. I mean, he's 13 (at least), and has slowed down due to age, but the past week or two he's been acting like every movement is a Herculean effort. A few times in the past couple of weeks his rear legs have given out on him completely to where I've had to pick him up and carry him which is, in itself, telling. Rufus has always hated being carried and struggled continuously when I did so. Yesterday while petting him I noticed two golf-ball sized things up under his chin. Now, they may be benign lipomas as Rufus is covered with them (one one each thigh, one on each shoulder, one on his chest and a few smaller bumps here and there) or they may be indicative of something else. I'm no vet and aside from emergency medic battlefield training I have no medical experience whatsoever, but these new things seem to be where your or mine lymph nodes are located....
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I'd say that's pretty valuable.
Aside from a hand full of nations who hate Americans more than they love our money, travel anywhere but the US is a privileged experience for an American with a US passport. I've stood in line watching Africans get proctology exams while I was waved through with a subtle nod, like "we know you're an American."
I live in Singapore. The team of 13 I work in has 10 different nationalities and we do a lot of travelling. I can assure you that Singaporeans have it very easy. There are even countries where they don't need visa, but I as a swedish citizen do.
BTW, that doesn't mean the US government will respect his choice or abstain from harassing him about tax. Ask Kim Dot Com what the US does when you tick off the State.