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MTL,
Good point. So we should form a lobbying group to pressure Hollywood into devoting 1/3 of the film to visa hassles if the film deals with foreign work or living. And to compensate, make an alternate reality film where the protagonist must stay home because the visa was denied. So Julia Roberts must go home after 90 days in Schengen and stays home, period.

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Alexander LOL ;-)

actually, the sequel, called 'Committed', deals with this to some extent, albeit in the US:
> In the year following their meeting, Felipe and Gilbert cobbled together a long-distance relationship; he would stay with her in the U.S. for 90-day jaunts, and the rest of the time they'd live apart or travel the world. One day in the spring of 2006, they returned to the Dallas Airport and Felipe was detained at the border. An Immigration agent said he could not enter the country again unless he married Gilbert.Gilbert spent the next year in exile with Felipe—straining the relationship.

But I guess most people never made it to the sequel ;-)


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The only one I know moved back home.

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Gawkabout: is your pal in Spain "Bill from Seville", by chance? I know him myself, if it's the same guy (sounds like it). He's a blast!

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Stayed away from this forum for over a year of more after BBC bought controlling share and changed the original format but I agree with the above about any post being someone's only post is highly suspicious and could be to be done for private interrests. Tripadvisor and Virtualtourist include many reviews with the same questionable character.

Our daughter's heading for Europe and eventually Spain also in the fall this year to immerse herself in the language so she can gain fluency. Careers are nearly impossible to continue or allowed to grow or improve one's resume when one chooses "life on the road" less traveled. Open minded faith is required and a good eye for opportunity and being socially charismatic helps more than almost anything. Being able to meet others, listen learn and ready to share and be spontaneous will aid you more than your past work record.

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Stayed away from this forum for over a year of more after BBC bought controlling share and changed the original format

Bill, i totally agree with you on this.

The BBC buying a controlling share was a recipe for disaster for LP

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Stayed away from this forum for over a year of more after BBC bought controlling share and changed the original format

sorry, but what are you blabbing on about? can you point to some concrete changes and then demonstrate that these have anything to do with who owns LP's shares? LP has always been a commercial enterprise- not some kind of not-for profit NGO.

I agree with the above about any post being someone's only post is highly suspicious and could be to be done for private interrests.

well, yes, I presume the person who posted this did i for his own private interests. No for anybody else's.


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Uhh, for one, the BBC is a not for profit entity.

You have to realise that a lot of people are upset right now with the BBC, because they make all these investments like this and NOBODY knows where the profits go.

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uhh, for one, LP is owned by BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Worldwide


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Yep, i don't need wikipedia to tell me that.

But, BBC is a non profit making organisation.

Nobody knows how the profits from it's commercial arm are used or where they go to.

BBC worldwide sell rights to programmes produced by the BBC.

UK television licence holders pay for those programmes to be produced.

Then the BBC sell the rights to those programmes to other countries etc.

But still, nobody knows how the original funders of those programmes ( the general public paying license payers) benefits from the sale of those rights.

Funded by the public, sold for profit.

That seems to be the general synposis and belief of most people who pay their tv licenses.

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