Michael ([info]ikilled007) wrote,
@ 2008-05-04 23:26:00
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Ask Me Shit Here
Ok, a lot of you have questions for me. Ask them in this post. Sorry if you have to repeat your query from another post, but this is much easier for me. I'll answer any intelligent question as specifically as I reasonably can.

Hit me.


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[info]fyremaven
2008-05-04 09:58 pm UTC (link)
When is Crystal due? do you want presents? if so, where should we mail them? are you getting married? when? can we come? ;-)

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[info]ikilled007
2008-05-05 11:42 am UTC (link)
6/26. No thanks, I hate presents. Not sure when/where we're getting married. One day.

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[info]madkiwi
2008-05-04 10:02 pm UTC (link)
Have not figured this out yet- are you working there? What are the rules like for furriners who want to move to Italy?

Were you allowed to bring firearms? If you wanted to is it possible, and are there any restrictions (AW type bans etc)?

Think you will stay forever?

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[info]ikilled007
2008-05-05 11:43 am UTC (link)
I am working. I don't know what a furriner is. I don't know the firearm rules and I don't need one here.

I expect this to be my home.

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[info]rainmanesq
2008-05-04 10:06 pm UTC (link)
hi, i stumbled across your lj ages ago (just before katrina), but have never commented.

did you apply for dual citizenship or surrender your US citizenship? if you applied for dual citizenship was it based on ancestry or something else? how long did it take?

what do you wish you knew then that you know now about living in italy?

how did you deal w/the US $ being worth less?

were you completely fluent in italian before arriving?

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[info]ikilled007
2008-05-05 11:46 am UTC (link)
Dual, but I might surrender US citizenship eventually. I am still in the process of getting citizenship, I'm not even sure how long it takes or anything but I have someone taking care of it for me.

Well I knew it but didn't think of it -- I should have bought a bunch of power converters.

I exchanged all our $ for Euro.

Hell no. But I could/can read a lot of it and understand it when its spoken not too fast.

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[info]gerbie
2008-05-04 10:26 pm UTC (link)
Will you ever admit that you are wrong?

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[info]john_of_arabia
2008-05-05 02:17 am UTC (link)
ha, not frigging likely.

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[info]ikilled007
2008-05-05 11:47 am UTC (link)
I always admit when I'm wrong. What do you think I'm wrong about?

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[info]gerbie
2008-05-06 03:47 pm UTC (link)
Just a question in general. In the past we have had some discussions, I can't remember you ever admitted that you were wrong. So, when you asked, I put the question in, not referring to any particular case.

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[info]jonfmorse
2008-05-04 10:50 pm UTC (link)
Why are you doing such a shitty job as the Royals' hitting coach?

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[info]ikilled007
2008-05-05 11:47 am UTC (link)
Because I forgot to tell them to keep their back elbow up.

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[info]adpfromga
2008-05-04 10:52 pm UTC (link)
Are you going to let your daughter pose for Vanity Fair without her shirt on when she is 15?

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[info]evilegg
2008-05-04 10:57 pm UTC (link)
She had on her pants- pants are way more important.
If Crys and Mike had kept on their pants, Mike wouldn't be in Italy right now.

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[info]georgiarepublic
2008-05-04 11:19 pm UTC (link)
LOL. :)

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[info]ikilled007
2008-05-05 11:48 am UTC (link)
Haha fuck no.

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[info]evilegg
2008-05-04 11:01 pm UTC (link)
When you go to the beach, do you wear a Speedo?

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[info]john_of_arabia
2008-05-05 02:17 am UTC (link)
eeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

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[info]evilegg
2008-05-05 03:31 am UTC (link)
What?! Dude- I got your email. Did you not think I'd ask him?

;)

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[info]ikilled007
2008-05-05 11:48 am UTC (link)
I'm the only non-tourist over 20 who doesn't.

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[info]evilegg
2008-05-05 11:48 pm UTC (link)
Are you still shopping for just the right color?

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[info]ikilled007
2008-05-07 12:14 pm UTC (link)
Why don't you send me a size 34 hot pink one?

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[info]evilegg
2008-05-07 12:39 pm UTC (link)
T back, or full bottom?

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[info]rainbowgirl28
2008-05-05 12:50 am UTC (link)
Do you have a job in Italy? I am confused about what you do all day besides take pictures of the gorgeous scenery and blogging.

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[info]gentlemaitresse
2008-05-05 01:15 am UTC (link)
Doesn't everyone know that he's independently wealthy??

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[info]ikilled007
2008-05-05 11:49 am UTC (link)
Yes. I work in development projects doing cash flow analysis and such.

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[info]xp00tx
2008-05-05 01:04 am UTC (link)
attention whore.

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[info]ikilled007
2008-05-05 11:50 am UTC (link)
When are you coming to visit?

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[info]octal
2008-05-05 01:14 am UTC (link)
Are there any businesses americans would be allowed to start/run in your area (i.e. things which wouldn't step on the toes of local establishment, and might create net economic benefit there) for which there is a reasonable demand?

I'd assume a good Indian restaurant and possibly a sushi place, and maybe some kind of IT related thing which is sufficiently specialized that it's not already there (apple store? computer forensics consultancy?)

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[info]ikilled007
2008-05-05 11:51 am UTC (link)
Good question. It's hard to say. Maybe an Apple store.

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well ...
[info]btripp
2008-05-05 01:36 am UTC (link)
You've pretty much indicated that "the average guy" wouldn't have had a prayer making the move you did. You apparently managed to become independently wealthy prior to Katrina, you seem to have contacts with "a family" there (under whose sponsorship you are operating), you've got the hot model wife ... all the pieces are in place for a perfect EuroTrash fantasy ... is there any practical "take away" the rest of us can use from your unfolding story?


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Re: well ...
[info]ikilled007
2008-05-05 11:52 am UTC (link)
Make sure you can adapt to whatever life throws at you.

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[info]malathion
2008-05-05 03:10 am UTC (link)
Why do you hate freedom?

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[info]pinkfu
2008-05-05 05:20 am UTC (link)
hahaha
I think, after all this time, I love you.

Love you like a mother would love her retard son.

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[info]ikilled007
2008-05-05 11:52 am UTC (link)
I've explained this numerous times...

We're not all equal. Why should we all be treated as equals? DUH.

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[info]malathion
2008-05-05 07:11 pm UTC (link)
Fascist.

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[info]fitfool
2008-05-05 12:35 pm UTC (link)
How did you guys pick out Sicily? Is that where Crystal's from originally? Do either of you have family out there?

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[info]ikilled007
2008-05-05 01:19 pm UTC (link)
Sicily is close to Crys' modeling in Italy. It's an island. It's self-sufficient. It's safe. It's not under the thumb of the US.

I do have cousins out here, but I don't know who they are yet. I am collecting information from my Grandpa.

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[info]fitfool
2008-05-07 12:44 pm UTC (link)
Cool. Where is Crystal's family from?

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[info]themeshuggener
2008-05-05 12:46 pm UTC (link)
Other than the ability to adapt to whatever life throws at you, what advice do you have for a person of my age that's stuck in America and how can I cope with the impending political and economic crises?

Side note: I have friends in northern Italy so I'm fully willing to flee if need be.

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[info]ikilled007
2008-05-05 01:22 pm UTC (link)
You have to insulate yourself without drawing attention to yourself. Ask yourself what skills and what equipment and what supplies you'll need to survive comfortably when things get ugly. You want to be as much off the grid as possible for now. Out of the system. Don't get tickets. Don't file lawsuits. And so forth. You want to make as small a blip on the Fed radar as possible. That makes it easier to just slip away.

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[info]whysyn
2008-05-05 04:25 pm UTC (link)
How do you figure actual inflation rate? Please let me know your sources and methodology.

Thanks!

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[info]ikilled007
2008-05-07 12:13 pm UTC (link)
I look at MZM.

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[info]rightc0ast
2008-05-05 10:51 pm UTC (link)
I think the economy is going collapse myself. Do you think in the short term though, I could do better with ETFC than metals. I think in a couple months that should be back up around 8 bucks. Double money. Thoughts?

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[info]ikilled007
2008-05-07 12:13 pm UTC (link)
I couldn't say as to short term trading which route is the way to go.

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[info]mahogany
2008-05-06 12:42 am UTC (link)
Homeschooling - now that this child is no longer hypothetical, is this still something you plan to do? What's the homeschooling vibe in your area? Are there many homeschoolers?

Do you and Crystal have a good support system for when superbaby arrives? By support system, I don't mean connections that can pull strings for you, I mean people with whom you're actually close, and that are involved in your lives in a meaningful way (and if they double as connections that can pull strings, even better!).

You mentioned that it's quite a process to get a house built in Sicily. Are you hoping to have one built for you at some point?

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[info]ikilled007
2008-05-07 12:12 pm UTC (link)
That's something we haven't started investigating yet. We still have a few years to make a decision.

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