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Good luck with your move and: DONT eat the Cheese. 
UPDATED - Moved to Copenhagen, Denmark...
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I can easily attest to that. I was in Heidelberg when the USS Cole was targeted by that boat. The next day I was in Frankfurt am Main waiting for my flight out of Germany. While at Frankfurt airport--I was being stalked by a tall arab. To make a long story short--said arab almost got himself shot by a tall Gebirgejager--whom im still in touch with. The Jager asked me what I would have done if the arab tried something? I grinned and simply opened a large leather bag I was carrying that had about thirty pounds of German bier steins in it. I said that arab would have lost his teeth had he tried anything and the Jager grinned.
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That's the second time that you have advised me this... You must have had a bad experienceNot a big fan of cheese, especially the smelly kind. Thanks for the heads up
Heh heh,its a line I borrowed from the movie: Airplane. The character that Lloyd Bridges was playing--used that in one of his funny moments in the movie.
Imnot abig cheese fan either but do love Cheddar and Mozzerella and such.GatorFarmer
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There is something oddly surreal about an American being happy that he might be allowed to not have to store his guns in a safe at a club...
I greatly prefer my daughter to grow up in Wyoming. She will be walking soon, thus ready for her first rifle.
I greatly prefer my daughter to grow up in Wyoming. She will be walking soon, thus ready for her first rifle.
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This is a real, "if i could only have 5 revolvers thread." good luck to you and your family.
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The highly secured storage area at the gun club with a hundred different safes is climate controlled all year round. My house probably won't have AC. So it might be a better place to store them at the gun club, but I will probably want to keep them at my house eventually. I will just pull them out of the safe more often to give them a good wipe down with oil. Also I think I could bring six, but I am happy with the five. Besides, I can always buy one while I am there. They also don't import stamp them or proof mark them, that's a good thing.
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Gunar, whatever happened to your adventure of converting a Model 29-2 to .44 Special? Did that not pan out, or did you find out it wouldn't be kosher in Denmark after all, or what? http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-revolvers-1961-1980/392015-update-41-mag-44-spl-conversion.html
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I still have the model 29-2 and the .41 mag cylinder. I have the rechambering tool and a reamer to get the rechambering tool started. There is a question by my contact at the gun club about its 6.5" barrel. Not that it would still be stamped .44 magnum. But that it's too long. I have seen some information about recent changes in the gun laws there, and thought they allowed a 6.5" barrel now. Either way, I have everything to make the conversion. I will just keep everything and keep working on trying to get it over there once I get there.
I can understand wanting the best place to raise your daughter. But there are still many places in the USA that are excellent places to raise kids. We affectionately refer to our very small town as "Mayberry" ( you probably have to be over 50 to know what that means). It was a great place to raise our boys. They received an excellent education in a small school ( 275 students K - 12 all in the same bldg.) and were well prepared for college. Both have an MBA from a major university. Fourth of July here is a week long celebration and the pews are full on Sunday.
Once they are exported, can you bring them back again?
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ABSOLUTELY!!!!
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Happy Trails...may you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live.
And if you see Connie Nielson or Viggor Mortensen, tell em I said Hello!
And if you see Connie Nielson or Viggor Mortensen, tell em I said Hello!
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I recall Garrison Keillor lived in Denmark for a while, he noted it was not a nation of immigrants and if you didn't speak the language at the native cadence...Often the best benefit of living overseas is you find out what you really like about the USA.
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A "temporary export license" issued by the U.S. State Dept means you must bring them back with you when or if you come back. You are obligated to.
A "permanent export license" means you're allowed to sell/gift them away if you choose to do so. The "one time exception" export license is a simplified process for citizens moving abroad or to Canada.
A "permanent export license" means you're allowed to sell/gift them away if you choose to do so. The "one time exception" export license is a simplified process for citizens moving abroad or to Canada.
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This has been a fascinating thread to read tonight. I wish you the best. Since this is all a result of who you fell in love with, would it be too personal to tell us where and how you met your wife? Given your username, were you serving overseas or had she come here for college?
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Not too personal at all. I was stationed in Denmark on a TDY back in the mid 90s, however my wife is 13 years my junior. I never made it to Copenhagen while I was there, and she would have been just a child. But I met my wife six years ago when she was here on vacation. She went back to Denmark and we kept in close contact. She came back a second time and thats when we decided we wanted to spend the rest of our lives together and got married. I did all the US Immigration paperwork for her to be legal Permanent Resident here and together we did all the paperwork for me to be a legal Resident in Denmark.
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This, IMHO is a ballsy move. I had a hard time making a simple move to another state. I can't imagine how difficult it must have been for you to decide to move to another country. Best of luck to you and your family.
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There was nothing tough about the US Immigration paperwork under our circumstances. But the orchestration of the Danish residence/work visa, and all the revolvers import/export paperwork with the Danish govt and the US State Dept is the tough part. Very time sensitive. I ll be amazed if it all falls into place. As of now though, we are doing good and are right on track. Did I mention that the offer from Denmark is only good for six months?
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