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   | Hi all, 
 
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 ORIGINAL:  AW1Steve
 
 
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 ORIGINAL:  Apollo11
 
 
 BTW, is the federal US government shutdown affecting any of our "over the big pond" thread brothers?
 
 
 Yeah, I live on a USAF base. Most services are cancelled. Lots of my friends are on furlough, the active duty folks have had all training and travel cancelled. Of course most of things had already been in effect prior to the "slimdown" due to sequestration. The pool, library , recreational facilities and similar facilities have been closed since January. Now things like the commissary are totally shut down , medical is pretty much emergencies and mission essential only. Fortunately Congress protected military pay and retirement pay comes from a different accounting system.  And we've not been evicted from base housing (even though we do pay rent).
 
 
 RGR
 
 
 
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 ORIGINAL:  Feltan
 
 
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 ORIGINAL:  Apollo11
 
 BTW, is the federal US government shutdown affecting any of our "over the big pond" thread brothers?
 
 
 Yes.
 
 My passport application is on hold -- bad timing on my part.  Also, a close friend is on furlough and burning through his vacation time.  All-in-all, just about no discernible impact to daily life.
 
 Another couple of months and things might get a bit more troublesome.
 
 Regards,
 Feltan
 
 
 Thanks fo info guys - fingers crossed that all is resolved soon...
 
 
 Leo "Apollo11"
 
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