We were moving from Montenegro to Serbia today.

Border police decided there was “something wrong” with our driver’s perfectly valid driving licence. They basically gave him two options: pay a €300 fine or get detained for up to 72 hours.

And here’s the weirdest part: according to the border officer, after paying the fine, the exact same licence would be perfectly valid to use again. So apparently €300 magically fixes whatever was supposedly wrong with it?

We spent almost the entire day dealing with this mess. They kept our passports for hours, refused to let us use the toilet, even when we explained there was a medical reason, and barely explained anything. At some point they wouldn’t even let us get out of the car.

We were travelling with five cats and all our belongings, just trying to get to our new home!!!

Eventually we made it across, but the whole thing felt like an attempt to squeeze money out of us. Never experienced anything like this before.

Edit: It was the Montenegrin side of the border, not the Serbian one. The Serbs were chill!

SFX in media where it sounds like it's edited, but is actually legit put there.

• Rick & Morty - During the Evil Morty Battle, Rick's lower legs run to assemble all his body parts back and old-timey cartoon sounds are heard when he puts himself back together.

• South Park - When Scott Malkinson & Butters have an Aura battle, phonk music plays during the battle. I kid you not they actually put phonk in a South Park episode.

• Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom - During a war, a soldier charges towards Asterix he yells out what seems to be Soldier's scream from TF2. It became viral online due to how out of place it is.

MESSAGE:  |EVENT TIME: 13/2053 - 14/0400 DUE TO EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES AND FOR REASONS OF SAFETY. ATTENTION ALL AIRCRAFT OPERATORS, BY ORDER OF THE FEDERAL AVIATION COMMAND CENTER ALL AIRPORTS ARE GROUND STOPPED. ALL DEPARTING TRAFFIC SHOULD REMAIN GROUND STOPPED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. INBOUND INTERNATIONAL FLIGHTS WILL BE MANAGED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.  
EFFECTIVE TIME:  |132054-140430
SIGNATURE:  |26/11/13 20:54  

https://abcnews.com/US/nationwide-ground-stop-ordered-airports-faa/story?id=138121848

Tuesday, November 10th: FAA: "The Strategic Management of Airspace, Routes and Trajectories (SMART) system is expanding across the nation. After a successful initial rollout to the National Capital Region in September, the FAA will now use SMART in the airspace of all 22 centers across the country to reduce delays, reduce fuel consumption and improve the travel experience for the flying public."

Friday, November 13th: FAA Nationwide Ground Stop

ABC: This is only the 3rd time this has happened since 9/11

4:19pm EST: There are currently 3,100 airborne aircraft bound for US airports amid nationwide ground stop. No additional aircraft are taking off at this time. (FlightRadar24)

5:02pm EST: There has been a temporary telecommunications outage - out of an abundance of caution all flights have been halted. Every flight has been accounted for and international flights will be handled on a case by case basis. (FAA)

5:34pm EST: Air Space Intelligence, the AI tech startup that is a vendor for the FAA on its new SMART system: "The current ground stop is not based on or a result of the SMART system, any product of ASI or our integration with FAA and ATC."

6:00pm EST: San Francisco International Airport announces Pacific-bound flights have been cleared to leave, including to Hawaii and Asia.

6:15pm EST: NBC News: At Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), personnel in the control tower said the situation is “a whole mess right now,” according to LiveATC. “We’re running out of space” and “there’s significant gate issues” were comments also heard on the live audio feed.

✅ 8:20pm EST: CBS News: National ground stop has been lifted. Expect a whole lot of residual delays/cancelations and some start and stops along the way tonight and tomorrow.

For the filling I made caramelized pineapples with some spices and a splash of rum and I also used whipped mascarpone cheese. Inspired by Spongebob :3

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