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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mas.to/users/kims/statuses/117352252774978898">Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Sep-2026 12:43:07 JST</a><a href="https://mas.to/@kims" title="kims@mas.to"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/67357-48-20250524161734.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Kim Scheinberg" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Kim Scheinberg</a></section><article><p>A few days ago I was at the airport in Barcelona filling out paperwork to get VAT refunds for purchases made in France, Germany, and Spain</p><p>The Spain administrivia was handled by a machine scanning a receipt and my passport — the refund hit my credit card before I landed in NYC — but the France and Germany refunds required forms that needed to be stamped, put in envelopes, and dropped in a mailbox right next to the processing area</p><p>My oldest (27) watched as I tried three times to lick the envelope before realizing that that is not how envelopes are sealed anymore</p><p>Feeling my age, I felt compelled to offer some history lessons, starting with "when I was a kid, luggage didn't have wheels..."</p><p>Here's a pic of me and my boys having lunch at 9Reinas</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/6719900#notice-13217894">In conversation</a><time datetime="2026-09-29T12:43:07+09:00" title="Tuesday, 29-Sep-2026 12:43:07 JST">about 13 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mas.to/@kims/117352252774978898" rel="external" title="Sent from mas.to via ActivityPub">mas.to</a></span></span><a href="https://mas.to/@kims/117352252774978898">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/6461272">two young men on either side of me, we are all wearing matching shirts that are plaid, striped, checked, and chaotic in colors or black, blue, and redI have on mismatched sneakers in orange and green, my hair is dyed 3/4 1/4 yellow (blellow, we call it)</a></label><br><a href="https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/117/352/234/016/907/586/original/74acc637ce48cb5f.jpg" rel="external">https://media.mas.to/media_attachments/files/117/352/234/016/907/586/original/74acc637ce48cb5f.jpg</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Kim Scheinberg (kims@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 29-Sep-2026 12:43:07 JST Kim Scheinberg
A few days ago I was at the airport in Barcelona filling out paperwork to get VAT refunds for purchases made in France, Germany, and Spain
The Spain administrivia was handled by a machine scanning a receipt and my passport — the refund hit my credit card before I landed in NYC — but the France and Germany refunds required forms that needed to be stamped, put in envelopes, and dropped in a mailbox right next to the processing area
My oldest (27) watched as I tried three times to lick the envelope before realizing that that is not how envelopes are sealed anymore
Feeling my age, I felt compelled to offer some history lessons, starting with "when I was a kid, luggage didn't have wheels..."
Here's a pic of me and my boys having lunch at 9Reinas
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1. two young men on either side of me, we are all wearing matching shirts that are plaid, striped, checked, and chaotic in colors or black, blue, and red I have on mismatched sneakers in orange and green, my hair is dyed 3/4 1/4 yellow (blellow, we call it)
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