Joanna
Mike Ballard wrote:
>Bob W asked:
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>And which country is that, Mike? The closest one to me only wants people with
>specific skills, like nursing.
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>I took a chance and flew to Australia seven years ago today. I had snagged a
>six month visa from the Aussie Consulate in LA and was planning to write a
>novel in the peace and quiet of WA while living on my meagre library pension.
>At the time, the Aussie dollar was in the toilet and there was no mining boom
>in Western Australia--rents were a tenth of those in the SF Bay Area. So, I
>smoked my last joint and waited for a friend to drive me from Paly to SFO where
>I caught a United flight to Melbourne and from there on Ansett over the
>Southern Ocean to Perth. A woman named Jenny Armstrong met me at the airport.
>She'd been feeding me info on WA via the Internet, rents and so on...A couple
>of years later, we got hitched at our local dojo and this year, I passed from
>being a mere "permanent resident" to becoming a dual citizen--U.S./Oz.
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>Mike B)
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