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Where are you from?
Re: Where are you from?
by Mawkish1983 » Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:58 am
Oh I don't mind, just confused because other people said they voted 'uk' but I don't see the option <shrugs>
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Re: Where are you from?
by mikenz66 » Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:03 am
Mawkish1983 wrote:Oh I don't mind, just confused because other people said they voted 'uk' but I don't see the option <shrugs>
Well you could vote "New Zealand". Currently we are losing to Australia, which is never good...
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Re: Where are you from?
by Ben » Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:22 am
mikenz66 wrote:Mawkish1983 wrote:Oh I don't mind, just confused because other people said they voted 'uk' but I don't see the option <shrugs>
Well you could vote "New Zealand". Currently we are losing to Australia, which is never good...
Mike
You should be used to it by now, Mike!
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Re: Where are you from?
by Stephen K » Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:28 am
Mawkish1983 wrote:Was the UK option removed from the poll?
Yes, I removed it so that both Australia and New Zealand can fit in due to the limited number of poll choices to 10.
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Re: Where are you from?
by Ben » Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:46 am
Stefan wrote:Mawkish1983 wrote:Was the UK option removed from the poll?
Yes, I removed it so that both Australia and New Zealand can fit in due to the limited number of poll choices to 10.
An excellent decision young Stefan!
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Re: Where are you from?
by Mawkish1983 » Thu Jul 02, 2009 12:07 pm
Ben wrote:Those bloody whinging poms need to know their place in this world!
You know I love you Ben- Mawkish1983
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Re: Where are you from?
by woini » Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:28 pm
(Ethiopia)
Yay ! Africa is on the list !
Am I the only African here ?
Yay ! Africa is on the list !
Am I the only African here ?
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Re: Where are you from?
by retrofuturist » Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:35 am
Greetings Woini,
I know we have a member, Sally Gross, who is South African (I assume by birth, though I'm not totally sure) but she doesn't seem to be an active member unfortunately. Unfortunate because she's very knowledgeable and I know her input has been respected by several people here in the past.
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woini wrote:Am I the only African here ?
I know we have a member, Sally Gross, who is South African (I assume by birth, though I'm not totally sure) but she doesn't seem to be an active member unfortunately. Unfortunate because she's very knowledgeable and I know her input has been respected by several people here in the past.
Metta,
Retro.
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Re: Where are you from?
by Ben » Fri Jul 03, 2009 2:16 am
Hi Mawk
I'm so glad you appreciate my wicked sense of humour! Speaking of all things English, my daughter arrived in London a few days ago amidst the heatwave.
Metta
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Mawkish1983 wrote:Ben wrote:Those bloody whinging poms need to know their place in this world!
I'm so glad you appreciate my wicked sense of humour! Speaking of all things English, my daughter arrived in London a few days ago amidst the heatwave.
Metta
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Re: Where are you from?
by Mawkish1983 » Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:45 am
Ben wrote:my daughter arrived in London a few days ago amidst the heatwave.
I hear it reached 35 in London, which I suppose is not that high compared to Australia in the height of summer, but we as a country not equiped to deal with it. It was very dangerous. Was your daughter okay?
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Re: Where are you from?
by Ben » Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:24 am
Hi Mawk
Freya is fine. She sent me an sms when she arrived and I imagine she's enjoying catching up with friends and seeing the sights before heading off to Barcelona next week. She's a very capable young woman. The year before last she spent part of her gap year working for an NGO in Banda Aceh province in Indonesia, teaching school kids in Bahasi Indonesian personal hygiene. No doubt, in time I'll be a recipient of a group-email-as-postcard telling me of her travels. But right now, she's probably too busy having a good time.
Yes, as you know we've heard about the heatwave in the UK and yes, the message I've been hearing is that you're not set up to deal with extreme temperatures.
Summer days where I used to live in central Victoria regularly climbed above 40 deg C. I have to admit, I'm not a big fan of hot weather.
Cheers
Ben
Freya is fine. She sent me an sms when she arrived and I imagine she's enjoying catching up with friends and seeing the sights before heading off to Barcelona next week. She's a very capable young woman. The year before last she spent part of her gap year working for an NGO in Banda Aceh province in Indonesia, teaching school kids in Bahasi Indonesian personal hygiene. No doubt, in time I'll be a recipient of a group-email-as-postcard telling me of her travels. But right now, she's probably too busy having a good time.
Yes, as you know we've heard about the heatwave in the UK and yes, the message I've been hearing is that you're not set up to deal with extreme temperatures.
Summer days where I used to live in central Victoria regularly climbed above 40 deg C. I have to admit, I'm not a big fan of hot weather.
Cheers
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Re: Where are you from?
by Individual » Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:50 pm
Stefan wrote:Select the region or country where you originally come from.
Maryland... United States. But I'm a dual citizen of the USA and the UK, because I was born in America and my mother is American, but my father is British and had me registered there.
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Re: Where are you from?
by retrofuturist » Mon Jul 13, 2009 12:38 am
Greetings Individual,
That's handy... especially nowadays how that access extends to the EU.
Metta,
Retro.
That's handy... especially nowadays how that access extends to the EU.
Metta,
Retro.
If you have asked me of the origination of unease, then I shall explain it to you in accordance with my understanding:
Whatever various forms of unease there are in the world, They originate founded in encumbering accumulation. (Pārāyanavagga)
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Re: Where are you from?
by AdvaitaJ » Wed Jul 15, 2009 12:59 am
woini wrote:(Ethiopia)
Yay ! Africa is on the list !
Am I the only African here ?
My understanding is that if you go back far enough, we're all Africans!
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Re: Where are you from?
by Dhammabodhi » Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:02 am
Born in Calcutta, brought up in Gaya, India. 
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A concentrated mind sees things as they really are.
-Ujuko nāma so maggo, abhayā nāma sā disā.
उजुको नाम सो माग्गो, अभया नाम सा दिसा |
'Straight' is this path, fearlessness is its way.
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A concentrated mind sees things as they really are.
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Re: Where are you from?
by woini » Wed Jul 15, 2009 6:08 pm
AdvaitaJ wrote:My understanding is that if you go back far enough, we're all Africans!
If human history is put in a 24 hour time slot with present day as midnight, humans (some of you guys anyway) left Africa 85,000 years ago or at the hour of 11:36 pm only 24 minutes before midnight.
I left in 1980.
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Re: Where are you from?
by Modus.Ponens » Wed Aug 26, 2009 12:07 pm
Portugal here 
The sentence in my signature is false
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Re: Where are you from?
by suriyopama » Sun Sep 27, 2009 12:54 am
No Samsaraland? Ok, so i choose Europe (Spain) currently living in Thailand
Ok, so i choose Europe (Spain) currently living in Thailand-
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Re: Where are you from?
by pink_trike » Sun Sep 27, 2009 1:46 am
Combustion and vibration. Home, sweet home. 
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