Where Were You Born

[Stu in Tokyo]

No problems Tony and no hard feelings.

A simple search would reveall all.

Peter4.

I'd have to know about the poll to be able to search for it.

Cheers!

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

A simple search would reveall all.

Sometimes a simple search reveals TOO MUCH! A certain pic of The Foiled Avenger, for example. [shudder] That search ruined my meals for weeks afterwards...

[Sturdee]

Sometimes a simple search reveals TOO MUCH! A certain pic of The Foiled Avenger, for example. [shudder] That search ruined my meals for weeks afterwards...

Must have a weak stomach , if so a complex search might be better.


Peter.

[ozwinner]

http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com...77&postcount=7

Al

[Wild Dingo]

the "where" for most is easy. The "why" is an altogether different matter :eek: :eek: :eek:

Well... not something I generally discuss or talk about but here goes...

Where?... I was born on a station halfway between Carnarvon and Mt Augustus in WA down near the creek where all my family had been born for many many years about 5 klicks from the homestead... we werent allowed to birth our children at the homestead "not done dontcha know"...lived there until I reached puberty then buggared of as soon as I could... mother was a 3/4 caste Yamitjii Aboriginal (yes thats the same tribe as Earnie DIngo belongs to only hes from down around Geraldton)

Why?... cause white fellas on the station used to use the "black velvet" for their own purposes... I was the result of that.

A better question yet would be "What is the most important achievement of your life so far" or perhaps "what has happened to change your life since you were born" or maybe "What event or events had the most powerful and lasting impact on your life"... any of those would bring some interesting responses.

Cheers

[BrisBen]

I voted "Other"

I'm a Queenslander

[Bushmiller]

Born in North London in times when they still had trolley buses gracing the streets. Married an Australian in 1978 in Australia, but returned to UK.

Emigrated to Newcastle, NSW in 1980. My heritage is virtually irrelevant. I was granted Australian citizenship in 2004. I regard myself as Australian in thought, even if I am not Australian by birth. I certainly do not barrack for the poms in any shape or form.

Now back to the citizenship. I delayed doing anything about it for twenty four years because I hate pomp and ceremony. I was waiting for the day when it could be done by a form and receive notification in the post. My mates persuaded me that every new Australian citizen received a shed and I should do it anyway.

Well, I thought, a shed would better than a cattle station.

I'm still waiting......

Regards
Paul

[Sturdee]

. My mates persuaded me that every new Australian citizen received a shed and I should do it anyway.

Regards
Paul

Instead they give you a tree.

And when you plant it and it grows too big you are not allowed to cut it down :eek: as it is a native.


Peter.

[Bushmiller]

Instead they give you a tree.

And when you plant it and it grows too big you are not allowed to cut it down :eek: as it is a native.


Peter.

Ahem..... This is country QLD. I think Queenslanders may have the same rights with trees as Americans think they have with guns. We can do what we want.

Actually, I didn't get a tree either..........Perhaps they knew I would want to cut it down when it reached maturity.

In my defence I have still planted more trees than I have felled..... just.

Regards
Paul

[sea dragon]

I do not "know" where or when I was born, but I have been told and I believe it was in Oz
BUT, have others seen how the number of NZ's has increased since the last poll?
Then, it was only 4.24% of the 165 who responded.
This poll, it is closer to 14%, from about 90.
If I was mischievous and if I never went near Bondi, I would be tempted to comment on how sheep are getting smarter, or how kiwis are nothing like tea bags, because they are never in the cups long enough. Trouble is, they have won the Bledisloe and the Tri Nations, again. What is worse, they appeared to me to deserve to win...it is a problem to sometimes have a streak of good sportsmanship, isn't it?
CJ

[Grunt]

I was born in Cartagena, Columbia. It was the town by the sea in Romancing the Stone.
My father was a drug lord before in was in vogue.

We moved to Australia in 1971, I became naturalised in '76. I was a Seppo.

[E. maculata]

My father was a drug lord before in was in vogue.

Wow that's amazing Grunt, cause my old Man has drugs that made him think he's a lord:eek: .

[kiwigeo]

Well this will sort the sheep from the goats.:eek:
With the flack that flies around here about Kiwis just thought it would be interesting to see how many from there .....and prepared to put your hand up
....to acknowledge .....not something wooly
Me born South Isl. ChCh left there 28 years ago one one year working holiday

Tony

Putting my hand up...also born in the Garden City.

[kiwigeo]

Ruffly,

If you're from NZ, how come theres a zero next to the NZ votes?

Dan

New Zealanders not allowed to vote in Australia.

[Bob38S]

Voted Other.

Born/created in Amsterdam

However...

When Gough W made it possible to get an Australian passport instead of having my passport stamped "British Subject" I became a very proud Aussie.

"Dutch by birth but Australian by choice"

Bob

PS ~ yes it is Bob and not Robert - boy didn't that cause me problem as a kid and when filling out any official type of form.