Where are you from?

A place to discuss casual topics amongst spiritual friends.

Where are you from?

Europe
135
32%
United States
151
36%
Canada
27
6%
Australia
18
4%
New Zealand
7
2%
Asia
57
14%
Middle East
3
1%
South America
10
2%
Central America & Caribbean
6
1%
Africa
7
2%
 
Total votes: 421

Mawkish1983
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Re: Where are you from?

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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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mikenz66
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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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Ben
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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...

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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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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!
Those bloody whinging poms need to know their place in this world!
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- Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
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Ben wrote:Those bloody whinging poms need to know their place in this world!
:) You know I love you Ben
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(Ethiopia)

Yay ! Africa is on the list !

Am I the only African here ? :)
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Greetings Woini,
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.

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Hi Mawk
Mawkish1983 wrote:
Ben wrote:Those bloody whinging poms need to know their place in this world!
:) You know I love you Ben
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.
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- Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725

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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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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.
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- Cormac McCarthy, The Road

Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725

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Individual
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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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Greetings Individual,

That's handy... especially nowadays how that access extends to the EU.

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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!

:hug:

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Born in Calcutta, brought up in Gaya, India. :anjali:
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