G'day Bob,

Wednesday November 20 1996 10:10, Bob Lawrence wrote to Gaelyne Gasson:

 GG>> At 5pm I gave up on finding out till Monday, but at 5:55pm
 GG>> the call finally came. As of yesterday, I am now a Permanent
 GG>> Resident of Australia. :-)
 BL>
 BL>   AHA! Good onya cobber.

 Ta, mate.

 BL>
 GG>> I will be home in a couple of weeks.
 BL>
 BL>   Just in time for summer, the flies, and the 40 degrees.

Well, timing isn't everything. I'd of liked to have been back the same
day I left.

 GG>> Apparently not, as she phoned so I could make arrangements
 GG>> for my Visa to be sent to me since I didn't include a
 GG>> pre-paid envelope. :-)
 BL>
 GG>> I'd whinge about how bloody cheeky that is
 BL>
 BL>   Bureaucracy rules okay.

 It gets better though.  :-)

 Included with my Visa was a form to fill out in case there were any
 changes in circumstances.  I'd known these existed, but was suprised
 there was a sticky note on it telling me to fill it out and return it
 ASAP.   I'd always thought these were for if there WERE any changes in
 circumstance.  So I phoned and she told me that they require these
 just in case there were any changes and to just fill it out and write
 "no change" on the appropriate lines. I can see the sense in using
 these if/when there are changes, but not for the sake of filling
 another folder somewhere.  I did as I was told though.

 GG>> So, the next time you're having a whinge about the bloody
 GG>> immigrants, well, I'm one of them that's **VERY** happy to
 GG>> be. :-)
 BL>
 BL>   Bloody whinging immigrants... we give you a whole country and
 BL> all you can do is whinge about a lousy 45c stamp.

45c stamp, my arse!  Twas a $13.99US "courier" fee, not a bloody stamp.

The tickets are sorted out.  I leave Saginaw on 10 Dec and arrive home
on 13 Dec.  I get two suitcases to stuff the remnants of this life
into and the rest will have to stay behind.


Cheers,
Gaelyne

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