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

  AHA! Good onya cobber.

 GG> I will be home in a couple of weeks.

  Just in time for summer, the flies, and the 40 degrees.

 GG> Apparently not, as she phoned so I could make arrangements for
 GG> my Visa to be sent to me since I didn't include a pre-paid
 GG> envelope. :-)

 GG> I'd whinge about how bloody cheeky that is

  Bureaucracy rules okay.

 GG> That, and the woman whom I dealt with seemed a fair dinkum
 GG> friendly person and not what I'd imagined an immigration
 GG> official to be like at all.

  Probably an imposter.

 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 be.
 GG> :-)

  Bloody whinging immigrants... we give you a whole country and all
you can do is whinge about a lousy 45c stamp.

Regards,
Bob
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