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I got painlessly nautralizzed in 1974 Craig and so now am 49 years an Aussie with a certificate to prove it. No ball n chain neither. Also, being an Irish Brit from Ulster I got to also keep my British and Irish Citizenships too giving me triple nationality!
Remember that saga when all those pollies realised they were retrospectively ineledigble to hold their office given they had dual citizenships, .... , but no one said anything about 'triple' citizenships so maybe I could still become our PM. I'm counting on your vote.

My youngest daughter also gained triple citizenship and went gaily off globe trotting using an Irish passport being cheaper, safer and able to travel all the EU countries. Her now Kiwi husband used his Aussie passport (via his mum) which wasn't as good as the Irish one. Everyone loves the Irish. Being under the English heel for nine centuries was character building.
I am fiercely Austrialian now, I love our sun burnt country, a land of sweeping plains, ... football, meat pies and Holden cars.

My country English cousin with his German partner and their 4 children are currently staying with me and are about to embark on a year's trip around and through Austrailia. What an Adventure, one I did myself many years ago with my own young family.
They have a 1 day old Toyota Prado and a wizz-bang caravan with all the fruit. It's still a long way to go tho. They'll visit my daughters in Vic and Qld at some point and my sidelings in Sydley .... maybe.

Thanks for reminding me about the pics to memory lane Craig. I love old photos, they speak volumes about the past, and for how fast the human world has been evolving in recent centuries especially. And how the Human footprint is destroying the Earth we should be guardians of, and not despoilers of.
 
Grier said:
I got painlessly nautralizzed in 1974 Craig and so now am 49 years an Aussie with a certificate to prove it. No ball n chain neither. Also, being an Irish Brit from Ulster I got to also keep my British and Irish Citizenships too giving me triple nationality!
Remember that saga when all those pollies realised they were retrospectively ineledigble to hold their office given they had dual citizenships, .... , but no one said anything about 'triple' citizenships so maybe I could still become our PM. I'm counting on your vote.

My youngest daughter also gained triple citizenship and went gaily off globe trotting using an Irish passport being cheaper, safer and able to travel all the EU countries. Her now Kiwi husband used his Aussie passport (via his mum) which wasn't as good as the Irish one. Everyone loves the Irish. Being under the English heel for nine centuries was character building.
I am fiercely Austrialian now, I love our sun burnt country, a land of sweeping plains, ... football, meat pies and Holden cars.

My country English cousin with his German partner and their 4 children are currently staying with me and are about to embark on a year's trip around and through Austrailia. What an Adventure, one I did myself many years ago with my own young family.
They have a 1 day old Toyota Prado and a wizz-bang caravan with all the fruit. It's still a long way to go tho. They'll visit my daughters in Vic and Qld at some point and my sidelings in Sydley .... maybe.

Thanks for reminding me about the pics to memory lane Craig. I love old photos, they speak volumes about the past, and for how fast the human world has been evolving in recent centuries especially. And how the Human footprint is destroying the Earth we should be guardians of, and not despoilers of.
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Brilliant Terry, fellow Aussie. 🤗 :thumbsu:😃
 
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I just had to post this picturesque German city by the River Danube. Where are you Thomas .
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Here I am again rising from the ashes. That looks very much like Passau in southern Bavaria (Does it not?) which is commonly referred to as the City of the Three Rivers since the Danube is joined by two other rivers leading to devastating floods on an almost regular basis. It remains to be seen how things are going to develop with climate change.
 
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Here I am again rising from the ashes. That looks very much like Passau in southern Bavaria (Does it not?) which is commonly referred to as the City of the rivers since the Danube is joined by two other rivers leading to devastating floods on a almost regular basis. It remains to be seen how things are going to develop with climate change.
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Hello Thomas 🤗
Glad to see you back again!
 
Grier said:
Unfortunately Jessica, the process of becoming an Aussie requires that you must lose 37 points of your IQ by drinking 8 pints of Vegemite Beer with a straw. 😆 All we £10 poms all had to.
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Gosh no wonder my uncle loved Australia if these are what the £10 poms got up to! 😆
Think I'll be more of a Kylie sort of Aussie, we all love Kylie here 🤗
 
looker-on said:
Here I am again rising from the ashes. That looks very much like Passau in southern Bavaria (Does it not?) which is commonly referred to as the City of the rivers since the Danube is joined by two other rivers leading to devastating floods on a almost regular basis. It remains to be seen how things are going to develop with climate change.
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It is indeed Passau Thomas the Phoenix.
 
I just posted this on another Forum about Russia starting to implode upon itself:

Another member wrote that it will take a civil war in Russia to stop Putin.

That civil war may have just started I replied, with the Evil of the Russian rogue state turning in on itself.

This is what Austrailia's trusted ABC is saying:

The founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary force, Yevgeny Prigozhin, says his men had crossed the border from Ukraine into Russia and were ready to go "all the way" against the Russian military.

Key points:Mr Prigozhin accused the Russian military leadership of killing a huge number of his fighters in an air strikeHe vowed to punish them, stating that this was not a military coup but "a march of justice" The Kremlin scrambled to tighten security as it accused Mr Prigozhin of armed mutiny

The move came not long after the Kremlin accused Mr Prigozhin of calling for armed mutiny.

Mr Prigozhin said earlier that Wagner field camps had been struck by rockets, helicopter gunships and artillery fire on orders from the chief of the military’s General Staff, General Valery Gerasimov.

He charged that General Gerasimov issued the order after a meeting with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, at which they decided to destroy Wagner.

As the Wagner troops were said to be driving into the Russian city of Rostov, Mr Prigozhin said that his mercenaries were greeted by border guards.

He said young conscripts at checkpoints stood back and offered no resistance, adding that his forces "aren’t fighting against children.”

"But we will destroy anyone who stands in our way,” he said. “We are moving forward and will go until the end."

Updates from the mercenary boss came from his channel on the messaging app Telegram, using audio messages in which the sound of his voice sometimes varied and could not be independently verified.

The presence of Wagner groups in Rostov is yet to be independently verified.

State news agency Tass reported that security was heightened in Rostov-on-Don.

www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-24/wagner-bo...nto-russia/102519616

No doubt the evil and callous War Criminal Putin is in for some sleepless nights. He is probably nervous about poisoned food too from his Cooks. Russians love assassinating with Poison as we all know.
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