Re: Today I won (post made on my FB page)

On Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 10:08:21 AM UTC+1, Derek wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Jan 2021 19:55:23 -0800 (PST), Rupert <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> >On Sunday, January 31, 2021 at 12:52:49 AM UTC+1, Derek wrote: 
> >> Very well done, Rupert! I would have followed that conversation and enjoyed 
> >> it immensely had I and Belinda not deleted our Facebook accounts earlier 
> >> this month, so thank you for bringing it here where I often lurk and make 
> >> the occasional comment. 
> > 
> >Thanks Derek. Not around on Facebook anymore? We must stay in touch by email.
> Absolutely, Rupert. I've found that after just a few weeks away from 
> Facebook I'm writing more and talking more over the phone. I've also made 
> arrangement for three visits: two away and one here at home. One the whole I 
> think Facebook lessened my contact with my old friends.
> >If your FB account is gone, you may not be aware that Mari and I will be moving to Sydney. 
> >Sometime soon, within the year maybe.
> Your old friends and family are going to love this decision. "Rupert's 
> coming home, and with his new wife to make a new start here," they're all 
> saying. Wonderful news.
> >Visa application process has lots of red tape.
> I'll bet there is. Whatever, I hope it doesn't cost too much, if anything. 
> If I remember correctly, you have British citizenship, too, don't you, 
> having lived here with your parents for your first 8 years as a boy?
> >Still seeking paid work and waiting for feedback on my two more ambitious pre-prints, will probably focus a bit more on looking for corporate-sector jobs but still optimistic about the final outcome on those two manuscripts.
> And so am I. Regardless of what some wage slaves say about having an ethical 
> duty to flip burgers to bring home the bacon, you're doing far more to 
> further yourself, others and math by doing what you're doing.

Yes, that is right, I do have a British passport as well, which I'll hold on to, and my friends and family will indeed be happy for us to be closer to them. :) 

Cost of visa, not cheap I'm afraid. But that's life.