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Title: What country are you from?
Post by: Yvonne on December 06, 2009, 11:56:25 PM
Have you noticed there are many people joining this site and they do not say what country they live in. I am from the UK and try to note how many of us from the UK are on this site as I'd like to have a local pen Friend in the same position as me. :ukflag;
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: kellyt on December 06, 2009, 11:59:26 PM
The Great U.S. of A.   :usaflag;
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: RichardMEL on December 07, 2009, 12:00:14 AM
Australia  :ausflag;
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: Jean on December 07, 2009, 12:07:01 AM
United States of America, thank you God!!!!
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: Chris on December 07, 2009, 12:22:53 AM
 :usaflag; :popcorn;
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: Hanify on December 07, 2009, 12:29:59 AM
New Zealand
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Post by: galvo on December 07, 2009, 01:15:26 AM
Australia, mate!!!
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Post by: Des on December 07, 2009, 02:03:00 AM
South Africa ( off course :waving;)
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: Pam on December 07, 2009, 02:12:46 AM
:usaflag; USA!!
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Post by: iketchum on December 07, 2009, 04:43:15 AM
I live in the state of Maine in the USA. Merry Christmas everyone.
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: Darthvadar on December 07, 2009, 04:45:52 AM
Dublin, Ireland...

There are two kinds of people... Those who are Irish, and those who wish they were!.... ;D
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: Dianejt on December 07, 2009, 05:00:24 AM
 :usaflag; Irish descent
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: Darthvadar on December 07, 2009, 05:09:35 AM
:usaflag; Irish descent

Ha Ha!!!!.... That quote came from an Indian friend, and I've always laughed at it!....
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: monrein on December 07, 2009, 05:29:11 AM
I was born and grew up in Jamaica to a father with an American passport and a mother with a British passport.  I live in Canada but have also lived a couple of years in France and I have dual American/Canadian citizenship.  My deepest "patriotism" is to planet Earth.  I have mostly Scottish and English ancestry (some Irish side notes) with deep Jamaican roots (10 generations there), a Canadian soul and French tendencies.  Simply said, I'm a mutt, living in Canada.
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: Darthvadar on December 07, 2009, 05:31:34 AM
So Monrein, you're what we call a Bitza... Bitza this and Bitza that!....
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: billybags on December 07, 2009, 05:32:20 AM
England :ukflag;
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Post by: karen547 on December 07, 2009, 06:26:20 AM
Alberta Canada originally. Now USA
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: cookie2008 on December 07, 2009, 07:11:16 AM
u s a
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Post by: HubbysPartner on December 07, 2009, 10:09:39 AM
 :usaflag; USA
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: fc2821 on December 07, 2009, 10:26:41 AM
  USA, and some of my ancestors got here by walking over on the land bridge several thousand years ago.
   :usaflag;
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: tyefly on December 07, 2009, 11:46:09 AM
     Gods  country.......       Oregon USA
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: Stoday on December 07, 2009, 12:59:18 PM
 :ukflag; English, but I had an Irish great grandfather with red hair. He beat his wife and his kids hid under the table when he arrived home drunk.
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: tyefly on December 07, 2009, 01:02:09 PM
:ukflag; English, but I had an Irish great grandfather with red hair. He beat his wife and his kids hid under the table when he arrived home drunk.

I hope that doesnt run in the family........    you dont have red hair do you ??????
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: jennyc on December 07, 2009, 02:14:28 PM
 :ausflag; Australian, from Sydney (well about 40 mins from heart of Sydney). Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi!

Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: bear807 on December 07, 2009, 02:37:55 PM
Canada
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Post by: kamalshah20 on December 07, 2009, 05:26:48 PM
India
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: Yvonne on December 07, 2009, 11:39:02 PM
 :ukflag; Well thats better now 3 UK's so far 4 including me. Morein Have you ever done your family tree, I bet it is long and very interesting?
 Hope more folks say tell us where they are from.
Although UK has the NHS reading through some of the letters sounds as though the USA has the best health service.  Any one any thoughts on the matter.????
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: monrein on December 08, 2009, 04:51:03 AM
:ukflag; Well thats better now 3 UK's so far 4 including me. Morein Have you ever done your family tree, I bet it is long and very interesting?
 Hope more folks say tell us where they are from.
Although UK has the NHS reading through some of the letters sounds as though the USA has the best health service.  Any one any thoughts on the matter.????

Actually yes Yvonne, One of my uncles by marriage has put together a lot of information.  I can go back ten generations on my mother's side with names and some facts.  There are some very interesting (wacky) characters and some very inspiring ones also.  A couple of my favorites are my great grandmother and her sister (one of the first women to attend Oxford University) who had to raise 3 little girls on their own since my great grandfather died (kidney failure) when his youngest was just 10 days old. These two women ended up starting and running a private girls school in Havana, Cuba after the war up until Castro came to power.  They both spoke several languages and my great grand aunt was a latin specialist.
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: looneytunes on December 08, 2009, 06:59:56 AM
 :usaflag;    I've lived in Southern Missouri for most of my adult life.  Lots of lakes and rivers.  Beautiful country. 
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: cariad on December 08, 2009, 11:56:02 AM
I am American. My husband is a Cymro (Welshman).

Two ways to quickly irritate my husband: Ask "So, what part of England are you from?" or try "Wales? You mean, like Prince Charles??!!"  :rofl;
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: Chris on December 08, 2009, 12:49:11 PM
I will have to remember that cariad  :rofl; :rofl;
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: dwcrawford on December 08, 2009, 12:53:23 PM
I'm not from the country.  I'm a city boy!

Oh you mean  :usaflag; with a lot of  :ukflag; baggage.
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: pklipe57 on December 08, 2009, 01:04:14 PM
Great State of Oklahoma in the USA.
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Post by: kitkatz on December 08, 2009, 02:16:20 PM
The bright and shiny state of California, what used to be part of the USA!
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: murf on December 08, 2009, 02:25:22 PM
Werstern Australia. Message for RichardMel: carn the Eagles.
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: Hanify on December 08, 2009, 07:43:22 PM
Werstern Australia. Message for RichardMel: carn the Eagles.

What sport are you talking about - I have to support Brisbane Titans cos an ex pupil (Sam Tagataese) plays for them.  That's rugby league though.
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: Mimi on December 08, 2009, 10:02:56 PM
I am from the great state of Georgia in the United States of America.
Thank you, Lord!
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: jennyc on December 09, 2009, 03:49:59 AM
Werstern Australia. Message for RichardMel: carn the Eagles.

CARN THE SWANNIES (OMG please don't strike me down, i was only joking!)


What sport are you talking about - I have to support Brisbane Titans cos an ex pupil (Sam Tagataese) plays for them.  That's rugby league though.


AFL, the one supported by the Aussies in the southern/western states (used to be VFL- Victorian football). They are the ones who wear tight shorts and score a 'mark' by climbing a tower of men..... hence why it was nicknamed Australian fairies league by NRL fans (Welshies, Queenslanders and NZ's) :rofl; Sorry Richard, just joking. I'm not a huge fan of either sport, but barrack for Parra if i have to (my grandfater would turn over in his grave he had one green and gold eye and one blue and gold eye- one for wallabies in rugby union and one for parra in league). AFL players are a lot nicer to look at then rugby players though, their heads aren't as mangled.
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: cassandra on December 24, 2009, 04:39:38 AM
I'm born and bred in the Netherlands, live in England and my dad's from Surinam (south america)
I feel European though, or is that just.... cold
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: Poppylicious on December 24, 2009, 10:05:05 AM
Not sure how I missed this ...

England born and bred ... slight connection to royalty, but mostly descended from studious agricultural labourers living south of Watford. 

 ;D

Although UK has the NHS reading through some of the letters sounds as though the USA has the best health service.  Any one any thoughts on the matter.????

I think that some bits of the NHS are second-to-none.  But some bits are frustratingly lousy.  And I suspect that the American Health service is pretty much the same. 
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: YLGuy on December 25, 2009, 06:01:00 AM
The United States of America.  My family has been here for awhile:
Edward and Grace (Norrington) Burling emigrated from Barking, Essex, England, to New York City in about 1680. Three generations of English ancestors plus thirteen generations of descendants (to the present) are presented in the book, which is fully documented and contains a 164-page index. Significant Quaker history impacts the early generations in England and America. The Burlings were wheelwrights, joiners, boat builders and merchants. They spread to Long Island, Westchester County, and upstate New York. Later migrating across America, their stories are "grist for the mill of the social historian."
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: -Lady Noir- on March 23, 2010, 09:57:12 PM
Dublin, Ireland...

There are two kinds of people... Those who are Irish, and those who wish they were!.... ;D

Love it!  ;)

From New Zealand here!
My ancestors came from Ireland [even some famous ones!] England [Anglo Saxons, who i'm pretty sure came from Germany], Scotland [Wallace!] France & Australia.
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: Stoday on March 23, 2010, 10:14:07 PM
My ancestors came from Ireland [even some famous ones!] England [Anglo Saxons, who i'm pretty sure came from Germany], Scotland [Wallace!] France & Australia.

We got rid of the Anglo Saxons when we conquered England in 1066. We shoved 'em into Wales.  :yahoo;
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: okarol on March 23, 2010, 10:27:00 PM
 :usaflag;  :beer1;
From USA but descended from English, German, Welsh and Irish.  :bow;
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: Yvonne on April 08, 2010, 11:13:18 PM
We have many more to go, so come on folks let us know where you are from or where you are living  :thumbup;
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: rookiegirl on April 08, 2010, 11:27:38 PM
USA.  But I was born in the Philippines and moved to America as a child.
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: okarol on April 09, 2010, 11:02:21 AM
:usaflag;  :beer1;
From USA but descended from English, German, Welsh and Irish.  :bow;

The Republic of California  :rofl;
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: -Lady Noir- on April 09, 2010, 12:52:37 PM
My ancestors came from Ireland [even some famous ones!] England [Anglo Saxons, who i'm pretty sure came from Germany], Scotland [Wallace!] France & Australia.

We got rid of the Anglo Saxons when we conquered England in 1066. We shoved 'em into Wales.  :yahoo;

 :rofl;
Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: Ang on April 12, 2010, 09:37:51 PM
Werstern Australia. Message for RichardMel: carn the Eagles.

CARN THE SWANNIES (OMG please don't strike me down, i was only joking!)

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What sport are you talking about - I have to support Brisbane Titans cos an ex pupil (Sam Tagataese) plays for them.  That's rugby league though.
  an australian  with  spanish  heritage  and  its  go  bombers :yahoo;

AFL, the one supported by the Aussies in the southern/western states (used to be VFL- Victorian football). They are the ones who wear tight shorts and score a 'mark' by climbing a tower of men..... hence why it was nicknamed Australian fairies league by NRL fans (Welshies, Queenslanders and NZ's) :rofl; Sorry Richard, just joking. I'm not a huge fan of either sport, but barrack for Parra if i have to (my grandfater would turn over in his grave he had one green and gold eye and one blue and gold eye- one for wallabies in rugby union and one for parra in league). AFL players are a lot nicer to look at then rugby players though, their heads aren't as mangled.
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Title: Re: What country are you from?
Post by: Sunny on April 12, 2010, 09:46:49 PM
United States, on the central coast of California. It's beautiful here. Just over the hill from Silicon Valley (San Jose).