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RE: Haveyoubeenhere 2019 Steemitworldmap Travel Contest - Entry #2
Hey there, I was only just telling my wife, Faith, about your guys and that you spent all of 2019 travelling...It's something we would love to do someday. For us, travelling brings so much value, life lessons and experiences, and we do it whenever we get the chance. For me, as someone who loves history travel allows me to delve into it, to experience the places I research in person. So enjoyable. Curated for @curangel and hope you and Pura are well.
Thank you for the kind wishes, @galenkp. Not sure if I’m repeating myself or not but we’ve crossed the red tape and Pura has been registered with a private “surgeon,” because that’s what they call “doctors” in England. We were trippin for a minute when we were assigned a surgery.. “uh, what? We just need a hospital.” Well, hospitals are called “surgeries” here. Anyhow, we have an appointment on Friday, she’s super anxious as I’m sure you could imagine and we’re making progress. I can’t wait to tell you guys “we’re up and running again!”
Man, that sure was a long opening paragraph. 🤔 It’s your emotion packed responses, sir, you draw these winded responses out of me every time!
I just woke up and I’d be lying if learning you mentioned our traveliving to Faith isn’t a nice surprise first thing in the am, such a pleasure to cause conversation outside the platform, thanks for telling me. Speaking of history, there’s a lot that got me to this point actually, @galenkp. Here’s the short version:
When people ask me what I do, the blanket response goes “I just made really good decisions in my 20’s.” Although that’s true, I also slaved away man. When my buddies took off on the weekends, I didn’t go. For 22 years man, I never took a vacation. Not once, the most I did was extend a given three day weekend into four days and I literally can count on one hand how many times I did that. I was told the day I began my career at age 19 if I worked enough, I could be fully retired by the time I’m 40. Well, I held them to that and, although I missed age 40, I only missed it by two years—42. My friend, “close enough” if you ask me! #blessed.
Now then, history-history.. wait! How rude of me. Thank you kindly for the curation, I really appreciate that. I thoroughly enjoy sharing these experiences with each of you so when I receive that type of recognition, understand that I’m grateful! Thank you.
Am I still typing? Got dang!
You’re still here I hope. “Hello.. l0Oo 0O.. ooo..
See, I’m from the indoctrinated public school system in the states. Not only is living abroad the only way to learn, see, experience history and disprove all of the reasons I was taught to fear the rest of the world but, sir, it’s the only way I’ll even know what these other flags look like! <- that’s a not a joke by the way.
Alright, I’m going to try to stop this novel sized response now. Thank you so much for following along, I’m a big fan of your blog, too. Faith is a lucky gal. Let’s do this again soon. Enjoy your Sunday douwn Unda mate!
Your Aussie accent is getting better! Lol.
I'm really pleased to hear that your hard work paid off as I'm a fan of reward for effort. I was on a similar path to you although a rogue business partner ended that good run and after losing almost everything I had it was back to square one, the old drawing board, so to speak, and we had to start all over again. That was in 2014. Oh well, that's just life I guess. It's great to see you made it out early (out of the rat-race) and are enjoying life.
It's good that Pura is on the way to getting some professional help through the doctor. As it turns out we also sometimes call doctors offices surgeries. Hospitals are called hospitals but my doctors office, for instance, is called a surgery. I think it's a remnant from the very old days, just like the word hospital derives from Old French usage meaning place for the needy or some such thing. We also call doctors offices clinics. OK, enough school for now...Lol.
You're welcome for the support. Curangel only lets me curate one post per author per week so it avoids curators simply promoting friends. It's always a pleasure to promote your posts though and I look forward to doing so again.
All the best for Sunday and the week ahead.
Man!! Thanks for the Curangel deets (that’s some weird kid slang thing for details). Sure, not as enlightening as the origin of hospital but what can I say? I’m feelin cheery-0! 🤔 That may be a cross between Brit and Aussie, “cheery-0”—I’m working on it. Either that or Australia was originally inhabited by England to imprison British law breakers, that’s probably why I’m confusing the two.
No, really, I had no idea, it’s an even greater honor now and that opens my eyes for each of the curators who have been so kind—I had no idea. Sure does add another notch for Curangel.
Seems we both understand the meaning of rat-race though! “Lowd’n clee’uh.”
I can’t stand these one-on-one’s with you, can you tell? (that’s borderless for #satire)
England sent a lot of criminals down here to the Port Arthur penal colony and others also...A couple of my descendants among them. I'm proud of my convict heritage, as all Aussies are. :)
Brits—such a great group of people but their history sure has some mysteries. Firstly, what were they thinking when they established Australia, a land of early New Years celebrations, gorgeous sea, beautiful coast line (each of which I’ve yet to experience for myself—it’s one the list!), far stretching desert, tropical weather, and.. and.. and.. as a prison sentence?! Uhm.. have they noticed how freezing cold it is here? 🤔
You’re never gonna believe this, maybe you’ve heard, 😉 but they used to have a weird way of addressing my homeland, too, @galenkp. One time, way back in 1776, they actually threw a huge tea party where I come from in honor of their profound decision making.
Ah yes, the old Boston Tea Party...I studied that in school. The English were a hubris-loaded bunch were they not? Still, it takes all kinds. :)