In article > ,
Krypsis > wrote:

> On 22/06/2010 9:16 AM, Omelet wrote:
> > In m.au>,
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>> Why thwarted? :-)
> >>> There is a reason that "Smith" is a very common last name.
> >>> Take it up as a hobby.
> >>
> >> I did, after a fashion. Used to build hot rods from the ground up in the
> >> fifties and sixties. I still have four of them that I built back in that
> >> era.
> >>
> >> My parents and many members of my extended family were farmers. They
> >> would do a lot of their own blacksmithing from necessity and, on visits
> >> to relatives farms in my youth, became fascinated with the process. My
> >> parents saw the writing on the wall for the future of farming in this
> >> country and sold the farm before I was born. They refused to allow me to
> >> take that path and, in hindsight, I see that they had great vision. The
> >> farms of today aren't the same as they were when I was young. They are
> >> now mostly mechanised and employ contractors to do various seasonal
> >> tasks such as shearing, planting, harvesting and the like. Very few
> >> people live and work on farms these days.
> >>
> >> I instead grew up in the city and undertook a career as a public
> >> servant. Now, 57 years later, I still operate as a consultant.
> >>
> >> Krypsis
> >
> > What do you do?
>
> I now provide consultancy for the federal department where I was
> employed for 55 years. That department is the Department of Immigration
> and Ethnic Affairs (now Immigration and Citizenship).
> http://www.immi.gov.au/
>
> Krypsis

Nice. :-) Do you like it?
--
Peace! Om

Web Albums: <http://picasaweb.google.com/OMPOmelet>
*Only Irish *coffee provides in a single glass all four *essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar *and fat. --Alex Levine